50 Book Challenge - Acceptance of Reality (and Book 19)
Okay, we all know I’m not going to finish the 50 Book Challenge. If I actually had the whole year, it wouldn’t be a problem, but I’m starting law school in two months. I won’t get much pleasure reading done after August, and trying to squeeze 25 books into two months wouldn’t be much fun. Also, I don’t much like writing about the books I read. I feel like I need to say something intelligent or interesting (you can look back over the archives if you want to see how often that happens) and then I start putting off writing the post, and then I get a backlog of 7-8 books built up.
So here’s the plan. I’ll keep pretending to be doing the 50 Book Challenge, but I’ll stop caring about what I say about the books. You will continue to give me recommendations and will refrain from mocking me when I fail to finish the challenge.
Thank you for your cooperation.
With that said…
Book 19: Cat’s Cradle, by Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut is one hell of a cynical, pessimistic, insightful, funny old fart, and he’s one of my favorite authors. Cat’s Cradle satirizes religion, science, government, and just about everything else. It’s a fun read, even though it’s not Vonnegut’s best.
June 23rd, 2005 at 9:59 am
maybe you can count some of the stuff you’ll have to read for law school towards the 50.
June 23rd, 2005 at 10:00 am
dude, i didnt think that my last comment had sent, so i hit the button again, and this poped up “Sorry, you can only post a new comment once every 10 seconds. Slow down cowboy.” and thats hilarious
July 2nd, 2005 at 4:52 pm
I wound up reading almost all of Vonnegut’s stuff in the eleventh grade, and loved Cat’s Cradle. I thought it was one of his best. Which are your favorites?
September 4th, 2005 at 2:48 am
texas holdem
texas holdem It is only our bad temper that we put down to being tired or worried or hungry; we put our good temper down to ourselves.