My reading is all over the place, which is really a reflection of my mind and interest level in general. Whenever I read a book review that is interesting, I'll request the book. Depending on the order they come in, that can make for some eclectic reading time. It's usually a blend of novels and non-fiction, and I am truly not a committed literature guy despite my role as an English teacher. And, of course, I occasionally pick up some featured books and "staff picks." I probably finish about thirty percent of what I actually check out of the library or buy on Amazon. After a recent trip to the library and book store, here are the books on my shelf that I'm currently bouncing around with.
My pop culture fix is currently provided pop culture writer Gavin Edwards' entertaining and informative look at contemporary America's favorite trickster-god: The Tao of Bill Murray: Real-life Stories of Joy, Enlightenment, and Party Crashing.
In YA lit land where I browse both as a teacher and a father of two adolescents, I ran across a compelling title for a Gen Xer English teacher. Author Barbara Shoup had me with the title Looking for Jack Kerouac.
And for the strangest of reasons I picked up another well known book from the Gen X-chic lit genre: Sophie Kinsella's original pop culture hit Confessions of a Shopaholic.
3 comments:
Just curious, for books, are you sticking with paper, or going more to elections, or a combo?
I'm all about paper. I still get the paper delivered daily, and read two others on the weekend. For books, it's always paper - I own know e-reading device.
95% hard copy, rarely do I do electrons for books. However, I subscribe to 7-8 magazines that I get on electrons only.
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