end of summer book update

i figured i would be the only one of these that does not have the road by cormac mccarthy on the top of my blog. thanks to everyone else, i plan on reading that at some point soon. here we go:


You Shall Know Our Velocity by Dave Eggers
i just finished it for the second time. this is because i have the crazy version thats missing key information, and i realized that the mcsweeneys website has this 49 page interjection, so i read it with the Sacrament part added to it. i felt many times that i was Will.


McSweeney's Quarterly #18 by many authors
like many collectives, the writing is all over the place. sometimes good. sometimes not for me. roddy doyle's story New Kid was one highlight. there was another great story and i cant remember the name or the author. i am sorry. it is the one regarding the girl who turns into a cloud when she falls in love.


The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
it was a first time read for me. and i loved it so much. the whole time i read this i assumed i was Holden


Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour an Introduction by J.D. Salinger
like jon i liked RHTRB,C more than SAI. it was a fun story and in such Salinger style, he keep time pretty real. you read it as if it is still the same time. no next week or jump ahead 6 hours. its a long scene.


Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
this is my first attempt at Vonneget. it was quick for me to engage into this, and slowly got away from that. but then back into it (i am not finished yet). i once again have taken on the feeling that i am becoming the main character Billy Pilgrim.


The Genesee Diary by Henri Nouwen
this will be the second Nouwen book ive read. and it is great. he lives in the Genesee Monastary in new york for a few months and journals about his experience with the fellow monks and he spends time arguing about his labor, or his purpose there, or if he should be focusing in on writing. monastic living from the perspective of someone who is hoping for change but yet somewhat stressed out about it.

i feel like thats all ive read in the last few weeks.

i also feel that everyone might hate me for this next line i will type: i actually enjoy the new linkin park songs ive heard. maybe im tracing it back to Mike's smile when they played on SNL.