Partial Anonymity

I am pretty sure that even though I have a picture of myself, I am generally untraceable to those who already know me. It's kind of a relief! I doubt that anyone will ever read this, but it is kind of relieving as well. I also like the mystery of the idea that someone I will never know could be reading it as well. Anyway, a few (non-traceable, non-locale-revealing) facts about myself:

1. I desperately desire to develop my skills in the Spanish language (but thus far have not succeeded tremendously)

2. I graduated in May and am heading off to college in the fall.

3. I am a Christian and love Jesus. I go to a Bible church. Most of my posts will probably revolve around or at least involve this fact.

On the topic of literature:
The last few months, I dropped into a literature abyss. I stopped reading as regularly as usual. I don't know what my deal is! I have a bookshelf full of books that I have purported to read before beginning college. Obviously, there is not much of a dent in the shelf because of the last few months, but I decided to buy Jane Austen's novels and try to tempt myself back into reading. I figured they would be light, fluffy, and somewhat unfulfilling. I am surprised at how much I am enjoying Pride and Prejudice. It really is interesting and well-written.

Anyway, here are some of the books from my shelf that I have already read:
Obasan by Joy Kogawa
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis
Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Awakening by Kate Chopin
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
I can't remember any more at the moment, but you get the idea. I am trying to read all the "important" books. :-) If you would like to discuss them with me, I would be thrilled. There was not a lot of eagerness for discussion of books at my high school on the part of the students.

This post is probably way too long already, so I will abandon!