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cruiscin_lan) wrote2009-05-09 09:52 am
cruiscin_lan) wrote2009-05-09 09:52 am
Post about books.
I'm a voracious reader, and so I'm going to talk about books for a little while now. You know how much of a bookworm I am? On Wednesday I picked up Vonnegut's The Sirens of Titan at the library in the morning and returned it that afternoon when I finished it. The only thing that keeps me from reading more is that it's impossible to read and drive at the same time.
I often go on what I call "author binges" where I go to the library and get out everything they have that a particular author has written, even if it means straddling genres (fiction and nonfiction, fantasy and sci-fi, etc.). Recent author binges have included a slew of women authors, particularly Alice Munro, Joyce Carol Oates, and Bharati Mukherjee, as well as J. M. Coetzee and David Sedaris (for funsies). I seem to be shifting into a more modern/post-modern science fiction theme, since I checked out stacks of Vonnegut and C. S. Lewis yesterday.
Reading right now: The Master of Petersburgh by J. M. Coetzee. I'm nearly done with it now and then I'll have to figure out what I'd like to start next. I think it's seriously affecting my writing, because whatever I set down is in the present tense.
One book I always carry with me is Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities, because even in translation it's the most beautiful prose I've ever read.
What are your favorite books? What are you reading? What would you recommend?
I often go on what I call "author binges" where I go to the library and get out everything they have that a particular author has written, even if it means straddling genres (fiction and nonfiction, fantasy and sci-fi, etc.). Recent author binges have included a slew of women authors, particularly Alice Munro, Joyce Carol Oates, and Bharati Mukherjee, as well as J. M. Coetzee and David Sedaris (for funsies). I seem to be shifting into a more modern/post-modern science fiction theme, since I checked out stacks of Vonnegut and C. S. Lewis yesterday.
Reading right now: The Master of Petersburgh by J. M. Coetzee. I'm nearly done with it now and then I'll have to figure out what I'd like to start next. I think it's seriously affecting my writing, because whatever I set down is in the present tense.
One book I always carry with me is Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities, because even in translation it's the most beautiful prose I've ever read.
What are your favorite books? What are you reading? What would you recommend?
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Currently, I'm reading Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. It came to me as a recommendation from a friend and since it was available at the library, I decided to give it a try.
Some of my favorite books include:
- Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
- Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs by Chuck Klosterman
- The Snow Garden by Christopher Rice
- Lord of the Rings trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Anne of Green Gables series by L.M. Montgomery
Depending on what you like to read would probably determine what books I'm more likely to recommend. I'd suggest any of the books I just listed under my favorites. In addition, I also recommend A.J. Jacobs' The Know it All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World, Jon Krakauer's Under the Banner of Heaven, Ayn Rand's Anthem, and Elissa Wall's Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs.
Hm, I just realized 3/4 I just listed are nonfiction. Oops! I swear I read a lot of fiction but over the past few months, I've been getting more into nonfiction.
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Nonfiction is a lot of fun, too - I like to read a lot of what Mary Roach has written.
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Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus...I'm pretty sure I may have leafed through it while I was walking around B&N bored before. Oh well!
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