45 pages into This Is How You Lose Her by Junot Diaz. I'm enjoying it, but it doesn't hold a candle to his previous book thus far, though that's okay because he's going for something different in this one. I recently saw some talks of his regarding racial issues (which I would highly recommend viewing) and he mentioned that Yunior (the protagonist and narrator of the book) was raped as a child, so that's going to colour my reading of it, but it re-charged my reading of the book with a keen eye for how social issues develop Yunior's worldview/adventures. I dunno, thus far it's a fun read but I think Diaz is going to throw some brainfood at my way so I'm looking forward to that.
Also almost 300 pages into The Fellowship of The Ring. I know Tolkien wanted to emulate the Edda and other texts in terms of surreal sidep-episodes intersecting with the main quest coupled with long, drawn out descriptions, but while that makes the reading a bit more bearable, I don't care for it. Still, despite myself, I'm actually enjoying the book for the most part. I recently re-watched the movies along with The Hobbit with a fervor and I'm interested in how the events depicted in the film adaptations will compare. I'm just really curious about the scale and mythos of these books.
Also almost 300 pages into The Fellowship of The Ring. I know Tolkien wanted to emulate the Edda and other texts in terms of surreal sidep-episodes intersecting with the main quest coupled with long, drawn out descriptions, but while that makes the reading a bit more bearable, I don't care for it. Still, despite myself, I'm actually enjoying the book for the most part. I recently re-watched the movies along with The Hobbit with a fervor and I'm interested in how the events depicted in the film adaptations will compare. I'm just really curious about the scale and mythos of these books.
