Games, reading list. . .

I said I would never get games for my tablet.  But here I am listening to Adam Young and playing this classic:


You see, my brother just got a game called Gold Rush Lite, where (with x number of logs/train tracks/timber/etc) you try to build a decent bridge to support 1-2 miners with their carts of gold.  Can you tell, I downloaded this game, too.  It looks way easier than it is--ok, it's downright hard! 

And then, of course, I had to get Chess.  Everyone needs that game.  The other game I got is a puzzle game called 100 Floors.  It's kind of weird, but the concept is fun.  There's a door/elevator, and you have to figure out how to unlock it to get to the next floor. So far, not very difficult. 

This is what summer vacation is about, you know.  XD

On a bookish note, I'm reading Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev (still have to finish Shackleton's South--such a long book!).  It's a book about the generational divide between, of course, fathers and sons in mid-1800s Russia, a few years before the liberation of the serfs.  I find it sadly ironic that, so far, the only things the two generations have in common are their vices--immorality, narrow-mindedness, and male chauvinism.

I also just started some short stories by Louis L'Amour.  I like his writing style--it's fast-paced but still quality writing. 

My reading list reached 99 titles today.  I can't help myself; there are so many important books that I haven't read!  I'd like to get into a habit of reading books in pairs--one a "should read" and another just for fun.  Otherwise, I'll never get through the list.  ;)