Bookworm-chan's goals for the Fall/Winter
Sep. 20th, 2002 03:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
azuriteReading used to be one of my huge passions-- couldn't pull me away from a bookstore. I could spend hours in Copperfields over in Petaluma, and just as long -if not longer- at the public libraries, Borders, and Barnes and Noble. Then I discovered graphic novels, or Japanese manga. The stories are just as entertaining, but, like when I was a child, obsessed with art, they are illustrated in the most beautiful manner, combining intriguing plot with incredible art.
Now, I'm back in my reading stint-- and while I may not be reading a Nancy Drew novel a night, or rushing to the book section immediately in any given store, I am trying to read more variety, more often. I'm subscribed to the Borders newsletter, and while normally I skim, there are a few novels that I want to read, if I can get the money (or find them at the library):
Middlesex, Jeffrey Eugenides :: "I was born twice: first, as a baby girl, on a remarkably smogless Detroit day in January of 1960; and then again, as a teenage boy, in an emergency room near Petoskey, Michigan, in August of 1974." Quite an interesting hook, ne?
The Vagina Monologues :: I met this woman at a young woman's health conference and she vibrantly recited a part of this piece... now I really want to read it. At the same conference was Janice Mirikitani, whose poetry was really alive... I want to see if I can pick some of that up, too.
How to read Egyptian :: Blame Yu-Gi-Oh. I always have periods when I get interested in different languages, and when I started to watch Yu-Gi-Oh, I started to get into Egyptian again. But it's one thing to learn what heiroglyphs are represented by what letters... but when you get into actual words, it's as hard as learning to read Japanese or Chinese! Pronunciation is worse-- since the Roman language got integrated into the later versions of Egyptian, heiroglyphs died out, and were replaced by three other languages... @_@ So it's hard. That's why I reserved this book... ^^
The Fifth Sorceress :: It was being advertised like mad on Tripod and Lycos, and it sounded really interesting-- about this kingdom that was cursed, and a young king who succeeds the throne, but at a price-- he will have to kill his own sister.
Ugh, I feel nasty. Stupid period... >_< This better be dealt with before Bemani Night tonight... I'm going to go home now.
Now, I'm back in my reading stint-- and while I may not be reading a Nancy Drew novel a night, or rushing to the book section immediately in any given store, I am trying to read more variety, more often. I'm subscribed to the Borders newsletter, and while normally I skim, there are a few novels that I want to read, if I can get the money (or find them at the library):
Middlesex, Jeffrey Eugenides :: "I was born twice: first, as a baby girl, on a remarkably smogless Detroit day in January of 1960; and then again, as a teenage boy, in an emergency room near Petoskey, Michigan, in August of 1974." Quite an interesting hook, ne?
The Vagina Monologues :: I met this woman at a young woman's health conference and she vibrantly recited a part of this piece... now I really want to read it. At the same conference was Janice Mirikitani, whose poetry was really alive... I want to see if I can pick some of that up, too.
How to read Egyptian :: Blame Yu-Gi-Oh. I always have periods when I get interested in different languages, and when I started to watch Yu-Gi-Oh, I started to get into Egyptian again. But it's one thing to learn what heiroglyphs are represented by what letters... but when you get into actual words, it's as hard as learning to read Japanese or Chinese! Pronunciation is worse-- since the Roman language got integrated into the later versions of Egyptian, heiroglyphs died out, and were replaced by three other languages... @_@ So it's hard. That's why I reserved this book... ^^
The Fifth Sorceress :: It was being advertised like mad on Tripod and Lycos, and it sounded really interesting-- about this kingdom that was cursed, and a young king who succeeds the throne, but at a price-- he will have to kill his own sister.
Ugh, I feel nasty. Stupid period... >_< This better be dealt with before Bemani Night tonight... I'm going to go home now.
