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Currently nothing. But I do have a huge to read pile. I need to decide on what I will read next.
Maybe something by Mary Higgins Clarke
Maybe something by Mary Higgins Clarke
I'm reading Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
Read this, I do think I like it (even) better than the other two, though it appears he STILL overstates his case. What I like most is how he touches on so many little things (that I wonder how they're really relevant to his point, but I still enjoyed reading them) like how Asian languages have one-syllable words for digits and consistent names for multidigit numbers, making numbers easier to learn for young kids and putting Asians at a better start in math than the rest of the world. I always thought of numbers as concepts, and never noticed the number of syllables for the name of each number.Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell's third (nonfiction bestselling) book, after The Tipping Point and Blink. They're all fascinating reading about social trends and such, but I have to agree with the reviews I've stumbled across, the author oversells his points and arguments, they're not nearly as strong or as clear-cut as he presents them.
3/4s of the way through The Time Travelers Wife. The back-and-forth of dates and POV are what's driving me nuts. And it started off so slowly I had to force myself to keep reading (a friend gave me the book, telling me how wonderful it is, and is anxiously waiting to hear what I think). I'd say it's just okay.
Bram Stoker's Dracula. Don't think I've ever read an epistolary novel before, rather enjoying it.
Philip Hoare's Leviathan, or the Whale. Holy god this book is dramatic. Possibly a little too overdramatic (Philip Hoare is never 'on a boat', he is always 'marooned on a tiny spit of wood amidst the two azure infinities of sea and sky'. But seeing as the book is about such a poetic creature, and also about Moby Dick and Herman Melville I think he gets away with it.