of books and boredom

"give me a book and i live a hundred lives," mahatma gandah.

in between job hunting online, job interviews, bouts of insomnia, meeting friends over coffee or beer, watching movies, updating my wardrobe and cruising in the river styx, i find time to read books, i mean novels. a lot. i have never read this much for as long as i can remember.

so far i have finished these (oh please, no bragging rights intended):

(i can totally relate to mr. orwell. my version would be, down and out in makati and malate.)

(my third time to read this murakami masterpiece. i am still looking for the dvd of its film adaptation. sigh!)

(a favourite. i always read it every time i feel down and out just like mr. orwell.)

(set in an italian villa in the late 60s, when the young ones engaged in free luv, dope and endless sex. i was born too late, darn!)

(my second time to read this. i read it four years ago when i was stranded at a singapore airport. sadly, her other book, gourmet, was not as interesting.)

(i luv banana's writing style: melancholic, sad, short, sweet and simple. leaves you craving for more.)

(all things pinoy and pop, i luv! her sense of humour never fails to amuse me. reading her prose is like talking with her while having coffee and doughnuts.)

(supposedly based on the life of a certain u.s. first lady. a good follow up to her earlier hit, prep.)

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other noteworthy reads:  

(i have seen the film with matthew goode and emma thomson. i didn't like it.  the book, as usual, is brilliant.)

hallucinogenic trip..... burroughs is always thorough...

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now reading:

(an easy read -- ideal for reading while caught in a traffic, waiting in a coffee shop for a friend to show up or your delayed flight at the airport lounge, or while sitting beside the boulevard waiting for the golden sun to set and change into a fiery colours of dark red, bright orange, sometimes dark yellow.)

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next in line:

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still hunting for:

(can't seem to find a copy of this in manille. why oh why?!)

and still struggling to get past the first chapter...i know....i'm such a trying hard, copy cat!! and yes, i haven't even finished yet his infinite jest. but both are such intimidating books!)

oh well, lowell..that's all!

have a great mid-week to all of you bitches, angels and witches!

(all the pictures are taken from the internet. no copyright infringements intended. so please don't sue the poor, indigent me. please inform me if you want them taken off.)