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April 2006 Reads

April Reads
Slapstick - Kurt Vonnegutt
The Plot Against America - Philip Roth
Quit Digging Your Grave with a knife and Fork - Mike Huckabee
So Long and Thanks for all the Fish - Douglas Adams
The Meritocracy Myth - Stephen J. McNamee and Robert K. Miller
The Emperor of Ocean Park - Stephen Carter
Forever Odd - Dean Koontz
 
The curious incident of the dog in the nightime
All my Sons
Transparent Things
The Periodic Table

I'm currently reading Ada
 
Ian McEwan - Saturday
Ernest J Gaines - A Lesson Before Dying
Sebastian Faulks - Birdsong
Andrea Levy - Small Island
Alan Hollinghurst - The Line Of Beauty
 
Mercy Among the Children by David Adams Richards
The Modigliani Scandal by Ken Follett
Powder Burn by Carl Hiaasen
Game of Shadows by Mark Fainaru-Wada
Deep Six by Clive Cussler
Along Came a Spider by James Patterson
The Coma by Alex Garland
Trap Line by Carl Hiaasen
Cyclops by Clive Cussler
Treasure by Clive Cussler
Paper Money by Ken Follett
Number9Dream by David Mitchell
 
I'm finally finished with my assigned reading for this semester! April went like this:
The Hamlet Faulkner
Go Down, Moses ""
Intruder in the Dust ""
Othello Shakesyourpee-er
Moby-Dick Melville
The Turn of the Screw James
The Fox Lawrence
...and, oh joy! I completed Ulysses-- which I've been working on for months. Red letter day.
 
Oh, I forgot Operation Shylock by Philip Roth. Probably my favorite read of the month, and I forgot it very nearly.

I also re-read American Pastoral.
 
Not a very productive month, only got two books done. :(

*Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
*Secrets by Kristen Heitzmann
 
April reads:

on the road -Jack Kerouac
nights at the circus -Angela Carter
american ghosts and old world wonders -Angela Carter
fireworks -Angela Carter
 
Stewart said:
Mentally and physically burnt out.
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Not to sound like your mom or worse, your least favorite aunt(the one who always smells of garlic and mothballs), but what are you doing to remedy this situation? I hope you're taking care of yourself...
 
A Heart Of Darkness-Joseph Conrad
An Area Of Darkness-V.S. Naipaul
The Talisman-King and Straub
Hitler And Stalin:parallel Lives-Alan Bullock
The Light Fantastic-Terry Pratchett
The Anatomy Of The Nuremberg Trials-Telford Taylor

A Heart Of Darkness is a terrific read. Naipaul was for school and i didn't really enjoy it, The Talisman is a chore, Parallel Lives is one of the best non-fiction books I've ever read, Discworld is Discworld, hilarious, The anatomy is for school is well, mainly concerned with international military law but a strangely fascinating read. All in all, a good months reading!
 
abecedarian said:
Not to sound like your mom or worse, your least favorite aunt(the one who always smells of garlic and mothballs), but what are you doing to remedy this situation? I hope you're taking care of yourself...
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Hehe. You do sound like his mum (or worse, his least favourite aunt). ;)

But yes Stewart, do take good care of yourself.
 
Stewart said:
Mentally and physically burnt out.
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I did that in March. Got through one book that I had started in February and finished it in the beginning of April.
 
Flowerdk4 said:
Sounds like its time to get out doors and lay in the sun and rejoice yourself!
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That's precisely why I'm burnt out.

I've developed a bit of a fondness for beer and it's showing. :mad: Well, I've hardly developed it; such things must surely be hereditary.

So, over April I've taken to a regular mix of running and swimming in addition to my usual badminton. And I've recently added Muay Thai kickboxing twice a week to my schedule and I'm surprised my body hasn't gone into shock with that workout.

The purpose of it all is because I want a holiday later in the year and I want to be in decent shape. Only then will I go outdoors.

So, in the mornings I'm just too tired to read a book. I started John Updike's Villages today, to see how I get on with it.
 
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