Literary Musings

Ok, so I have completed the Half-Blood Prince, as well as the vampire hunting fiction written by the Hendees. So what's next? I was musing through my mental list of literary works I had wanted to undertake since eons ago, and realise I had veered off-course. Been focusing too much on contemporary fiction and literature, so perhaps it's high time I go back to my list.

Strangely enough, the list of literary works I had wanted to embark on (or perhaps add to my home 'library') tend to veer towards the old-school and classics. First on the list would have to be Ovid's Metamorphoses, followed by Chaucer, and thereafter literature penned by the Bronte sisters, Oscar Wilde and W Somerset Maugham. Hmmm, perhaps I should really have read English Literature at the 'A' Levels....Then there is the most widely published book of all time, in every different language and versions imaginable, the Bible.

My pastor made a remark, which was pretty thought-provoking. If I could spend one day speeding through The Order of The Phoenix, and two spaced out days speeding through The Half-Blood Prince, it'd be good if I could devote that same tenacity and 'hunger' to plough through the Word of God. Admittedly, as much as I can endeavour to do so (and even enlist the help of those daily devotionals with specific chapters of the Bible to read through so it can be done in one year), I run out of steam even before one week is up. So I think I should also embark on my Bible readings devoutly.

That aside, I think I have more or less set the pace for my list of "to-complete must reads" for the time being. Aside from the classics listed above, I also fully intend to immerse myself in my pursuit of Van Helsing, Garfield and Asterix comics. I have a feeling I will end up buying the Van Helsing and Asterix ones. Poor piggy bank.....will have to bust it soon so I can 'feed' my literary wants.