"Her Nose Stuck In A Book"

I just finished another book in 2 days. Mind you, it was extremely short and simple to read...plus, work was slow, I had the kids make scarecrows so I could decorate my classroom for Halloween...anyway...

I just read The Time Machine by H.G. Wells.
I'm not quite sure why I felt compelled to read this story. I think it was because I saw that the horrible remake of the movie was on TV, so I decided to read the book since I remember loving the original movie back when I watched it in 6th grade. I think the only thing that I find truly interesting about the whole story is knowing that it was published in 1895. What an imagination! Seriously, I have an active imagination but I couldn't even dream of the things H.G. Wells put into this story.
The title is a dead give away. It is about this man who invents a time machine and goes into the future. Pretty simple plot. Nothing to talk about really. Read it if you want to kill some time, I'm just sort of blase about it. It isn't a must read, but it isn't an "I hate it".

change of subject.

Okay, as someone who never really enjoyed reading, unless it was Harry Potter, I told myself at the beginning of this year that I would make the conscience effort to read more. I made the goal to read 3 books this year. Which just shows you how much I didn't like reading because I obviously set a goal I didn't think I was going to reach. I am proud to say that I have read 9 books this year. I am bumping my goal up to 15.

While I was at the bookstore today, I came across a book titled: 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
Well, of course I wasn't going to buy it but I went online and I found the list of books and I was curious to see if I had read any of these "must reads". I have actually read 24 of them. Who knew? I for sure thought it would be an even lower number. Oh and The Time Machine is on that list as well, so I guess I can say I've read 25. The next book I am starting, The Crow Road by Iain Banks, is also on that list. I'm not saying I will read every book from that list, definitely not, but I am sure it is a good list to take suggestions from.

If you are curious about the list and if you have read of the books on it, here is the link to the list

http://johnandsheena.co.uk/books/?page_id=42

just download the spread sheet, and open it in Excel.


Happy reading.

"Tick, Tick...Boom!"

I haven't updated in a while. Not much going. I had a week off of work which was nice, Chelsea, Lindsey and Stephanie were visiting from Sn Francisco, and my aunt was here visiting from Texas.
On Friday, I finally started reading A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess. The book was amazing. I finished it last night, and I am not sure why I loved the book so much, but I just did. I kept getting the same reaction "oh the movie sucks" well, obviously the movie sucked because the ending cuts out the last chapter of the book. I haven't seen the movie but that is what the publisher note said at the end of the book. I really enjoyed the jargon used by the Alex, the central character/narrator, and his friends. At first, I had trouble with understand what they were saying, but after 10 pages it was no longer noticeable. It was just like learning a new word, and I found myself saying quite a few of them this past weekend. But, I shall refrain from using them, because I don't think many people would understand my head hurts if I said "I have a pain in my gulliver"...plus, it is just weird.
I would leave a book description, but somehow I always manage to give away the endings, and the one on amazon.com tells the ending as well. So I guess you are going to have to read the book for yourself. No really, you should, I think it is amazing and definitely going on my "favorites" list. It was a powerful piece of work.