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bluegreen17) wrote2013-02-17 04:16 am
bluegreen17) wrote2013-02-17 04:16 am
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undersleeping brain and books and reading
up and out of bed ridiculously early today,but i went to bed early. better early than late though! the wind is howling outside today. yesterday was actually rather springish though,and i went out to the gas station and library and grocery store and bookstore. bought myself a book, a rare treat. i read a review of david shields' 'how literature saved my life' and impulsively called my local bookstore and had them hold it for me.
the chase is often more fun than the book. i don't know how weird it is,but i love reading book reviews and i love the anticipation of a new book...often more than the book itself,though it's not like i've never enjoyed a book...it'a just rare that i like one these days. i especially love the new york times book review and i've been spending a lot of time on goodreads,and found some great reviewers to follow. i also follow the excellent bookreviews of thornshar here on livejournal. i tried to remember the html for linking here but i obviously failed. alas.
anyway,this book looks really good. it looks like it's about books but also about the existential angst of david shields. i think he might be a sad intellectual man,and i can relate to that,except the man part. he's entertaining and witty though. i liked his book 'reality hunger'. strangely,this book called 'how literature saved my life' concludes in the end (i peeked...but then i often read/consume books from the outside in...i like to read the jackets,back cover,check out the contents,check the back,and work my way in. fortunately,this works pretty well with nonfiction,which is much of what i read) that literature hasn't saved his life,and he mentions david foster wallace too. it's sad but depression and other mental illnesses can be a real bear and some do succumb to it.
i also want to read taleb's 'antifragile',but i don't have a copy and i guess i'd best put myself on the library waiting list,as it's a thirty six dollar book. right now i have his 'fooled by randomness' and 'the black swan' from the library.
there's lots of books i want to read,but i have become a slow reader in the last fifteen years or so. i have trouble focusing. probably a side effect of my particular type of 'interesting' brain...i.e. the chronic depression,apathy,anhedonia stuff. sometimes my brain perks up from caffeine...though that can make me jittery and crash my blood sugar,so i don't consume much...or lack of sleep. but of course lack of sleep makes me crash bigtime later too. i was in bed for about six hours,and didn't sleep much of it. i listen to the radio,mostly public radio programs,or listen to books on cd when i can't sleep. so,for now i have that perky needingmoresleepbutmybrainwon'tletmerightnow brain. may as well enjoy it for now!
the chase is often more fun than the book. i don't know how weird it is,but i love reading book reviews and i love the anticipation of a new book...often more than the book itself,though it's not like i've never enjoyed a book...it'a just rare that i like one these days. i especially love the new york times book review and i've been spending a lot of time on goodreads,and found some great reviewers to follow. i also follow the excellent bookreviews of thornshar here on livejournal. i tried to remember the html for linking here but i obviously failed. alas.
anyway,this book looks really good. it looks like it's about books but also about the existential angst of david shields. i think he might be a sad intellectual man,and i can relate to that,except the man part. he's entertaining and witty though. i liked his book 'reality hunger'. strangely,this book called 'how literature saved my life' concludes in the end (i peeked...but then i often read/consume books from the outside in...i like to read the jackets,back cover,check out the contents,check the back,and work my way in. fortunately,this works pretty well with nonfiction,which is much of what i read) that literature hasn't saved his life,and he mentions david foster wallace too. it's sad but depression and other mental illnesses can be a real bear and some do succumb to it.
i also want to read taleb's 'antifragile',but i don't have a copy and i guess i'd best put myself on the library waiting list,as it's a thirty six dollar book. right now i have his 'fooled by randomness' and 'the black swan' from the library.
there's lots of books i want to read,but i have become a slow reader in the last fifteen years or so. i have trouble focusing. probably a side effect of my particular type of 'interesting' brain...i.e. the chronic depression,apathy,anhedonia stuff. sometimes my brain perks up from caffeine...though that can make me jittery and crash my blood sugar,so i don't consume much...or lack of sleep. but of course lack of sleep makes me crash bigtime later too. i was in bed for about six hours,and didn't sleep much of it. i listen to the radio,mostly public radio programs,or listen to books on cd when i can't sleep. so,for now i have that perky needingmoresleepbutmybrainwon'tletmerightnow brain. may as well enjoy it for now!
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How have you been finding the Black Swan book?
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