Plan-to-Reads: 2012

[retsuko]

About ten or so years ago, I had a revelation about how I read and my depression. Simply put, if I don't want to read, it's a sure sign I'm depressed. Generally, the feelings that are a signal for this problem aren't little things like, "oh, I don't have time for this right now" upon looking at a book. Instead, it's the vague feeling of dread

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[orichalcum]

Read Fagles' translations of the Iliad and Odyssey- I say this as someone who's read a whole bunch of different versions (and much of the original.)

You might enjoy Year of the Star, by Maureen Johnson - Jack the Ripper in modern-day YA?
fun if fluffy horror.

[retsuko]

Thanks for the recommendation! I know you're the expert on those two texts. :)