further proof that books are fun
So I've been reading. If I recall I'd set myself a goal of averaging one novel a month over the course of the year. Not much really, but it seemed like something to shoot for when I was teaching and fiction felt like a guilty pleasure. I've already passed that mark though...perhaps I should change gears and read something a bit more academic. Or not.
The updated list for the year (almost exclusively fiction now that I'm not teaching--excluding the large daily helpings of three newspapers and various magazines and such):
Them: Adventures With Extremists by Jon Ronson--nonfiction (a fun read full of my kinda kooks and nuts--thanks to br'er Bunni for the recommendation way back when)
Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane--fiction
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon--fiction
Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem--fiction
The Bottom of the Harbor by Joseph Mitchell--nonfiction
Old Mr. Flood by Joseph Mitchell--fiction
Cannery Row by John Steinbeck--fiction
The Wayward Bus by John Steinbeck--fiction
Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck--fiction
The Elementary Particles by Michel Houellebecq--fiction
The Time of Our Singing by Richard Powers--fiction
Meditations on First Philosophy by Rene Descartes--nonfiction
A History of Western Philosophy vol.2 by W.T. Jones chapters 1-4--nonfiction
Why Dogs Chase Cars by George Singleton--fiction
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell--fiction
Selections from Plato: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, The Republic--nonfiction
"Education Through Violence" from A History of Western Philosophy vol.1 by W.T. Jones--nonfiction
"Consolation for Unpopularity" from The Consolations of Philosophy by Alain De Botton--nonfiction
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson—fiction
