Book List

[lettered]

I want to keep a list of all the books I have read this year, in case I ever get time to review them (unlikely).

Finished
Invisible Cities - Italo Calvino
The Leisure Seeker - Michael Zadoorian
Man In The High Castle - Philip K. Dick
Love In Infant Monkeys - Lydia Millet
Demon's Covenant - Sarah Rees Brennan
Leviathan - Scott Westerfield
Reading Lolita In Tehran - Azar Nafisi

In progress
Daniel Deronda - George Eliot
Locksley - Nicholas Chase
At The Water's Edge - Carl Zimmer

Next Up
Remarkable Creatures - Tracy Chevalier
Harold and the Pursuit of Happiness -
The Girl Who Played Go

On Hiatus
Cosmos - Carl Sagan

I don't know how it can possibly be that I've only finished five books so far this year. Possibly all the fanfic . . . But Daniel Deronda should count as six!

Comments

[lettered]

Cool! I'm reading it because our Whale Evolution Cart makes me sad, and I want to help it. Do you have any other evolution reading recs?

[cyanocitta]

I always have evolution reading recs. :)
I think the best book I've read on evolution in general is Beak of the Finch by Jonathan Weiner. One book more relevant to whale evolution that I've not read yet but I have heard a lot of great reviews of is Your Inner Fish by Neil Shubin.

Oh, and not really relevant to the whale cart, but another book that I think you would really like (talks about philosophy, Darwinian themes and Victorians) is Angels and Insects by A.S. Byatt. I've read it and it is very good. Although apparently it was made into a movie but I can't vouch for that.

I'll try to track down Love In Infant Monkeys. It sounds intriguing (Tesla? Wow, he gets everywhere, it seems).

I'm doing pretty good, actually. I have a job in Seattle that starts at the end of the month so yay paycheck! I'm in the process of finding a place to live in Seattle which is making me really happy. I can't wait to move back.

How are things going with you?

[lettered]

Oh, awesome! If you're in Seattle we should hang out more. I won't be such a flake.

I like Byatt. I read Possession, and really loved it. I've been meaning to read more.

Tesla DOES get around. In my head he and Edison have angry sex. (I . . . yeah. Got nothin'.)

What's your job?

I'm good. K (housemate) and I are producing an outdoor play; it's an episode of the Original Series of Star Trek. That's taking up a lot of time. S (other housemate) and I are talking about starting a literary journal! I've been writing a lot, mostly fanfic, but I'm feeling good about original stuff that's stewing, too. I'm also glad to be reading a lot again, especially a lot of different material. I'm in a book club we started at the science center (YOU SHOULD JOIN!) and I know of two book clubs online I'm trying to get into. And work is currently kind of awesome, though really busy. Anywho, so there's a fair amount of culture and science in my life right now, which is nice!

[cyanocitta]

I'll certainly let you know when I am finally moved in, it would be fun to hang out. :)

Dude, you're totally on the mark about Tesla and Edison. I mean, it makes so much sense. Have I showed you the comic book "Five Fists of Science"? It stars Tesla and Mark Twain (Edison is one of the villains).

My job is a summer naturalist at an environmental education daycamp at Carkeek Park. Basically, the same kind of thing I did during grad school only with more kids and more of an age range. It should be fun!

ooh, when does this outdoor play make its debut? That sounds like so much fun! What kind of literary journal would it be? I would love to join the science center book club! But would it be okay since I'm not working there anymore? How would I go about joining? I'm glad that work is going awesomely for you, it sounds like you're involved in a lot of fun stuff.

[lettered]

"Five Fists of Science"

NO, you have not shown it to me! I need it!

Oh, your job sounds so fun! Carkeek is right near me. Any plans for fall?

Star Trek is the last day of July and first week of August.

Not sure about the lit journal . . . I just pitched it to my housemate the other day. But I'm sure it will be the awesome kind . . .

Book club is not really a science center book club. Just some of us at the science center all wanted a book club and didn't have one. Sarah Moore is in it and brought a friend who is not science center. I recruited my housemates but they said they didn't have time. I think one or two more people would make it . . . rounder (we have five people right now) and you're the type of people we like! If you really do want to join, you could just read our next book and show up at the meeting. If you're not sure, just see if you get the book read by the due date and if you do, just drop by ;o) The book is Reading Lolita in Tehran, and our meeting date is tentatively July 20.

[cyanocitta]

OMG, yes you do need it! The first thing I unpack once I get to Seattle will be my comics and I'll loan you "Five Fists of Science".

Fall is still up in the air. I'm going to continue to search for more long-term, not seasonal, employment. Hopefully I can find something decent.

huh, I've heard lots of good things about "Reading Lolita in Tehran." I'll see if I can track down a copy and get it read by the 20th. :)

[lettered]

Okay, cool. Well, you have six weeks to read it!

Best of luck future job hunting, and the move. Lemme know if you need help unpacking/unloading/setting up; sometimes I have days off!

[cyanocitta]

I realized today that the tentative date of the 20th is speedily approaching. I've been so wrapped up in getting settled and going to work and going to weddings on the weekends that I've not read the book yet. :(

Maybe I can catch the book club meeting for the next book.

What all are you up to this weekend? I'm mostly free and it'd be fun to hang out if you have time.