(completed December 2004)

Assigned for GM161.1 (Berlin: A City Strives to Reinvent Itself) Fall 2002, but I just never got around to reading it. Took surprisingly long for being a short book, but thoroughly enjoyable.

(completed December 2004)

Great story. I only read Death in Venice (not the seven other stories). I’d like to sometime, however. I didn’t know anything about Thomas Mann, and I’d say I was totally surprised.

I had to put this down. I found the style and story frustrating and cheesy.

Tom Dean gave this to me when I was in Providence. I really enjoyed the first chapter, but then decided I’d rather go back to reading fiction. I got all I wanted to out of it.

Practicing German

(completed October 2004)

Prof. Malone assigned the first five chapters in AC 153 (how the automobile has affected American culture). I finally got around to finishing it (thanks again to the shuttle). It was entertaining and a fairly easy read. I haven’t read other Faulkner, but I understand it is quite different.

(completed January 20, 2005)

I have come to realize that I like books in which the protaganist struggles to reconcile his past and his current position in life. This book fits into that genre perfectly, and while it is no Ishiguro novel, it is entertaining, fun, and a little surprising.

(completed August 2004)

I found this on the shelf of my Berlin room (one of a few English language books). Seeing as I forgot until now that I had read it, it clearly didn’t blow me away.

(completed February 10)

Excellent read. I enjoyed it more than HBW, because it’s not autobiographical and therefore not so self-indulgent. Certainly has an interesting twist to it.

Borrowed without permission from John’s room.