A few ebay purchases arrived this week, a pay day and an unusually restrained visit to the Federation Square book market.
- The First Third by Neal Cassady
- Jack Kerouac: A Biography by Tom Clark
- Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture by Douglas Coupland
- Sanctuary by William Faulkner
- Jack’s Book: An Oral Biography of Jack Kerouac by Barry Gifford and Lawrence Lee
- Hunger by Knut Hamsun
- Reflections in a Golden Eye by Carson McCullers (review)
- The Collected Dorothy Parker by Dorothy Parker
This week I’ve been reading The Sandman comics/graphic novels/whatever your preferred term of endearment/books by Neil Gaiman. Immensely enjoyable, but I don’t feel adequate reviewing them, I don’t know how to speak about them. Maybe a summary post when I finish all of them off? I’ve also just started Truman Capote’s first published novel, Other Voices, Other Rooms. Although, I am expecting McCullers’ unfinished autobiography – Illumination and Night Glare – to arrive this week and I can see myself ignoring everything else and devouring that quite easily in a day or so. I don’t really know what I’ll find myself reading next.
How do you choose what to read next? Do you plan your reading ahead of time, knowing what book you will be picking up next, or do you act solely on instinct?
I’d be interested in reading your opinions on The Sandman series. I’ve never read any of them but everyone says they’re fantastic.
I love the book market but I wished I could get up earlier on Saturdays. I’ve never read anything by Kerouac but I’ve always averted the beat poets. I had a horrendus experience with them in high school but I’ll hopefully go back to that genre in the future.