Well it’s Wednesday morning and I already have much on the agenda. In truth, I don’t have much to blog about so I’m just going to make a list of the books I plan to bring with me to University and why. Enjoy?
Also check out my Shelfari account for a (more) complete list of the books I’ve read or loved.
Hopefully that link works..very strange.
Okay so here we go. Books are extremely important to me, so it’s important that I bring at least some with me when I go away to school.
1. This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen. No matter that I can already practically quote the entire book, so much so that I no longer really need to read it, it remains one of my favourite books.
2. The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan. What turned me into a vegetarian. I think it’ll be important to have around in University perhaps to re-read when my stamina is low?
3. This Is Your Brain On Music by Daniel Levitin. This guy is my psychology teacher! Not to mention the fact that I’ve wanted to read it for a while, but never did. Now that he’ll be my professor, I think it would be a good idea to read it. :)
4. Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O’Neill. Set in Montreal, award winning, recommended by a good friend, Miss Claudia Catalina, who has impeccable taste. Check her out here.
5. 1000 Places to Go Before You Die by Patricia Schultz. To help me plan my next vacation/semester abroad/grand gap year while stuck in a tiny, freezing cold dorm room. But this dorm room will be in Montreal, which is beautiful in itself. So that’s okay then.
6. Blink & The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell. These books are incredible. They changed the way I see the world and I’m sure I will re-read them multiple times throughout my University career.
Now for a few I haven’t yet read, but own:
7. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver.
8. Netherland by Joseph O’Neill.
9. The World Without Us by Mark Weisman.
10. Eats, Shoots and Leaves by Lynne Truss.
11. Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee.
12. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller.
13. Lolita by Vladmir Nabokov.
14. No Logo by Naomi Klein.
15. Jailbird by Kurt Vonnegut.
16. Bloodletting and the Miraculous Cures by Vincent Lam.
17. A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole.
And the book I’m currently reading:
A Fraction of the Whole by Steve Toltz.
So there we are. That’s quite a few books. I may have to edit down this list, otherwise I’ll be running out of room in my room before I get there. :)
Plans for today include Ikea, Forever 21, possibly MEC and Big Al’s aquarium. Yay!
xoxo, S.
