I stay up most of the night reading nowadays.  I've already finished two books since I've been back.  I really shouldn't count one of them since it was mostly full of illustrations, but I don't care.

1. Squeamish About Sushi: And Other Foods Adventures in Japan -- Betty Reynolds
2. Kafka Was the Rage : A Greenwich Village Memoir -- Anatole Broyard

I'm almost finished reading Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk.  This is the fourth novel I've read by him, and after the third, Choke, I thought I would never pick up another Palahniuk book.  I thought he was done and finished, since everyone I know who has read Diary has not liked it.  Although, I figured since this was an older novel I wouldn't be such a bad thing.  It doesn't go for the same shock value effect that Fight Club, Choke and Invisible Monsters do.  It's different and I'm glad.

I also want to read his new book, Haunted, which seems to have to do about writing and books about writing always interest me.  I saw it in hardcover at the airport, but my mom didn't want me purchasing anything new and/or excessive in the book arena.  Books are a huge weakness.  I often am holding back when I walk into a book store.  If I can leave with nothing, I consider that a big feat.  It's the same thing with cd/record stores, especially if they are cheap/used.  Oh, I hate to let a good bargain fly by me.

I'm always hoarding things for later if I can buy them now for cheap.


For reference:
-Netflix Queue & Watched List
-2005 Book Reading List