Dear hero imprisoned
This weekend, for the first time in a long time, I did almost nothing but read. No work, no gaming, no chores or shopping, just a lot of reading. This was amazingly relaxing, but when I finally closed my book at about 5pm yesterday, I realized that the weekend was almost entirely gone and I hadn’t done any of my usual weekendy things, like clean the apartment or make Sunday breakfast. But I think that’s ok, once in a while.
We spent the rest of yesterday evening watching V for Vendetta, which I liked a lot more than I thought I would based on the trailers. It also reinforced my utter disdain for film critics, as I remember reading a couple of fairly wretched reviews when it came out. This would have been a good movie to watch last Wednesday, with the fireworks booming outside our building while it rained on all the spectators.
What book(s) did you read, and what’d you think of them?
I haven’t just sat and read in a good while. I suppose when the 7th Harry Potter comes out I just might though.
I’m working on a number of books at the moment, actually:
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories (which I seem to re-read every summer)
A Long Way Down
Managing Humans
Pirattitude!
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
The stack of books that I haven’t even started yet also continually grows taller.
If I might add another to your stack, Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
I just finished it, and it is easily one of my favorite non-fiction books. The book deals with intelligence and self reference, as it relates to AI, but it draws parallels everywhere: music, art, hardcore mathematics, biology, philosophy, computer science, and all with a twist of Lewis Carroll for good measure.
If you’re finding Order Of The Phoenix a little tedious, take heart in the fact that the last 1/3 of the book is much more gripping than the first 2/3; I started reading the last bit of the book at 8:00 one evening 2 years ago, and didn’t stop until I’d finished the book at 2:30am!
Have you read the book V for Vendetta? I highly recommend it.
While it doesn’t leave you pumped up and wanting to overthrow a government quite like the movie does, it’s still quite good.
As always the book/movie differences are almost painful, but each is enjoyable in its own right.
I have read (and enjoyed) Gödel, Escher, Bach, but not yet V for Vendetta. I’m adding it to the list, though.
That sounds great! I wish I could do that most weekends!
Oh, I can’t help quoting you…