Books

Lately, I haven't been reading as much as I'd like to be reading... but I have done a bit of reading over the last 2 months...

Most recently, I finished (FINALLY) Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. I think I've been reading this book for over a year, slowly, off and on, a few pages every couple days, until the end, when the romances started - I then dedicated my subway reading to the book :) 

I quite enjoyed the book & want to watch the movies now. I have also ordered Little Men (the sequel) from paperbackswap.com. I would love to name a daughter Josephine and call her Jo, after Jo in the book (if only I could convince Seth, and, well, have a daughter ;) 

The book I finished before that was The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein. I cried immediately upon starting the book. It's told from a dogs point-of-view. I enjoyed the book, especially the messages imbedded in the rules of racing parts.

We read this book for our October book club. Most of the girls didn't actually enjoy the book - they happen to claim to NOT love dogs. At all. I agree with some of the arguments... Stuff just keeps happening to Denny. Bad thing after bad thing. But I still enjoyed the book. I'd recommend it to dog lovers for sure. It's a quick and easy read.

For this last book club, we read two books since we would not be meeting for two months (we all know September is guaranteed craziness!) The second book we read was One Day by David Nicholls. 

I wish I'd never read it. It was horrible. A waste of my time. The characters had NO chemistry. I have no idea why they kept going back to each other. And the traumatic ending - well, I had to reread to even catch what happened... As did most of the others in book club. This author should stick to writing something other than chick lit. I was not impressed. (Although, I'll probably still watch the movie when it comes out on DVD ;) 

I'm currently reading two books... My friend gave me The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles by Haruki Murakami. I'm only about 75 pages in and haven't picked it up for a couple weeks... It needs to pick-up soon. I will finish it, eventually. He said it was one of his favorite books.

I also started (as in, I'm on page 2) Gone With the Wind. This will probably be like Little Women. I'll read a few pages a day, and it'll take me AGES to complete it. As long as I'm always reading a classic ;)

And, while I'm talking about books... Our next book club book was announced: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. I haven't picked it up yet, but I will hopefully be getting it this week. Has anyone read this yet?