My Weekly Book

• Now reading: Mindfulness in Plain English by Bhante Henepola Gunararatana – a guide to the practice of Vipassana (or insight) meditation. #
• Mindfulness book looking good so far. Seeing parallels with Jung. #
• Also embarking on Victorian-era detective novel – Long Spoon Lane by Anne Perry. #

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• Have finally read and returned all library books. Great sense of freedom. Kicking back with a crime novel. #
• Just finished: Cold in the Earth by Ann Granger. Nice, straightforward police procedural picked up second-hand. #

• Finally sorting out blog post on Jung in Julian May's work before the book it's based on has to go back to the library. Interesting stuff. #
• @thabookie Cheers, but enough pain watching Eng cricket team trying to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory :D #ashes #

• Enchanted with Lord Dunsany's My Talks With Dean Spanley – would heartily recommend this almost unclassifiable author. #
• More on Lord Dunsany here: http://bit.ly/RS3Z5 #

• Just finished Philippe Petit's To Reach The Clouds – story of his high-wire walk between New York's WTC towers in 1974 #
• The book was made into the film Man on Wire – both book and film thrilling, highly recommended. #
• Read the book in two short sittings. Next up: Lord Dunsany's Dean Spanley, also the subject of a recent film. #
• Currently on the go: Logic for Dummies and @rand0m is reading The Eyre Affair out loud – "plock, plock" said the dodo :D #
• @TheaEuryphaessa Thanks for your response re Jung – certainly a fascinating field and I'm certain I shall read more #
• Looking forward to @lostsymbolbook release. Have always enjoyed Dan Brown (light blue touchpaper and retire…) :D #
• @paigethedino Good reads: The Gormenghast trilogy – Titus Groan, Gormenghast and Titus Alone http://bit.ly/jyPGq #

• Now reading: Jasper Fforde's The Eyre Affair, on the grounds it is highly recommended by almost everyone I meet. 4 chs in and looking gd #

• Now reading: Logic for Dummies by Mark Zegarelli. A fascinating discipline to try to get your head around. #
• Now reading: Paranormal Review, the latest publication from the Society for Psychical Research. Fascinating stuff. #
• Enjoyed Robin Robertson's Introduction to Jungian Psychology which is the book I just finished. Recommended for an overview. #
• Jungian psychology = the most satisfying meeting between the worlds of science and spirituality I have yet found. #

• Awww! Book lovers' cute overload! http://bit.ly/voLJN #
• Today's dilemma: oft-renewed library books now due back. Not read. Return, or run up fines? #
• One has to conclude that they haven't been read in this long, they won't be given a day or two longer. #

• Investigating storytelling podcasts. Will report back on findings. #
• Much success with Saga of the Exiles/Jung crossover. Will post to blog. Also planning a #Steampunk booklist. #
• JD Salinger succeeds in getting Catcher in the Rye sequel stopped: http://bit.ly/wxYRk #
• The library that never closes: ambitious plan to catalogue all books, ever, on the web for posterity: http://bit.ly/irCux #

• How not to handle poor reviews: use Twitter to launch a firestorm: http://bit.ly/WfFfZ
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• Now reading: Introducing Jungian psychology by Robin Robertson. Readable, gives insights into interface between psychology and paranormal #
• Trying to apply Jungian archetypes to characters in Julian May's excellent Saga of the Exiles series, on which apparently they wre based. #
• Might try to do a full blog post on the subject if we have any success. #
• @scifi_books Nothing good :D #
• Learn more about The Saga of the Exiles here: http://bit.ly/16r4bl #
• @SilentBrothers Will check gn out – but the site is badly in need of a prominent 'sound off' button for folks viewing sneakily at work… #
• Playing The Nethernet – check out here: http://www.nethernet.com #
• If you take a look and fancy playing, do feel *absolutely* free to use my recruitlink :D http://thenethernet.com/join/astrofiammantenacht #

• @louisrosenfeld So much work to do now :D #