Summer Reading (Here Comes Paris)

As many of my fans know, I, b_kronos, am heading to Paris this Fri. Before I head out, I just wanted to mention that I'm not forgetting the beloved book club or that I promised to discuss Hemingway and Joan d'Arc. So here we go:

1. The first book club meeting is scheduled for today at River City coffee at 5:30. If you can't make it, I understand (I can't make it), but it's important that you get in on the democratic process and submit your 2 cents.
2. Best choice among the assigned Joan d'Arc books (the winner, if you will) is Shaw's Saint Joan. It has all of the trappings of a made-for-stage acid trip--Joan's got pluck and transcends space and time (not to mention death) to come to King Charles VII in a dream vision along with everybody else in the play. I plan on sharing my thoughts on her and the "Holy Transvestites" (e.g. St. Catherine--that's a legit academic term, I'll have you know) on my personal blog.
3. The winner among the assigned Hemingway books is The Sun Also Rises. Yes, it's depressing and nothing really happens, but it captures the lost generation in a way not too unfamiliar to my many middle class buddies. Furthermore, it's pretty sexy.
4. In Paris, I'll be reading Sartor Resartus along with Three Guineas; oh, and I'll be learning all about binocular rivalry and other physiological psych. stuff (if anyone's interested, you can certainly hit me up out of of blog space as I don't really believe anybody wants to hear about stuff like that on a seemingly artsy-fartsy blog-thing).

I leave you with this--Grammar Nazi!


Much love to all my adoring fans, aur revoir  and je te manquerai unless I find an eligible computer on the other side of the pond.


--b_kronos