Showing posts with label Ian McEwan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ian McEwan. Show all posts

Thursday, May 20, 2010

Literary ADD

Since I've finished The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, I have had literary ADD. I also had an extremely intense paper to write, so I've been distracted needless to say.

The quarter is winding down, 2 weeks of class left until finals. Until then, I have to stay focused on school so I can just get done with it all. 

I did start three new books though, because of the literary ADD and not being able to choose what I want to read. So currently I'm reading Labyrinth by Kate Mosse, Saturday by Ian McEwan, and am working my way through The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake. I've had an uncorrected reader's copy of Labyrinth for about 5 years, from when I worked at Book Passage, and I am just now reading, but so far it's pretty intriguing. I always love a good historical epic. Ian McEwan is one of my favorite authors, and Saturday has been on my list for quite some time. 80 pages in and loving every minute of his elegant prose. As for William Blake, he is probably my favorite poet, but I've never read his complete works. I love his words and an enjoying with elegant, Romantic poetry.

That's all for now folks! Happy reading!
 

Friday, March 12, 2010

It's favorite books time

So I'm currently reading Possession by A.S. Byatt, and it's totally awesome, but I am no where near finishing it. So I decided to do a post about a few of my favorite books. Today it will be novels.

  1. The Time Traveler's Wife- Audrey Niffinegger
  2. White Oleander- Janet Fitch
  3. The Lovely Bones- Alice Sebold
  4. Wonder When You'll Miss Me- Amanda Davis
  5. Water for Elephants- Sarah Gruen
  6. Stardust- Neil Gaiman
  7. Case Histories- Kate Atkinson
  8. The Vampire Lestat- Anne Rice
  9. Atonement- Ian McEwan
  10. The Reader- Bernard Schlink
These are my top 10 favorite novels. There are many more that I have read and loved, but these are the ones that will always be on my bookshelf.

I'm going to do more top 10 lists, history books, current nonfiction, biographies, poetry, etc. Hope you love it!