current state

this has been me the past week or so.

i've still been reading ferociously and will soon post about the books I've read the past couple of weeks. So far, I've read 4 books and I shall post what I've read and what I am about to read next very soon.

Insomnia is the reason I am able to have so much free time to read.

Also, I am currently obsessing over the song"Paradise Circus" by Massive Attack.

in the doldrums

Today will consist of me making cinnamon scones then lying around, listening to records, drinking tea and reading books.

I finished the Jean Rhys book and am stuck between wanting to read:

Keep The Aspidistra Flying by George Orwell

or

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe

Lastly, how ADORABLE are these dresses from the line Twenty-Seven Names? I'll take both please.

an overview

ph. me

It's been a little over a month since I've started the 'book a week' project for myself. Sometimes I would read two in a week depending on the length of the book.

Here is an overview of what I have read so far (in no particular order...)

An Education - Lynn Barber

The Essential Dalai Lama - Rajiv Mehrotra

Thelonious Monk (the life and times of an american original) - Robin Kelly

A Single Man - Christopher Isherwood

Speak, Memory - Vladimir Nabokov

Laughter in the Dark - Vladimir Nabokov

The Zen And Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - Robert M. Pirsig

Marianne Faithfull (memories, dreams and reflections) - Marianne Faithful

Summer Crossing - Truman Capote

Pale Fire - Vladimir Nabokov

Now, I am about to read Jean Rhys: Letters 1931-1966. Found it at a local used bookshop, and it seems rather interesting. The letters range from love, despair, happiness, loneliness, etc etc.

I should be done with this book rather quickly. Reading old letters is rather fascinating. Just like collecting old photographs.

After this, I am stuck on what to read next. What is everyone reading currently, or some of you favorites?

a book a week #5

I am going to say this is week 5 of my little thing of reading a book a week. Later this week, I shall post what I have read so far.

I just finished "Summer Crossing" by Truman Capote. It took me less than a day to finish Capote's first piece of work. It was alright.

I don't think I would recommend it to a lot of people. It's definitely worth a read when you have nothing left on your reading list... Personally, I am a big fan of "Breakfast At Tiffany's" when it comes to Capote's work.

Now, based on personally recommendation from my friend Kelsey. I am going to start reading "Pale Fire" by Vladimir Nabokov (you might or might not have notice I am a huge Nabokov fan and trying to read every piece of his work.)

backtrack to week 4

a book a week (week number???)

to continue with a book a week project (which really should have it's own blog), I am currently read two at the moment:

almost finished with Nabokov's Laugher In The Dark

and about to start Summer Crossing by Truman Capote