I wouldn't really call it a blitz, but I've finished reading the books from a few things, and when I say a few things, I mean to say that I just read a whole shitload of books recently. I don't know why, really, since it's not like I'm forced to do it, but I just found it fantastic and decided to. Now, for the many books I read, the ones I particularly enjoyed were:
1. Robertson Davies' Fifth Business
A book that they force a large number of Canadian High School students to read. Now, I didn't really enjoy it too much when I was in High School, but taking a look back and reading it again made me really enjoy the whole thing. It was a more of a large freudian archetypal styled scenario than really defining any one particular genre, and it writes itself in the manner of a godawful long narrative essay. However, as you go more and more into it, you feel the building of the myth, and there it becomes a much more enjoyable read.
2. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
A classical book that I believed created the mainstream acknowledgment of the monster science fiction scene. Frankenstein is the original novel of the mad scientist who gives life by playing god, and throughout the novel there is the question of theology and philosophy - why were we made? Frankenstein is a bit of a tough read in its original text, and without looking carefully at the entire thing more closely the character dialogues seem very similar, making them seem all too very alike. However, to get a feel for it, I suggest it in its original text. Just take it slow and easy.
3. Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451
Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 places the value of knowledge much higher, as in the semi-dystopian future the loss of one girl sets forth a chain of events that leads one man from a life of complacency and ordinary ignorance to the regeneration of free thought in society. Laden with surreal imagery, consistent symbolism and dark logic (the stretched billboards and the panels), the bleak future of Fahrenheit 451 is crafted in a way that makes it seem as if it were actually possible.
4.Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations
The large scenario book about the foundation of modern economics. Geography, money, value, self-interest, everything. Those who are particular interested in politics and economics may have had run downs occasionally with this thick novel, and while it may seem cyclical and self-repeating at times, the information provided here in the creation of our modern day economic power is both incredible and frightening at the same time.
Those are my suggestions for those who wish for a summer read. What are yours?
Ok well either they're boring and stupid or I already read them. 