may reading list

people say i read old books too much. it’s old. i only read things which are, either mentioned in a book that i happen to read and like, or i come across someone’s reading list which are worded rather grandly or pretaining to a specific subject/theme and have a certain relation to the self, in which i will take note, or scribble down in some obscure paper. this will then go through a much thorough process of wikipedia-ing. then the process of buying itself. i don’t go buy randomly selected books unless i have heard of the author. or heard of the book, by means of the mentioned above. it’s a complicated process. it’s months of contemplation. or not.

if you happen to mention some book you have read, saying ‘it’s a good read’, i wouldn’t care. especially if it’s produced in the last fifteen years. i glare at things like nicholas sparks and james patterson. they reek of good sentiments. i don’t know, i just hate it when they somehow dedicate 2/5 of the cover to print a glossy print of an author’s name. and then mention, at the bottom, “from the best selling author of [insert cheesy title]”. that, alongside with about fifty reviews from different newspapers at the back. they rely too much on those kinda stuff. credentials. it itches me. i try not to touch those kinda stuff.

yeah right i don’t listen to people that much. so, the may reading list;

• Paradise Lost, John Milton
• Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad
• Sickness unto Death, Soren Kierkegaard
• The Myth of Sisyphus, Albert Camus – reread. i missed some things.
• Mystical Dimensions of Islam, Annemarie Schimmel – a most academic introduction of this sufism stuff. it makes me reek of piety. seriously.
• A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, James Joyce – reread. the embodiment of all things cool.
• The Book of Knowledge, Al-Ghazali – part of that big book of his. he’s fascinating.
• Advice for a Young Investigator, Santiago Ramon – his logic and perception of things seems sound.