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jaeclectic) wrote2006-01-09 06:59 pm
jaeclectic) wrote2006-01-09 06:59 pm
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reading list
For unknown reasons, I am suddenly struck by an urge to make note of all the books I read this year. Probably unlikely I'll stick with it, and in fact I am already too late to be exactly sure where to start.
Nevertheless, here's what I've been reading lately:
Not sure of the exact date when I started, but just re-read the first three of G. R. R. Martin's Song of Fire & Ice books, then read the fourth, A Feast for Crows -- which naturally makes me yearn for the fifth. It's strange how much I enjoy these when fundamentally they are so extremely grim. Despite being quite substantial, I pretty much gobbled them up, so it was probably sometime between xmess and new year's when I started.
For the book club (which meets tonight), Azar Nafisi's Reading Lolita in Tehran. This is something I'd wanted to read, but didn't enjoy as much as I expected, probably because of never having read the books that she talks about the most (e.g. Lolita, Gatsby).
One of two birthday-present books from K&K, a self-help guide called What Happy People Know. This was quite interesting, although I prefer my science a little less lite. If I was utterly convinced, I'd quit therapy immediately, since he is quite scathing about the vent-until-it-stops-hurting school.
Now just starting Bill Bryson's Notes from a Small Island.
Nevertheless, here's what I've been reading lately:
Not sure of the exact date when I started, but just re-read the first three of G. R. R. Martin's Song of Fire & Ice books, then read the fourth, A Feast for Crows -- which naturally makes me yearn for the fifth. It's strange how much I enjoy these when fundamentally they are so extremely grim. Despite being quite substantial, I pretty much gobbled them up, so it was probably sometime between xmess and new year's when I started.
For the book club (which meets tonight), Azar Nafisi's Reading Lolita in Tehran. This is something I'd wanted to read, but didn't enjoy as much as I expected, probably because of never having read the books that she talks about the most (e.g. Lolita, Gatsby).
One of two birthday-present books from K&K, a self-help guide called What Happy People Know. This was quite interesting, although I prefer my science a little less lite. If I was utterly convinced, I'd quit therapy immediately, since he is quite scathing about the vent-until-it-stops-hurting school.
Now just starting Bill Bryson's Notes from a Small Island.