Of course, I'm scouring the web for interesting bits that I think might interest those of you still checking up on this thing. Here's one from Newsweek: "Fifty Books for Our Times", a reading list for our world, right now.
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Back to the books! And the blogging
The honeymoon is over, let the blogging begin! I've aborted my attempt at reading Infinite Jest this summer; instead, I'll cruise through a bunch of books. So far, I've knocked off Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (challenging yet enjoyable), Columbine (emotionally challenging and extremely worthwhile), and Waiting for Godot (much better after seeing Nathan Lane and John Goodman's Broadway performance). Right now, I'm tackling Jeffrey Toobin's The Nine, an insider's look at the Supreme Court (fascinating).
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I feel like a failure!
ReplyDeleteI've only read one of those!
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achabe, which was phenomenal.
Now I know how I'm gonna spend the rest of my summer.
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Read Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close a couple years ago and absolutely loved it. Although, I didn't find it that challenging to read. Maybe because I had read his other book ages ago and got used to his style of writing.
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