Things never go quite as you planned them. Which is why I sit here, halfway through the summer, having only read one book from my original summer reading list. I’ve read plenty. Just none on the list. So here’s the revised list, reflecting the ones I have read, sitting on the shelf waiting to be read, or just want you to think I’m cool enough to read:
1. Everything is Illuminated - Jonathan Safran Foer. Done. Read. Beautiful. Didn’t make tons of sense, but still lovely. One scene in particular that has to do with glowing and love-making. But no more spoilers.
2. A Moveable Feast - Ernest Hemingway. Hemingway’s memoirs from his time in Paris. Read. And now I miss Paris something terrible.
4. The Beautiful and The Damned - F. Scott Fitzgerald. Read. Nothing like some F. Scott to make you feel completely meaningless, hopeless, and beautiful.
3. Everything Matters! - Ron Currie, Jr. Read. Picked this up in the bookstore because I liked the cover. Turned out to be interesting. It’s about a guy who knows his whole life the exact date, time, and manner in which the world will end. A little sci-fi-y in the middle but all in all a swell summer read.
4. Death of A Salesman - Arthur Miller. Sitting on the shelf. It’s a play. Did you know that? But the stage directions are almost as beautiful as the dialogue.
5. L’Etranger - Albert Camus. Sitting on the shelf. I wish I could read this one in French. But I can’t. Sad. Ah well, how about some angsty “oh, what does it all mean? why am i here?” to round out the summer reading list?
6. A Million Miles in A Thousand Years - Donald Miller. Sitting on the shelf. I’ll get there, Graciela. I will.
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embarrassingbravery said:
Oh I would love to hear what you think of A Million Miles. It’s one of my favorites.
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