Currently Reading.

The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
I can't put this book down. I love the Krauss's writing. It's gentle and tender without being sappy.

Pledged by Alexandra Robbins
Talk about a world I know nothing about. This book, subtitled "The Secret Life of Sororities," is the result of a year Robbins did undercover at a southern university. It's a very interesting social commentary mixed with soap-opera elements (will Sabrina sleep with her professor? Why did Amy let the guy who date-raped her come over?). I like it, but find myself skimming parts that aren't directly about the girls.

The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
I thought I was a Wharton fan. I loved Ethan Frome. But I just can't get into HoM. I just really don't like the main character much, but don't hate her enough to find her intriguing. We'll see.




Books to Read 2007, part I
Stiff by Mary Roach
The Beautiful and Damned and
This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Confessions of an Economic Hitman by John Perkins
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra Fuller
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
The Portable Door by Tom Holt
Feed by M.T. Anderson
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
A Death in the Family by James Agee
The Bluest Eye and
Beloved by Toni Morrison
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
Pledged by Alexandra Robbins
The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
1984 by George Orwell
Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger



I'm trying to go back to some classics that I've missed, as well as to authors I really enjoy (Hemingway, Fitzgerald). I need something that challenges me, but a little bit of fun (The Portable Door) will be nice too.
Goals are good.
And crossing things off of a list is quite satisfying.