I haven't read much in the last several years, which is sad since it was an anchor for me for so long. So I've gone back to some of the reading I did in high school, to refresh my memories of some of these things, and to lubricate a re-introduction to reading regularly. But anyway, I read The old man and the sea for the first time while I was traveling to see my family for the holidays. Epic fish story, and a wonderful humanistic novella. I am also reading 1984, Nausea, and some short stories by Hemingway.