[booklog 2006]

[iridium]

50. Reading Lolita in Tehran, Azar Nafisi. very, very good. makes me want to go catch up on my classic-literature reading, and learn a whole lot more history.

51. & 52. Numbers in the Dark and If on a winter's night a traveler, Italo Calvino. both excellent. his stories are well-crafted and intricate and fun to read; traveler is a less-easy read,

Comments

[l_stboy]

In yet another of those situations when we were in the same room and never met- the reason I bought Sir Apropos of Nothing was because of Peter David's description of it at that very same talk. I don't think he'd finished writing it yet, but I put it on my wish list to buy when it became paperback.

[iridium]

yeah, i think you'd mentioned being at that talk. weird weird small-worldness.

also -- i think Gaiman's doing a reading in October at Cody's, and possibly another one at Kepler's down in the south bay. interested in going? it's $10 for tickets, which then gets you a discount of some sort on the hardback of his new book. i don't normally buy new books, especially expensive hardback copies, but i've enjoyed his readings before and it might be fun.

[simplykimberly]

Wasn't Time Traveler's Wife just ... so fun! And poignant, too, of course. I loved the premise, and how she wove the story. I really really enjoyed that book!

[iridium]

in-deed. i was impressed.
i've been reading quite a lot lately, but not as thoroughly as i'd like, just diving in and burying myself in a book, but when i finish it evaporates out of my mind far too quickly.