So… it’s been two months, huh? I really do want to keep this blog up; I just suck at it. I haven’t really been up to a lot either. Well…we’ve been doing the yearly doctor visits, and the boys have had some dental work done. Caleb lost his two front teeth, and he looks ridiculously cute. Josh is being tested for ADD soon, so we have been a little busier than normal.
I updated my books and movies. I’m just now over 20 books read, and I am still working towards my goal of reading 100. Looking over my list a few minutes ago, I felt a TON of English major guilt. I’ve read predominantly “popcorn books,” books kind of like those popcorn action flicks of summers. Fortunately, I’ve decided that that shit is dumb–the guilt, that is. I’m actually reading somewhat again; if I start with books that don’t have a lot of intellectual/literary merit, at least it gets me back into the habit. And I’ve at least looked at Lolita by Nabokov. I have it on my shelf. I think it’ll be on my reading plate very soon. I also am feeling the urge to read lots of adolescent and juvenile literature.
Following Haley’s leading, I’ve made a list of books I’d like to read this summer in addition to my popcorn novels.
1. Lolita
2. The Graveyard Book
3. Ella Enchanted
4. Wide Sargasso Sea
5. Prague
6. Live From New York
7. Twenty Poems of Love and a Song of Despair
8. Laughable Loves
As for movies, I seem to do a better job of watching more thoughtful and artistics films amongst the fun, light-hearted movies. I’ve started watching more documentaries, and I surprised myself by really enjoying them. Anybody have any recommendations for books or films?
Of the stuff that I’ve read, at least half (or more) have been those popcorn books: young adult lit, children’s lit, or graphic novels/comic books. I’m totally fine with that.
Wide Sargasso Sea is quite good–I just turned in the library’s copy, so you could check it out if you want. And I’m sure you’ve seen my posts about book recommendations.