Reading

[viciouswishes]

I finally, finally finished Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse. I have no clue why it took me so long and about 3 start overs. It's pretty short and I like Woolf's writing. I just couldn't get into it.

Also picked up some comics today. Apparently, I missed the last issue of She Hulk... I got single issues of Slott's Avengers: The Initiative #3, Countdown 48 and 47, and Reed's Ms. Marvel #16. The first always gets me just a little too meta about the U.S. government and army. Countdown's okay. I think it's losing me as I'm not big into any of Superman's world and don't really know anything about Mary Marvel. And for the third, I'm happy to see that Ms. Marvel is getting back to where it was pre-Civil War and giving me actual stories about Carol.

I also picked up trades of Runaways: Teenage Wasteland V. 2, Cable & Deadpool: Bosom Buddies V. 4, Captain America: Red Menace V. 1, and Birds of Prey: Of Like Minds. I should have some good comic reading for a while, especially since I'm no longer local to my preferred comic shop.

And I'm not going to talk about the temptation of Star Trek DVDs.

Comments

[bandgeek.livejournal.com]

I had a similar experience with To the Lighthouse. It didn't take me all that long to read it, but the first two thirds are strange and slow and maybe a little dull. I liked it once I'd finished it, but I can totally see how someone would have a hard time getting started on it. I read much faster once I'd gotten to the interesting bits.

[viciouswishes.livejournal.com]

It was a very interesting experience. I think I was also previously reading it at points in my life when I just didn't have the time to commit to something that I would have to think anything about.