Online Fatigue | Book Marathon
“The greatest truths are the simplest. †And so are the greatest men.” ~ Julius Charles Hare
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I’ve been experiencing bouts of what I call ONLINE FATIGUE this past few weeks. †Although I manage to tweet some and blog some, each attempt is a major struggle and a huge effort. †I’m just so sick and tired of Twitter, Facebook, blogging, and anything that has to do with social media.
I hope this is just temporary because I have started quite a number of online advocacy projects in which I have recruited some friends to join me. †Now that they have committed themselves to our projects I just can’t simply leave them hanging in the air, can I?
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I guess I just need a break — a diversion if you will — from the rigors of my online existence. †And that is why I am taking a step back to once more immerse myself in something I’ve loved all my life: books. †At present my craving seems to favor contemporary suspense novels. †A colleague and friend just lent me John Grisham’s The Street Lawyer and I devoured it within just about 48 hours. †Presently I am about three quarters of the way through Tom Clancy’s The Teeth of the Tiger.
I’ve set my eyes on a couple more Grishams, at least 3 Clancys, a Crichton, and maybe (just maybe) the Dan Brown controversial fiction series.
The Street Lawyer was a pleasant surprise. †It does not have the major twists and high intensity drama of Grisham’s other lawyer-inspired novels (e.g. The Firm, The Runaway Jury, The Client) but it was a hard-to-put-down book nonetheless. †Maybe because unlike Grisham’s other books, this one comes with a cause.
The Teeth of The Tiger is unmistakably a Tom Clancy novel with its vintage Tom Clancy storytelling style. †Clancy never failed to amaze me with his extraordinary ability to weave multiple seemingly unrelated scenes and characters that converge to a grand climax. †Characters from all the way back to his earlier Jack Ryan books also have an uncanny habit of reappearing in his later novels, with the intended effect of inducing an “I recognize this name!” reaction from his readers.
I am familiar with most Michael Crichton novels but I tended to watch rather than read them except, I think, for The Andromeda Strain. †But I read somewhere that Crichton completed a book before he died and it was discovered only after his death. †Maybe I would like to read that one.
Just like Crichton, I tend to watch more than read Dan Brown fictions. †But since I am in the mood for a book marathon maybe I may finally convince myself to give it a try.
