If I had six months to live...
...these are the 10 books that I would want to read. I'm going to restrict these titles to books that I actually have but have not yet read because I have easy access to them. Also, I'm going to restrict these books to the English language (I can read a bit of German and have a few German books).
I just ordered Peter Kump's book Break-through Rapid Reading, and I hope that it will help me learn how to speed read. I LOVE books, but yet I read so slowly! I wish that I could read faster so I could have the time to read MORE books!
Here are the books in no particular order:
1 - Dracula - Bram Stoker
2 - Synthetic Worlds: The Business and Culture of Online Games - Edward Castronova
3- Dune - Frank Herbert
4 - His Dark Materials Trilogy - Philip Pullman (I'll count this as one book).
5 - Also Sprach Zarathustra - Friedrich Nietzsche (I've read about half of this, but did not finish).
6 - Walden - Henry David Thoreau
7 - Gulliver's Travels - Jonathon Swift
8 - 9/11 Synthetic Terror: Made in the USA - Webster Griffen Tarpley
9 - Bulfinch's Mythology - Thomas Bulfinch
10- Henry IV Part II - William Shakespeare (ok, so this is a play...not really a book.)
11 - Le Morte d' Arthur - Sir Thomas Malory (I can't keep it at just 10!)
I'll check the books on the list off as I finish them. Keep in mind that I will be reading other books in addition to these, so some of these might have to wait. I hope that I can teach myself how to speed read...that mean's reading very quickly AND comprehending it! It would open up infinite new worlds for me!
I just ordered Peter Kump's book Break-through Rapid Reading, and I hope that it will help me learn how to speed read. I LOVE books, but yet I read so slowly! I wish that I could read faster so I could have the time to read MORE books!
Here are the books in no particular order:
1 - Dracula - Bram Stoker
2 - Synthetic Worlds: The Business and Culture of Online Games - Edward Castronova
3- Dune - Frank Herbert
4 - His Dark Materials Trilogy - Philip Pullman (I'll count this as one book).
5 - Also Sprach Zarathustra - Friedrich Nietzsche (I've read about half of this, but did not finish).
6 - Walden - Henry David Thoreau
7 - Gulliver's Travels - Jonathon Swift
8 - 9/11 Synthetic Terror: Made in the USA - Webster Griffen Tarpley
9 - Bulfinch's Mythology - Thomas Bulfinch
10- Henry IV Part II - William Shakespeare (ok, so this is a play...not really a book.)
11 - Le Morte d' Arthur - Sir Thomas Malory (I can't keep it at just 10!)
I'll check the books on the list off as I finish them. Keep in mind that I will be reading other books in addition to these, so some of these might have to wait. I hope that I can teach myself how to speed read...that mean's reading very quickly AND comprehending it! It would open up infinite new worlds for me!
