iridium | [booklog 2006]

40. The Cost of Living, Arundhati Roy. two political essays. "The Greater Common Good" attacks the propaganda of Big Dams in India, and particularly the Sardar Sarovar dam on the Narmada River, a detailing of the ignored or unexamined costs of the dams, and also of the promises the dams fail to live up to. "The End of Imagination" is on India's nuclear tests, and again on the ways in which nationalism and patriotism are tied to such destruction. not an easy read, but she's a powerful writer, and these are things worth knowing and thinking about.

41. Yoga for People Who Can't Be Bothered to Do It, Geoff Dyer. "a collection of 11 personal essays covering his travels around the globe." he's a good storyteller, and occasionally his style caught me, but too often he just seemed callous, caught up in his own navel-gazing. but, at the least, it's another reminder that i want to get out and be travelling again before long, one way or another.

42. The Eyre Affair, Jasper Fforde. hee! very tasty. i'm impressed -- a book that's full of lit references that i don't get, but which i still entirely enjoy.

43. War for the Oaks, Emma Bull. yet another re-read, but it's still a good book. and besides, i bought this copy in Minneapolis, at DreamHaven Books, to read after seeing a little of that city. it seemed appropriate.

44. Stardust, Neil Gaiman & Charles Vess. also a re-read. i'm sick and running out of books! might have to venture out and use some of the Borders/B&N giftcards i found in my piles of papers.