"A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other."
— A Tale Of Two Cities, Charles Dickens (currently reading)
super awesome vintage book find: three Albert Camus titles (The Fall, The Rebel, Resistance Rebellion & Death), Alexandor Solzhenitsyn’s One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich, and an old-school Bahasa book called Kisah Pelayaran Abdullah with sexy blue cover. psyched!
a bad habit: reading two books at once, one when I am at home (oh Bourdain) and one in the apartment (a trilogy housemate lent me).
this is my lunch menu, current status of hair, maybe gpoyw and smile friday all at once, since I don’t know when I’ll be able to come online next (as always). no more addresses please, I’m running out of paper for all your letters. and as for content, no two are alike. <3
well maybe just one more address. one more. and that’s it. the post office will freak out. send me yours if you haven’t yet. (hatipelancarpeluru, apa lagi?)
currently reading. the birthday card stuck into this book contains an admission from a guyfriend that I am indeed not a guy. it was harder to believe back then. I can still fool some people now.
currently reading. I can’t believe I hadn’t heard of Ali Smith until killerwhale introduced me to her stuff. she’s amazing, possibly my favourite writer. this is my third book of hers.
currently reading. one of the christmas presents I was lucky enough to receive despite not technically celebrating christmas (two notebooks, a book on literary trivia, a cd). I have been reading Crush nonstop ever since it arrived in the mail. <3
currently (re)reading. being a TV drama extra is very dull, but at least I can use whatever little screen time I have to catch up on my books.
currently reading. this novella is from a local warehouse sale, and the sticker says RM10, which is 2.76USD for you.
currently reading. ‘In July 1789, 237 women convicts left England for Botany Bay in Australia onboard a ship called Lady Julian, destined to provide sexual services & a breeding bank for the men already there. The Floating Brothel is the extraordinary true story of the women & their voyage.’
Also in my travel bag to pass the time; When You Are Engulfed In Flames (Sedaris), Summer Crossing (Capote), Invisible Cities (Calvino), Girl In Landscapes (Lethem).
currently reading. well, re-reading, since I’m not in the mood to read anything new at the moment. And as for the last book, Transmission was, okay… rather fleeting, a little disconnected, but definitely entertaining light stuff.
I’ve always said The Godfather is the one book every guy should read at least once. I love my battered copy, it was rescued from a shoe-cabinet(?) parked outside my late grandparents’ house. Plus it says on the cover “Major Motion Picture Soon.” How awesomely old is that? I feel like it should be on a rocking chair out on a porch smoking a cigar & rambling to me about how it always knew the movies could never compare.
currently reading. only at page 25 so far, but looks good. will probably be one of those one-time books.
I need a new bookshelf, part 2. I couldn’t squeeze the top row into the photo. Click for bigger version.
