www wednesday #3: blast from the past.

it's come to me to do another www wednesday on multiple occasions, but it keeps happening on a non-wednesday and then i forget by the time the next wednesday comes around. it's actually quite frustrating...but then i'd forget about that too.

but now it's wednesday!!! and i remembered!

+ what are you currently reading?
the wind-up bird chronicle / haruki murakami
so i really should have finish this book by now. i just keep getting distracted by long nights of work and busy schedules. it's actually been quite good. aside from the more apparent quirks of reading a book so obviously translated from a different language, there are definitely notes of differing cultural characteristics. i'm not sure if that's just how it got translated or the genre itself, but murakami's writing style has made it an interesting read. it's almost a softer way of writing. not so aggressive about pointing out and explaining every aspect of what's happening. it's actually somewhat like tolkien's works, another translated pieced, in that a lot of the language is more imagination provoking than direct guidance of what the reader should be thinking at any given point in the story. current plan: finish it.

+ what did you recently finish reading?
catching fire / suzanne collins
really getting ready for the second installment of the hunger games trilogy coming to theaters over thanksgiving 2013. super excited! already can't wait. :)

+ what do you think you'll read next?
the very hungry city / austin troy
this is my nerd read for the season. "urban energy efficiency and the economic fate of cities", the very hungry city is an analysis of urban civilization today and the rising levels of energy demand in the many growing metropolises around the world. troy expands on such issues by explaining what such rising demands could mean for people in the future, and what potential solutions could be, instilling the importance of early action in order to cut off any negative effects for civilization before it's too late. perhaps not the most positive of reading options, but i have to say that the basis for this kind of analysis definitely sparked my curiosity. i'm all for green planning, but also admit that i'm probably lacking in knowledge of the arguments to back up the why. very much looking forward to this read.

"good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life." - mark twain