Saturday, May 8, 2010

What I've read so far in 2010

Well, I've decided that I'm going to keep my book reviews here on Blogspot.
That way you can get an idea of what I think about certain books and you can also see what I'm reading / have read.

Here's a list of books read this year:

  • The Arthurian Omen by G. G. Vandagriff - good mystery book. Kept me on the edge of my seat.
  • The Secret - this is a self-help book with no plot. Hard to keep my attention. Like reading a text book.
  • Irish Fairy Tales - Nice short stories often with a moral associated.
  • True Names... And Other Dangers by Vernor Vinge - fun, short, science fiction stories.
  • 100 Malicious Little Mysteries - A collection of mysteries written in 2000 words or less. I didn't finish this, I only got further along.
I'm hoping that by having a place to retain book reviews of what I have read that I will do a better job of reading more and thinking about the books I've read.

I couple of good questions I found myself thinking about after reading The Arthurian Omen were:

If I found out I had a serious mental illness that affected others, would I be able to live with myself?

How far does forgiveness go? I know it's supposed to be a virtue and it's better for us to forgive everything, but there is a point where it is better that one man suffer than that the entire nation / population continue to suffer the misdeeds of one. "The good of the many outweigh the good of the one."

I think I'll also post from my collection of quotes occasionally as well. Right now my collection of quotes is in a spiral bound notebook. It would be much more accessible if I would post it online, along with comments of why I like the quotes.