Theatrical Performances

Attended "Superior Donuts" by Pulitzer Prize winning Tracy Letts

- a Polish donut shop owner who meets various immigrant, vagrant, Irish, and black American characters in Uptown Chicago. Their pains and lives unfold as you will understand the various divides that have come to define Letts' America.

- now interested in reading other works by Letts

Books Currently Reading

Despite my travel plans, I do intend to finish these by the end of November if not December at the least:

1) Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

- hard to put this one down; her "New Yorky" point of view about life is very interesting

2) Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett

- very beautifully writing; deep and thought-provoking; characters of Lucky and Pozzo do trouble the conscience

3) Other Short Stories by Franz Kafka

- The Judgment, The Stoker, Penal Colony, Country Doctor, Old Leaf, Hunger Artist, The Mouse People, and Before the Law

Some Silly Books:

1) The Morganville Vampires and Dracula (got inspired by Twilight Eclipse)

2) The Social Climber by Pamela Morsi (this was a little bit dull reading)

Books I Finished

The last few months have been busy , but I did get to complete some of the books on my reading list:

1) King Lear by Shakespeare

- interesting tragedy; interesting how Lear's madness leads him to question the loyalty of his faithful vassals, his daughters, and eventually leads to their downfall

2) A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams

- i've seen this on stage and now that I read it in entirety, it's even more passionate! (it being his writing of course and the tension between Blanche and Stan Kowalski intensifies more on the pages)

3) Beasts by Joyce Carol Oats

- this is quite a horror novel (or novella rather) but I liked the New England "Parochial" school setting and atmosphere she creates, as well as the character of Dorcus

4) The Metamopphosis by Franz Kafka

- very intense writing; portrayal of Gregor Samsa , the salesman as a dung beetle is quite mesmerizing