Read one book a month

I finished up “The Bell Jar” about a month ago—I figured that it was one of those books I should read for the sake of reading it. I started on “Cat’s Cradle” but haven’t gotten very far into it—which is a shame considering it’s somewhat of a breeze to read, but I’ll finish it eventually and then venture into “The Confederancey of Dunces” or “Lolita”. I went a little hog wild at the book store a few months ago… :)

In preparation of the last Harry Potter coming out this summer, I’ve started to re-read all of the previous books. Doing my homework you might say. I was a little fuzzy on some of the characters when I read the 6th book—and I don’t want to miss anything this time around! Oh, how bittersweet…. :)

Ignorance is not bliss. For some reason, I thought this story was one of those classically thick novels that took forever to drudge through. Kind of like Anna Karenina-oh wait I quit drudging through that one about 15 pages in. Oops. Anywho, I was suprised to see that this story was so short, and in fact part of a compilation of other short storys by Robert Louis Stevenson. I read it and liked it, but haven’t managed to read any of the other short storys in the book. Oh well.

Finished this book about 2 weeks ago. Mneh. I wanted to know more about the characters than the story gave. Still pretty good though.

Just finished this one up today. One chapter droned on forever—I finally skipped it when I realized the whole thing was there to simply describe (in much exremely and nod inducing detail)the types of things Dorian had acquired and to compare him to other historical figures. It stalled the story. Educating? Sure. But I don’t want to have to have a bigger history lesson than the footnotes supply in order to understand the story. I did enjoy the other aspects of the story, especially the subtle homoeroticism and the sheer vanity of it all.

Woot Woot.

I think I’ll give my peepers a break for a few days…....I have Anna Karenina—but the book is sooo thick, and with the writing style of the story, I don’t think my poor noggin can handle that right now.. I guess we’ll see.

Finished ‘The Glass Castle’ on Friday-really enjoyed it and breazed right through it! Starting on ‘The picture of Dorian Gray’ by Oscar Wilde. Not breazing so much through this one-might need to take a break :)

Just finished “The BFG” by Roald Dahl. Now I must decide which memoir I want to read now!

Just finished ‘Confessions of a Recovering Slut’ by Hollis Gillespie—very candid, and full of raunchy language. I liked it!

I’ve started on something more juvenile: The BFG by Roald Dahl. I never read his books as a child, so I might as well catch up!