I've decided to stop watching so much TV and start reading more. I don't really read a lot, which surprises people because I work for a publishing house. That said, I've been watching a lot of TV lately and I think it's turning my brain to mush. I keep reading other people's blogs, tumblrs, etc. and being convinced that everyone is smarter than me. Tonight I'll read some 100 Years of Solitude, then maybe I'll pick up some Ayn Rand (people seem to think she's worth reading), then maybe I'll go for a run... or not.
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Less TV
I've decided to stop watching so much TV and start reading more. I don't really read a lot, which surprises people because I work for a publishing house. That said, I've been watching a lot of TV lately and I think it's turning my brain to mush. I keep reading other people's blogs, tumblrs, etc. and being convinced that everyone is smarter than me. Tonight I'll read some 100 Years of Solitude, then maybe I'll pick up some Ayn Rand (people seem to think she's worth reading), then maybe I'll go for a run... or not.
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I don't like Ayn Rand because I don't know how to pronounce her name.
As the ex-boyfriend of an Ayn Rand devotee, I must caution you. Objectivists are a most frustrating breed. That said, Atlas Shrugged is a pretty decent piece of literature. Just be wary of its philosophical implications.
Like that of BLOWING MY MIND?
im actually reading the fountainhead right now, also by rand, prett good so far.
if you need some recommendations, here are some of my favorites:
ulysses- joyce (but youll need a few months of pure free time to get through that monster)
the portable dorothy parker
watership down- richard adams
kim -kipling
the boy detective fails- joe meno
catch 22- joseph heller
american psycho- bret easton ellis
anything vonnegut (especially cats cradle or catch 22)
clockwork orange- burgess
the beach- alex garland
the bell jar- sylvia plath
the cheese monkeys- chip kidd
tolstoy's pretty good, but difficult because russian people have about 17 different names so the characters are super hard to follow
catcher in the rye, franny & zooey- j d salinger ( i hope youve already read this)
forgptten new york- kevin walsh (not a novel, but pretty cool book about old new york lampposts and such)
the babysitters club series- ann m. martin
also, i hear that 'gossip girl' started as a book series. you light love it.
and, of course, anything by danielle steele :)
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