Lord, it's so close!

[rew_silver_wing]

It's almost MAY. When the heck did that happen?

I'm so excited for a little time off, to focus on things other than deadlines. So today I started writing my summer reading list. Excellent.

A few books to finish up first:

-Atlas Shrugged
-The Way of Qigong
-The Art of Happiness

And a bunch to start

Comments

[swankyfunk]

Hmm, it's funny, but I hardly read the kinds of novels I actually want to write! I mostly have nonfiction books about New York and the Jazz Age. Aside from F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" and "The Beautiful and the Damned," and the contemporary "Bandbox" by Thomas Mallon (fluffy stuff and forgettable), I...can't think of anything else that I've read... I know there are some titles out there (I see them every time I go into a bookstore), but I keep forgetting to write them down. I'll get back to you on this!

[rew_silver_wing]

I did like Gatsby quite a bit and haven't read it in years, but not The Beautiful and the Damned (I remember thinking a long time ago that I should!) Do let me know if you find anything - a particularly good non-fiction would be welcome too!

[peach_megumi]

I can definitely affirm that you must read Ragtime and American Gods. They are wonderful, wonderful books. I'm not sure about jazz age New York, but I can suggest one that was written in about the right time period (although it's about a previous one) - Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton. In 1920, that book made her the first woman to win a Pulitzer.

Also, read P.G. Wodehouse. Comedic, 1920's-esque England. Brilliant. Start with "Carry On, Jeeves"

[rew_silver_wing]

Ooh, I shall look up the first one! As for Wodehouse, yes. I read the Jeeves and Wooster collection book. In fact...I think it's your copy of Jeeves that I still have. I can send it to you! God, I loved that. There is more of his work, perhaps, that I have yet to find?

Also! I have yet to thank you for the CD! It is so nice to listen to music I haven't heard a million times already. I particularly liked the one about the horse :)

[peach_megumi]

Gracious, is that where that book went? I've already replaced it - consider the one in your possession, well, yours. I'm glad you enjoyed it. He also wrote about a character named Psmith, and about young men from the Drones Club. There is always more Wodehouse to enjoy. ...except for the part where there's not, after a little while, because he died. But, you know, up until that point.

I'm glad you enjoyed the cd - I shall have to send you another one at some point. I have to admit, I've been prolonging listening to Love Never Dies (thank you for sending it) out of cowardice. I did so love Phantom... My curiosity will probably get the better of me before the weekend, though, and I will likely end up loving it. It is Andrew Lloyd Webber, after all.

[kinders]

Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell is worth all the time you could spend reading the others put together.