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阅读2015

列书单是一个很惬意的事,就跟Tao Lin这首任性的钓鱼诗一样。新年开门大吉,就这么率性一把。

以前读书,都是东一耙西一耙,一个朋友推荐的,一篇文章提到的,看维基词条找到的,上亚马逊蹦出来的,想到以前想读的,总之哪一本从充足或牵强的理由映入我眼帘的,拿来就读。这样并不坏,只是今年我想换一种玩法,老老实实对着书单看书,至少一个好处是减少了搜寻的成本。

edX网校伯克利大学的读书俱乐部,大概一个月一本古典小说。School Library Journal2012年列出了100本给青少年的小说,我一直看着,不知道什么时候能看完;这种书单随时在变,不过即使依着一种,也不会错过什么,比如哈利波特和霍比特人就会在所有的单子上出现。最近我对纽约时报的所谓畅销书排行(_New York Times Bestsellers_)很感兴趣,其中的非虚构类书籍质量都非常不错,学有余力,或许可以拣几本读一读。

BerkeleyX Book Club

书还是要自己读,没人喂。不过跟着这样的读书俱乐部,好处是时间可以控制,一个月就一本,然后有伯克利的英文教授列出每本书的背景知识(社会、文化、词汇等)——读书读野了,得这样试试(下面的都是老派经典,不一定有趣,能看多少是多少了,幸亏大部分都接触过,读过中文版或看过电影):

    1. (2014-12) A Christmas Carol, Dickens (狄更斯《圣诞颂歌》)
      1. 2015-02: Frankenstein, Mary Shelley  (雪莱夫人《弗兰肯斯坦》)
        1. 2015-05: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain (马克·吐温《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》)
          1. 2015-06: The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde (王尔德《道·格雷的画像》)
            1. 2015-07: Dubliners, James Joyce (乔伊斯《都柏林人》)
              1. 2015-08: Dracula, Bram Stoker (斯托克《德库拉》)
                1. 2015-09: The Jungle, Upton Sinclair (厄普顿·辛克莱《屠场》)
                  1. 2015-10: A Study in Scarlet, Arthur Conan Doyle (柯南道尔《福尔摩斯之血字研究》)
                    1. 2015-11: Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen (奥斯丁《傲慢与偏见》)
                      1. 2015-12: A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens (狄更斯《圣诞颂歌》,重复)
                        1. 2016-01:  Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë (夏洛蒂·勃朗特《简爱》)

                        这份长长的书单,我看过或翻过其中的20种(标红),且行且看,直到不耐烦为止。想到这个只是给青少年的书单,而我读起来却不是想象的那么顺畅,王霸雄图霎时烟消云灭——只能认了,埋头好好看书认字。

                        1 Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
                        2 A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
                        3 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling

                        4 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
                        5 From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg
                        6 Holes by Louis Sachar
                        7 The Giver by Lois Lowry
                        8 The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
                        9 Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
                        10 The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
                        11 The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
                        12 The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
                        13 Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
                        14 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
                        15 Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
                        16 Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
                        17 Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
                        18 Matilda by Roald Dahl
                        19 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
                        20 Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
                        21 Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riodan
                        22 The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread by Kate DiCamillo
                        23 Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
                        24 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

                        25 Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
                        26 Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
                        27 A Little Princess by Francis Hodgson Burnett
                        28 Winnie-the Pooh by A.A. Milne
                        29 Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland /Alice Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
                        30 The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper
                        31 Half Magic by Edward Eager
                        32 Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O’Brien
                        33 James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
                        34 Watsons Go to Birmingham, 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
                        35 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire JK Rowling
                        36 Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
                        37 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor
                        38 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
                        39 When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
                        40 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
                        41 The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
                        42 Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
                        43 Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary
                        44 Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
                        45 The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
                        46 Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
                        47 Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
                        48 The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits and a Very Interesting Boy by Jeanne Birdsall
                        49 Frindle by Andrew Clements
                        50 Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
                        51 The Saturdays by Elizabeth Enright
                        52 The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
                        53 Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
                        54 The BFG by Roald Dahl
                        55 The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
                        56 Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
                        57 Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary
                        58 The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken
                        59 Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
                        60 The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
                        61 Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
                        62 The Secret of the Old Clock (The Nancy Drew mysteries) by Caroline Keene
                        63 Gone-Away Lake by Elizabeth Enright
                        64 A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck
                        65 Ballet Shoes by Noah Streatfeild
                        66 Henry Huggins by Beverly Cleary
                        67 Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher by Bruce Coville
                        68 Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
                        69 The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
                        70 Betsy Tacy by Maud Hart Lovelace
                        71 A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket
                        72 My Father’s Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett
                        73 My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
                        74 The Borrowers by Mary Norton
                        75 Love That Dog by Sharon Creech
                        76 Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
                        77 City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
                        78 Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
                        79 All-of-a-Kind Family by Sydney Taylor
                        80 The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
                        81 Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
                        82 The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander
                        83 The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
                        84 Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge
                        85 On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder
                        86 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling

                        87 The View from Saturday by E. L. Konigsburg
                        88 The High King by Lloyd Alexander
                        89 Ramona and her Father by Beverly Cleary
                        90 Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
                        91 Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar
                        92 Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
                        93 Caddie Woodlawn by C. R. Brink
                        94 Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
                        95 Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
                        96 The Witches by Roald Dahl
                        97 The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
                        98 Children of Green Knowe by L.M. Boston
                        99 The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks
                        100 The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

                        天,要是把这片都描红该多有成就感。

                        The New York Times Best Sellers

                        这个单子里的小说类时新的多,非小说类倒常常有惊喜。这个单子每周更新,虽然有不少重复,但如果紧跟着,人一辈子都不够用。

                        这周我看上的有小布什写他爸的《41》 (老布什是美国第41任总统,小布什是43任),还有_WILD, by Cheryl Straye,一个跌入生活谷底然后通过横跨Pacific Crest Trail找到自信的妇女的自传,FOOD_, by Jim Gaffigan,一个吃货的随笔(我不是吃货,比较好奇)。

                        存货

                        去年留下了大量的待读书目。不过正如海子所说,如果此时没有阅读,就不要再读。如果以后它们以任何契机让我想真的读下去,那么它们可能就是真正有缘分的书,这其中包括但不限于

                        The History of England by Peter Ackroyd

                        Shanghai 1937 Peter Harmsen

                        The Civil War by SHelby Foote

                        Curiosities of Literature by John Sutherland

                        The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

                        How the West Won By Rodney Stark ABEE

                        Why I Read – Wendy Lesser

                        。。。

                        不过有一本跟上面相比更有趣的书我去年翻了些,并决定今年要读下去

                        Patriots: A Novel of Survival in the Coming Collapse by James Wesley Rawles

                        这部小说的背景是美国超级通货膨胀,导致经济崩溃,政府瘫痪,犯罪横行,然后主题就是一群设法自救的主角们如何退到山区生存。自从我了解了些火器之后,这种书终于能读出一些乐子。