Reading Journal
January 12, 2012
I’ve decided to keep a reading journal…I know that I’ve already forgotten many of the books I read in 2011, and (as much as it pains me to say it) I don’t write about everything here, like I should.
So Far:
Finished in January 2012:
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Maya Angelou.
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine. Michael Lewis.
Reading Right Now:
God is Not Great. Christopher Hitchens.
Death Comes to Pemberley. P.D. James.
James’ “sequel” to Pride and Prejudice is, so far, a whole lot of fun and true to the spirit of the original. My favourite line:
“[Mr. Bennet] and Darcy rapidly came to the conclusion that they liked each other and thereafter, as is common with friends, accepted their different quirks of character as evidence of the other’s superior intellect.”
And G., I promise I’ll be done with my current reads in time for our Gone with the Wind February Challenge!
So glad you’ve read I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings….but want to hear more about a GWTW challenge. Are you and G racing to see who finishes first? Remember, watch for my favourite character, who was cut from the movie!
Nah, we just call things “Challenges” when we’re just reading them at the same time. Will do! I’m eager to see if Scarlett’s as strangely sympathetic in the reading as she is when it’s Vivien Leigh.