Recommendations

[percival]

Instead of resolutions, I'm asking for your recs:

1) one funny, uplifting book to read this year
2) one brilliant piece of non-fiction to read this year
3) one piece of spiritual literature to read this year
4) one person to friend this year
5) one smooth, mellow artist to discover this year
6) one thing to do this year

Have a great 2005!

(P.S.: Am not working today after all, just catching up on LJ and organising stuff.)

Comments

[angelofthenorth.livejournal.com]

person to friend - morganmuffle or senji or mhw

smooth, mellow artist: Jamie Cullum

One thing to do this year: FLY!

The books, I'm not sure I can help you. The non-fiction/Spiritual I would recommend is "Love's Redeeming Work" (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0191224766/qid=1104682023/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl/026-4163619-2734850). It's a book to dip into - liturgy, poetry, prose, stuff to ponder. It's not easy, but it is very very beautiful. I gave away my copy, and I regret it. I suggest browsing it, if you get the chance, in SPCK or similar.

[katiedarling.livejournal.com]

I am useless. Are you on AIM today, though?

[wang1961.livejournal.com]

5) one smooth, mellow artist to discover this year

Diana Krall, jazz singer / pianist I just got "Live in Paris" CD, love it. She does songs from 1950s-1970s, nightclub songs for mature adults

[swampfaye.livejournal.com]

1) one funny, uplifting book to read this year
The Colour of Magic
2) one brilliant piece of non-fiction to read this year
Either "How the Irish Saved CIvilization" or "The Complete Idiots Guide to WWII" (it's really much more informative than it sounds)
3) one piece of spiritual literature to read this year
"Standing for Something" by Gordon B Hinkley
4) one person to friend this year
I suggest my friend crazysoph
5) one smooth, mellow artist to discover this year
I'm partial to Jim Fitzpatrick, but I don't suppose he is "mellow" - so I think I'll have to skip this one

HUGS
6) one thing to do this year

[hildigunnur.livejournal.com]

2) one brilliant piece of non-fiction to read this year

The First Casualty: The War Correspondent as Hero, Propagandist, and Myth-maker from the Crimea to the Gulf War II by Philip Knightley.

I liked this book very much and I think it's quite sobering to read it now.

5) one smooth, mellow artist to discover this year

Eivør Pálsdóttir. An absolutely amazing singer from the Faeroe Islands. She often sings folk songs and is a little bit jazzy. You can listen to samples of her music on her site. And I should be able to burn for you her CD from 2001 if you are interested.

[scieppan.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm somewhat brain dead, but here goes:

3) one piece of spiritual literature to read this year: A Single Blade of Grass by Ellen Grace O'Brien (I can send you my copy to read if you can't get it out there)

5) one smooth, mellow artist to discover this year: Blossom Dearie - she's a jazz singer with this awesome little girlish voice singing raunchy (and not so) standards. Her self-titled album is from around 1954 and it's awesome. Apparently she's still alive and doing gigs in the UK.

6) one thing to do this year: Walk a labyrinth

[hilarityallen.livejournal.com]

1) one funny, uplifting book to read this year: For funny, (not sure whether it's uplifting), Round Ireland With a Fridge by Tony Hawkes
2) one brilliant piece of non-fiction to read this year: The Brendan Voyage by Tim Severin
3) one piece of spiritual literature to read this year: Faith for the Future Colin Urquhart. I don't agree with many things in this book, but it is interesting. It's about a Christian Evangelical, so it's up to you.
4) one person to friend this year: zoethe
5) one smooth, mellow artist to discover this year: can't think of any
6) one thing to do this year: go to the British Library and examine the Treasures of the British Library. They are cool. And if you've done it before, you should do it again.

[erised1810.livejournal.com]

I don't have anything usefull for 1-3. not sure wht you mean by mellow but ifyo ujstu like peaceful music, try josh groban, or enya, or lorena mckennitt. Or Jamie Collum (sp?) or Silje Nergaard .It jsut dependso nwhat kidn of music you liekto listen too.
I haven't read enoug hboksm yself byfar. I ijsut cna'ttell you anything. and yo ushoudl jsut do what yo uwant in 2005. Have agreatttime and listen to yoruself adn to yoru own needs. ntothat you perhaps didnt' do that, it sounds like I assume you didn't.

[jennlee2.livejournal.com]

1) one funny, uplifting book to read this year
David Sedaris, Me Talk Pretty One Day

3) one piece of spiritual literature to read this year
Marlo Morgan, Mutant Message Down Under
This book was published as fiction, but is actually non fiction and very spiritual. The story is of a doctor who goes on walkabout with an Australian Aboriginal tribe and the spiritual lessons she learns from them.