My daughter asked me the other day how much Spanish I remember from high school and college. The answer is muy poco (And I needed Google's English-Spanish translator to come up with "poco," which, by the way, I believe is incorrect. But I digress, which is what I do when my musings are random).
I am currently in the middle of the 2010 Man Booker Prize Winner (bonus link to the Man Booker Prize website), The Finkler Question. Let's just say that I was in the mood for an uplifting read, and I am 41% of the way in to the novel (according to my Kindle, don'tcha know). Well written? Yes. Uplifting? Not so much. I must complete the novel by Monday, for reasons too convoluted to explain, or put it down to finish at a later date. My next novel will be a fast-paced adventure or suspense novel. Possibly a Lee Child. Possibly a Brad Thor. Possibly a Nordic crime novel. I'm weighing my options.
As I've told some who may or may not read this blog, I'm taking one off my bucket list in 2011. I'm reading War and Peace. Not the Cliff's Notes version (more on that later). I have earlier blogged about another book blog (and podcast) that I follow, Books on the Nightstand. BOTN is trying to get some people to read, and perhaps chat about, War and Peace during 2011. The thinking is that all of the War and Peace readers will support one another through the arduous adventure. The "official" website of the read along is here, and as you can see, the pace is meant to be leisurely, and it is definitely contemplated that you will read other books at the same time. The Kindle price for the recommended version, by the way, is $7.09.
So back to Cliff's Notes. I wasn't as much of an avid reader in high school and college. I don't suppose that I like being told what to read. While I studied Moby Dick at least twice (in high school and in my American Literature class in college), I have never read the damn novel. There are other classics that I know I've studied but never read. The Scarlet Letter. Wuthering Heights. I read MOST of Grapes of Wrath before I started actually feeling the dust in my own throat. I never would have graduated high school without my friend, Cliff, and his notes. I'm stating it now: Bucket List Item of 2012 is Moby Dick.
Live long, read and prosper. We'll leave the lights on for you.
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