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Sunday, May 08, 2005

still in process...

currently, i have residence in three locations. i have yet to finish packing up my room in alex(i told them i was going to be gone by the 5th...). i am dogsitting at crw. and, i have been in the country at the home of a lady i work with doing free laundry all day. that was glorious. plus, i'm storing stuff at that house; when i actually pack it up from alex :S

some splendid news: i have finished reading my first book of the summer. it was a book written for adolescents but it was still over 300 pages! at this rate, i may just yet read all sixteen books on my list for summer reading. don't worry, the books on my list are going to be fun reads. there are some that pertain to theology but they have particular interest for me so it's not like school work! plus, i have plenty of random fiction to keep me content.

now, i am considering that i should tell you the books on my list. please, if you have read any, leave me comments about how much you loved or hated it! these are in no particular order. i will probably mix it up so i read some non-fiction interspersed with the fiction.

1. artemis fowl: the opal deception (this is the one i finished today)
2. the story we find ourselves in (the second in the 'new kind of christian' series)
3. millennials rising: the next great generation
4. big questions, worthy dreams
5. a heartbreaking work of staggering genius
6. the divine comedy (maybe this should count as three instead of one!)
7. the glorious appearing (yes, i did read the left behind series. no shame. well, maybe a little)
8. zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance
9. life of pi
10. a confederacy of dunces (if i can find a library from which to rent it)
11. harry potter and the half-blood prince
12. the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy (in need of a library for this one as well)
13. walk in the light while there is still light
14. the four loves
15. the curious incident of the dog in the night-time
16. practicing passion (yes, i was supposed to read this for a class this semester and i didn't but i want to!)

i'm also taking along some goethe, walker percy, sartre, miguel de unamuno and a book of poetry ... just in case i finish all those! oh, and krista gave me a novel called 'pigs in heaven' that i'll probably take too. as always, if i can get my hands on any hemingway, it will be devoured (literarily speaking).