Return of the Literate!

My literary blogging ended mid-semester frayed and loose-ended. The cumbersome duties of my courses deteriorated any energy I had at the end of the day that I tried to reserve for reporting on my reading.

I wish that I had continued my blogging, for I noticed that my understanding of later readings was not as in-depth and I did not harbor as many questions as I had before. The impression left upon me by "The Belly of Paris," and "Fathers and Sons" I attribute largely to the fact that I took time to analyze the plot and write down my questions.

I wish that I could say that my lack of involvement with the text as a direct affect of me not blogging has jarred me enough to vow that I will never discontinue my blogging ever again, but I know that it is likely that Life again will pop up and divert my attention.

This summer though, I will be studying abroad in London, England! I will be taking a Creative Writing course and a British Literature course. Both require loads of advance reading. But my time is limited. I only have two weeks until I take-off.

The books for the Literature course include:
The Beggar's Opera - John Gay
A Description of a City Shower - Swift
London- Johnson
London- Blake
A Scandal in Bohemia and The Man with the Twisted Lip - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Mrs. Dalloway - Virginia Woolf
Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens

The books I will be reading for the Creative Writing course:
The Summer Book - Tove Jansson
Rain - Don Paterson
Being Human - Neil Astley
The Creative Writing Coursebook (?) - Julia Bell and Paul Magrs
The Poem and the Journey, and sixty poems to read along the way - Ruth Padel
On Writing Short Stories - Tom Bailey
Creative Writing: a workbook with readings - Linda Anderson

So it appears that my time will be consumed by reading now. Hopefully it will inspire some writing and hopefully I'll have time for it.

Took keep focused on reading these books, I have made the vow to give up television for the rest of my time on American soil. Sherlock and House of Cards have already stolen too much of my time.