I have made it my goal to read more this year. Over winter break, I knocked out five books from the library. After renewing my library card at the Auburn Library (before moving here for school, I’d never heard of libraries that make you renew annually), I checked out three books.
1. I don't have many expectations for this compilation of short stories. The only name I recognize from the featured stories list is Neil Gaiman, and I did enjoy his stories. I'm hoping that the anthology will satisfy my science fiction and fantasy curiosity.
2. I browsed through this anthology. All of the compilations relate to the Middle East and our dealings there. It should be more interesting upon closer inspection. I like the mixture of fiction and nonfiction. There's even posts from a soldier's blog.
3. I have high hopes for this book. I'm kind of in a zombie mode after my friend wrote about zombies for her NaNo novel (National Novel Writing Month). The most amusing part of the book for me right now is the subtitle, "An Oral History of the Zombie War." :)
1. What are you reading?
2. What would you recommend for me to pick up from the library?
2. I browsed through this anthology. All of the compilations relate to the Middle East and our dealings there. It should be more interesting upon closer inspection. I like the mixture of fiction and nonfiction. There's even posts from a soldier's blog.3. I have high hopes for this book. I'm kind of in a zombie mode after my friend wrote about zombies for her NaNo novel (National Novel Writing Month). The most amusing part of the book for me right now is the subtitle, "An Oral History of the Zombie War." :)So, my dear readers, I leave you with a couple of a questions.
1. What are you reading?
2. What would you recommend for me to pick up from the library?
You have a few things going on in this blog, but it works. Play around though with colors to see what happens. We talked about wrap-around text for images in class yesterday. Try it and see what happens. Let me know about your 2nd choice; it looks like a good one. I just finished "America, America" by Ethan Canin. The fictional narrative, set in the 70s, revolves around the making of a president, which is something that interests me. How do we go about accepting someone as worthy of this office? Next up, (I have to buy it first), is Game Change (an account of the 2009 election).
ReplyDeleteI did try the wrap-around text, but I had difficulty getting the images and the text to look how I wanted them. I'll try it again though.
ReplyDeleteThe title of this looks very familiar to me. Whats it from :)
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