Still not lovingConfederacy of Dunces but it is starting to make me laugh a bit more. The first scene withMancuso and Irene in the kitchen had me rolling last night.
Just finished “Everything is Horrible and Wonderful” by Stephanie Wittels Wachs. Definitely recommend it, but it is heavy at times as it deals with grief, addiction, family, etc. I found myself tearing up quite a bit. Needless to say, I’m in the market for a light funny read. I’ve read too many heavy books in a row. I need a break. Haha. Any suggestions? Doesn’t matter what genre.
my immediate thought - pretty much anything by Vonnegut should do the trick while also making you think a bit
I just finished The Last Good Man by Linda Nagata. I really enjoyed it, it's a pretty interesting story covering what the rise of automation and private military might look like in the not so distant future.
about a year since I started Infinite Jest and now I'm planning to start Ulysses. I finished Portrait last night and I'm so excited to dive in, I've wanted to read this one for a long long time. Planning on going through it patiently chapter-by-chapter and giving myself time to understand and enjoy while also reading other smaller things.
Does anyone else struggle to pick their next book? I have like 40 to choose from and it’s hard for me to make a decision haha. I’m thinking about reading the hearts invisible furies by John boyne, beneath a scarlet sky by mark Sullivan, or let the great world spin by colum McCann. Anyone want to pick for me? The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark T. Sullivan Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
Do you have The New Bloomsday Book? There are a couple chapters of Ulysses that, on the first read through, are borderline incomprehensible, and that companion book is great for providing the more big picture stuff without getting too in the weeds about it. And idk how far you are at this point, but the first three chapters are increasingly dense and confusing, and chapter four is where Bloom is introduced and it becomes much more accessible. Stephen is so intellectual that it makes most of his POV chapters really difficult, whereas Bloom is a pretty average guy (though very smart in his own way) and Joyce reflects that in the writing of Bloom's chapters (in the first half of the book, at least)
Just finishing Amanda Lindhout's memoir "A House in the Sky" . A pretty disturbing book if anyone is interested. in August 2008, she traveled to Somalia—“the most dangerous place on earth.” On her fourth day, she was abducted by a group of masked men along a dusty road. Held hostage for 460 days, Amanda converts to Islam as a survival tactic, receives “wife lessons” from one of her captors, and risks a daring escape. Moved between a series of abandoned houses in the desert, she survives on memory—every lush detail of the world she experienced in her life before captivity—and on strategy, fortitude, and hope. When she is most desperate, she visits a house in the sky, high above the woman kept in chains, in the dark, being tortured.
The Return: Fathers, Sons, and the Land In Between is on sale for 2 dollars. It's a good read. WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • The acclaimed memoir about fathers and sons, a legacy of loss, and, ultimately, healing—one of The New York Times Book Review’s ten best books of the year, winner of the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award, and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B018PD2HIQ/?tag=absolutepunk-20
Finished this one. Slightly dry but very informative biography of a very interesting public figure. I definitely recommend it.
It’s looking like Against the Day is finally gonna be the one that makes me get Pynchon. I am hooked.
I'm about to dive into the Malazan Book of the Fallen series for a second read through and I'm not sure if my brain is ready...
Can anyone recommend any Paul Tremblay (or otherwise) horror? I'm looking but there is just so much to choose from and I wanna get scared right out my wits!
I was thinking of picking this one up, is this standalone or a series? I seen Stephen King liking this one so surely it must be alright!