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binge reading |
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a real thirst for a good story |
6.11.2005
ok, update! it's been awhile, but i'm still reading. Peter Ibbetson by George du Maurier-finished 3-15-05 Trader by Charles de Lint-started 3-20-05; finished 3-21-05 Mirror Mirror by Gregory Maguire-started 3-22-05; finished 3-27-05 Going Postal by Terry Pratchett-started 3-30-05; finished 4-2-05 (thanks for loaning me this, jo!) Gifts by Ursula K. LeGuin-started 4-13-05; finished 4-14-05 (and this one, too! 8^) *The Golden Compass: His Dark Materials, Book 1 by Phillip Pullman-started 4-19-05; finished 4-19-05 The Unicorn Sonata by Peter S. Beagle-started 4-20-05; finished 4-20-05 (no it's not a sequel to The Last Unicorn, but a totally seperate story.) The Color Purple by Alice Walker-stared 4-21-05; finished 4-23-05 and after that i forgot to keep track! but i don't think i read too much during may. here's what i'm reading/leafing through right now: Creative Mythology: The Masks of God, Book 4 by Joseph Campbell (didn't realize this was part of a series. i'll have to get the othre 3 books now.) Dictionary of Symbolism, Cultural Icons & the Meanings Behind Them by Hans Biedemann, Translated by James Hulbert (thank you for loaning me this one, alice!) The Annotated Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, Annotations by Michael Patrick Hearn (this has the orignal illustrations by W.W. Denslow, reproduced in the colors they were intended to be.) |
currently reading:. #Creative Mythology: The Masks of God, Book 4 by Joseph Campbell #Across the Wall by Garth Nix to read:. *Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes (thanks for this one, c!) The Nine Emotional Lives of Cats, a Journey into the Feline Heart by Jefferey Moussaieff Masson Eygptian Magic by E. A. Wallis Budge The Library of Alexandria, Centre of Learning in the Ancient World edited by Roy MacLeod Alexandria Rediscovered by Jean-Yves Empereur, translated by Margaret Maehler Ghosts: Appearances of the Dead and Cultural Transformation by by R.C. Finucane Libraries of the Ancient World by Lionel Casson *Red Land, Black Land by Barbara Mertz * denotes books that have been reread. # denotes a series of books or a trilogy. ‡ denotes an electronic book recommended reading:. Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman Catch 22 by Joseph Heller Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. LeGuin Sabriel by Garth Nix fav authors:. Terry Pratchett Neil Gaiman William Gibson Guy Gavriel Kay Charles de Lint Ursula K. LeGuin more to come! links:. avanced book exchange | oxbow books | tbib | logology | project gutenberg my life by design | linkiedinks | blue canary | scribbles & sketches | recommend a book layout by greencapsule thanks to blogskins and comments by yaccs powered by blogger |