(Tentative) 2013 TBR Book Pile

[aorin]

It's a little bit too early to prepare this but since I'm obviously looking for an excuse to procrastinate (and tumblr was down earlier), so why not. I'll be taking one of those online reading challenges next year, mostly because I just want to cut down the To-Be-Read book pile in my room (which will expand massively in December after I return from

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[aorin]

But you do so well with distractions... well, better than me anyway. But yes, school. The biggest time consumer! Don't get me wrong, we read a lot for school, it's just... not what we always want to read. I find it almost impossible to resist book sales or bargain bins, and because of the cheap prices, I sometimes end up with books that I'm not even sure I want to read. Reading habits are pretty terrible in my country so I'm generally surprised to find a crowd in bookstores. Have I told you that I tend to run into a bookstore to avoid a large crowd during weekends at the shopping malls? XD But yes, books are treasures. *nods*

Ooh, I've read "Joy Luck Club" but not "Jasmine". You are talking about Bharati Mukherjee's Jasmine, yes? And don't worry, I'm more partial to books anyway and it'll be hard to locate these poems, especially if they are obscure.

Remember that year-end book sale that I've mentioned earlier? For some reason, Murakami's books are always the first to sell out. I don't know if people really likes his books that much or they are just buying his books because he's a popular writer. Other than Kafka, I currently own "What I Talk About When I Talk About Running" and "After Dark" but I think I'm going to go ahead with reading Kafka first. :) I know some of my course mates read "A Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man" for one of their classes and I did like the "Dubliners" (which I think you'll like)... but not "Ulysses".

Your unread books are crying for you to return. By the way, how long will you be in Japan? :) Second-hand books sound like a fine option. Library is good too but you don't get to own the copy and it's just... different. :/