Books for Geezers

Things We Think You Should Read

The following are some of the things that we've recently read, which we think might be educational, inspiring, controversial, or just plain entertaining. If you've recently read a good book and would like to submit a review, please click here. We always welcome your input.

Featured Book

Acedia & Me For readers familiar with Kathleen Norris, Acedia & me is a continuation of her personal spiritual journey. Norris is now 60 and her latest book provides a perspective on routine, repetition and commitment. Roughly translated, acedia means sloth or inability to care and this depression-like state lurks in Norris's shadows. She explores the origin and use of this word and in doing so her book may at times read like a dissertation. But, hang in there or speed read through these dense dissertations and you can always go back and re-read. We are adults, there are no rules about what, when or how to read. The joy of owing a Norris book is that it is timeless and multilayered and it is perfectly content to sit on your bookshelf waiting for you to unpeel another layer.