Sweet Virginia

Hey guys, I'm trying to finish To the Lighthouse this weekend. What a great book! I don't think I appreciated how ridiculously good this was in 12th grade. I'm only on like page 70 now (It's getting dark, Paul and Minta and the gang haven't come back yet, and dinner hasn't started), but hopefully by Monday I'll be done. I'm also fishing for a Thesis topic/question for my Philosophy major. I want to incorporate literature (i.e., great books like To the Lighthouse -- not just philosophy-philosophy like Kant). I've found a couple of books on how literature/novels raise and deal with ethical issues, and some other books about literature raising/dealing with existential issues. These are both interesting topics, but my first thought is to get a topic more broadly about the philosophy/phenomenology of reading, in general . . . Of course, I don't know anything about that, and I don't particularly want to get into neuroscience, like, the science of what the brain is doing when you read . . . So I don't know. But anyway, I'd love to get some help and hear some of your ideas about possible Thesis topics I could do! Anna, I'm particularly interested in hearing your ideas, given your experience with that Lit Theory/Criticism class. Regardless of thesis advice, both of you might check in with a post when you get the chance -- I'd love to hear how you're doing and what you're up to. And by the way: I'd like both of your opinions on the look of my "Idle Perspicacity" blog, which I've renamed "Floating Library" -- as always, feel free to contribute quotes, poems, writing to that blog as well. And Ben: can I read your thesis?