New titles (to me, at least)

Tadgh's picture

While I still have two Hitchens books I need to tackle ('Love, Poverty and War' and 'Hitch22') I received three more books that I had ordered this week. These include Hitchens' 'Letters to a Young Contrarian,' Ayaan Hirsi Ali's 'Nomad,' and 'What's God Got to Do With It?: Robert Ingersoll on Free Thought Honest Talk & the Seperation of Church & State.' 
The questions remain - which will I tackle first? and How long will it take for me to get around to it? 

Does anyone have any thoughts or opinions on any of these books? 

 

Jeffrick's picture

depends

                   How are your powers of concentration these days.  Hitchens & Ingersoll require concentration. Hirsi Ali is easy to read and understand under any circumstance.  I find I can not read Hitchens and drink at the same time, I might miss something.  Ingersoll I have never read.  Hirsi Ali is  a great read with a glass of wine. I mean no offense to Ali but she is no Hitchens.                       It's nice to hear your recovery is doing well, keep up the good health.

 

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Tadgh's picture

Re: depends

The Ingersoll is a short book that includes excerpts only, so it does not seem even the least bit challenging. 
I've read Hitchens and Hirsi Ali before, and I don't think either will present much in the way of struggle (since I do not drink.) I am reading a chapter per day of Hitch 22, and I've started the Ingersoll because it really does seem the lightest, containing as it does short exerpts. I am looking forward to all the Hitchens.