New titles (to me, at least)
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?
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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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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.