I've made a resolution
I've made a resolution. I'm not allowed to buy any books until I've read 20 of the books that I've got on my shelves waiting to be read. The book backlog is a mix of comics, philosophy, memoirs, and novels, with a few short story anthologies thrown in for fun. I'm going to post mini reviews here, so as to keep myself (relatively) honest.
First up is Essential Captain Marvel. So far it's pretty awesome. Jet-belts! Wrist-blasters! Breathing potions! Carol Freaking Danvers, oh yes! Second up will likely be Kierkegaard's Purity of Heart, because I've been dying to read it, but haven't had the attention span for some time.
Other books chillin on my shelves:
Blankets (Craig Thompson), Counterrevoultion and Revolt (Marcuse), Wittgenstein's Poker, Persepolis 2 (Marjane Satrapi), Waltz With Bashir (Ari Folman and David Polonsky), Oryx and Crake (Atwood) , Late Nights on Air (Elizabeth Hay), All That Matters (Wayson Choy), Madame Bovary (Flaubert, yeah seriously, I ashamed not to have read it), The Original Accident (Paul Virilio), Graphic Witness (George A Walker), The Politics of Aesthetics (Ranciere), Hatred of Democracy (also Ranciere), My Best Stories (Alice Munroe), Say, You're One of Them (Uwem Akpam), 911 Emergency Relief, The Life of Charlotte Bronte (Elizabeth Gaskell), Lysistrata (Aristophanes), AND IT GOES ON.
Aside from the first two, I'm not going to impose a reading order, because I don't want to turn this project into a Project, if you get me.
I'm also going to try to get back into the habit of reviewing comics. As of now, the queue looks like this: Creepy, Daytripper, Choker, Fade To Black and American Vampire. I actually managed to make it through a superhero comic this month (GODDAMN EVENT COMICS GODDAMN), but I wasn't thrilled enough to be bothered writing about it. For the curious, it was Herculues: Fall of an Avenger. Big Two comics: not doing it for me right now, ladies and gentlebeings.
Alternate: http://schmevil.dreamwidth.org/231608.html.
First up is Essential Captain Marvel. So far it's pretty awesome. Jet-belts! Wrist-blasters! Breathing potions! Carol Freaking Danvers, oh yes! Second up will likely be Kierkegaard's Purity of Heart, because I've been dying to read it, but haven't had the attention span for some time.
Other books chillin on my shelves:
Blankets (Craig Thompson), Counterrevoultion and Revolt (Marcuse), Wittgenstein's Poker, Persepolis 2 (Marjane Satrapi), Waltz With Bashir (Ari Folman and David Polonsky), Oryx and Crake (Atwood) , Late Nights on Air (Elizabeth Hay), All That Matters (Wayson Choy), Madame Bovary (Flaubert, yeah seriously, I ashamed not to have read it), The Original Accident (Paul Virilio), Graphic Witness (George A Walker), The Politics of Aesthetics (Ranciere), Hatred of Democracy (also Ranciere), My Best Stories (Alice Munroe), Say, You're One of Them (Uwem Akpam), 911 Emergency Relief, The Life of Charlotte Bronte (Elizabeth Gaskell), Lysistrata (Aristophanes), AND IT GOES ON.
Aside from the first two, I'm not going to impose a reading order, because I don't want to turn this project into a Project, if you get me.
I'm also going to try to get back into the habit of reviewing comics. As of now, the queue looks like this: Creepy, Daytripper, Choker, Fade To Black and American Vampire. I actually managed to make it through a superhero comic this month (GODDAMN EVENT COMICS GODDAMN), but I wasn't thrilled enough to be bothered writing about it. For the curious, it was Herculues: Fall of an Avenger. Big Two comics: not doing it for me right now, ladies and gentlebeings.
Alternate: http://schmevil.dreamwidth.org/231608.html.