Books

I wear glasses because as a child I would stay up late, covers pulled over my head, reading by the dim light of a dying flashlight. At least that's what an eye doctor told me when I was younger. Probably a load of crap, but I still love reading and I still often do it by poor light far later in the night than is reasonable.

I've always taken notes while reading, usually with a pen and paper, but sometimes as highlights in the Kindle. And of course since I have all this stuff in text files I thought might as well put it online. So here you have it, books I've read and things I've thought about them.

cover art for Elective Affinities  by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Elective Affinities

★★★☆☆ Read in: February 2006
cover art for Pnin by Vladimir Nabokov

Pnin

★★★★★ Read in: February 2006
cover art for The Old Capital by Yasunari Kawabata

The Old Capital

★★★★★ Read in: January 2006
cover art for The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare, Leah S. Marcus

The Merchant of Venice

★★★★★ Read in: December 2005
cover art for Blindness  by José Saramago

Blindness

★★★★☆ Read in: December 2005
cover art for Campo Santo  by W.G. Sebald

Campo Santo

★★★★★ Read in: December 2005
cover art for As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

As I Lay Dying

★★★★☆ Read in: November 2005
cover art for Polaris by Jack McDevitt

Polaris

★★★★★ Read in: October 2005
cover art for Austerlitz by W.G. Sebald

Austerlitz

★★★★★ Read in: September 2005
cover art for The Cave by José Saramago

The Cave

★★★★☆ Read in: August 2005
cover art for Scarlet Tanager by Bernadette Mayer

Scarlet Tanager

★★★★★ Read in: June 2005
cover art for Hopscotch by Julio Cortazar

Hopscotch

★★★★★ Read in: June 2005
cover art for Last Night by James Salter

Last Night

★★★★★ Read in: April 2005
cover art for The Pearl Diver by Jeff Talarigo

The Pearl Diver

★★★★★ Read in: April 2005
cover art for River of Gods by Ian McDonald

River of Gods

★★★★★ Read in: April 2005
cover art for The Dead Father by Donald Barthelme

The Dead Father

★★★★☆ Read in: March 2005