new reads.

i went to Barnes & Noble yesterday, against my better judgment.

and...i ended up spending a little over 30 dollars. not bad, since i usually spend much more than that.

i purchased two books:

I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell, by Tucker Max
&
The Know-It-All (One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World), by A.J. Jacobs

the first i've known about for a while. i'd actually read a few of Tucker Max's infamous stories on his website. the quote on the cover of the book is a pretty accurate description of everything inside:

"Highly entertaining and thoroughly reprehensible."
-The New York Times.

all of his stories make me sad that there are people like him in the world, but they're all so incredibly outrageous that i can't stop reading them. i've already read three stories, and i'm both offended and incredulous at all of it. it's a bit of a guilty pleasure for me, i guess. although i have a lot of those these days.

the other is part memoir, part encyclopedia. it's the tale of one man's attempt to read the entire set of the Encyclopedia Brittanica. i'm pretty excited about it.

i've stopped on Wicked for the time being. i think i need a little bit of a rest, even though it's been two days since i've picked it up.

also, today at work i'll be delving into the sixth Harry Potter book: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, which i've read several times before, but am reading again in honor of the movie, which i'll be seeing tonight at 12:01.