Books

I read some this vacation. Here are the books and some brief thoughts:

1. Anna Karinina by Leo Tolstoy -- actually, i finished up the audiobook of this masterpiece. I loved it. Like Pride and Prejudice with better psychological insights for Russians.

2. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglass Adams -- absurd but fun, a classic that I missed along the way

3. Tristram Shandy by Lawrence Sterne -- a ridiculous narrator, a series of digressions, hysterical in parts, impossible in others

4. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee-- another classic HAM (go lions!) didn't have us read; wonderful

5. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card-- a children's/teen's book but as engrossing as Harry Potter with perhaps slightly better themes and characters and plots. I'm reading the series.

6. Social Intelligence by Daniel Goleman -- recommended by Dr. Garner, awesome insights into how people understand relationships

7. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (not finished yet) -- good so far; best metaphors i've seen since reading Margaret Atwood

8. The Beauty of God: Theology and the Arts (not finished) -- slightly disappointing so far, but it's getting better. The topic is good enough to keep this one afloat.

yay for books