- Number of books in my bedroom waiting to be read: 47 (auspicious)
- Number of books in my "Books to Check Out" list: 51
- Current New Yorker issue: May 14, 2007
- Favorite "innovators" from said issue: Richard Branson and Banksy
- Most recent book finished: Interpreter of Maladies, Jhumpa Lahiri
- Number of stories in IoM: 9 (also auspicious)
- Time finished: approx. 7:05pm on Monday night
- Thoughts on said book: Marriages are fickle and difficult things; being an old and single woman sucks; culture shock is a big big big problem - both India to America and vice versa; who goes by the nickname Twinkle???
- Other thoughts: Lahiri is a lovely writer, and has luscious, evocative detail - but all of the stories are tinged with sadness. It's a lot of sad to take all at once.
- Number of Guggenheim Fellowships won by Lahiri: One
- Number of Guggenheims won by me: None (yet)
- Shoulder blade currently more sunburned: Left
- Most surprising vocabulary today: Repository (context: "This folder will be the repository of your paperwork... repository? Did I just say repository?!")
- Next book: hmmm, I think it'll be a surprise.
Monday, July 09, 2007
Statistics
A sampling of the reading facts surrounding my life these days:
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2 comments:
47 is auspicious? Does that mean you went to Pomona College?
Didn't go to Pomona - I've heard that connection before, but I don't remember what it is. It's just my favorite number. Kind of related to Stephan Lebeau, the Ducks' first go-to guy back in the 93-94 season.
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