There was something very fitting about listening to the new Pearl Jam song while walking past the John Lennon memorial this morning.

I realized that it's March 9th, and I hadn't yet done my February reading journal post. Horrors! This list will also look, I think, a little... light. Both in actual number of books read and in the whole 'reading classics' department. But I have an excuse (of course): 1/4 of February was spent on vacation in California, and I needed 'airplane reading.' And Emily Bronte does NOT qualify as 'airplane reading.' Whatever. On to the list.

One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (completed from January)
Truly beautiful. Must be heartbreakingly lovely in Spanish.

Never Let Me Go, by Kazuo Ishiguro
Umm, this was one of the five best English novels of 2005? Were there only six novels published or something? I did not enjoy this book.

Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
OK... so... I loved this book. Don't tell anyone. Please. I loved it. I really, really wanted Elizabeth and Darcy to end up together. Don't tell.

Rats Saw God, by Rob Thomas (not the singer from Matchbox 20)
I purchased this 'young adult novel' by the creator of Veronica Mars because that show RULES and one of the episodes was named after this novel. Damn, I wish I had known about this book when I was in junior high. It would have been one of my favorites. It's still pretty good. It's just written for 14 year olds.

Pipsqueak, by Brian M. Wiprud
This 'crazy, funny mystery' was not particularly crazy, funny, or mysterious. Not that good. Damn, we need to get Maple published.

Bones of the Moon, by Jonathan Carroll
I've now read three Carroll novels, and they're all pretty good, except that... well, he's very adept at thinking up cool situations in a Gaiman-theme, and then writing compelling characters, but then his books sort of just end. Like he's put all his thought into tone/world/theme and didn't really figure out a complete story. Good books to read in between Gaiman novels, I guess. He's far more prolific, so there's a lot to read.

I also reread Book 1 and Book 2 of The Sandman series, and listened to A Clash of Kings on Audiobook. And then, despite Elizabeth's urging, I started Wuthering Heights... but we'll get into that at the end of March update.