Re: so what books are you currently reading?

I have to say I'm am quite impressed with the long list of books you are
attempting to read. It seems like in high school I read alot of books, at
least more than anyone I knew in my school, but they were not such amazing
choices as the ones that you are reading. I read people like John Grisham in
high school ( I've come a long way, baby). I don't think I could have
handled those books at that age, not that I am so much more mature than you
now, at my ripe old age of 20. Anyway, I have to say that everyone on the
list just thoroughly impresses me with their extensive knowledge and diverse
tastes. I always wind up feeling quite inadequate.
And as for music... The Beatles are my kings.

Happy Reading-- Jaime

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Carter" <kevvsan@attbi.com>
To: <bananafish@roughdraft.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 11:10 AM
Subject: Re: so what books are you currently reading?

> Ah, I've developed the horribe habit of starting far too many books at one
> time and jumping around from place to place. It might just be a better
idea
> to take a look at the lovely Jefferson County Library Website and pull up
> exactly what I have out right now to respond to this particular question.
>
> Othello / 822.33T7 SHAKESPEARE -- Ah, yes. Good ol' AP English. Still
have
> to return this one, as we've moved on to Hamlet now.
>
> Of Time and the River / FICTION (Thomas) WOLFE -- O God! _Look Homeward,
> Angel_ was stunning in every way. Yes, yes. I'll admit it. I read Wolfe
> because I heard he influenced Kerouac to such a great extent. But the
> prose... it's heartbreakingly beautiful.
>
> The Portable Blake / 821.7 BLAKE -- Yet another Beat motivated this
> particular read. Just as Ginsberg did, I'm hoping for mad, hysterical
> visions of Blake.
>
> The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test / 306.1 (Tom) WOLFE -- And as long as I
> speak of visions of Blake, how about Visions of Cody? A read of One Flew
> Over the Cuckoo's Nest and some of Neal's letters motivated me to pick up
my
> first Tom Wolfe. It's brilliant. Next, hernia herNIa.
>
> Invisible Monsters / FICTION PALAHNIUK -- To add to the Fight Club
> discussion, I'm really enjoying Palahniuk's take on postmodern society.
> Gripping stuff.
>
> Mythology / 292.13 HAMILTON -- Combatting the anti-mythological views that
I
> faced in the private Christian school I previously attended by becoming
> somewhat literate regarding classical mythology.
>
> Rimbaud Complete / 841.8 RIMBAUD -- I am in total awe of Rimbaud.
>
> Duino Elegies / 831.912 RILKE -- My first Rilke as well. I think the
> particular translation that I have -- which divides things up into W.C.
> Williams-esque lines -- is really helping my level of understanding.
> Curious to check out some other additions.
>
> Licks of Love / FICTION UPDIKE -- After finishing the Rabbit tetralogy, I
> was heartbroken. Couldn't there be more of the Angstrom family? Indeed
> there was. From one of our greatest short story writers comes a new
volume
> of short stories. I'm adoring it.
>
> Dubliners / FICTION JOYCE -- Finished Portrait of the Artist and working
on
> this one to try my hand at Joyce before my attempted read of Ulysses over
> the winter break. From what I've heard, however, it'll likely be over the
> summer break, too.
>
> A Separate Peace / YA FICTION KNOWLES -- Just picked this up today.
We'll
> see.
>
> To add some more fodder for conversation, what type of music do the rest
of
> you bananafish listen to? To give you an idea, a rather short list of
what
> I like follows:
>
> Air, Tori Amos, The Ataris, Joan Baez, The Beatles, The Boomtown Rats, BT,
> Kate Bush, The Clash, Elvis Costello, Ani Difranco, DJ Shadow, Thomas
Dolby,
> Bob Dylan, Genesis, godspeed you black emperor!, Hybrid, The Icicle Works,
> Joy Division, Kraftwerk, Led Zeppelin, New Order, Mike Oldfield, Orbital,
> Pink Floyd, Portishead, The Psychedelic Furs, Radiohead, The Ramones, Lou
> Reed, Buffy Sainte-Marie, The Sex Pistols, Sigur Ros, Patti Smith, The
> Smiths, Sonic Sum, The Strokes, The Talking Heads, Tenacious D, The Velvet
> Underground, Dar Williams, and The Who. I've also started getting into
some
> jazz. Just dipping my foot in, but I'm quite fond of Miles Davis, Ella
> Fitzgerald, and Stan Getz currently.
>
> Hope that this bookish and rather alienated high school student's list
> didn't bother you too much. Really, I'm just looking for ways to expand
my
> horizons regarding music and reading, and I know that you bananafish get
> along swimmingly (sorry!) with good literature and good music. Thanks in
> advance for your help!
>
> -K
>
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