I’m one of those wierdos that likes to read a lot of books at once. I like it when a whole bunch of different images collide in my head, and I think that’s part of the way I create new ideas ( Read more... )

Well, I just got done with "Ines of My Soul", and it was fun journey. Not as moody a piece as I expected considering the dark times it deals with, but very solid ( Read more... )

Recently Finished ( Read more... )

Finished - Something Wicked this Way Comes. Once again, audio books prove the most accessible and rapid form of "reading" for me ( Read more... )

Recently Finished:
- Kafka's "Metamorphosis"
- Virgil's "Aeneid"
- JK Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"

In progress (incremental tho it may be):
- Jaye Wells's book "Red-Headed Step Child"**
- Paul Jessup's book "Open Your Eyes"- Bradbury's "Something Wicked This Way Comes ( Read more... )

I'm in training in Kansas City all week, which means I'm slow to respond ( Read more... )

Reading ( Read more... )

Instead I worked on the novel all night, but with little to show for it. Rewrote 8 mss pages almost from the ground up. Ended up with 12 mss pages. (Net gain of +1,000 words)

I finished "The Great Influenza", which was great. I am on disk 2 of "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao" by Junot Diaz. Pretty fun so far. Didn't expect it to be so geek-

Finished listening to the audio version of Philip Roth's "Everyman". It's unabridged and 4 CDs long, so I was a little shocked that it took a full 2 CDs for the novel to snowball into something addictive. Luckily I was stubborn enough to hold out. :) That said, it's depressing. And (of course), so was Weisel's "Night", which I also just finished ( Read more... )

Started listening to audio books in the car again. Just finished ( Read more... )