*fanfare* *fireworks*
paul auster's the new york trilogy
this is one of several books that david n. had recommended to me--weirdly, shortly after i read the graphic novel adaptation of city of glass, the first part of the trilogy. i did enjoy that and wanted to see where the story came from, so was happy to take david's recommendation. and actually, i'm glad they come in one volume, b/c although city of glass stood on its own fairly well, the three stories are much more parts of a whole--especially the locked room. all three deal with similar themes of mysterious disappearances, confused identities, private detectives, and narrators who have a severe sense of disconnect. anyway, all three parts make an exciting read, and once you realize they're meant to be tied together, you stop thinking auster is a hack who can't get past a certain idea, and realize that he's pretty fucking brilliant.
now on to the rest of the stack of books i have piled up. and really i'll just be reading for fun--i don't know if i could even get ten more books read this year with final projects and everything.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteYou are seriously a reading robot. I am filled with reverence and awe.
hey, thanks!
ReplyDeleteWhat will you do now? I wonder what the world record is for books read in a year? How would you verify that? Testing, testing, testing.
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i'm going to keep reading, of course! i'm halfway through book 101 (the kelly link stories--sooo good).
ReplyDeleteguinness has no world record for most books read in a year, but they do have one for most books balanced on someone's head.
did you know that a dude who ran the guinness beer company came up w/ the idea of having a book of facts and records? it's true! that's why it's called guinness!
(i learned that in one of my classes--really!)
Congratulations on 100! I discovered your blog a couple weeks ago and have been cheering you on. I am also a SILS student who is trying to read 100 books this year. You can see my list here: http://www.unc.edu/~macmw/books.html . Next year I am going to try to read authors A-Z twice (one per week), and Auster is the first book on my list. --John
ReplyDeletewow, thanks for commenting! and it looks like we have a lot of overlapping tastes in books, so i'll definitely keep an eye on your progress. :)
ReplyDeleteyour page (with a list going back to '92--and including isbns!) puts me to shame . . .