Reading Into The Wee Hours of the Night

So I have been reading more since last I posted. I haven't read as much in that time, though, as Facebook has become a serious obsession, and is sucking up all my free time.

I managed to finish The Sound and the Fury. This time around, it was easier to digest. I still think it was extremely confusing. Two characters have the same name, and one is a man, the other a girl. Since the novel is not linear this made me feel as if I were going crazy. Also, the first chapter is very hard to wade through. It is told from the perspective of Benjy, a metally challenged man, and his thoughts are related with no concept of time...they literally jump all over the place, and the two characters with the same name are mentioned by him a number of times. By the end of the novel everything made sense, but it was hard going until then. Worth reading just because Faulkner is considered such a great American author. I wanted to know what all the fuss was about.

Next I read Orlando by Virginia Woolf. I enjoyed this book more than Faulkner's novel, however it is not considered to be one of Woolf's best. The book spans a very long period in history, and is told from the perspective of a boy who later becomes a woman. Woolf's prose is outstanding, as it always is, and her descriptions of London and the other places that Orlando visits are beautifully written. I recommend this, but read Woolf's other works first.

I am now changing things up a bit and reading the Watchmen graphic Novel. I'm on chapter three, and so far I am loving it. I have never read a comic before, and it is so much fun. Especially since I can compare the book to the movie. I will post more about it once I have completed it.

For now, enjoy a good read with a hot cup of coffee. The two go perfect together.