Lindsey

Made me want to become a death penalty lawyer.

A reread for comfort.

I leave for Paris on January 13th. I am so incredibly excited. It doesn’t make any sense with my major or career plans, but it’s a dream.

42. The Last Picture Show – I loved this. A new favorite.
43. Dr. Strangelove – after how much this movie was built up to me, I was really impressed that it completely lived up to the hype. Wonderful, a rare old movie that stays funny.
44. The Graduate – another new favorite. Extraordinary. I want to watch this over and over. It’s exactly right for where I am in life right now.

Have I really only seen three of these in the last year?

Very interesting research on jurors’ reactions in capital trials, although I’m not sure if I buy the sociological interpretation that comes with it.

This was wonderful and sad, very sad.

A humanizing, though not excusing, look at Death Row inmates. Research for a paper I’m writing. The interviews and commentary from Jones were really insightful, and he handled this controversial material in a thoughtful way – he understood the weight of his material.

I was feeling a little lonely so I reread my favorite book. It was beautiful, again. I sat in the sun smoking a cigarette and I was very happy.

I am now what I would consider proficient in Arabic. I am taking a content course in Arabic in which I read high-level academic tests, and my speaking is at a really high level. One step closer to my career!

Very masculine writing style – reminded me a bit of Charles Bukowski, though much less brutal. I enjoyed this, especially toward the end.

I liked this, but there was so much hype that I was sort of let down. I don’t think it was paced very well, but very good in other ways.

I had been meaning to read this for a while, as I’ve had little-to-no exposure to feminist literature. It was nice to have such a compelling story too.

Sparse, heartwrenching.

Absolutely amazing. A new favorite.

I was wondering whether comic books counted, and then whether I could count the four separate volumes of this one story as four books. I decided yes to the first and no to the second. Lent to me by my boyfriend and not something I thought I would like, but I did. Some of the artwork, especially the wider views, are really beautiful.

Perfect. The writing makes me want to never write anything again.

This book hurt to read, but it was true.

My mom won a free makeover from him so I read the book that came with it. Just a quick, kind of charming lifestyle book.

I really liked the look of this graphic novel and the commentary on race was interesting, but the story wasn’t very relatable or satisfying to me.

It has been a long time since I finished reading a novel. This book had some really beautiful moments and it was lovely to be caught up in a story again. The last section of the book was especially good.