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Room to Dream by David Lynch and Kristine McKenna.
A hybrid biography. An interesting approach where McKenna writes a chapter then Lynch answers or corrects it in the next chapter, or at least that's how I'm reading it?
What lies beyond that white picket fence?
A hybrid biography. An interesting approach where McKenna writes a chapter then Lynch answers or corrects it in the next chapter, or at least that's how I'm reading it?
What lies beyond that white picket fence?
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These Silent Mansions by Jean Sprakland. Who knew that graves could be so interesting?
Tony
Tony
Counting the beats,
Counting the slow heart beats,
The bleeding to death of time in slow heart beats,
Wakeful they lie.
Robert Graves
Counting the slow heart beats,
The bleeding to death of time in slow heart beats,
Wakeful they lie.
Robert Graves
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. Predictable territory on totalitarianism, control and identity and survival, but I enjoyed the writing style (particularly imaginative description of flowers!) I don't watch much TV so haven't seen the televised version.
The hundred-year-old man who climbed out of the window and disappeared by Jonas Jonasson.
Some positive vibes, amusing in a dry way, with an engaging narrative that page turns. A spectrum of soft-heartedness, sometimes a bit too much Forest Gump sentiment, to a darker satire (the nuclear weapon thread I don't find amusing given the reality). The book is a translation from Swedish, but the translator has delivered an engaging laid-back style.
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
I was lent this book, started reading and realized I read before (if I kindle read then I tend not to remember author/title). The book was worth a revisit, sort of, though the intentional agenda to be life-positive gets laboured at times. The device of visiting parallel lives in parallel universes made the read episodic, but did nudge this reader to 'what if' in the world of action/consequences.
A Rising Man by Abir Mukherjee
One of my favourite genres is detective fiction set in historical times. This one was set in 1919 India, very much a narrative filtered through a colonial perspective, but did deliver a sense of time and place (which I feel the writer was more interested in rather than the crime plot). Indeed, wasn't convinced the writer had a grasp of the crime genre or policing procedure, the concluding chapters on who done what felt rushed, but I feel his real interest was to learn about the colonial past. I think the author did give some insight on the corruption and prejudices of Empire
A Country Doctor by Franz Kafka .
Most scary read during July.
Some positive vibes, amusing in a dry way, with an engaging narrative that page turns. A spectrum of soft-heartedness, sometimes a bit too much Forest Gump sentiment, to a darker satire (the nuclear weapon thread I don't find amusing given the reality). The book is a translation from Swedish, but the translator has delivered an engaging laid-back style.
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
I was lent this book, started reading and realized I read before (if I kindle read then I tend not to remember author/title). The book was worth a revisit, sort of, though the intentional agenda to be life-positive gets laboured at times. The device of visiting parallel lives in parallel universes made the read episodic, but did nudge this reader to 'what if' in the world of action/consequences.
A Rising Man by Abir Mukherjee
One of my favourite genres is detective fiction set in historical times. This one was set in 1919 India, very much a narrative filtered through a colonial perspective, but did deliver a sense of time and place (which I feel the writer was more interested in rather than the crime plot). Indeed, wasn't convinced the writer had a grasp of the crime genre or policing procedure, the concluding chapters on who done what felt rushed, but I feel his real interest was to learn about the colonial past. I think the author did give some insight on the corruption and prejudices of Empire
A Country Doctor by Franz Kafka .
Most scary read during July.
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Finally finished 'Blood Meridian'
It was a trial in many ways, but ultimately rewarding, I think?
I'm going to continue my exploration of the classics with probably the ultimate classic - Moby Dick.
Had anyone actually read this novel, moreover finished it?
It was a trial in many ways, but ultimately rewarding, I think?
I'm going to continue my exploration of the classics with probably the ultimate classic - Moby Dick.
Had anyone actually read this novel, moreover finished it?
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Read the book a long time ago, but don't remember much. Revisited last weekend before visitors arrived to fill my days for this week. Enjoyed the first fifty pages, Ishmael's self-justifications and his interactions with Queequeg. Will read some more this weekend. Vaguely remember that some of the book gets slowed down by details on whaling, but I'll skim those if they prove boring.
Diverted this week from Moby Dick. Ended up reading 'All The Pretty Horses' by Cormac McCarthy. Enjoyed the reticence, a nod to those who are honest enough not to articulate justifications for their compulsions. Narrative doesn't dawdle or digress.