Reading lists

[michiexile]

Since I keep the tempo I keep on reading books, I very seldom are capable of the end of year lists that some people apparently do. Therefore, for this brand new year, I shall try and update my LJ with what books I read, using these posts as a kind of archive for the production of a "What did I read 2006" list.

I'll start immediately with noting that my reading so far in 2006 has consisted of the following:
Terry Pratchett: Men at Arms
CS Lewis: The lion, the witch, and the wardrobe
CS Lewis: Prince Caspian
CS Lewis: The voyage of the Dawn Treader
CS Lewis: The silver chair
CS Lewis: The horse and his boy
CS Lewis: The magician's nephew (currently reading, expect to finish in a day or two)

I also have a few books in a low-priority reading stack:
Robert Shea & Robert Anton Wilson: The Illuminatus! trilogy (rereading. The fourth time, probably)
Guy Gavriel Kay: A Song for Arbonne
Lothar-Günther Buchheim: Das Boot
Michael Ende: Der Spiegel im Spiegel

And a few books that are dedicated for starts as soon as possible:
Zomorodian: Topology for Computing
Elias Lönnrot: Kalevala (german, swedish or english translation - I need all three, dependent on context)

Comments

[krfsm.livejournal.com]

OK, I'm game. Why all three versions of the Kalevala?

[michiexile]

Swedish because I'd like it the best.
German because I'm playing an Eshu at a German LARP in easter, and he will have reading of the Kalevala as one of his Things.
English because I've snooped on a web edition of it and liked it thouroughly. Also, in mixed enough context, neither Swedish nor German will do.

Finnish excluded because frankly, I won't learn the language good enough to really enjoy it fast enough.

[krfsm.livejournal.com]

Oh, right. I should read it one of these days - as it is, I only have second-hand summaries and, well, dodgy movies, so... (Same with Gilgamesh, save that I don't even have a dodgy movie for that one.)

[awahlbom.livejournal.com]

I have Björn Collinder's Swedish translation. Give me a shout if you want to borrow it.

[michiexile]

SHOUT!

I suppose I'm not allowed to cut it open, put it in a high-tempo scanner and OCR it? :P

[awahlbom.livejournal.com]

Not really, no. If you want to OCR the book without damaging it, be my guest.

[michiexile]

Oh, well. I guess I could live with such conditions. :P

[mikkeru.livejournal.com]

I need to re-learn to read. I got burnt out on reading a while ago. I'm doing my best to get up to speed with the Aubrey-Maturin books, but they're rationed.