Read 50 books in 2009.

Shakespeare – Bill Bryson.

Really liked his style, and I have two more books by him on my ‘to read’ list. Kind of behind, but I’m beginning to read again now that I’m less stressed by work :)

17. Public Enemies: America’s Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34 by Bryan Burrough
18. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

The Body In The Library – Agatha Christie

I’m still going through those library books :)

Murder in Mesopotamia – Agatha Christie

I very very recently got back on the mystery bandwagon and took out some A.Christie from the library to read when I want to stop reading about Ancient Myths and random political killings in Rome. YAY! Although a lot of this genre I find pretty dull, I always like Agatha Christie for whatever reason. It was a good take-your-mind-off-of-school-trying-to-implode-your-brain-with-nonsense kind of book.

I have no computer, so this is kind of a mass update! weeoo!

12. Reading the OED – Ammon Shea
13. Naked Pictures of Famous People – Jon Stewart
14. Born Standing Up – Steve Martin

and right now, I’ve started a biography about Al Capone which is really in depth and I’m trying to rush through the Iliad as a refresher for my Myths final in two weeks :)

The Memory Keeper’s Daughter
by Kim Edwards

Amazing.

Breakfast at Tiffany’s – Truman Capote

Loved it. I just wish it didn’t end so abruptly, I wanted to find out what happened to Holly Golightly and know if she was in Africa or not… I guess there was supposed to be some sort of comparison between his ending and Golightly’s opinions of the narrator’s writing?

Dr. Jekyll & Mr.Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
(also enjoyed the introduction and afterword)

http://www.amazon.com/Dr-Jekyll-Hyde-Signet-Classics/dp/0451528956/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1235577944&sr=1-2

Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan
http://www.amazon.ca/Nick-Norahs-Infinite-Playlist-Rachel/dp/0375835318

I promised myself I would actually read substantial books during reading week, but so far it hasn’t happened. I’m kind of stuck on the feel good young adult wave right now, but I’m starting with class readings tomorrow (2nd round of midterms), so that will change quickly.

favourite line: “when the rain falls you just let it fall and you grin like a madman and you dance with it, because if you can make yourself happy in the rain then you’re doing pretty alright in life.”

Pledged:the secret life of sororities by Alexandra Robbins

Been really busy with school as of late. This book looks through all the stereotypes of women in sororities, and tries to define sorority life from an insider’s perspective. The author (who also wrote ‘Secrets of the Tomb’) followed four girls from two different sororities to get the inside story, and also went to various conferences and meetings that the national organizations had. While it was a good overall look, I still think it was a little biased. I’m not in a sorority, as I live in Canada, and they aren’t as big of a thing at my school (I think we have 3), but I don’t think that all sororities are like those portrayed in the book… anyways. 3 1/2 stars.