I had little time to read this week for I have to prepare for various exams and write all kinds of papers. But I still manage to read a little ( Read more... )

This week, I continued my reading on The Human Stain, but I didn’t finish it, and I finished a book called The Consolations of Philosophy by the British writer Alain de Botton ( Read more... )

This week I only finished one book: One Hundred Year of Solitude. On the one hand, this week was full of all kinds of activities: debating, lectures, and grade meetings, so I didn’t have much time to read; on the other hand, I read this book very slowly and cautiously, in the fear of missing the magic hidden between crowded lines. Although I only ( Read more... )

The final exams are approaching, which means I won’t have as much time to read as I have now. I have to hurry up to finish my reading list before those cramming days come. This week, I read three books. The Catcher in the Rye, Max Webber’s Academia and Politics, and Nabokov’s Lolita ( Read more... )

Time is limited. So, let's get started ( Read more... )

This week turns out to be a pretty productive week. I read two indeed fun books: Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte and Essays in Love by Alain de Botton, and I began the third book Cosmopolis by Don DeLillo ( Read more... )

I read altogether three books this week: Charing Cross Road 84, Winesburg Ohio, and a collection of Chomsky’s essays. I will talk about them one by one ( Read more... )

How does Capitalism influence Chinese traditional values? Wow, that’s a very big topic. To be frank, it is no easier for us Chinese to answer this question than you foreigners who sometimes see China more clearly than us since we suffer from cultural censorship. Anyways, I will try to state out my opinions as clear as possible ( Read more... )

It has been a pretty colorful week! First two days were the mid-term exams, and the next few days were the happiest coffee house time ( Read more... )

This whole week is a disaster. I feel like I have been through a month. So many unpleasant things happened, so many tasks unfinished, so little time for sleep, so many inner struggles went on, so much to talk about ( Read more... )