It is not often you stumble upon a book that is quite completely written for you. An Interpretation of Murder is all my kinds of books rolled into one. Murder, mystery, psychology (yes I do like reading about psychology when it is written in an English that I understand) and a tiny bit of romance, all set in 20th century America (I like history in a trivia kind of way).I love it because 1) it is well-written, 2) it puts Freud and psychoanalysis in perspective, 3) it has a pretty good twist . I am super excited about this book because beyond being a great read, it really changed my way of thinking about Freud, who I really used to just dismiss as a crazy guy with the most sexed up ideas. Now I guess I kind of realise why he is always included in psychology books.
And so that concludes book one of my summer reading list! Hahah I just reminded myself of those book reviews we always had to do in primary school during the holidays. Next book is yet another murder mystery set in the 20th century (in fact I am almost nearly getting a bit confused) - Clocks. While on the topic though (Clocks is written by her), I must say that Agatha Christie never disappoints! She is someone I’m really in awe of. How she conjures such fantastic plots, and writes in a manner that lets you just devour her books, sometimes in one shot. What is even more amazing is that she wrote for over 50 years. Her last book was written when she was freaking over 80 years old. Well I haven’t read that last book, so I can’t say for sure, but how on earth does one’s brain remain so lucid to write a mystery at 80. Hahaha am I underestimating the elderly :x Ok anyway, I seem to have completely gone off a tangent here.
Second week of work. I am so freaking tired!! It’s more fun now with the new intern, also from NUS, though. So for that I am grateful. I can’t wait for my break! Totally not looking forward to next job – selling mattresses.
Oh p.s. Chuck is a pretty damn good watch! Good comic timing and pretty exciting spy plots! Kind of like how I met your mother (the comic part) meets prison break (all the chasing and life-threatening parts).
P.p.s. Wrote this at work hence all the capitalization.