I really wish I were in the middle of a good book right now. Last year when I went away to school I brought all of my favorite books with me. All of the classics, my poetry, books I'd read for school, etc. By the end of the first semester I had absolutely no room on my bookshelf. This year, in an attempt to not try and fit my entire world into one 14x18 dorm room, I did not bring a single book that was not required for school. I also did not factor in that I am roughly 950 miles farther from home than I was the first time around. Oops: no grabbing a book on a weekend home this year. You live and you learn, I suppose. Anyway, back to the initial issue. I wish I were in the middle of a good book right now. I don't want to keep learning some song about the New Testament or memorizing the Russian word for German - I would far rather be lost in the mind of a character. Take me to another world, teach me something that I don't know. A new word, perhaps? Give me something to THINK about. Hulu is no longer a satisfying distraction: it just leaves me feeling empty, guilty and tired - kind of like eating copious amounts of a desert that I don't care for.
I think I have lost my touch...if I ever had one.
If you want a really phenomenal, excellent, ridiculously well-written book(s) you should totally read the Outlander Series by Diana Gabaldon, Sarah...you wouldn't be disappointed!
ReplyDeleteP.S. The first book is called Outlander. :-P
ReplyDeleteI just went to Barnes & Noble today and bought Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury and Armageddon in Retrospect by Kurt Vonnegut.
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Jeremy, I will check it out. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteSus, I LOVE STUMBLEUPON. Thank you for showing it to me! Were you reading Dandelion Wine last semester? Sounds familiar..