It's that time of year.

I can't believe this was the last 'fun' book I chose to read before the semester starts. It was just 'okay'. Well at least its my last semester. Good bye world for the next 5 months.

Did I mention I have exactly a week until my life is put on hold and I hope I will finally be able to get this degree. My feelings have been back and forth with this...not necessarily what I'm learning (cause I really like what I am learning!), but the job market, competition, difficulty getting experience, and the whole high nose, lip curl librarian culture. Three years later, I still can't see myself doing anything else. Sometimes I think I will be perfectly happy at the bookstore too, but then I've been really happy at the library, especially when I get to be the more general Q&A with patrons. Librarians are probably one of the most undervalued professions.. not really monetary wise, but sometimes I get tired of hearing the lack of staying power with the profession. What, do you think the same thing too? Well read this f***ing book. Yea its a motivating read for me before the semester.

Well its not really a read.. I've been listening to it on audiobook. The library's Overdrive e-book/ audiobook service is a dream. I will really be reading...

G. K. Chesterson's The Man Who Was Thursday became a bit debatable... it felt like a secret society, mildly prophetic spy novel, but it was nonetheless good!

Joined another 'book club'. I know it's Asian American studies' curriculum, but I never had the motivation to read this until now. Things that surprised me.. how brutal it was to be brown in those days with serious animosity towards immigrants that you never hear about in American history.. its dramatic and emotional. It's also amazing how he was constantly beat down in his life, but he still dreamed, read, worked and remained faithful and supported his family. I was also really surprised about all the literary references and how deep into reading he was. In almost all of John Fante's novels/novellas, he talks about working in the canneries with Filipinos and here Bulosan talks about working in the cannery and reading Fante. A similar story that this reminded me of is You Can't Win. Yea that's a pretty strong compliment.

I don't even remember

but I haven't quit. Yea like I said, I don't really remember what books I have read lately, but I am still on it. I attempted to read John Sayles' Moment in the Sun, but I will get back to that giant thing.

Instead I picked up.. and am in official fan of Cain. This title reminded me more of a Yates story with the web of love triangles. No murders here, but a lot of heart break.


I am also reading How to read literature like a professor, which I should have read years ago, and just like Manguel's books, it has hooked me onto more reads. For the first time I thought, f*** I might not read all the books I want to by the time I croak.
Right now I'm reading the classic

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It's a nightmare, its anarchy, it bloody sunday... its a fucking old book. But its fantastic!

I know I used to rant more about what I thought about this book and that...hey let's have coffee instead.