This post is dedicated to part of my New Years resolution. Namely, to do more of the things I really enjoy. Because it's those things that make this time on the Earth a little more worth the effort. I'm not saying to be a Hedonist. Rather more an Epicurean (in the philosophical sense). Well, it just so happens that reading makes me very happy. So I vow to do more of it. The things I really want to read. I think that there are things that one should read, and I read those regardless. I do think, however, that my 'pleasure' reading has been a bit neglected. To mollify the situation, I got a few books from the library. The results are as follows:
It took me an evening to read the 'Sherlock Story'. Very pleased. You can tell by reading the stories where Guy Ritchie got the distinctions of Holmes character from. His representation of Holmes is accurate in sense. Holmes is continually evolving but some of his more 'eccentric' traits are really touched upon in the film. They are sculpted and molded into a different type of Holmes, but it is a re-imagining of the literature icon, which one could ground in the books themselves. Well, that's finished. Off to tackle Mieville. I'm kind of excited because it takes place in the same universe as 'Perdido Street Station’; I thoroughly enjoyed that book, and recommend it to anyone who enjoys new and adventurous fiction. The first 250 pages are build up. That being said, you must understand that he is laying the groundwork for a new place. He is establishing the mythology, physics, and conceptual logistics for a place that you have never been to, and cannot correctly conceive without having been told about it. It is entirely new. I loved it. And Lee Child? Well, I love the hard-boiled stuff; Jack Reacher is a BAD-ASS!
So, I am going to go and continue to do some reading. I hope you all have a very Happy New Year!
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