Books in my Life (at this moment)

(I'm writing while listening to Garrison Keilor's A Prarie Home Companion)

I have so many books I’m reading right now it’s a bit overwhelming. It’s hard to keep track of them all…but there are some obvious distinctions: academic versus pleasure reading! Ha ha ha, no they aren’t the same thing, at least not yet. I’m not a crazy grad student…yet. Although as I get deeper into classes….I’m enjoying SOME of the reading more and more. It CAN be interesting. But actually, recently I’ve been reading non-fiction before going to bed. I’ve recently been introduced to a really interesting author and I find his subject enthralling! It’s not for everyone, but it’s for me: past life regression! And I want to know more.

I put a list on my blog last year of the books in my life, here is an updated list:

Books by my computer:

• Longman’s Dictionary of Language Teaching & Applied Linguistics by Richards & Schimdt
• Principles of Language Learning and Teaching by Brown
• How Languages are Learned by Lightbown & Spada
• Reasearch Methods for English Language Teachers by McDonough & McDonough
• Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching by Richards & Rodgers
• English Language Teaching in its Social Context by Candlin & Mercer
• Analysizing English in a Global Context by Burns & Coffin
• Perspectives on Pedagogical Grammar by Odlin
• Psychology for Language Teachers by Williams & Burden
• Basic Kanji Book by Kano, Shimizu, Takenaka & Ishi

Books by my bed:

• Many Lives, Many Masters by Brian Weiss*
• Only Love is Real by Brian Weiss
• Through Time Into Healing by Brian Weiss
• The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant
• That Takes Ovaries edt by Rivka Solomon
• The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
• The Power of Intention by Wayne Dyer

And this list doesn’t include all the books and journal articles I’m trying to read and negotiate for my next paper. Paying tuition has it’s advantageous….I have access to 100’s of journals online, I can just download whatever I want! It’s amazing! I might have to start studying other subjects just cause I CAN! Yahoo! I’m enjoying my nerd status!

* Have you’ve ever wondered if you knew someone before? or a place is familiar but you’ve never been there before? or do you have lots of déjà vu moments? You might want to read up on this subject: past life regression. The writing isn’t great, but the stories are fascinating. It might be a stretch, but I’m trying to link the my language studies with past life regression….there is evidence of young children being able to speak and or/write languages they’ve never heard before (i.e. my sister). It’s documented….maybe that can by my dissertation topic. Or maybe not.