The long-awaiteds books reviews (say it like Yosemite Sam)

Here is my current reading list of books I am reading bookishly (VERY Antisocial):


This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession by Daniel J. Levitin

The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature by Steven Pinker

Mao: The Unknown Story by Jung Chang and Jon Halliday (Probably the most antisocial asocial sociopath the world has produced. I mean, what a nutcase cold-blooded ruthless murderer. What kind of jerk and idiot carries out genocide on his own people? And beyond all that: he had zero class.)

Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson

The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe by Roger Penrose

The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality by Brian Greene

Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War by Nathaniel Philbrick

No, seriously, I am reading them all concurrently. I'm really on a physics kick lately, trying to decode the macroverse, while a parallel exploration of the human mind is taking place as well.
How do they all weave together? Cosmically. And with very strange dreams of string theory and transcontinental voyages at speeds approaching the speed of light with pilgrims aging more slowly than Chinese warlords greedy for the secrets of the atom. And, of course, everyone is singing.

I am also reading in the Old Testament, now in the home stretch and up to The Book of Daniel (King James Bible by Various), not to be confused with The Book of David by David Steinberg, which I have read. It's an odd book, pseudoautobiographical, and an interesting look at the life of a comedian. Much more interesting was Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life by Steve Martin. That guy has a fascinating story. His career has produced works of genius and works of pure dreck, but his memoirs were a great read. Speaking of memoirs, the best I've read come from Gordon Sumner (Broken Music by Sting). His writing is gripping, and not just because I'm a foaming at the mouth rabid Police fan. All the stories are from childhood up to the time The Police became a band. Then you have the band's Second Violinist with a pretty good efffffort. (Extra fff's for all the f-words) with his memoirs (excuse me, "Memoir"), One Train Later: A Memoir by Andy Summers. Stewart Copeland just video-documented everything with The Police - Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out ~ Terry Chambers, Ian Copeland, Miles A. Copeland III, and Stewart Copeland.

OK, I've given Amazon enough free press here, so I'll end on this note:

(I'll Be Watching You: Inside the Police, 1980-83 by Andy Summers)