hey, look, I have a journal :)
Ok, this time the hiatus wasn't just due to university-related stress, I also had some technical problems with my log-in that I think I have solved now (no, it wasn't the cookies). Plus, I never really had anything to say that didn't revolve around Latin grammar, which I suppose does not appeal to the people who might read this. So. Since it's the end of the year, have the cliché thing: the books I read.
As usual, this doesn't include a pile of academic reading I did for my studies, but it does include Latin texts studied this time around. The whole list is rather antiquity-centered, come to think of it. Language is indicated. Total count is 50, which I guess is alright.
Previous Years: 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010
1. De Officiis [M. Tullius Cicero, LA, 4/5]
2. The Hunger Games #1 - The Hunger Games [Suzanne Collins, EN, 3/5]
3. The Hunger Games #2 - Catching Fire [Suzanne Collins, EN, 2/5]
4. The Hunger Games #3 - Mockingjay [Suzanne Collins, EN, 1/5]
5. Das Leben ist anderswo [Milan Kundera, DE, 4/5]
6. Foundation #1 - Foundation [Isaac Asimov, EN, 4/5]
7. R.U.R. [Karel Čapek, CZ, 3/5]
8. Little Brother [Cory Doctorow, EN, 2/5]
9. Der Turm [Uwe Tellkamp, DE, 5/5]
10. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? [Philip K. Dick, EN, 3/5]
11. Ruhm [Daniel Kehlmann, DE, 3/5]
12. Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum [Heinrich Böll, DE, 4/5]
13. The Tennant of Wildfell Hall [Anne Brontë, EN, 2/5]
14. Die Stadt und die Hunde [Mario Vargas Llosa, DE, 4/5]
15. Im Westen nichts Neues [Erich Maria Remarque, DE, 5/5]
16. First Against the Wall [Manna Francis, EN, reread, 5/5]
17. Mind Fuck [Manna Francis, EN, reread, 4/5]
18. A Single Man [Christopher Isherwood, EN, 4/5]
19. The Regiment - The Real Story of the SAS [Michael Asher, EN, 4/5]
20. Erechtheus [Algernon Swinburne, EN, 2/5]
21. Die Welt ist nicht immer Freitag [Horst Evers, DE, 3/5]
22. Small World [David Lodge, EN, 2/5]
23. Star Trek DS9: A Stitch In Time [Andrew J. Robinson, EN, 5/5]
24. The Battle For Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 [Antony Beevor, EN, 3/5]
25. Tagebuch [Anne Frank, DE, reread, 4/5]
26. Band of Brothers [Stephen Ambrose, EN, 1/5]*
27. Epistulae morales ad Lucilium Liber X [L. Anneaus Seneca, LA/DE, 3/5]
28. A Song of Ice and Fire #5 - A Dance With Dragons [George R. R. Martin, EN, 4/5]
29. Marcus Terentius Varro - Einführung in sein Werk [Burkhart Cardauns, DE, 3/5]
30. De Lingua Latina #1 [M. Terentius Varro, LA/EN by R. G. Kent, 4/5]
31. On Art and Life [John Ruskin, EN, 3/5]
32. Zeitrechnung - Von den Sumerern bis zur Swatch [Thomas Vogtherr, DE, 3/5]
33. Star Trek DS9: The Never-Ending Sacrifice [Una McCormack, EN, 4/5]
34. Metamorphoses [P. Ovidius Naso, DE by M. v. Albrecht, 4/5]
35. De Lingua Latina #2 [M. Terentius Varro, LA/EN by R. G. Kent, 5/5]
36. Epistulae morales ad Lucilium Liber XVI [L. Aeneaus Seneca, LA/DE, 2/5]
37. Die Letzte Welt [Christoph Ransmayr, DE, 5/5]
38. Star Trek DS9: Hollow Men [Una McCormack, EN, 4/5]
39. De Rerum Natura [T. Lucretius Carus, EN by W.E. Leonard, 2/5]
40. Antigone [Sophokles, DE by N. Zink, 3/5]
41. The Song of Achilles [Madeline Miller, EN, 2/5]
42. The City & The City [China Miéville, EN, 2/5]
43. Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us [Robert D. Hare, EN, 2/5]
44. The Clouds [Aristophanes, EN by W. Hickie, 4/5]**
45. Fight Club [Chuck Palahniuk, EN, reread, 5/5]
46. Politeia [Plato, DE by W. Wiegandt, 3/5]***
47. The Picture of Dorian Gray [Oscar Wilde, EN, reread, 5/5]
48. Medea [L. Aeneaus Seneca, LA/DE, 3/5]
49. The Valley of Fear [Arthur Conan Doyle, EN, 3/5]
50. Medea. Stimmen [Christa Wolf, DE, 5/5]
* The history behind the book is amazing. The men of E Company, 506th PIR, 101st Airborne are amazing. The HBO miniseries of the same name is amazing. The book … isn't.
** The translation sucks, but it gives you some idea as to how awesome it must be in Ancient Greek. Shall acquire an extensive commentary asap.
*** Sometimes excellent, sometimes overly complicated, often creepy and always fascinating.
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As usual, this doesn't include a pile of academic reading I did for my studies, but it does include Latin texts studied this time around. The whole list is rather antiquity-centered, come to think of it. Language is indicated. Total count is 50, which I guess is alright.
Previous Years: 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010
1. De Officiis [M. Tullius Cicero, LA, 4/5]
2. The Hunger Games #1 - The Hunger Games [Suzanne Collins, EN, 3/5]
3. The Hunger Games #2 - Catching Fire [Suzanne Collins, EN, 2/5]
4. The Hunger Games #3 - Mockingjay [Suzanne Collins, EN, 1/5]
5. Das Leben ist anderswo [Milan Kundera, DE, 4/5]
6. Foundation #1 - Foundation [Isaac Asimov, EN, 4/5]
7. R.U.R. [Karel Čapek, CZ, 3/5]
8. Little Brother [Cory Doctorow, EN, 2/5]
9. Der Turm [Uwe Tellkamp, DE, 5/5]
10. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? [Philip K. Dick, EN, 3/5]
11. Ruhm [Daniel Kehlmann, DE, 3/5]
12. Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum [Heinrich Böll, DE, 4/5]
13. The Tennant of Wildfell Hall [Anne Brontë, EN, 2/5]
14. Die Stadt und die Hunde [Mario Vargas Llosa, DE, 4/5]
15. Im Westen nichts Neues [Erich Maria Remarque, DE, 5/5]
16. First Against the Wall [Manna Francis, EN, reread, 5/5]
17. Mind Fuck [Manna Francis, EN, reread, 4/5]
18. A Single Man [Christopher Isherwood, EN, 4/5]
19. The Regiment - The Real Story of the SAS [Michael Asher, EN, 4/5]
20. Erechtheus [Algernon Swinburne, EN, 2/5]
21. Die Welt ist nicht immer Freitag [Horst Evers, DE, 3/5]
22. Small World [David Lodge, EN, 2/5]
23. Star Trek DS9: A Stitch In Time [Andrew J. Robinson, EN, 5/5]
24. The Battle For Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 [Antony Beevor, EN, 3/5]
25. Tagebuch [Anne Frank, DE, reread, 4/5]
26. Band of Brothers [Stephen Ambrose, EN, 1/5]*
27. Epistulae morales ad Lucilium Liber X [L. Anneaus Seneca, LA/DE, 3/5]
28. A Song of Ice and Fire #5 - A Dance With Dragons [George R. R. Martin, EN, 4/5]
29. Marcus Terentius Varro - Einführung in sein Werk [Burkhart Cardauns, DE, 3/5]
30. De Lingua Latina #1 [M. Terentius Varro, LA/EN by R. G. Kent, 4/5]
31. On Art and Life [John Ruskin, EN, 3/5]
32. Zeitrechnung - Von den Sumerern bis zur Swatch [Thomas Vogtherr, DE, 3/5]
33. Star Trek DS9: The Never-Ending Sacrifice [Una McCormack, EN, 4/5]
34. Metamorphoses [P. Ovidius Naso, DE by M. v. Albrecht, 4/5]
35. De Lingua Latina #2 [M. Terentius Varro, LA/EN by R. G. Kent, 5/5]
36. Epistulae morales ad Lucilium Liber XVI [L. Aeneaus Seneca, LA/DE, 2/5]
37. Die Letzte Welt [Christoph Ransmayr, DE, 5/5]
38. Star Trek DS9: Hollow Men [Una McCormack, EN, 4/5]
39. De Rerum Natura [T. Lucretius Carus, EN by W.E. Leonard, 2/5]
40. Antigone [Sophokles, DE by N. Zink, 3/5]
41. The Song of Achilles [Madeline Miller, EN, 2/5]
42. The City & The City [China Miéville, EN, 2/5]
43. Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us [Robert D. Hare, EN, 2/5]
44. The Clouds [Aristophanes, EN by W. Hickie, 4/5]**
45. Fight Club [Chuck Palahniuk, EN, reread, 5/5]
46. Politeia [Plato, DE by W. Wiegandt, 3/5]***
47. The Picture of Dorian Gray [Oscar Wilde, EN, reread, 5/5]
48. Medea [L. Aeneaus Seneca, LA/DE, 3/5]
49. The Valley of Fear [Arthur Conan Doyle, EN, 3/5]
50. Medea. Stimmen [Christa Wolf, DE, 5/5]
* The history behind the book is amazing. The men of E Company, 506th PIR, 101st Airborne are amazing. The HBO miniseries of the same name is amazing. The book … isn't.
** The translation sucks, but it gives you some idea as to how awesome it must be in Ancient Greek. Shall acquire an extensive commentary asap.
*** Sometimes excellent, sometimes overly complicated, often creepy and always fascinating.
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