'Love in the Ruins' by Walker Percy. It's good, but a little hard to follow. I'm about halfway through and I'm not entirely sure what's going on but I want to keep reading to find out.
The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet by Reif Larson. It's quickly becoming my favorite book. It's not necessarily the best written book I've ever read but it's probably the funnest book. I highly recommend it (visit the link I provided though, to see if it's your cup of tea).
Dammit, I just finished a bunch and haven't started anything new. I guess I could say I'm reading Walden again, but I'm just skimming it to teach a bit tomorrow.
I just finished A Moveable Feast by Hemmingway. I am a sucker for the classics. Especially 19th century. (Think Hugo, Tolstoy and a bit later, Virginia Woolf) Most people here seems to read only the very contemporary. Any literary buffs?
(it had a good idea behind it - mother drowns one of her twins, husband looks back through her family history to find a history of violence and bad parenting - but wasn't written that well)
Just started this today (picked it up at the library because it looked interesting, and they didn't have the books I wanted):
schoolgirl said:
i am currently reading The Virtue of Selfishness" by ayn rand.
If anyone knows selfishness it's Ayn Rand. After reading Anthem I vowed not to read any of her other books.
oh, and I'm reading this:
If you like House Of Leaves, try The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall. It's pretty mindbending and actually gave me a slight panic attack while reading ti.
Heckler
Canada
May 2004
JAN 14, 2010 12:54 AM