What I'm reading *

I've always read. While growing up, reading was a refuge when I found life too unpleasant or stressful. Consequently I've bought a lot of books over time as well.

 
Now that I'm no longer in the rich corporate phase of my life I've rediscovered the library. Dayton's library may be maligned by some but is still a great resource. One type of book I like to read is gay fiction and I was surprised to see a lot of it in the Dayton library's catalog. Plus you can even ask them to buy particular titles, and they will!

Below you can see the five most recent books either that I'm reading or that I've acquired. You can search my books, or you can see all my books. Also my classes page has links back to this page for the books for each class.

Date: 2004-06-23

Date
ISBN
 Title Author
Class
2004-06-23 3190116008 em Hauptkurs -- Arbeitsbuch Perlmann-Balme, Michaela and Schwalb, Susanne L?neburg1
  This is the workbook that goes with this textbook.
2004-06-23 3190016003 em, Hauptkurs: Deutsch als Fremdsprache f?r die Mittelstufe Perlmann-Balme, Michaela and Schwalb, Susanne L?neburg1
  Pretty standard German textbook, with chapters each with a topic such as professions, the future or cars, with related vocabulary and with a grammar concept. Having taken three years of German I didn't think I knew all the vocabulary (that'll take forever), but I did think I had the grammar pretty well down pat. I was wrong though -- there was still stuff for me to learn.
2004-06-23 3551761655 Fake 5 Matoh, Sanami  
  I hadn't been a fan of yaoi mangas (Japanese gay male comics) and actually didn't even know what they were until I came across them browsing at Bruno's, the gay bookstore in Berlin. I like to visit gay bookstores when I travel, and while I was in Germany I wanted to pick up some German reading material. I came across these comics and figured they'd be good for an entry-level reader, or at least provide a break from more advanced stuff.

However an added twist is that although translated to German, the book is laid out Japanese-style, with page 1 at what Westerners would consider the back of the book and with panels and dialogue moving from right to left.

Still, as with any comic book, when one gets tired of reading, there are pictures. The bonus with yaoi mangas is that the pictures are of cute gay twinks!
2004-06-23 3423125241 Hyperion am Bahnhof Zoo: Hautnahe M?nnergeschichten Stamp, Hans and Ripkens, Martin (eds.)  
  This is another book I picked up while browsing at Bruno's and is a collection of gay-themed short stories. Berlin's main train station is by the Zoologischer Garten, and all these stories are set in Berlin.

With all the other things I was doing and reading while in Europe I haven't really cracked this book yet, but it looks like it'll be good when I want to practice my German reading one story at a time.
2004-06-23 3190272557 Lehr- und ?bungsbuch der deutschen Grammatik: A Practice Grammar of German: New Edition Dreyer, Hilke and Schnitt, Richard L?neburg1
  This is more of a reference book than a textbook, although it does include exercises for practice. The same book is available with the explanations of the grammar done in various languages including German and Spanish. I got the English version, so I didn't have to get headaches trying to figure out even more German while I was trying to learn German, but I don't feel too bad about that since my Spanish and Mexican classmates got the book in their native language too.

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