Just finished Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. I've already read it, but as I mentioned in a past post, I'm re-reading the series (since I never did read the 7th). Already over 100 pages into Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

I sort of wish I could finish the series before I move into the dorms for school, but am very doubtful I will be able to. That would leave me 7 days to read near 2200 pages.

Once I finish this series, I'm sort of getting to a point where I really want to continue from where I left off on the Wheel of Time. I simply needed a break from it.

Switched to non-fiction recently. After becoming obsessed with reading essays and watching debates featuring Christopher Hitchens, I decided to pick up his book god is not Great.

It's a fantastic read. He's perhaps the most literate, witty, brave, erudite modern author that I've read. Looking forward to some of his other books.

If interested, give one of his essays a read. This is one of his most recent essays that I really enjoyed.

Are you ashamed that you're reading it and don't want the people there to see you?

I personally found the book to be mediocre at best. It's extremely short (I've found this to usually be a fault in most books, rather than a strong point), it starts very slowly, and it simply flashforwards past Dorian's decadence. Due to this, towards the ends when he does what he does (won't mention it, as to not spoil it for anyone), it just sems totally out of nowhere. The book should've been at least twice as long, exploring the decadence more gradually (thus the climax feeling more 'natural' and making more sense). Then there's also chapter 11, the longest chapter in the book, and probably the most shameless example of filler content I've ever seen in any book. When a book is less than 200 pages long, it should not have filler content. It's a real shame, considering that the premise was quite interesting.

Oh, and 10 novels in 15 weeks seems quite reasonable, provided they're not 1000+ pages long each.

Not at all actually, I read it all the time when I'm around other people.  That was simply just a time I sort of wanted to have the series finished by, but it would appear that will no longer be possible unless I read 5 hours per day for the next week.

My copy of the book was 219 pages long :p I do not usually take the length of a book into account, I've read great short novels and horrible long novels and vice versa. I think the length was appropriate for the story Wilde was trying to tell. As for the flashfoward, I think it was more effective that the book just hinted at the decadence rather than show it. I really am not interested in reading what was considered wild behavior in the late 19th century. 

10 books in 15 weeks is horrible for 1 class when I have 4 other classes, a job, a possible internship, and other things going on in my life.

It just seems to me like the book was lacking in necessary content. I don't really see the problem with describing what was seen as 'wild behavior'. And I don'tthink that it was much different to what we consider to be 'wild behavior' today. Don't know if you've read Les Liaisons Dangereuses, but it was written in 18th century France, and it's more shocking than books written today.

Haha, the fact that you might have other classes slipped my mind. Still, it's doable. I had to read 365 newspapers in less than 1 month for a project, among everything else I had to do for Uni.

haven't read a book in a while, but



OMG I can't wait

Another book for my thesis.

Just finished 'A Dance with Dragons' (which was fantastic).

Started 'Hyperion' by Dan Simmons. It's not quite what I was expecting as it reads like a collection of short stories linked by central narrative. Good though.