I’ve read five new books in the past 2 weeks (since December 29th). Unfortunately, I don’t think this rate will continue as school starts on Wednesday, so I’m taking the opportunity to post the books I hope to read in the next couple weeks:
The God Delusion
American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau (I hated Thoreau in high school and college, man. HATED HIM. Also not so fond of Emerson or any of the other Transcendentalists. Except Walt Whitman. When the rest of the American Lit survey class were bitching about Hawthorne's use of the passive voice, I'd read Failing to fetch me at first keep encouraged,/ Missing me one place search another,/ I stop somewhere waiting for you. Still one of my absolute favorites.)
Cold Comfort Farm
The Savage Detectives
I Capture the Castle
Them: Adventures with Extremists
Infinite Jest (yeah, I'm not even kidding myself with this one. You could teach an entire CLASS on this novel, and I'm going to finish it in the next two weeks? But, I WANT to read this. I've read all of his other work and I love David Foster Wallace. His death made the world less...everyhing, really. However, 1100 pages? Infinite Jest is going to stay on this list for awhile.)
Seeing as I'm taking three graduate courses and starting up the TA position again, I really don't know if I'll get to these anytime soon. But, the goal is to read 100 books this year. And the only way that's going to happen is if I stop watching so much TV and start reading more books. *sighs*
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