Yes, I've finally started to read George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, and I have to say I'm enjoying it a lot. It's been a while since I've read a book where I felt that I had to read, understand and think about every single sentence. I suppose this defines the difference between books and literature. :) I also feel my conscience easing up on me a little, because this is a book I should have read a long time ago.
I haven't updated my reading sidebar in quite a while. This is mostly laziness, but perhaps also due to the books I've been reading. They're good books, but there's really not much to say about them.
I finished Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and I enjoyed it a lot. Much of Bladerunner makes much more sense after having read it. I then got through Martian Time-Slip, also by Philip K. Dick, Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett and Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. I also read a book on dog psychology (!) and I'm starting a book about Bull Terriers, since we're thinking of getting one at some stage to complement our ferrets.
Next on the list is Neal Stephenson's Quicksilver, which I'm also looking forward to. But it's thickness made me tackle 1984 first, since it looks a little more inviting...
The sidebar is thus updated, and if somebody out there comes out with an interesting album I'll even update the music part too!