This semester I am not taking a single literature course and I am having withdrawls!
I have already re-read Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl and Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut.
My new conquest: Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse.
The last two books I read I loved, but did not get as much out of as I had hoped, partially I think because I was not able to discuss them with anyone.
Siddhartha has been recommended to me by many people and by many "20 Books You Must Read in Your 20's" lists floating around the internet. It is supposed to be a book that helps with reflection, self-actualization, and getting true meaning out of life. I am not going to read this book and let its message not have an impact.
I will be invested in this reading.
Goal 1: Stop being sick. Its debilitating.
Goal 2: Stop blaming your laziness on being sick. Get up and get over it. Go to the library, a coffee house, hell even a pub, just get out of bed when you do your reading.
Goal 3: Do some historical background research on Hermann Hesse and Siddhartha. Where was Hesse born? In what context was Siddhartha written? etc.
Goal 4: Read Siddhartha slowly.
Goal 5: Blog along the way. Ask questions, delve into metaphors, comment on observations.
So the literary adventure begins! Again!
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