BOO! It's October and I'm reading....

I'm thinking about writing a book called Incalculable Humour. The entire thing will be in footnotes!

Wow, feels good to be back to reading a book a day. I'd almost forgotten it was possible.

On to Nietzsche's The Anti-Christ.

The Swing Voter of Staten Island was a real struggle. Didn't enjoy it at all.

Now reading In the Miso Soup by Ryu Murakami.

Up the Duff by Kaz Cooke. A pregnancy book written by an Aussie, it kind of funny but sensible.

Still going on the third book of the Millenium triligy too.

Started The Samaritan (finally).

Read The Three Musketeers for the first time, even though I knew the story from films, comic books and an old children's version. It's very good. Athos is just awesome.

The Book of Basketball (Bill Simmons)

The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy.

I finally finished The Crimson Petal and the White. Not sure what to say about it! The way it was written was really different to me, and I really enjoyed that, but I didn't always like where the story was going. Glad I read it anyway.

I now started reading Blindness by José Saramago. The first chapter left me feeling uncomfortable. Looking forward to reading more.

Let me know how that goes, Imke, I've been meaning to read that book for years.

I'll click that page after I read the book. No spoilers this way, but thank you.

Well, I'll tell you my take. I went into that book thinking I was going to hate it. But, Saramago's style sucked me in. I think you'll enjoy it.

You read way more than me, PGoutis.

Now I'm reading The Snow Leopard by Peter Matthiessen.

I used to read so much more when I smoked. It was something to do while I was outside smoking. Now that I've quit, I probably read a third to a quarter of what I used to.

I've got a Complete Works of Edgar Allen Poe sitting here. I think in honour of the month I'm going to read bits and pieces of that.

Finished All The Names by Jose Saramago and started The Elementary Particles by Michel Houellebecq.

I listened to both the Tell All and Diary audiobook in 3 days. I never read Tell All, but I'm glad I didn't.

As for Diary, I remember it being one of my least favorites and being confused by the ending. I really liked it this time and I liked the ending. I must have missed Chuck breaking the fourth wall at the end.

The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler

Quickly becoming one of my favourite sports books : strong opinions, well documented and very funny.

Little Women.

Finally finished The Stand. I read a few books during--but this was my main book. The middle dragged for me but the ending was totally worth it (in my opinion, this is a rarity for Stephen King). I just picked up a copy of his writing book--I'm probably going to read that soon.

Started reading Damned yesterday.

Last week, I started teaching A Farewell to Arms in class--I guess you could call that foreshadowing.

And I'm probably going to sneak in a new book I picked up about the 47 Ronin attack on Edo (I forget the exact title but it's by Stephen Turnbull). It's an awesome true story... if your not familiar with it, synopsis' are readily available everywhere around the internet and it's worth checking out.

A Howdy to Legs

Warmed and Bound

If I could describe it in one word: yes.

Paradoxical Undressing by Kristin Hersh.

It was released as "Rat Girl" in the US.

I finished Blindness. It was a very interesting read, but it didn't blow me away or anything.

Next up is Nick Hornby's A Long Way Down, but I'll be reading it in Norwegian, where it's called Fritt Fall.

I really enjoyed that book. In Romanian it was translated as 'The Tower of the Suicides'.

Neat. I'm not expecting too much of it, since I read some pretty bad reviews, but I just love Hornby's style.

Have you read Fever Pitch? It's about his decades-long love for Arsenal, one of the best football clubs in the UK and the one I support.

No, I haven't! I've read High Fidelity and How To Be Good, both of which I absolutely loved.

I haven't read High Fidelity, but I loved How To Be Good. Slam is also a very quick read and quite enjoyable.

Just started reading Slut Lullabies by Gina Frangello for next month's book club.

I'm reading this book that's right now examining the Marquis de Sade. I never really held the guy to much regard to begin with but now I'm thinking he was really a shithead.

Well, I just ordered Damned. I'm a little wary about it, but it was on sale so I figured what the heck.
I also finally got that Salt: A World History that I've been meaning to get for years.
And I also got Joe Nuxhall's autobiography.
But I won't get them till Tuesday so I guess I'll re-post all this in the Nofember fread.