17. Perfect Fifths - Megan McCafferty
18. Girl With the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Monday, May 24, 2010
Sunday, May 9, 2010
More!
More books!
12. Secrets From the Vinyl Cafe - Stuart McLean
13. Home From the Vinyl Cafe - Stuart McLean
14. Extreme Vinyl Cafe - Stuart McLean
12. Secrets From the Vinyl Cafe - Stuart McLean
13. Home From the Vinyl Cafe - Stuart McLean
14. Extreme Vinyl Cafe - Stuart McLean
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Boooooooks
Books Read Update:
1. Dry - Augusten Burroughs
2. Sloppy Firsts - Megan McCafferty
3. Second Helpings - Megan McCafferty
4. Charmed Thirds - Megan McCafferty
5. Fourth Comings - Megan McCafferty
6. The Year of Secret Assignments - Jaclyn Moriarty
7. The Ruby in the Smoke - Philip Pullman
8. Stories from the Vinyl Cafe - Stuart McLean
9. Vinyl Cafe Unplugged - Stuart McLean
10. Fall On Your Knees - Ann-Marie Macdonald
11. Will Grayson Will Grayson - John Green and David Levithan
Up Next:
1. Barrel Fever - David Sedaris
2. Tracks - Louise Erdrich
3. Secrets From the Vinyl Cafe - Stuart McLean
4. Home From the Vinyl Cafe - Stuart McLean
5. Kurt Vonnegut Autobiography
1. Dry - Augusten Burroughs
2. Sloppy Firsts - Megan McCafferty
3. Second Helpings - Megan McCafferty
4. Charmed Thirds - Megan McCafferty
5. Fourth Comings - Megan McCafferty
6. The Year of Secret Assignments - Jaclyn Moriarty
7. The Ruby in the Smoke - Philip Pullman
8. Stories from the Vinyl Cafe - Stuart McLean
9. Vinyl Cafe Unplugged - Stuart McLean
10. Fall On Your Knees - Ann-Marie Macdonald
11. Will Grayson Will Grayson - John Green and David Levithan
Up Next:
1. Barrel Fever - David Sedaris
2. Tracks - Louise Erdrich
3. Secrets From the Vinyl Cafe - Stuart McLean
4. Home From the Vinyl Cafe - Stuart McLean
5. Kurt Vonnegut Autobiography
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Lotsa things on my mind these days, moving being the biggest. Ahhh.
No more book updates yet. I've been re-reading The Alchemist but nothing new.
Over the next 3 weeks though I'm sure I'll have much more to report as I'll be invigilating exams, which involves lots of quiet sitting (and in my case reading!)
I'm going for a nice walk around this part of town today with my friend Julia, which will be very nice.
I ate this for lunch.
I've already been to work and back today.
No more book updates yet. I've been re-reading The Alchemist but nothing new.
Over the next 3 weeks though I'm sure I'll have much more to report as I'll be invigilating exams, which involves lots of quiet sitting (and in my case reading!)
I'm going for a nice walk around this part of town today with my friend Julia, which will be very nice.
I ate this for lunch.
I've already been to work and back today.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Book update
I am behind schedule with my book reading. I should be at 12 or so and I've only read 7.
This is due to a number of factors, the biggest being that I seem to enjoy watching Top Chef more than reading. Well, sort of. Lately anyways.
The second reason is that I was trying very hard to get through "On The Road" by Jack Kerouac because I don't like to NOT finish a book, but after over a month of it just sitting there while I completed another book, I've decided it's okay if I don't finish it. I'm not going to let it stop me from getting out new books from the library because that's just silly.
Oh and the third reason for less reading is due to my crazy 2 job situation in which I often work 12 hour days.
So, there you go.
Now let's get this thing back on track!
This is due to a number of factors, the biggest being that I seem to enjoy watching Top Chef more than reading. Well, sort of. Lately anyways.
The second reason is that I was trying very hard to get through "On The Road" by Jack Kerouac because I don't like to NOT finish a book, but after over a month of it just sitting there while I completed another book, I've decided it's okay if I don't finish it. I'm not going to let it stop me from getting out new books from the library because that's just silly.
Oh and the third reason for less reading is due to my crazy 2 job situation in which I often work 12 hour days.
So, there you go.
Now let's get this thing back on track!
Sunday, February 21, 2010
First slew of reviews/summaries
Dry - Augusten Burroughs
This is the second installment of Burroughs' memoirs, the first being Running with Scissors. In this memoir Burroughs documents the events of his early twenties as he makes his living as an advertising executive in New York City, and happens to be an alcoholic. Burroughs details his ups and downs on and off the wagon of sobriety. His depictions of living in squalor, showing up to work stinking of alcohol as it exudes from his pores and his denial of it all are powerful almost to the point of gag-enducing. Luckily there is humour mixed in there which makes all the gory details palatable. You try not laughing out loud when he is enthusiastically presented with two overstuffed pink and blue toy animals by a member of his first rehab group session.
While reading Dry, as with Scissors, I was constantly left wondering how someone could have such wild and wacky, not to mention harmful, experiences and still emerge with a sense of perspective big enough to allow him to write about it, and with a sense of humour no less!
This is the second installment of Burroughs' memoirs, the first being Running with Scissors. In this memoir Burroughs documents the events of his early twenties as he makes his living as an advertising executive in New York City, and happens to be an alcoholic. Burroughs details his ups and downs on and off the wagon of sobriety. His depictions of living in squalor, showing up to work stinking of alcohol as it exudes from his pores and his denial of it all are powerful almost to the point of gag-enducing. Luckily there is humour mixed in there which makes all the gory details palatable. You try not laughing out loud when he is enthusiastically presented with two overstuffed pink and blue toy animals by a member of his first rehab group session.
While reading Dry, as with Scissors, I was constantly left wondering how someone could have such wild and wacky, not to mention harmful, experiences and still emerge with a sense of perspective big enough to allow him to write about it, and with a sense of humour no less!
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