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books, books, and more books
Jul. 25th, 2009 12:12 pmSeeing as I haven't addressed the BookChomp since March, you may think I have given up on it... but that is not the case! You see, the lack of posts is because either
1. I did not read,
2. I started to read something, and 300 pages in moved on to something else, for whatever reason,
or 3. I read a book and never posted on it!
For the time being I'll address #3 only, although 1 and 2 are proving to be real killers. (On 1 - I've noticed that I can hardly finish a book nowadays unless I am in a plane. Yes, a plane. How sad is that?) (On 2 - and so fell God is Dead, Catch-22, Midnight's Children, A Lesson Before Dying, aaaaand Richard Dawkin's The God Delusion. Maybe I should have myself checked for ADD. /facepalm)
So! Behold the List of Books for Future Explication:
Anne Tyler's The Accidental Tourist -- Recommended. The language is straightforward, so it's an easy read (unlike Midnight's Children, good lord > <), and the plot rather droll. I liked it, although it didn't make my favorites list, and it's a wonderful read if you're bored someday.
Sarah Rees Brennan's The Demon's Lexicon -- Contrary to popular expectation, I am not fangirling all over the place for Maya. I have a lot of nitpicks with this book that may be the book and may just be me, and I'll address them in a more thorough post when I've the time.
...and that's it for now. Sad, huh? (Yeah I'm a lazybutt.) I AM currently working on The Omnivore's Dilemma, however, and if I ever finish with it I may go back and pick up all those aforementioned titles.
edit; Throw Albert Camus' The Stranger on the list, too. School reading is for school, but it's still reading.
1. I did not read,
2. I started to read something, and 300 pages in moved on to something else, for whatever reason,
or 3. I read a book and never posted on it!
For the time being I'll address #3 only, although 1 and 2 are proving to be real killers. (On 1 - I've noticed that I can hardly finish a book nowadays unless I am in a plane. Yes, a plane. How sad is that?) (On 2 - and so fell God is Dead, Catch-22, Midnight's Children, A Lesson Before Dying, aaaaand Richard Dawkin's The God Delusion. Maybe I should have myself checked for ADD. /facepalm)
So! Behold the List of Books for Future Explication:
Anne Tyler's The Accidental Tourist -- Recommended. The language is straightforward, so it's an easy read (unlike Midnight's Children, good lord > <), and the plot rather droll. I liked it, although it didn't make my favorites list, and it's a wonderful read if you're bored someday.
Sarah Rees Brennan's The Demon's Lexicon -- Contrary to popular expectation, I am not fangirling all over the place for Maya. I have a lot of nitpicks with this book that may be the book and may just be me, and I'll address them in a more thorough post when I've the time.
...and that's it for now. Sad, huh? (Yeah I'm a lazybutt.) I AM currently working on The Omnivore's Dilemma, however, and if I ever finish with it I may go back and pick up all those aforementioned titles.
edit; Throw Albert Camus' The Stranger on the list, too. School reading is for school, but it's still reading.
