working at ACORD, living at the Guesthouse and having a grumpy commute (December)
- The Wanderers - I forget the author. This is one of those Newberry Award books. It was at the Guesthouse library. I have to say - better than i would have thought! made me cry.
- The Dark Tower: Wizard and Glass - Stephen King
Okay, part of me is embarrassed to admit that I’ve been reading this Stephen King series. The Wizard and Glass is what, the 4th? I think it’s the 4th. John has been reading the series, and then I bum them off of him. This was the best so far, but almost painful to read b/c you know it’s going to end badly somehow. Overall, I am enjoying the Dark Tower series. I mean, the central character is a Gunslinger, and however much i may disagree with the messages of those spaghetti westerns, i do enjoy Clint Eastwood. And I like the idea of how he’s constructed overlapping worlds and times that can interact. well, it’s fun to go along for the ride. Also, these do not fall under the “horror” category.
- 3rd Harry Potter -
The Mennonite Guesthouse library has it. Such a good one!
- The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana - Umberto Eco
Well, i spent money on this. I usually spend my 15 USD of “worker renewal” money on books. It’s my new luxury in kenya. I mean, I never ever bought new books in the US, but now sometimes I will here in Nairobi. So I bought this book NEW, because the back cover sounded just perfect for me. And i mean, i appreciated The Name of the Rose and Foucault’s Pendulum (okay, actually i don’t remember Foucault’s Pendulum at all. read it one summer during college, i think? vague, vague impressions). right, so i vaguely remember appreciating them, definitely didn’t get them per se - i mean, don’t know enough history or philosophy or physics to get them - but i enjoyed the Name of the Rose (that was during Portland, during the brief spell when i lived by myself. maybe it was a month? not even. but i sure did read that book. yep.) but still, i had this very strong feeling that there could be another Eco book that i would enjoy more. Like, another plot would do better for me. Well, that other book is not this book. It was a disappointment for me. Though i did learn more about Italy under fascism. Don’t think about that on an every day basis.