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bookfiend · 02-07-2011, 04:05 PM

I'm a horrifically slow reader, so I won't hit 100, but I thought it might be fun anyway to keep track of my reading this year.

Some of these books are ones I'm teaching this semester for a course on Romanticism in Spanish literature (but still a joy to read, of course, since I can choose what to teach), and will be labeled as such.

So far:

January
1. Hyperion, by Dan Simmons
2. Don Juan Tenorio, by José Zorrilla (for teaching)

February
1. El estudiante de Salamanca, by José de Espronceda (for teaching)
2. Don Álvaro o la fuerza del sino, by Duque de Rivas (for teaching)

March
1. Wishful Drinking, by Carrie Fisher
2. No More Dirty Looks: The Truth About your Beauty Products and the Ultimate Guide to Safe and Clean Cosmetics, by Siobhan O’Connor and Alexandra Spunt
3. El señor de Bembibre, by Enrique Gil y Carrasco (for teaching)
4. At Home: A Short History of Private Life, by Bill Bryson
5. The Most Human Human: What Talking with Computers Teaches Us About What It Means to Be Alive, by Brian Christian

April
1. The Dream of Reason: A History of Philosophy from the Greeks to the Renaissance, by Anthony Gottlieb
2. The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary, by Simon Winchester
3. Fall of Hyperion, by Dan Simmons
4. The Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World, by Edward Dolnick

May
1. In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives, by Steven Levy

02-07-2011, 04:05 PM	#65
bookfiend Enthusiast Posts: 42 Karma: 2075332 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Canada Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Kobo Clara HD, Kobo Forma	I'm a horrifically slow reader, so I won't hit 100, but I thought it might be fun anyway to keep track of my reading this year. Some of these books are ones I'm teaching this semester for a course on Romanticism in Spanish literature (but still a joy to read, of course, since I can choose what to teach), and will be labeled as such. So far: January 1. Hyperion, by Dan Simmons 2. Don Juan Tenorio, by José Zorrilla (for teaching) February 1. El estudiante de Salamanca, by José de Espronceda (for teaching) 2. Don Álvaro o la fuerza del sino, by Duque de Rivas (for teaching) March 1. Wishful Drinking, by Carrie Fisher 2. No More Dirty Looks: The Truth About your Beauty Products and the Ultimate Guide to Safe and Clean Cosmetics, by Siobhan O’Connor and Alexandra Spunt 3. El señor de Bembibre, by Enrique Gil y Carrasco (for teaching) 4. At Home: A Short History of Private Life, by Bill Bryson 5. The Most Human Human: What Talking with Computers Teaches Us About What It Means to Be Alive, by Brian Christian April 1. The Dream of Reason: A History of Philosophy from the Greeks to the Renaissance, by Anthony Gottlieb 2. The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary, by Simon Winchester 3. Fall of Hyperion, by Dan Simmons 4. The Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World, by Edward Dolnick May 1. In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives, by Steven Levy Last edited by bookfiend; 05-12-2011 at 10:56 AM.