Book babbling

I promise I'll babble about books some more, really really soon:

Song of Solomon, Twilight/New Moon.

Edit:

I lied. It's been too long, and frankly, Song of Solomon just didn't impress me that much. As for Twilight and New Moon, all I can say is that if you are female and enjoy YA fantasy, GO READ THEM NOW. The third installment comes out on August 7th, which just so happens to be the day before my birthday.

Now, I did just finish Steppenwolf, and so I can probably say a few things about that.

1. Siddhartha is better.
2. The titular Steppenwolf may have been a learned man, but ultimately, I don't think he got it.
3. It's interesting that, as dated in some ways as the novel is, it's still pretty resonant. There are still those of us who consider ourselves intellectual and therefore outside of the mundane (bourgeois to Mr. Hesse), and there's a lot we could learn from Harry Haller.
4. Good book. Not as beautifully poetic as Siddhartha, and much more earthly bound. Still, I'd recommend it. Pay attention to the introduction; it's important.

I am on to Shakespeare (A Winter's Tale, I can't wait) and Jane Austen's minor works, as soon as they come in at the library. Plus I'll need to re-read HBP and The Golden Compass at some point. I gave up on some heavily literary-referential sci-fi jaunt called Hyperion. I gave it a honest, Nancy Pearl-worthy try, but it was just too much for me. If you want theology + sci-fi, go read Mary Doria Russell instead.