If I have done nothing else during this break, I have read. Nothing too fancy, but it has been a delight to devour books of my own choosing, at my own pace, at my own level of difficulty. Not that I don't enjoy struggling with the prose of Henry James or the ideological complexities of Ralph Ellison, but fluff (which comprises much of the books that I completed) has its place. As the Sister has done over at Vie Lyonnaise, I'm including my own list of the books I've read over the break.
Completed:
Eternal Man - Truman G. Madsen
The Turn of the Screw - Henry James
Abarat - Clive Barker
Days of Magic, Nights of War - Clive Barker
Absolute Midnight - Clive Barker
Ella Enchanted - Gail Carson Levine
assorted Edgar Allan Poe short stories
assorted articles from the "Edgar Allan Poe Review"
Started:
A Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Embassytown - China Mieville
Night's Master - Tanith Lee
To-read:
Rough Stone Rolling - Richard Bushman
Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith
The Omnivore's Dilemma - Michael Pollan
In other news, Avi, if you're out there reading this, know that I have been listening to "Morally Sound," and I adore it. I make my home-friends listen to it, and in turn it makes me everything I always wanted to be: the cool kid with (at least, comparatively) the most obscure music.
You have good taste in books, my friend :)
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