Reading frenzy

For whatever reason (I never can exactly pinpoint my own actions' underlying causes) I've been reading like a fiend. I finished Bryson's newest book as well as J.K.'s. Both left me feeling rather meh.

Bryson has a way of smithing words that I honestly believe could keep me interested in nearly every subject. He is the converse (and not in the shoe or speaking senses) of that popular what's-his-name, something King. I can't read Stephen King stories at all. I don't like the way he puts his sentences together. His stories are not the issue, it is the way he forms them. It isn't semantics, it's syntax. If both Bill Bryson and Stephen King were to form a sentence to describe the exact same thing Stephen's would be long and drawn out, describing the nature of the ball and the ability it possessed while Bill's would be concise, yet it would elicit a smile somehow. I can't describe how he does it even though I've read almost all of his books and some of them multiple times.

I've recently reread several of my books including Framed and the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. I also restarted the Golden Compass in anticipation of the movie that is coming out in December.

In as much as a blog posting can have a point, my point is people should take time to read more. Don't know what to read? Leave me a comment about what you like and I'll offer a suggestion. Don't have money for a new book? Leave a comment and I'll point you to some resources where you can books for free (like libraries, remember them?) as well as a very good online (free, legal) way to read books. Oh, and that's not free and legal like a free ipod, it's free like beer and free like thought.

In the meantime, I'm on part two of A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson and even though it's my upteenth time I've read it I simply can't get enough.