Books 2005 - I did it!!!
I did it! I've reached and breached my reading goal for this year. Phew! A couple months ago those elusive eighteen points that I set as a north for this year seemed like a long shot, but a very fast and furious reading schedule together with lots of coffee [and no girl in my life] in this last months, allowed me to finish way ahead of time.Just for the record I'd say that I started this year's reading with a right foot and I was on track up until around April. But then, someone came alone and it took me from there to August to finish "In Retrospect" -which by the way I end up paying a big fine in the library for it.
From August onwards my reading went through the roof; I'm just amazed how many pages I devoured. . . I guess I work better under pressure, and alone.
The year is not over, so I may even reach twenty points or maybe thirty! or who knows, perhaps frikking fifty! Whatever.
Here's the list: 21 books, 12 fiction and 9 non-fiction. Special thanks go to a very cute girl who recommended some of the non-fiction books, which I end up enjoying. . . seriously I did.
Books that I've read so far this year (18.15):
(0.50) HOLES - Louis Sachar
(1.35) PLAN OF ATTACK - Bob Woodward
(0.50) 1984 - George Orwell
(1.35) ABOUT FACE - James Mann
(0.50) THE LAST JUROR - John Grisham
(0.50) MEMORIA DE MIS PUTAS TRISTES - Gabo
(0.50) THE PARTNER - John Grisham
(0.50) THE BROKER - John Grisham
(1.35) IN RESTROSPECT - Robert S. McNamara
(0.50) NIGHTS IN RODANTHE - Nicholas Sparks
(1.35) BRAIN DROPPINGS - George Carlin
(0.50) SKINNY DEEP - Carl Hiaasen
(0.50) A WALK TO REMEMBER - Nicholas Sparks
(1.35) MAGICAL THINKING - Augusten Burroughs
(1.35) RECOVERING FROM MORTALITY - Deborah Cumming
(0.50) THE NOTEBOOK - Nicolas Sparks
(1.35) ON BULLSHIT - Harry G. Frankfurt
(0.50) THE RAINMAKER - John Grisham
(1.35) RUNNING WITH SCISSORS - Augusten Burroughs
(1.35) DRY - Augusten Burroughs
(0.50) BASKET CASE - Carl Hiaasen
Questions about those values in front of the books? Read here first and then here.
Jean-Francois was drunk at 7:35 PM
7 Comments:
looks like you've got some serious reading to do - you're not even halfway there!
y como te parecio "memoria de mis putas tristes"? me recordaba mucho al personaje de florentino ariza.
The point system is a nice idea. I wonder how many points a person should get if they make it all the way through Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit or Heidegger's Being and Time. Happy reading.
E,
I have indeed a lot of reading ahead...
El amor en los Tiempos del Colera es mi novela favorita de Gabo. Memoria de mis putas tristes no me parecio tan buena, y creo que falto mas espacio para desarrollar los personajes y su contexto; mas que una novela la considero como un cuento largo.
Un libro que me fascina es "Del Amor y Otros Demonios", una de sus mejores obras sin duda alguna. Es el tipo de libros que no puedes dejar de leer, tiene muchisimo sabor, color, olor y por supuesto esos amores imposibles, locos, intensos y desenfrenados que pueden llegar a enloquecer al mas cuerdo.
Lynn,
Non-fiction books get 1,35. Thanks for stopping by...
I'm now starting to see a light right at the end of the tunnel... I definitely do shit better under pressure.
hey how was the one by louis sachar? i remember reading him as a kid (sideways stories from wayside school - which i absolutely loved) but i'm assuming the one you read is for adults, no?
"Holes" is pretty good. There's even a movie of that book. It was a very easy and very fun read, just perfect for young adults like moi.
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