Thursday, May 3, 2012

6

the sixth month of my challenge has come and gone.  it was a short, fast month filled with a thousand mundanities that kept me from reading as much as i would have liked.

here's the list:


title: crashing through: a story of risk, adventure, and the man who dared to see - robert kurson

medium: audio from library

thoughts: while not nearly as interesting as his other book, shadow divers, this is a good read.   i learned a lot about how people see, so that's something.



title: deja dead - kathy reichs

medium: audio from library

thoughts: this is book number two in a very long series.  it's fluff, but it's enjoyable.  

title: catching fire - suzanne collins

medium: ebook; already owned

thoughts:  i figured since i reread hunger games last month before seeing the film, i'd go ahead and continue rereading the series.








title: mockingjay - suzanne collins

medium: ebook; already owned


thoughts:  see catching fire above.









title: the prince - niccolo machiavelli

medium: print; already owned


thoughts:  i consider this foundational literature.  so much of western lit from the renaissance to today is influenced by this text, so i make my students read it.


title: don quixote de la mancha - miguel de cervantes


medium: print; already owned


thoughts:  i've only read bits and pieces of this text before this semester.  i enjoyed it very much this time around.



title: amoretti - sir edmund spenser


medium: print; already owned


thoughts:  ummm...it's spenser.  he's badass.  don't believe me, look him up!



title: titus andronicus - william shakespeare


medium: print; already owned


thoughts:  i love this bit of bad shakespeare so very much!  plus, it's so brutal that it makes my students squirm, which is always fun.




title: areopagitica - john milton


medium: print; already owned


thoughts:  i don't particularly care for much of milton's canon, but this one i love.  it's all about the context here.  and his immense appreciation for books--whatever they happen to be about.





so there you have it: month six.

i'll be posting thoughts on the whole experience soon (once i've had time to collect them).



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