I feel like I have been in a reading rut lately . . . I had a couple weeks at work that was very research intensive, and thus involved a lot of reading, and so I haven't been able to get through my reading list like I would have liked to and move on to other books. For someone who likes to read as much as I do, its a bit frustrating.
I am almost done with the book A History of God by Karen Armstrong, which is fantastic, and I finally made it through a compilation book of selected short stories by O. Henry. The book obviously has so many different stories that a review really isn't appropriate, but I enjoyed it so much, just for re-introducing the short story to me. Outside of class work during high school and college, I've never read any short stories, and now I find that to be a shame. They are obviously an easy read, provide a complete story, and often are, at least with O. Henry, very humorous and even thought provoking. I particularly like the story where two friends agree to meet in a spot twenty years later, but during that time one becomes a cop and the other becomes a criminal. Great storytelling involved in all of them, and I will have to remember to check out some more short stories on my reading list in the future. Especially if I can find some more "modern" writers, because as much as I liked this book, its would have nicer to understand more of the references without having to look them up.
Hopefully I'll finish the Armstrong by the end of the weekend and then be able to move onto some new stuff.
I am almost done with the book A History of God by Karen Armstrong, which is fantastic, and I finally made it through a compilation book of selected short stories by O. Henry. The book obviously has so many different stories that a review really isn't appropriate, but I enjoyed it so much, just for re-introducing the short story to me. Outside of class work during high school and college, I've never read any short stories, and now I find that to be a shame. They are obviously an easy read, provide a complete story, and often are, at least with O. Henry, very humorous and even thought provoking. I particularly like the story where two friends agree to meet in a spot twenty years later, but during that time one becomes a cop and the other becomes a criminal. Great storytelling involved in all of them, and I will have to remember to check out some more short stories on my reading list in the future. Especially if I can find some more "modern" writers, because as much as I liked this book, its would have nicer to understand more of the references without having to look them up.
Hopefully I'll finish the Armstrong by the end of the weekend and then be able to move onto some new stuff.
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