{"id":1607,"date":"2004-08-25T15:37:52","date_gmt":"2004-08-25T19:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=1607"},"modified":"2004-08-25T15:37:52","modified_gmt":"2004-08-25T19:37:52","slug":"reading-lists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=1607","title":{"rendered":"Reading Lists"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dan has posted his list of what he has read this summer<\/a>. I’m such a snoop. I love to know what people are reading at all times.<\/p>\n

My summer has gone this way and that, in terms of what I’ve read. I’ve been a big juggler this summer, keeping a bunch of books going at all times – which is rather unusual for me. But I’ve been moody these last couple of months – and not consistently in the headspace for the same book, day after day, or even hour after hour – Hence. I carry a huge backpack everywhere I go, filled with “toooo many books”.<\/p>\n

So let’s see.<\/p>\n

All along, I have been working on Black Lamb and Grey Falcon<\/i> by Rebecca West. I read about a chapter or two every morning, although I did take a break from it for about a month. The book is not something I just want to barrel through, because it’s so damn long! It’s also the kind of read where it is okay to put it down, and then pick it up again. The story does not depend on momentum. I just picked it up again this morning. So that’s been a constant for me, this summer.<\/p>\n

Other books read:<\/p>\n

Under the Banner of Heaven<\/i> – by Jon Krakauer<\/p>\n

In Cold Blood<\/i> – Truman Capote<\/p>\n

Carnage and Culture<\/i> – by Victor Davis Hanson (not finished with that yet – It’s another book which I don’t feel the need to barrel through. I’m also DEFINITELY not always in the mood to read about war. So when I’m in the mood for some vigorous challenging reading – where I am in the headspace to learn about hoplite maneuvers and the invention of the stirrup and what it all means, then I’ll pick that one up)<\/p>\n

My Dark Places<\/i> – by James Ellroy<\/p>\n

Black Dahlia Avenger<\/i> – by Steve Hodel<\/p>\n

Notes from the Underground<\/i> – Dostoevsky<\/p>\n

Reflections on the Revolution in France 1790 <\/i>– Edmund Burke<\/p>\n

Winner of the National Book Award<\/i> – Jincy Willett<\/p>\n

Moneyball<\/i> – Michael Lewis<\/p>\n

Farenheit 451<\/i> – Ray Bradbury<\/p>\n

The Book of Abigail and John<\/i> – John & Abigail Adams<\/p>\n

Founding Brothers<\/i> – by Joseph Ellis<\/p>\n

Evenings with Cary Grant<\/i> – by Nancy Nelson<\/p>\n

Cary Grant<\/i> – by Graham McCann<\/p>\n

Cary Grant<\/i> – by Richard Schickel<\/p>\n

(I tore through those last three books in a feverish 48-hour period.) I don’t think I’m missing anything else there.<\/p>\n

Books I began this summer but eventually put down because of sheer lethargy and crushing boredom:<\/b><\/p>\n

Madame Bovary<\/i> – uhm, yeah, I read it before, but … well. WhatEVER!!<\/p>\n

The Whistling Woman<\/i> – AS Byatt (what a huge bore.)<\/p>\n

Er – Edmund Burke and Evenings with Cary Grant<\/i>?? Okay, Sheila, you’re a freak.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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