my rushmore.

When one man, for whatever reason, has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has no right to keep it to himself.
- Jacques-Yves Cousteau

I just heard this quote, and I'm not entirely sure how I feel about it. Although, considering I'm writing this blog, I guess I'm not above sharing what I feel to be my extraordinary life, haha.

I've continued my explorations into reading by trying to accomplish something I've never attempted (successfully) before: reading multiple books at once. This seems as though it would turn out a little muddled, but I've put some minor thought into it. I feel as though .. if I choose three or four books of very different styles/genres, it will be easier to differentiate the plots and characters of each respective piece.

So right now I've started the second part of Stephen King's Dark Tower series entitled The Drawing of the Three. Then there's Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler, a hardboiled crime novel set in Los Angeles some sixty odd years ago. And THEN, there's this crazy Crichton novel named Sphere which I haven't read enough to properly assess where things are heading. And finally, I'm tackling a novel recommended just over a year ago to me by a good friend entitled Travels with my Aunt, which is a beautiful contemporary British story about two estranged relatives.

All in all, I'm making my way through them at a steady pace. Drawing of the Three is moving along a little faster since I'm hoping to advance a little further in the Dark Tower series. The slowest paced read at this point is Sphere, but only because I feel I might need to dedicate a significant amount of time to it in order to truly appreciate it in its entirety.

School is starting again in ten days, and to be honest I'm a weird mixture between nervous and excited. But with nine courses and nine months left to my undergrad, this will be interesting to say the least.