Reading
I can't believe how much I'm reading right now. I'm a pretty casual reader, usually about four or five books a year. I have been on an absolute tear right now, though. This is the most I've read in a year since high school. Of course, in high school I had to read books. I read quite a few on the side, too.
Let's see, here's my list as of three weeks ago:
In Cold Blood - Truman Capote
Breakfast at Tiffany's - Truman Capote
Hunting the Tiger - Christopher S. Stewart
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid - Bill Bryson
Ghost Wars - Steve Coll
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao - Junot Diaz
Okay, so that was through three weeks ago. Not a ton of reading for most people, but I'm proud of it. I really started reading this year while working in Norfolk. Molly got me In Cold Blood as a Christmas present. This was the first time in years I could actually take a lunch break, so I got into the habit of going to Starbucks and reading. It was nice, but that was all the reading I did.
After Oscar Wao I picked up Helter Skelter from Molly's bookshelf. I was really picking up my pace when I started this book. I figured it's 700 pages would slow me back down. But I pounded that book down. I finished it in seven days. Pretty much any little time I could find, I read.
Since then, I read Drown by Junot Diaz, and I'm now finishing up A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson. I'm averaging a book a month now. My goal is to also read some Chuck Palahniuk (starting with Choke) and some Cormac McCarthy (The Road) next. Still need to read A Wolf at the Table by Augusten Burroughs. After that, who knows? I want to pick up The Prize by Daniel Yergin, but I'm a little intimidated by it. But if I can read Helter Skelter in a week, I'm sure I can handle it.
All the while too, I've been rediscovering comic books. I started reading some borrowed trades of Y: The Last Man last year, but stopped. I'm going to start all over now. Also thoroughly enjoying Ex Machina and just finished A History of Violence. Pride of Baghdad is sitting on my shelf too.
I need to maybe slow down a bit. I'm running out of things to read. Also, I'm all out of room on my bookshelf. I just bought it a few months ago. I don't have any more room for another shelf. Plus, books can be expensive. However, I'm really proud of myself suddenly and don't want my pace to slow down. Give me suggestions.
Let's see, here's my list as of three weeks ago:
In Cold Blood - Truman Capote
Breakfast at Tiffany's - Truman Capote
Hunting the Tiger - Christopher S. Stewart
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid - Bill Bryson
Ghost Wars - Steve Coll
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao - Junot Diaz
Okay, so that was through three weeks ago. Not a ton of reading for most people, but I'm proud of it. I really started reading this year while working in Norfolk. Molly got me In Cold Blood as a Christmas present. This was the first time in years I could actually take a lunch break, so I got into the habit of going to Starbucks and reading. It was nice, but that was all the reading I did.
After Oscar Wao I picked up Helter Skelter from Molly's bookshelf. I was really picking up my pace when I started this book. I figured it's 700 pages would slow me back down. But I pounded that book down. I finished it in seven days. Pretty much any little time I could find, I read.
Since then, I read Drown by Junot Diaz, and I'm now finishing up A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson. I'm averaging a book a month now. My goal is to also read some Chuck Palahniuk (starting with Choke) and some Cormac McCarthy (The Road) next. Still need to read A Wolf at the Table by Augusten Burroughs. After that, who knows? I want to pick up The Prize by Daniel Yergin, but I'm a little intimidated by it. But if I can read Helter Skelter in a week, I'm sure I can handle it.
All the while too, I've been rediscovering comic books. I started reading some borrowed trades of Y: The Last Man last year, but stopped. I'm going to start all over now. Also thoroughly enjoying Ex Machina and just finished A History of Violence. Pride of Baghdad is sitting on my shelf too.
I need to maybe slow down a bit. I'm running out of things to read. Also, I'm all out of room on my bookshelf. I just bought it a few months ago. I don't have any more room for another shelf. Plus, books can be expensive. However, I'm really proud of myself suddenly and don't want my pace to slow down. Give me suggestions.
