I tend to go through distinct interests and phases in my reading material. When I was a student I went through a phase of reading the books which 'everyone has heard of but nobody you know has ever read', like War and Peace or Crime and Punishment. Later I got into Japanese literature - started by Yukio Mishimi but moving onto others like Junichiro Yanizaki, Natsume Soseki and the Japanese stylings of Amelie Nothomb.
More recently I've been reading my way through the Norse and Icelandic sagas - Njals Saga, The Vinland Sagas, Hrolf Kraki, and I've just started reading The Saga of Grettir the Strong which opens with the fantastic line:
There was a man named Onund, the son of Ofeig Clumsyfoot, who was the son of Ivar Horse-Cock.
I tell you - if your name is going to be remembered for a thousand years, there are worse reasons for it to happen.
More recently I've been reading my way through the Norse and Icelandic sagas - Njals Saga, The Vinland Sagas, Hrolf Kraki, and I've just started reading The Saga of Grettir the Strong which opens with the fantastic line:
There was a man named Onund, the son of Ofeig Clumsyfoot, who was the son of Ivar Horse-Cock.
I tell you - if your name is going to be remembered for a thousand years, there are worse reasons for it to happen.