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David is an occasional blogger, software engineer, Nintendo fanboy, liberal, news magazine addict, voracious TiVo user, and bibliophile. He was born in St. Louis, grew up in southern Indiana, and returned to St. Louis to attend Washington University. He hasn't managed to escape yet. He's a fan of free wine tastings, too many tv shows to name, and eating out. David makes his living developing web applications used internally by his employer. He doesn't blog about work because he's heard too many stories about that causing workplace troubles. There's more on the about page. |
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10 June 2005 - 8:54 pm
Recently I think I've spent too much time in front of the TV. So I set a goal for myself this summer. Starting at the beginning of June and running through the end of August, I'm going to read 25 books. This averages out to two books per week, which seems a bit aggressive, but I think I can pull this off as long as I'm very careful about my book selection. There's nothing worse than wasting a couple of days slogging through a book that you just aren't enjoying. I'm probably going to cheat a bit by throwing in some old favorites, especially later this month when I'm flying back and forth from San Francisco. (I don't want to be caught on a long flight with boring books.)
So far I think my progress has been pretty good. Today is the tenth so I need to be through three books at this point. I'm a bit ahead as I've made it through four books so far:
- The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
- Carnage on the Committee by Ruth Dudley Edwards
- Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
- I am Charlotte Simmons by Tom Wolfe
I also wasted more time than I should have giving The Portrait by Iain Pears a chance. The Portrait is interesting, but it is written entirely as one side of a dialogue between an artist and his subject. I'll probably come back to it at some point, but I tried to start this book twice this week and just couldn't get into, so it's going to have to wait.
You can see the book I'm currently working on over there on the right. It's The Closers by Michael Connelly. I'm joining this series a bit late as this is the tenth book featuring Detective Harry Bosch, but I'm really enjoying it so far which probably means a trip to the library is in order.
Books currently in the queue include Matricide at St. Martha's; Publish and Be Murdered; Beginning a Great Work, Washington University in St. Louis 1853-2003; The Travels of Jamie McPheeters; The Flanders Panel; and the new Harry Potter book.
If you've read a good book recently, please leave a comment and let me know about it. I'll keep you updated on how this little quest as the summer goes on.
Posted by on 10 June 2005 at 8:53 PM
Comments
David, read "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro. It's a page burner (my wife and I both read it in two days). I would tell you what it's about, but it would ruin the mystery of the book.
Posted by Chris on 16 June 2005 - 12:36 PM
"The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy.
Posted by Rachel on 16 June 2005 - 7:09 PM