Finished the first Blackwater book last night. He has a very old-fashioned style that's like slipping into cozy socks 
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Started "The Island of the Colorblind" By Oliver Sacks. Never knew non-fiction could be so poetic, enthralling and whimsical. I'm hooked.
In between the other books I'm reading and rereading, I started The Stephen King Illustrated Companion. What a stunning book, Bev Vincent !!!
Finished the first Blackwater book last night. He has a very old-fashioned style that's like slipping into cozy socks
Ayup!
Reading The Drowning People by Richard Mason. How anyone could have written such a best-selling mature novel at the age of 22 is hard to believe. It has a bit too much mood for me but I cannot deny that it is a bloody masterpiece.
I loved this book!!!!!!!
Felt like a factbook for a while so i'm reading The Carolingians - A family that Forged Europe by Pierre Riche. Really good. Connect all the dots in a easy to understandable way on how Europe developed during the four centuries 600-1000 AD. There are many important Kings there but you usually has only heard of Charlemagne or Charles the Great which is a bit unfair. Without his grandfather Charles Martel Europe might have been speaking arabic today. Without his father Pippin the Short several countries might not look as they do today and when every thing threatened to fall apart after Charlemagnes death several competent rulers stepped forward like Charles the Bald or Louis the Pious (he was the one that sent missionaries to Sweden). His empire didn't last but from it rose the two powers that would dominate the politics of Europe for centuries, that is France and the Holy Roman Empire. If you actually still think that those times were the dark ages you need to think again.
It is interesting how the things change and rather quickly too. During the time that my book cover, 600-1000 AD, the probably most developed culture was the arabic one. They had the best doctors, the probably best writers and great architects and scientists. The most impressive cathedrals from this time were built by the arabs in spain (they where originally mosques of course). The only culture that could compete was the Byzantinian one in constantinople (todays Istanbul) but they were steadyly being pressed back. That insight makes one wonder how long the so ccalled western civilisation will stay in the driverseat. Certainly not something we should take for granted. We have already had a rather long run.....
Finished book 2 of Blackwater & a bit into book 3.
So glad you liked it skimom2. Wait until you are done with the whole saga! You will feel like you know these people and even though they are bizarre (and somewhat frightening) you'll miss them when they are gone.Finished the first Blackwater book last night. He has a very old-fashioned style that's like slipping into cozy socks
I got myself the first three for later as summer reading. Will they be worth it? Never read anything by him before. Is it a good idea to secure the rest if i can?
I'm about 80 pages from the end of the third book. These books absolutely shouldn't work, but somehow they do I'll definitely be reading onto the fourth (at least).
I'll definitely be reading onto the fourth (at least).Three books down, three to goI'm about 80 pages from the end of the third book. These books absolutely shouldn't work, but somehow they do
These are crazy, crazy stories! I've chuckled so often and read so many things aloud that I'm going to have to buy my own copies for the kids to read-lol.
Gonna start Finders Keepers (I haven't read Mr Mercedes yet, hopefully I'll be alright).
You'll be fine for the most part.
Melmoth The Wanderer (1821), Charles Maturin
A man sells his soul for 150 years of extra life, but 'life' on this hell we call earth, during times of inquisition and what not. Many tales on tales, tales within tales--a gothic, do ya--all centered on this rarely seen boogie man Melmoth. If the damned fella can get someone to take his place, he'll be alright, but I don't see it happening.
(Word of advice to young lovers--don't do yer business during thunderstorms, lest ye be blasted by those heavenly lightening bolts)
Only trouble is LOTS of annotations, which means I'm constantly flipping to the back for clarification. I should skip em, cause they interrupt the flow of the story, but just can't. It's how I learn all my obscure and useless knowledge. F'rinstance, did you know, back in the 1600s, well-to-do ladies wore a curl of hair gummed to their temples called a 'beau catcher'?
A man sells his soul for 150 years of extra life, but 'life' on this hell we call earth, during times of inquisition and what not. Many tales on tales, tales within tales--a gothic, do ya--all centered on this rarely seen boogie man Melmoth. If the damned fella can get someone to take his place, he'll be alright, but I don't see it happening.
(Word of advice to young lovers--don't do yer business during thunderstorms, lest ye be blasted by those heavenly lightening bolts)
Only trouble is LOTS of annotations, which means I'm constantly flipping to the back for clarification. I should skip em, cause they interrupt the flow of the story, but just can't. It's how I learn all my obscure and useless knowledge. F'rinstance, did you know, back in the 1600s, well-to-do ladies wore a curl of hair gummed to their temples called a 'beau catcher'?
In One Person - John Irving
I just started last night. It's been a while since I've read a John Irving novel. He has a new one coming out this fall too.
I just started last night. It's been a while since I've read a John Irving novel. He has a new one coming out this fall too.
Not so far, but wrestling can enter the picture at any time.
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