8.28.2006
Summer Reading
I am reading several books right now. It would seem like a good idea to finish one book, then start another, but that's not quite how it's working out. I read books depending on my mood. For instance, when I am feeling practical, I read part of the Freakonomics book. When I'm feeling ambitious, I read Atlas Shrugged, again. I have started to read this book almost 15 times already, but have never gotten more than halfway through the book. By the time I have gotten that far, I forget what I am reading about due to the afore mentioned fragmented reading habits. When I've got too many things on my to do list I read The Restaurant at the End of the Universe. Note, I don't read this for pleasure, but one thing on my list is to read all of the Hitchhiker's series, and getting through this book takes me painstakingly closer to finishing that goal. Perhaps I'm just reading some rather boorish books that don't really entertain me and my fickleness. I recently finished "Me Talk Pretty One Day," by David Sedaris. That book was pretty good and I read the whole thing from start to end fairly quickly. I have in fact lent the book to a friend, that's how much I recommend it. Normally I just shelve them away. But this book I want to pawn off on others. It was the type of book that I found myself laughing out loud to and trying to tell stories of later. Which, by the way, didn't really turn out so well. I imagine that it's not really all that interesting to hear a story of a story character from someone you know in real life. If I was that good at story telling, I should make up my own stories and sell those rather than trying to invent things to discuss based on fictional items I have read. Really, one can't go around and say "You'll never guess what happened to David this time..." and have it be taken seriously. Perhaps the first time or two, but after a while people are going to ask, "Who is this David you keep talking about, and when can we meet him? He sounds like a hoot." And then the only reply can be, "Oh, well perhaps you should just read the book, he tells it better than me anyway." At which point, continuing to tell stories of David will only butcher and spoil the stories for other people, so it's best to not really talk about it at all. ¶ 21:55 0 comments : Post a Comment links to this post Comments: Links to this post: |
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