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Reading Wednesday
Finished reading: The Dark Tower Part 1: The Gunslinger by Stephen King. I enjoyed this one enough that I'll definitely be reading the next one, at the very least. The beginning gripped me, and I stayed into it for quite a while. :D ...Though I will confess, it got a little bit tedious toward the very end. I suppose a lot of what I found boring was probably setup for the next book. Lots of... metaphysical/weird stuff. But it didn't ruin it for me - I just kind of skimmed through it. We'll have to see how the next one turns out, whenver I get to it.
Currently reading: On the Head of a Pin by Janet Kellough. Crime novel set in historical Canada? Well, that's something I don't run into every day. It's set in 1837, against the backdrop of the Mackenzie rebellion. I received this and one of the author's other novels for Christmas, so we'll see... It took me a little bit to get into it, but so far, it's a quick read. The prose is nothing to write home about - it doesn't sparkle - but it gets the job done, and sometimes that's all you need, really. Can't really speak about the historical events, because they're kind of outside of my area (and this stuff was never covered in school). Unsure if the murders are going to connect to the historical events somehow, or if it's just a matter of setting... I haven't checked. Regardless, it's interesting.
Also reading: Love Poems by Pablo Neruda (translated by Donald D Walsh). I'm not at all familiar with Neruda's work; this is my first exposure to it. I'm still in that period where -- well... There is a lot of poetry that I do not like, and I'm still trying to cast around and find things that I do like. It's challenging. Hauge's work is completely a winner with me, definitely. As for Neruda, I haven't read all of the poems in this little book, but of the ones I've read so far, some of them have really lovely imagery. "Epithalamium" in particular, I'm thinking of. It's SO pretty. And the final lines really get me -
And so you see, my love,
how I move
around the island
around the world,
safe in the midst of spring,
crazy with light in the cold,
walking tranquil in the fire,
lifting your petal
weight in my arms
as if I had never walked
except with you, my heart,
as if I could not walk
except with you,
as if I could not sing
except when you sing.
Though I'm sure it probably sounds much better in Spanish. Unfortunately, I only took one year of Spanish, and was always terrible at it - so even though this book is in parallel translation, I can't even think of making an attempt at reading it in the original.
Reading next: No idea. There are a lot of books that I need to read... and I still haven't finished my Pratchett readthrough. Next up is Reaper Man, so maybe I'll read that. Also, I was recently reminded of Tim Wynne-Jones's The Maestro, which had a huge influence on me for many years, and now I kind of want to re-read it... if I can figure out where th heck I put my copy of it.
Currently reading: On the Head of a Pin by Janet Kellough. Crime novel set in historical Canada? Well, that's something I don't run into every day. It's set in 1837, against the backdrop of the Mackenzie rebellion. I received this and one of the author's other novels for Christmas, so we'll see... It took me a little bit to get into it, but so far, it's a quick read. The prose is nothing to write home about - it doesn't sparkle - but it gets the job done, and sometimes that's all you need, really. Can't really speak about the historical events, because they're kind of outside of my area (and this stuff was never covered in school). Unsure if the murders are going to connect to the historical events somehow, or if it's just a matter of setting... I haven't checked. Regardless, it's interesting.
Also reading: Love Poems by Pablo Neruda (translated by Donald D Walsh). I'm not at all familiar with Neruda's work; this is my first exposure to it. I'm still in that period where -- well... There is a lot of poetry that I do not like, and I'm still trying to cast around and find things that I do like. It's challenging. Hauge's work is completely a winner with me, definitely. As for Neruda, I haven't read all of the poems in this little book, but of the ones I've read so far, some of them have really lovely imagery. "Epithalamium" in particular, I'm thinking of. It's SO pretty. And the final lines really get me -
And so you see, my love,
how I move
around the island
around the world,
safe in the midst of spring,
crazy with light in the cold,
walking tranquil in the fire,
lifting your petal
weight in my arms
as if I had never walked
except with you, my heart,
as if I could not walk
except with you,
as if I could not sing
except when you sing.
Though I'm sure it probably sounds much better in Spanish. Unfortunately, I only took one year of Spanish, and was always terrible at it - so even though this book is in parallel translation, I can't even think of making an attempt at reading it in the original.
Reading next: No idea. There are a lot of books that I need to read... and I still haven't finished my Pratchett readthrough. Next up is Reaper Man, so maybe I'll read that. Also, I was recently reminded of Tim Wynne-Jones's The Maestro, which had a huge influence on me for many years, and now I kind of want to re-read it... if I can figure out where th heck I put my copy of it.