I am excited to announce that I will be participating in Pajiba's Cannonball Read - 52 books in 52 weeks. It's a great opportunity for me to read all of the books that I've planned on reading over the course of the years and just haven't gotten around to reading (I have to work on remaking that list).
More importantly, for me this experience will be therapeutic in a sense. I'm a recent graduate who for the first time in my life has no set schedule, no structure to keep things in order... for the first time, I have an abundance of time... which, I can't lie, really is a beautiful thing. The retched state of the economy hasn't helped though: Morale has gotten low, there are spates of discouragement... the overall mood is a gloomy one. Many feel this story. You know it already.
I'm hopeful.
Participating in this, I feel, will give me something to look forward to every week. It's really a whole process - from choosing the right book, reading it, enjoying the work (hopefully), thinking about it and writing your thoughts down. And the people that know me know that I loooove to talk, so this channels that energy into a blog and saves their ears in the process.
So imagine.. I'll be completing this process every. single. week. On the plus side, this will move me from facebook-stalking to blog-stalking. I don't know how religiously I will be following all of the reviews - there are 100 bloggers, after all - but I really hope people comment on mine.
Sooooo about me and more or less what to expect.
Haruki Murakami is my favorite author. I read Norwegian Wood and it left such a pleasant impression on me that I immediately declared that he was my favorite author. I read his other books and haven't change my mind. I also love love love Gabriel García Márquez - I can't tell you a thing about realismo mágico - I simply have liked what I've read. More recently, Carlos Ruiz Zafón. These are my favorites and I haven't read all of their books.. so their work should be cycling through here at one point or another.
I won't go near books that will remind you of Shopaholic - sorry to the fans, you're just not going to find that here. The title He's Just Not that Into You makes me want to gag. I love the film The Devil Wears Prada, but you can be sure that I never had any intention of reading the book, and I never will.
I also don't delve into fantasy or science-fiction, but if you have any recommendations I am very open to your suggestions. Harry Potter counts as fantasy, right? I love Harry Potter, so maybe there's some potential for growth in that genre.
Basically, I like fiction that describes real people in real situations.
That isn't an accurate description, but it makes sense in my head.
