Alrighty, to the nitty-gritty...
So far this summer I have read.. 2 books. So totally not the number I was hoping to post here at the moment. I'm working on reading more. I'll post the books that I want to read at the end of this post. (I'll post a hopefully more complete one later.)
The first book that I managed to finish was Diary by Chuck Palahniuk. (Thank you Keane for that one!) I won't go too into detail for fear of ruining the book to anyone interested in reading it. I quite enjoyed it. It was very different from the types of books that I normally read (fantasy/science fiction) which was a nice change, and it wasn't a terribly long book. He managed to keep you guessing through the whole book, specifically questioning just who exactly is the narrator. It's not a particularly happy book, but there were definitely some "chuckle out loud" moments. I definitely recommend it to anyone willing to read a slightly trippy, not really happy, book. It really was a good read.
The second book I read was none other than Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I loved this book. Of course, I loved all of the other HP books, so I think I'm a bit biased towards this one. I'm not going to really talk about it other than to say that I read it in, I think, about 10 hours over the course of the weekend it came out, it was truly another fantastic read and I'm sad that it's over. There, I've said all I can really say about it, so yeah.
Alright, now for a list...
Currently I'm reading the His Dark Materials Series. Book 1 is The Golden Compass. Yes, it's that movie that will be out in theaters in I think December. No, that is not why I am reading the book. The series was recommended by a co-worker. So far (I'm roughly halfway through) it is very good.
The list:
- His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
- The Golden Compass
- The Subtle Knife
- The Amber Spyglass
- Space Trilogy - C.S. Lewis (he's one of my favorite authors.. so great)
- Out Of The Silent Planet
- Perelandra
- That Hideous Strength
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass - Lewis Carroll
- The Odyssey - Homer
- Myth Adventures (Volume 1) - Robert Asprin
- Wicked - Gergory Maguire
- The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
- Dracula - Bram Stoker (If I haven't read it already... I can't remember.)
- The Illuminatus! (Trilogy) - Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson
- The Comedy of Errors - William Shakespeare
- Much Ado About Nothing - William Shakespeare
- A few others from Shakespeare (probably re-read Hamlet, I looove Hamlet!)
- Quarterlife Crisis - Alexandra Robbins & Abby Wilner (My Mom got it for me, eventually I'll read it...)
- Are Men Necessary? - Maureen Dowd
- Babbitt - Sinclair Lewis
- All Quiet on the Western Front- Erich Maria Remarque (If I haven't read it already)
- The Screwtape Letters - C.S. Lewis
- Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson
- Wake Of The Red Witch - Garland Roark <~~ I found this book in my basement, I think it came from my Grandparent's basement it's kinda old.. printed in the 1946. Seems nifty enough. :-)
~Mich
