Frankenstein

I started reading Frankenstein first. I'll get to the La Guin. Its kind of fitting that I read Mary Shelley right now. I'm getting sick and 19th century Gothic literature is just what I need right now. The Left Hand of Darkness will be good for while I'm recovering. I'm also gradually reading Cure for the Common Life. Not so much because I feel like I need a cure or because I feel like I'm worthless but I really like it. Its not just for "losers", its also a good way to remind yourself that your talents are not your own and you should be using them to further God's kingdom.

My October Books

So I've kind of given up on my old list. Some of them I started and just couldn't get into, others I just am choosing not to read right now. Oh well. There is a new list though. October is here and that means scary movies, too much candy, and dark books. I'm gradually making my way into the "scary" books. Here is my list in order of how I will read them:

• The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Leguin
• Frankenstein by Mary Shelly
• Dracula by Bram Stoker
• The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova

I'm looking forward to this month. I like darker literature.

srsly straying! hard core straying!

I couldn't do Courtesan. I'm sure it's great but with this wonderful weather we've been having (its srsly feels like Fall) I had to read Time Traveler's Wife. The reason this is such serious straying is because I've already read this book. But honestly, I had to. And that's final. lol. It just works so well with the weather. I needed a little bit of a love story anyway.

Straying From the List

I just finished Emily Griffin's Something Borrowed and Something Blue. I had a hard time getting through the first half of Something Blue because it was so hard to like the main character. As she changes the book gets easier to read. Now I'm on to Courtesan by Diane Haeger. Its Historical Fiction so it should be pretty amazing. We'll see.

Henry David Thoreau

Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself than this incessant business.

Henry David Thoreau

That is all.

Its Been A While

I know I haven't written in a while. I actually forgot the password to this blog. lol. I'm back now. I have strayed. I've been reading things that are not on my list. Oh well, I guess. At least I'm reading. Of the things I've read, Eat, Pray, Love is my favorite. Please read it. Its amazing! It will change your life. Seriously.

Persuasion- more side tracks

I talked to Anika and she encouraged me to read more things that pertain to my life and less novels. I checked out a few books at Borders and came home and found them on Amazon. I just finished Persuasion and it got me in a Jane Austen mood so I'm reading Sense and Sensibility while I wait to get Eat, Pray, Love and Cure for the Common Life. Brianne recommended The Irresistable Revolution so I'm going to read that one, too. I'll keep you posted.