Reading Rainbow

First of all, Happy 2011!! I know that it is well into February and this is my first post of the year. Sorry! It's been busy and I've been bad about new posts. Along those lines, this is not a "real post". I will hopefully be posting several new blogs next week when I have internet access again. Don't worry, I am alive and have not been eaten by a hyena. In addition, I would like to wish everyone a Happy Chinese New Year! It's my year- the year of the Rabbit, so hopefully it brings me luck (but it also means that I'm turning 24 this year- eek!).

Onward with this post. I recently read a post by my former high school English teacher. It addressed the "Lost Art of Reading" and talked about how technology may be changing the way people's brains work. It's an interesting read and can be found here: http://www.reardonramblings.com/?p=394 . I responded to the article and here is what i said...
"Since coming to Senegal and living in a village without electricity, I’ve rediscovered my love of reading. I haven’t read for pleasure in a very long time. In high school and college, I was occupied with required reading and when I had a spare moment, I wouldn’t choose to pick up a book. These days, I look forward to my reading time; It’s often the highlight of my day. The pace of life is much slower in Senegal and I don’t feel the pressure to schedule every moment of my day. Not having electricity, I don’t spend hours mindlessly browsing the internet. I LOVE it!"

Here is a list of books I've read in country. I try to keep my reading material varied.

1) Living on the Edge
2) Diary By Chuck Palahniuk
3) Last Lecture By Randy Pausch
4) Kabul Beauty School By Deborah Rodriguez
5) Running with Scissors By Augusten Burroughs
6) This Side of Paradise By F. Scott Fitzgerald
7) Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress By Dai Sijie
8) Good in Bed By Jennifer Weiner
9) Me Talk Pretty One Day By David Sedaris
10) The Year of Living Bibically By AJ Jacobs
11) Hundred Secret Senses By Amy Tan
12) The Handmaids Tale By Margaret Atwood
13) Pretty in Plaid By Jen Lancaster
14) The 10th Circle By Jodi Picoult
15) Three Cups of Tea By Greg Mortenson
16) Fight Club By Chuck Palahniuk
17) Stones into Schools By Greg Mortenson
18) Reading Lolita in Tehran By Azar Nafisi
19) The Space Between Us By Thrity Umrigar
20) The Soul of Baseball By Joe Posnanski
21) Suite Francais By Irène Némirovsky
22) As I Lay Dying By William Faulkner
23) Atlas Shrugged By Ayn Rand
24) Stuffed By Patricia Volk
25) Inheritance of Loss By Kiran Desai
26) Interpreter of Maladies By Jhumpa Lahiri
27) The Unknown Errors of Our Lives By Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
28) The Joy Luck Club By Amy Tan
29) The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
30) David Barry's Guide to Guys By David Barry
31) Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber By Katya Livingston
32) Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
33) The Five People You Meet in Heaven By Mitch Albom
34) Remember Me By Sophie Kinsella

Hope you're having a great 2011 so far and I will do my best to update again soon.

--Peace Out