Reading

So since I started working and I guess at the end of school I have started on my reading goal.. The goal is really just to read more and I can say that in the past month or so I have become a reading machine! I feel very proud because I used to be that person who would always say that he wanted to read but never did. Well now I have read some books which mean that I can recommend some books. Here is the list of the books that I have read/re-read.

Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card

Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck

The Time Machine - HG Wells

Animal Farm - George Orwell

About a Mountain - John D'agata

Stalin's Genocides - Norman Naimark (I still like history so some of the books I read are not your standard novels)

I must say that they were all very good but to pick my favorite is actually quite easy. Of Mice and Men was one of the best books I have read potentially ever. It's a short quick read that I would definitely recommend. I don't want to go into details about the book but it really captures the reader and I will honestly say that I became emotionally attached.

Anyways my stack of books is constantly growing because I have recently realized that I love yard sales and used books stores. The books on my shelf now include the following, although I will say many of them I know nothing about but they were in a deal of 10 books for $5.

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man - James Joyce

Tom Jones - Henry Fielding

Demons - Fydor Dostoevsky

Catch 22 - Joseph Heller

Guns, Germs, and Steel - Jared Diamond

The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck

The War of the Worlds - HG Wells

The Invisible Man - HG Wells

A Clergyman's Daughter - Gorge Orwell

The Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger

That is just a snippet of what I plan to do this summer. Suggestions are always welcome, even though...(prepare yourself for big announcement) my now fiance!!! Does not necessarily understand my constantly growing book and reading addiction because it will be a lot of stuff to move. Stay tuned for more updates soon... and maybe even an engagement story sometime.

PS I also decided that I want to start a tagline for the end of every post like... Malech Out or Stay Classy or... really anything. Please recommend what you think I should make my sign-off.