Recent Book Activity

I *love* reading (of course), and I think this is a wonderful concept. I have so many books sitting around, stored in boxes under my bed. I always felt bad about getting rid of them, but not anymore! Finally there's more to be said for getting rid of the books than for keeping them.

My favorite books:
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - Betty Smith
Perelandra - C.S. Lewis
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy - J.R.R. Tolkien
On Writing - Stephen King
The Chronicles of Narnia - C.S. Lewis

My favorite authors:
C.S. Lewis
Isaac Asimov
Ray Bradbury

Books I've read in the last year (and date finished):
Eugene Onegin - Pushkin (1 Sep 04) [class]
Dead Souls - Nikolai Gogol (11 Sep 04) [class]
Hypatia of Alexandria - Dzielska (18 Sep 04) [class]
A Hero of Our Time - Lermontov (21 Sep 04) [class]
Fathers and Sons - Turgenev (27 Sep 04) [class]
Have Space Suit - Will Travel - Robert Heinlein (1 Oct 04)
What Is to Be Done? - Chernyshevsky (18 Oct 04) [class]
Notes From Underground - Dostoevsky (19 Oct 04) [class]
The Cheese and the Worms - Carlo Ginzburg (22 Oct 04) [class]
Anna Karenina - Tolstoy (18 Nov 04) [class]
The Stand - Stephen King (5 Jan 05)
Stepping Heavenward - Mrs. E. Prentiss (7 Jan 05)
The Illustrated Man - Ray Bradbury (13 Jan 05)
Bridget Jones's Diary - Helen Fielding (13 Feb 05)
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason - Fielding (15 Mar 05)
The Power of Babel - John McWhorter (24 Mar 2005)
Buy Jupiter & Other Stories - Isaac Asimov (10 Apr 05)
X Marks the Spot: On Location with the X-Files - Gradnitzer & Pittson (24 Apr 05)
Pride & Prejudice - Jane Austen (14 Jun 05)
Charlie & the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl (15 Jun 05)
The Wave - Todd Strasser (13 Jul 05)
Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince - J.K. Rowling (18 Jul 05)
The Light Princess & Other Fantasy Stories - George MacDonald (18 Aug 05)