Moving is not a very fun experience. Sure, the thought of arranging your stuff in a new place is nice but the reality of having 20 boxes filled with books and movies and having to unpack them all isn't that great. It's made me accept the fact that I need to quit keeping books after I've read them. Unless they're old or outstanding, I have giving them up after I read them. This is going to be tough and I already know I won't be giving up certain authors, but some I can certainly part with. At a certain point, I feel like keeping them around is purely so other people can see that I read, which is absolutely absurd because once you've talked to me for more than twenty minutes it is pretty obvious that I'm a dork that feels the need to smell books (oh but some just smell so amazing). I'm thinking about clumping books together, once I'm done with them, and selling them to people. I don't know if I should do this via ebay or craigslist or what. But I think it would be neat to do a sort of surprise! book clumping. Never know what you're going to get. Maybe five books for ten dollars. I don't know. I'll probably put far too much thought into what I send people. I also thought about giving them as Christmas presents but not everyone I know is into reading. I plan on making gifts anyway. I'm broke so this is going to be a crafty Christmas.
On another note, "127 Hours" is so damn good that it took me two weeks to write the darn review for it (which I think was terrible because I couldn't write it without feeling like a pathetic fan-girl). So, anyone reading this should make a very serious effort to see this film. Danny Boyle shows that the more he seems to limit himself, the farther and deeper his talent stretches. It's astounding. And James Franco, if he doesn't get an Oscar nod for this I'll be shocked. His best role to date, in my opinion.
Aron Ralston's story is beyond beflief. I really want to read his autobiography. It'll be my next library visit. Need to finish "Shantaram" first. Have had it for years and am finally reading it. I need to get back to reading. I found that as a Literature major, I quit reading for fun. When you have, maybe 12-15 books to read and analyze, it sort of cut out anything else. Sure, some of those books that I studied are favorites now ("Cane" by Jean Toomer) but after awhile, you don't want to study them anymore. I got a little burned out. So I'm excited to get back to reading for purely pleasure.
Meaning, any book suggestions?
I would buy a book clump. :) Unwisely, since I have a to-read list as long as my forearm. Also, I'm dying to see 127 Hours, but the shackles of university are preventing me.
ReplyDeleteHave you read The Thanatos Syndrome? I'm making my way through it now, and it's quite enjoyable.
I'm upset Franco didn't win. 127 Hours was my favorite movie this year. Black Swan was number two. Aronofsky and Danny Boyle are some of my favorite directors.
ReplyDelete127 was astounding. It blew my mind away. And this is definitely Franco's best role to date. It wasn't my favorite though. We got some good movies for this year's Oscars. Not like last year, that was kind of shameful.
ReplyDeleteHow did you like Shantaram? Some parts of that book just can't part with me - I thought it was really special. Also, when my best friend saw me reading it, he asked if that was the sequel to Kama Sutra, so there's that.
ReplyDeletePersonally, I love Lionel Shriver, so if you haven't read "We need to talk about Kevin," that's my book suggestion, though I'm have no idea what kind of book is your favorite.
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ReplyDeleteAs I'm reading these comments, I'm not-so-secretly wishing that all these commenters were my friends. Especially the second person because I was also devastated when 127 didn't win. Aronofsky and Boyle have been long time obsessions of mine (including, like, Van Sant and a lot of others).
ReplyDeleteAlso, I wish this was my blog. We have so many similar interests, tastes and opinions.