I have many, many books. Shamefully, the percentage of books I have read versus what I own is at about 35%. So I have decided to pick a book I haven't read, read it completely, and then write about it.
You see, it's not that I don't read. But what I've been doing for the past couple of years is re-reading books that I love or only reading certain authors and not exploring my very bloated book collection. My favorite books are anything written by the following: Alexandre Dumas (pere), Rafael Sabatini, Charles Dickens, and J.K. Rowling. I have read the "Three Musketeers" about 5 or 6 times (and the entire series twice) and I'm at the point where no one wants to be around me when a movie adaption of this book is being played on television (yeah, I'm a total geek).
So my pick for this month (though I don't anticipate it taking that long to read it) is "Naked Lunch" by William S. Burroughs. I have read a few books from Burroughs (Junkie and Queer) as well as his letters to Allen Ginsberg. For some reason I couldn't get into "my reading groove" or build any momentum reading this book - I never got past the first 40 pages. So, here I go....delving into the depraved, addiction addled mind of William Lee and Interzone - something I haven't done in about 15 years.
About Me
- Laurita
- I was born and raised in New Jersey. My parents emigrated to the US in the late '60s from Montevideo, Uruguay. I still live in Jersey with my husband and way too many cats.
