Light My Fire

As I'm sitting here listening to The Doors "Light My Fire," I'm realizing that I have not written here in a while... And that is not good. Don't ask why the one made me think of the other, but it did, so here I am.

I am looking at all of the books in the world, and I'm thinking to hell with that stupid list. Why should I limit myself to a list? I mean there are so many new books that are on not on the list because it was put together before they were released (obviously). So I am saying F--- that to my original plan. There is no doubt that I will plan to read those books regardless, but I am going to read whatever I am wanting to. Take that for being a rebel....

Whilst (I love that word, by the way) I am reading Catch-22, I have started reading Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer. Amazing thus far; and wonderfully hilarious. A text worth exploring for anyone ever been on, or going to go on a soul-bearing, love-enticing, anger-involved life journey. I am currently distracted from reading by my own mind. And for living in a state of disarray in my house. Mess, no, clutter drives me absolutely nuts. It halts my thinking, my creativity, my drive for all things intellectual - all I can see is CRAP. All I want to do is clean it.

It's never that easy now is it?

And Maybe Not

I have willed myself time and time again to reconsider out of want.... But it's just not going to happen.

I am not crazy about the book Ignorance by Milan Kundera. I wouldn't re-read it later in my life; once was more than plenty. Milan, being Franco-Czech, has an obsession with the Czech Revolution, which is the basis of this book (well, for the major event the book centers). The other basis is the idea of being ignorant in remembering things/events/how things transpired exactly. Like I said in my previous post - Milan does a fantastic job at looking into the human psyche. His books have the most "I can't believe someone else has thought/felt that, too" feelings of the books I have perused.

Where to Begin

After looking at an extremely daunting list of books - many of which I obviously have yet to buy - I have decided to start with Milan Kundera's Ignorance. Milan Kundera and I have a sort of love-hate thing after reading The Unbearable Lightness of Being.... The book was hard to get through, because it is so truthfully written; the movie, couldn't make it through 45 minutes. Then it dawned on me... The book was amazingly well written. Hard books don't mean bad books. However, bad books can be hard to get through; or even deceivingly easy to get through with some kind of disappointing outcome.

I am deciding to get this big, life-long experience started with a philosopher.

Happenstance? I think not. What better time in my life than to reflect deeply on love, life, kitsch, and all things human?

24 Down, 977 to Go

Books. There are too many in the world... Some, I am thoroughly surprised were published, others I wish there were more like them. These soft-bound skeletons clutter up my mind and my home. Hopefully one day, I will have a room able to be dedicated to my loves.

Now, there is a book among the rest of the books, 1,001 Books to Read, that compiles a list of the most influential books, or books that are deemed necessary to read. I intend to make it as far through this list as I can as the weeks, months, and years go by. To start off, I will list what on the list I have read... Then I will just have to decide where to start. As I read, I will use this site to reflect, respond, write, and respond some more on these books, and where they take me outside of their pages.