I finished Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov this morning, it was amazing. A horrifically dark plot, with a truly monstrous protagonist, but so beautifully written (especially the ending - "And this is the only immortality you and I may share, my Lolita").
I can't decide what I should read next: The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus, or Catch-22 by Joseph Heller.
I have so many on the go :O I am reading Stephen King's The Skeleton Crew, Marya Hornbacher's Manic, a book about a french girls depression and the Witches of Eastwick :)
"John, being brave is going where no man has gone before and with Lizzy Stark, that is NOT what you'll be doing!" - Aunt Polly.
“I told him I was going to betray you, and betray Lyra, and he believed me because I was corrupt and full of wickedness; he looked so deep I felt sure he'd see the truth. But I lied too well. I was lying with every nerve and fiber and everything I'd ever done...I wanted him to find no good in me, and he didn't. There is none.”
I finished Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov this morning, it was amazing. A horrifically dark plot, with a truly monstrous protagonist, but so beautifully written (especially the ending - "And this is the only immortality you and I may share, my Lolita").
Lolita is simply amazing. My favourite book.
Right now I'm reading "A Million Little Pieces" by James Frey. I think there's been quite a bit of controversy surrounding it, but I'm still enjoying it regardless of whether the details are fabricated or not.
im reading angels in america, and the laramie project
“The good things don’t always soften the bad, but vice-versa, the bad things don’t necessarily spoil the good things and make them unimportant.”
“Nobody important? Blimey, that’s amazing. Do you know, in nine hundred years of time and space I’ve never met anyone who wasn’t important before.”
“If it’s time to go, remember what you’re leaving. Remember the best. My friends have always been the best of me.”
I finished The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus this morning. It was very interesting, but (like most philosophical tracts) very, very heavy going.
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller is being performed at the Gate Theater soon, so I thought I'd read it and see if I'd be interested in going. I finished Act 1 earlier and there is no way I'm missing out on seeing it on-stage.
I've just read "A Voice in the Distance" by Tabitha Suzuma, which is the sequel to her book "A Note of Madness".
They're both reallly good books, and quick reads I find, they're about a character named Flynn who is a student at London's Royal Music Academy and practically a piano genius. The story is about how he develops Bipolar disorder and everything that develops from that.
