books and words

[_jems_]

So, I just finished something I had to have done by tomorrow morning, and even though I have to be up in about five hours I'm too wired to go to sleep. Figured I'd wait up for the TAR torrent while I was at it. I mean, at this point, why not?

It was a script for an instructional DVD that has taken me the better part of the weekend to translate, but at least it got me caught up on my movie watching. Since Friday - when I started - I've watched six movies. And I think I could even pick the plots of those movies out of a line-up if I had to. I did elect to only watch those movies I only had a passing interest in since I'd be working while watching, so I've seen nothing I'd recommend.

I've also spent an obscene amount of time (considering I should have been working) reading J/D fics. Today I started on this AU season 8 and it's making me miss the show something fierce. Even though I'm in the middle of a rewatch, go figure.

Reading List '08

1. His Dark Materials, by Philip Pullman.
2. Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson.
3. American Gods, by Neil Gaiman.
4. Life of Pi, by Yann Martel.
5. The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood.
6. The Black Book, by Orhan Pamuk.
7. The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger.
8. Rubicon, by Tom Holland.
9. The Fall of the Roman Empire, by Peter Heather.
10. Middlesex, by Jeffrey Eugenides.
11. Children of Men, by P.D. James.
12. The Little Friend, by Donna Tartt.
13. Mästaren och Margarita, av Bulgakov.
14. Shantaram, by Gregory David Roberts.
15. A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L'Engle.
16. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum.
17. Wicked, by Gregory Maguire.
18. The Time Traveler's Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger.
19. The Powerbook, by Jeanette Winterson.
20. Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, by David Sedaris.
21. The Princess Bride, by William Goldman.
22. Anansi Boys, by Neil Gaiman.

I bought seven books based on your recommendations in my last post, and the rest from that post are already on my wish list at bokus.com - my preferred online book retailer. New recs are always welcome, and I'll probably end up buying them all at some point, I trust people online to steer me right more than I trust the people around me (seriously, I can't take book recs from people who can say they liked The Da Vinci Code and keep a straight face).

Yeah, so based on this list, and the list of books already in my wish list there's no way I'm going to get away with halving my goal of 50 books for the year, I'm going to have to go for the full 50. Which is okay, I won't be devastated if i don't reach it, and at the same time it's good to put that goal high enough so that I really do try and don't start the year by slacking off (as I am wont to do).