Books on the go

I’ve already got a ‘to read’ page on this blog, but I thought what would be really useful, really motivating, would be to keep a record of books that I am currently reading.  That way I should embarrass myself out of my current state of lazy torpor and actually get on with this research business, and when I tick each one off the list I can write a quick review (which can go towards my literature review). So, what follows is a list of every book I’m currently in the process of reading (this includes things I started AGES ago, but still haven’t finished):

The Chan’s Great Continent
Jonathan Spence

The Order of Things
Michel Foucault

Orientalism: History, theory and the arts
John Mackenzie
(I’m actually re-reading this one.)

Mao’s Last Revolution
Roderick MacFarquhar and Michael Schoenhals
(This is - believe it or not - my bedtime reading.  Yes, I am a strange girl.)

It’s Vintage Darling: how to be a clothes connoisseur
Christa Weil

Meditation for Dummies
Stephan Bodian

Of course, this list doesn’t include the mass of articles and journal papers I have to read.  :S   Here’s hoping I can make some headway over the next couple of weeks.