Reading Ravenously

February 27th, 2007
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I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again – nothing helps your reading life better than moving to a rural island in the middle of the Japanese Seto Inland Sea. Seriously. So, I killed off The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, which was good but which had a weak ending, and will likely finish up 問題な日本語 before too long. It left me thinking…I have polished off almost all of the books immediately available to me. Most of them were read for no other reason than that they were available and I had free time to kill. I think I may need to put in an Amazon order, or try to find a used English bookstore somewhere. Anyway, looks like things will be quieting down on the reading front until I can get my grubby thumbs on some more pages. Here are some books I’d fancy reading this year.

Fun books:
State of Fear, and Next by Michael Crichton
The Solomon Key by Dan Brown (scant info available here)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

Thinking books:
The Essential Kierkegaard
Letters & Papers from Prison by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The Complete C.S. Lewis Signature Classics

Any other recommendations from you folks? Anyone know of a second hand book shop in Ehime Prefecture? Ho-hum. Two boring posts in one day. What shall I do? Can’t make that a habit. :-(

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  • Megan
    Nevermind. I found your gmail with the info. Sending book now.
  • Megan
    I will send you a copy of the book asap then. :D

    Explanation for my tentative sounding comment: remember that music that I burned for you? You seemed to really dislike the German rap that sounded like it was talking about a bunch of things you disagreed with. I also remember you being curious, if a bit derisive of Al Franken (not that I blame you, really) and not interested in reading his book. I remember odd things. *shrugs*

    Now, I know from our many conversations that you're an open-minded person, and there's no one with whom I'd rather have a conversation about Obama's ideas. I just didn't want you to think I was trying to, I don't know, sell you on Obama's policies or whatever by shoving his book at you. I've thought about you a lot since reading it, and I'm still really curious to see what you'll say when you finish it.

    I just need your address. Have you posted it somewhere on here, or is it somewhere else I might be able to locate it? I'll check my gmail records, just in case. As soon as I have that, you'll have a copy of the book.
  • I'll read pretty much anything you throw at me. Ha ha. We can discuss it after. You talk like I'm scared of reading something outside of my own political thinkings. You know me better than that. Ha ha. I like that stuff, man. And it'd be nice to read his book so I know something about the guy. Never heard much about him until he made that speech at the DNC - of which you sent me the video and I watched, if you'll recall. :-) I still have time before the real election races start, though. But sure, I'm totally game. And since when have I needed new books? Ha ha. Yay! In short: heck yeah.
  • Megan
    So there's a book that I want to send you ('cause I know you'll never find it out there), but I don't know if you'll want to read it. It's "The Audacity of Hope" by Barack Obama. Now, I know that he's a democrat, and the book definitely has democractic leanings, but it made me think of all our conversations in Tokyo and I couldn't help wondering what you'd think of it.

    I could always send you books (it's pretty cheap to do through Amazon.com if you don't want new ones) if you can't find a bookstore to your liking. Let me know.
  • I still blame it on the raw egg milkshakes that Dad forced Mom to drink while she was pregnant. She claims it gave us good brains. I claim it gave us nerdlike impulses to mess our eyes up reading late at night.

    No, wait, forget that. I blame it on lights-out time! Yeah, that's the ticket...
  • Bonnie
    Deas....the fact that you and I stayed up late at night to read as children (and I still do it...shhhh!) just cements the fact that we are dorks....lol My books of choice were things like Pride & Prejudice, The Inheritance, etc. We really did have different childhoods than normal people...lol
  • What book launch in Matsuyama...? :-P

    Yeah, reading is becoming a hobby of mine pretty quick. I used to read recreationally when I wasn't supposed to be doing so, and wound up needing glasses due to the habit. (Not the habit of reading. The habit of reading under a blanket with a flashlight when mom had said lights-out about a trillion times.) At least I can say I've read a bunch of the classics thanks to that. You know, the epic books like Treasure Island, The Count of Monte Cristo, 20000 Leagues Under the Sea, Black Beauty, Robinson Crusoe, Moby Dick, The Hound of the Baskervilles, etc. Glasses might be worth it. Lasik surgery is definitely worth it...hahaha.
  • Nice. I'm going to count on you to pass off some books to me. Although, chances are I will have my very own copy of harry potter (for you to autograph at some point). Ziggy and I have already hypothesized about going to the book launch in Matsuyama. But perhaps I shouldn't have just openly admitted that. Ah well.

    I'm currently reading "Middlesex" which I'm thoroughly enjoying. However, I'm quite positive that whenever a teacher looks over at me to see what I'm reading about - all they see is "....sex." Unfortunate title. :(
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