What are you reading? August 2011
08-02-11, 01:15 PM
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I don't think he writes very well, but seems like a fast read so I'll likely stick it out. Feels like a YA novel to me, though I haven't seen it notated as such.
I don't think he writes very well, but seems like a fast read so I'll likely stick it out. Feels like a YA novel to me, though I haven't seen it notated as such.
08-02-11, 06:11 PM
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08-03-11, 08:39 PM
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Finished:
Leonard Mlodinow's The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives
John le Carré's Our Kind of Traitor
The first le Carré book I was able to finish (I found A Most Wanted Man easy to put down). Still open to checking out more of his work.
P. G. Wodehouse's The Crime Wave at Blandings
My first Wodehouse story. I can see the appeal. Deeply hilarious.
David Mitchell's Black Swan Green
This was my second David Mitchell book, and will ensure I continue to seek out his work.
Now reading:
Michael Chabon's Maps and Legends (2008)
Great collection of essays revolving around genre books, with a few welcome digressions. I know want to seek out American Flagg! and a dozen other books.
Leonard Mlodinow's The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives
John le Carré's Our Kind of Traitor
The first le Carré book I was able to finish (I found A Most Wanted Man easy to put down). Still open to checking out more of his work.
P. G. Wodehouse's The Crime Wave at Blandings
My first Wodehouse story. I can see the appeal. Deeply hilarious.
David Mitchell's Black Swan Green
This was my second David Mitchell book, and will ensure I continue to seek out his work.
Now reading:
Michael Chabon's Maps and Legends (2008)
Great collection of essays revolving around genre books, with a few welcome digressions. I know want to seek out American Flagg! and a dozen other books.
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08-04-11, 02:08 PM
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Just finished:
Memoir about the closing of a men's clothing store. Really really great book and a bargain at 99 cents for the Kindle.
Now reading:
One of my favorite books. Michael Ruhlman could pick any subject and make a great book about it.
Memoir about the closing of a men's clothing store. Really really great book and a bargain at 99 cents for the Kindle.
Now reading:
One of my favorite books. Michael Ruhlman could pick any subject and make a great book about it.
08-04-11, 04:36 PM
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I picked up several books so I'll be doing alot of reading the next couple of months.
Just finished this.
Starting this tonight or tomorrow.
This is next on the list.
not sure what will be after.
Just finished this.
Starting this tonight or tomorrow.
This is next on the list.
not sure what will be after.
08-04-11, 07:54 PM
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How was this? This is actually on my list of books I want to check out based on Michael Chabon's mentioning it in Maps & Legends. From reading the description I wasn't completely sure if I would enjoy it.
Adding these to my wishlist.
Adding these to my wishlist.
08-04-11, 07:58 PM
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Finished Michael Chabon's Maps & Legends (2008).
Now reading:
Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman's Good Omens (1990)
I picked this up with excitement and it wasn't until I started reading it that I realized it was well over twenty years old. I'm deeply ashamed that I had not heard of it until now.
It's also the first mass-market paperback I have bought in well over a decade. I'm not a big fan of the format.
Now reading:
Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman's Good Omens (1990)
I picked this up with excitement and it wasn't until I started reading it that I realized it was well over twenty years old. I'm deeply ashamed that I had not heard of it until now.
It's also the first mass-market paperback I have bought in well over a decade. I'm not a big fan of the format.
08-05-11, 10:41 AM
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