Isn’t that something we’re all doing in one way or another?
Is happiness the same as fulfillment or are they just related?
I find my happiness in love, my partner, family, creativity (writing, photographing), nature, travel, music, reading, good food and wine, and sharing with friends.
I found this blog post worth reading:
In search of happiness – One Positive Blog (monepositiveblog.com)
A person who reads lives a thousand lives!!! So true!
An intellectual bank! A wealth of wonder! Nourishment for the mind. Exhilarating potential! Every home should have a mound of books! Every child should grow to love the wonder of reading. A person who reads lives a thousand lives.
A person who reads lives a thousand lives!
I started keeping a record of the books I have been reading. I like a range. Some I read for light entertainment and some for deeper enjoyment and insight.
Reading is one of the greatest delights for. The whole of humankinds imagination and knowledge, insight and drama is available to experience.
A person who reads lives a thousand lives.
So true.
The only thing that surpasses the enjoyment of reading is writing.
| 245. Consider Phlebas | Iain M Banks |
| 246. The Player of Games | Iain M Banks |
| 247. Becoming | Michelle Obama |
| 248. Cockroach | Ian McEwan |
| 249. Ham and Rye | Bukowski |
| 250. Woody Guthrie’s Modern World Blues | Will Kaufman |
| 251. First Men Last Men | Olaf Stapledon |
| 252. Brief answers to the Big questions | Stephen Hawking |
| 253. If it Bleeds | Stephen King |
| 254. Humankind | Rutger Bregman |
| 255.the boy | Nikki Mountain |
| 256. Fairport Convention on track – every album every song | Kevan Furbank |
| 257. Machines like me | Ian McEwan |
| 258. Jackson C Frank – the clear hard light of Genius | Jim Abbott |
| 259. A life on our planet | David Attenborough |
| 260. The Institute | Stephen King |
| 261. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century | Yuval Noah Harari |
| 262.The Carpet People | Terry Pratchett |
| 263.The Backpacker | John Harris |
| 264. Sleeping Beauties | Stephen and Owen king |
| 265. The Dying Animal | Philip Roth |
| 266. My Childhood as I remember it | Tess Tackett |
| 267. The Testaments | Margaret Atwood |
| 268. the unlikely adventures of the shergill sisters | Balli Kaur Jaswal |
I’ve always got a few books on the go at any time. I like to have variety. I read for enjoyment and mental stimulation.
This is what I have been reading recently. What have you all found enjoyable?
| 228. A Week in December | Sebastian Faulks |
| 229. Bowie & Hutch | John ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson |
| 230. The girl who takes an eye for an eye | David Lagercrantz |
| 231. The Country’s favourite comic poems | Compendium |
| 232.The three dimensions of freedom | Billy Bragg |
| 233. Conclave | Robert Harris |
| 234. Imperial Ambitions | Noam Chomsky |
| 235. Men without Women | Haruki Murakami |
| 236. Killing Commentadore | Haruki Murakami |
| 237. From the inside | Nick Mason |
| 238. Levels of life | Julian Barnes |
| 239. The Fear Index | Robert Harris |
| 240. My Purple Scented Novel | Ian McEwan |
| 241. An Officer and the Spy | Robert Harris |
| 242. Nutshell | Ian McEwan |
| 243. The Human Stain | Sebastian Faulks |
| 244. Pigs Might Fly (Pink Floyd) | Mark Blake |
| 245. Consider Phlebas | Iain M Banks |
| 246. The Game Player of Titan | Iain M Banks |
| 247. Becoming | Michelle Obama |
| 248. Cockroach | Ian McEwan |
| 249. Ham and Rye | Bukowski |
| 250. Woody Guthrie’s Modern World Blues | Will Kaufman |
| 251. First Men Last Men | Olaf Stapledon |
| 252. Brief answers to the Big questions | Stephen Hawking |
| 253. If it Bleeds | Stephen King |
| 254. Humankind | Rutger Bregman |
| 255.the boy | Nikki Mountain |
| 256. Fairport Convention on track – every album every song | Kevan Furbank |
| 257. Machines like me | Ian McEwan |
| 258. Jackson C Frank – the clear hard light of Genius | Jim Abbott |
| 259. A life on our planet | David Attenborough |
| 260. The Institute | Stephen King |
| 261. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century | Yuval Noah Harari |
| 262.The carpet people | Terry Pratchett |
| 263.The Backpacker | John Harris |
Unfortunately, I have been so busy in lockdown, mainly with writing, walking and decoration, that I haven’t had a lot of time for reading. But I’ve still managed to read a bit. What can be better than a good book?
| 213. The Wizard of Wands | Dewin Nefol |
| 214. The Ghost | Robert Harris |
| 215. Sabbath’s Theatre | Philip Roth |
| 216. Staring at the Sun | Julian Barnes |
| 217. Talking it Over | Julian Barnes |
| 218. Hag-Seed | Margaret Atwood |
| 219. Trout Fishing in America | Richard Brautigan |
| 220. Healers from another world | C Coulson Pounder |
| 221. On the Road – original scroll | Jack Kerouac |
| 222. Five on Brexit Island – Enid Blyton | Bruno Vincent |
| 223. Haynes explains pensioners | Boris Starling |
| 224. Munich | Robert Harris |
| 225. Spider From Mars | Woody Woodmansey |
| 226. The Long Dark Tea-time of the soul | Douglas Adams |
| 227. Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency | Douglas Adams |
| 228. A Week in December | Sebastian Faulks |
| 229. Bowie & Hutch | John ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson |
| 230. The girl who takes an eye for an eye | David Lagercrantz |
| 231. The Country’s favourite comic poems | Compendium |
| 232.The three dimensions of freedom | Billy Bragg |
| 233. Conclave | Robert Harris |
| 234. Imperial Ambitions | Noam Chomsky |
| 235. Men without Women | Haruki Murakami |
| 236. Killing Commentadore | Haruki Murakami |
| 237. From the inside | Nick Mason |
| 238. Levels of life | Julian Barnes |
| 239. The Fear Index | Robert Harris |
| 240. My Purple Scented Novel | Ian McEwan |
| 241. An Officer and the Spy | Robert Harris |
| 242. Nutshell | Ian McEwan |
| 243. The Human Stain | Sebastian Faulks |
| 244. Pigs Might Fly (Pink Floyd) | Mark Blake |
| 245. Consider Phlebas | Iain M Banks |
| 246. The Game Player of Titan | Iain M Banks |
| 247. Becoming | Michelle Obama |
| 248. Cockroach | Ian McEwan |
| 249. Ham and Rye | Bukowski |
| 250. Woody Guthrie’s Modern World Blues | Will Kaufman |
| 251. Olaf Stapledon | First Men Last Men |
During this time of crisis when so many of us are either in isolation or finding that there is nothing open I hope everyone is reading!
Reading opens the mind and expands the horizons. While sitting in an armchair you can be travelling the world, living on other planets or inhabiting the life of another person.
Writing creates alternative lives.
A person who reads lives a thousand lives.
So instead of worrying – get lost in a book!
If you would like to read one of my books they are all available on Amazon. Below are some links to a selection (there are many more). Why not give one a try?:
In the UK:
Nick Harper – The Wilderness Years
https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=Nick+Harper&i=stripbooks&ref=nb_sb_noss
The Blues Muse
In Search of Captain Beefheart
Sci-fi as Ron Forsythe
Neanderthal
God’s Bolt
Reawakening
Education as Christopher Goodwin
A passion for education – The story of a Headteacher
In the USA:
Nick Harper – The Wilderness Years
The Blues Muse
In Search of Captain Beefheart
Sci-fi as Ron Forsythe
Neanderthal
God’s Bolt
Reawakening
Education as Christopher Goodwin
A passion for education – The story of a Headteacher
If you live in other parts of the world please check on your local Amazon where you will find my books!
Thank you for looking!
You can tell a lot about a person by the books they read and the music they listen to. I haven’t had too much time for reading lately because I’ve been writing such a lot. But reading has brought as much pleasure to me as sex. I don’t like to think of a world without music and books. If the fundamentalists ever take over and start burning books I’d have to martyr myself in the cause.
These then are the books I have been reading this year. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed them all. Though some more than others. Colin Wilson was a bit disappointing and much as I adore Son House, the book on him was not brilliant and wrong in places.
| 175. The Martian | Andy Weir |
| 176. Afterlife | Colin Wilson |
| 177. Revolution | Russell Brand |
| 178. The buried giant | Kasuo Ishiguro |
| 179. Sons and lovers | D H Lawrence |
| 180. Women | Charles Bukowski |
| 181. Collected stories | Philip K Dick |
| 182. Murder on the Marco polo | Clive Leatherdale |
| 183. The colour purple | Maya Angelou |
| 184. Reader | Noam Chomski |
| 185. Magic seeds | V S Naipal |
| 186. Notes from a small island | Bill Bryson |
| 187. Tortilla flat | John Steinbeck |
| 188. The heart goes first | Margaret Atwood |
| 189. Finding Son House | Richard Shade Gardner |
| 190. The big over easy | Jasper Fforde |
| 191. Lost in a good book | Jasper Fforde |