Currently I am in the process of reading:
Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley
Home, by Marilynne Robinson
Respect, by Sarah Lawrence Lightfoot
As usual, reading more than one at a time! I haven't had much time to read a whole lot lately, so it's taking me a while to get through these. Coming up next week is the announcement of the Booker Prize! Hopefully Frankenstein will be completed by the end of the weekend so I can write a review.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Thursday, August 13, 2009
I've been thinking of starting a "book blog" for a while now. Since I love to read and try to read as much as I can, I thought it would be fun to write about what it is that I have read and what it is that I like or dislike about works.
Much of what I read is fiction, though I also like memoirs/autobiography types of books too. Non-fiction is usually difficult for me to focus on and enjoy, so I don't often go for that. I greatly enjoy reading, but also collecting books (my one vice). For some reason I also like to follow the "literary awards" world, and always like to follow Pulitzer prize and Man Booker prize news. I think part of this is that I have really liked any book I have read that has won either prize, so I think of the awards as an indicator of something worth reading. I also love reading classics. My favorite overall authors at this point (for the last few years) are: Virginia Woolf, William Faulkner, John Steinbeck, Willa Cather, Thomas Hardy, and most of the works by the Brontes. Some favorite more recent books I have read are Olive Kitteridge, The White Tiger, The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, The Road, Persepolis, and Maus.
One more thing, I am always reading more than one book at a time (at least 2). This has been a habit of mine for as long as I can remember. In 4th or 5th grade I would have a stack of 5 books on my desk- I would read a few chapters of one, then put it on the bottom of the pile and pick up the next one for a few days. I still do this, but keep the numbers to as much of a minimum as I can.
Much of what I read is fiction, though I also like memoirs/autobiography types of books too. Non-fiction is usually difficult for me to focus on and enjoy, so I don't often go for that. I greatly enjoy reading, but also collecting books (my one vice). For some reason I also like to follow the "literary awards" world, and always like to follow Pulitzer prize and Man Booker prize news. I think part of this is that I have really liked any book I have read that has won either prize, so I think of the awards as an indicator of something worth reading. I also love reading classics. My favorite overall authors at this point (for the last few years) are: Virginia Woolf, William Faulkner, John Steinbeck, Willa Cather, Thomas Hardy, and most of the works by the Brontes. Some favorite more recent books I have read are Olive Kitteridge, The White Tiger, The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, The Road, Persepolis, and Maus.
One more thing, I am always reading more than one book at a time (at least 2). This has been a habit of mine for as long as I can remember. In 4th or 5th grade I would have a stack of 5 books on my desk- I would read a few chapters of one, then put it on the bottom of the pile and pick up the next one for a few days. I still do this, but keep the numbers to as much of a minimum as I can.
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