It is no secret that I love to read. It is also no secret that I love Mexican food. And brownies. And beer. So, that’s pretty much what I did this weekend.

Read

I finished reading Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself by David Lipsky. It was…I don’t even know how to explain it. It isn’t really a book, a novel; it’s just one giant, continuous interview. It wasn’t anything spectacular, taken by itself, but given that the interview is with DFW, it was amazing. It’s amazing and wonderful, confusing, and really hard to describe. You get some pretty interesting insight into Infinite Jest and what DFW was going through and thinking about while writing it, but you also get some inside info on his other works. I think it is just awesome to be able to see DFW as a normal guy, even though he’s a really fucking brilliant guy.

I also caught up on my stack of The New Yorker. I’ve been so busy lately that I haven’t even had time to enjoy any of them, but I was finally able to get all caught up. I’m really glad that I didn’t have to give up my subscription when I moved to the boonies, even though I had to stop getting The New York Times. It’s rare to find a NYT around here, even on Sundays. When I do happen to find one, I usually grab it as fast as I can and run home, my inhaler hitting my lips as soon as I walk into my apartment and then I sprawl out on the living room floor absorbing every awesome detail of the Sunday NYT. I haven’t found one in awhile though.

I also caught up on my subscription to Popular Science. I like indulging the science geek in me, especially if there is something along the lines of particle/quantum physics in there, which isn’t as rare as one might think.

I’ve also started reading a new book.

I’m only 30+ pages in and I’m already in love with Let The Great World Spin by Colum McCann. I don’t know why I didn’t buy this sooner; it has been on my list of books to read for almost a year, maybe more, but I just recently picked it up after it lost in TMN’sTournament of Books. I’m still a bit bitter that Wolf Hall won because I did not really enjoy that at all. I still have to read The Lacuna; it is currently sitting in my duffel bag, untouched since I stashed it in there before my last trip to my parent’s house a few weekends ago.

I just name dropped a lot of stuff so if you can’t get some suggestions from that, maybe you all should just come over and browse through my bookshelf.

What’s on your reading lists? What did you read this weekend? I’m trying to find some interesting non-fiction to read since most of my reading list is filled with fiction. I think the David Lipsky book has been the only non-fiction I’ve read since last year. Any suggestions?