Re-reading IT for the third time. It's really thick in a paperback version, hard to hang on to! I need all my thick books on Kindle now 
What Are You Reading? Part Deux
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Cool. I am thinking I am going to do a re-read of Christine.
Sing, Unbuired, Sing - Jesmyn Ward
A powerful novel about the challenges of a black family in Mississippi. I don't even know where to start to try to describe this book. Read it, it's great.
A powerful novel about the challenges of a black family in Mississippi. I don't even know where to start to try to describe this book. Read it, it's great.
I will give this author another try. I began Salvage the Bones when it came out but it seemed like she was trying to hard, trying to be another Faulkner, I don't know. I'm adding this one to my radar, thanks.
In Sing, Unburied, Sing, there are semi absent parents (the father is in prison at the beginning and the mother has a substance problem) and children being raised by grandparents. This family all lives in the same house. The author uses the different characters to narrate each chapter, so the story is told from many different angles and generations. The heart of the story is a road trip to go pick up the father who is being released from Parchman Prison. Some of the terrible history of Parchman prison is a part of the story.
The first is coming as a tv series.
I wonder if Barker will ever finish the second though. The follow-up, Everville, is not as good as the first, but still I liked it a lot. But it's been a long time, it doesn't seem to be a priority of his. Is he even writing novels anymore? I get the idea he's only still paintiing. I hope it doesn't remain unfinished.
There are still things coming from him from time to time, the last was 2015, but Everville was 1994, and the plan for the third Book of Art was very ambitous - I wonder if he will still be able to do it. Also he seems to not really finish some things after a while, he never did a follow-up to Cabal.
Actually I found a Facebook post from 2014 where he says he still is thinking about it and has figured out an ending and is keeping a lot of notes until he has enough to start writing it. So it's not something that has left his mind.
I got done with Harmony. The ending fit but I did not like it.
This month I have read Popsy, It Grows On You and will read Chattery Teeth today for the discussion group.
Also read The Panther...Nelson DeMille
Good, but not my favorite John Corey book.
Afterlife...Marcus Sakey
This one, overall I liked very much. It started strong with a unique concept, but the last 1/3 I was not able to completely give myself over to it anymore. But overall I enjoyed it, it was different and would still recommend it.
Now am reading Radiant Angel by DeMille and this one am enjoying very much. And also Sycamore Row by John Grisham, very good as well, so far.
Also read The Panther...Nelson DeMille
Good, but not my favorite John Corey book.
Afterlife...Marcus Sakey
This one, overall I liked very much. It started strong with a unique concept, but the last 1/3 I was not able to completely give myself over to it anymore. But overall I enjoyed it, it was different and would still recommend it.
Now am reading Radiant Angel by DeMille and this one am enjoying very much. And also Sycamore Row by John Grisham, very good as well, so far.
Bully - Jim Schutze
The 1998 true crime book about the murder of Bobby Kent. The murder was committed by a group of his teen friends. The book is a very disturbing portrait of teenagers that don't care about much and parents that don't care either. This was made into a movie called Bully that starred Brad Renfro. I'm about 100 pages in and the movie seems to follow the book fairly well so far.
Murder of Bobby Kent - Wikipedia
The 1998 true crime book about the murder of Bobby Kent. The murder was committed by a group of his teen friends. The book is a very disturbing portrait of teenagers that don't care about much and parents that don't care either. This was made into a movie called Bully that starred Brad Renfro. I'm about 100 pages in and the movie seems to follow the book fairly well so far.
Murder of Bobby Kent - Wikipedia
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I looked up the movie Bully and started reading the plot on Wikipedia but then stopped myself as I don't want to find out how it ends! Thanks for the tip - I'll see if I can find the book locally.
"A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived" by Adam Rutherford. A very readable, informative, and sometimes humorous book about what DNA can teach us about human history. Some of the information is a bit dense for the average reader by necessity but it addresses all manner of human traits that have been informed by recent DNA research. Like why some people have red hair, why adult humans could not digest milk until about 5,000 years ago (and why mostly only those of European descent can do so until today) or why folks in the Himalayas are not impacted as much as others by higher altitudes. Most people of European ancestry will have about 3% of their DNA taken from Neanderthals. Some pretty interesting and often weird information about humans that DNA research has resolved.
A History of Humanity Told Through Genetics - The New York Times
A History of Humanity Told Through Genetics - The New York Times
Recently read The Hawkline Monster by Richard Brautigan and Death Witch by Nick Cato.
Currently reading Sing Me Back Home by Merle Haggard.
Currently reading Sing Me Back Home by Merle Haggard.
I finished Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington, it was so different than what I thought...a joyful and uplifting read written by a brilliant man.
I'm reading:
The White Peacock- D. H. Lawrence
A Room With A View- E. M. Forster
Again
To Kill A Mockingbird- Harper Lee
The Moviegoer- Walker Percy
Clock Without Hands- Carson McCullers
Cane River- Lalita Tademy
I'm reading:
The White Peacock- D. H. Lawrence
A Room With A View- E. M. Forster
Again
To Kill A Mockingbird- Harper Lee
The Moviegoer- Walker Percy
Clock Without Hands- Carson McCullers
Cane River- Lalita Tademy
I have the movie. Haven't read the book but what I saw is disturbing. What I got from it is that today's youth have no empathy for others (or at least this particular group of kids didn't). Everyone just did what they wanted to whomever they wanted whenever they wanted regardless of consequences. Chilling.
Cromwell - Our Chief of Men by Antonia Fraser has me hooked at the minute.
Just started Born a Crime by Trevor Noah - host of The Daily Show. Pretty funny and interesting read about his childhood in Africa as apartheid was ending.
I finished Pet Sematary on Saturday. One of King's darkest novels, and one of his best, in my opinion. He brought his horror A-game with this one. I see a lot of similarities between Pet Sematary and Revival, which I also loved. I plan to write a proper review soon.
On Sunday, I read Richard Chizmar's new novella, Widow's Point. Not the most original story, but the writing is good enough to take it up a notch. A quick, scary read.
My next King novel is Cycle of the Werewolf, but I couldn't find my copy. I ordered another copy off ebay, but it won't arrive until next week. Not sure what to read in the meantime yet.
On Sunday, I read Richard Chizmar's new novella, Widow's Point. Not the most original story, but the writing is good enough to take it up a notch. A quick, scary read.
My next King novel is Cycle of the Werewolf, but I couldn't find my copy. I ordered another copy off ebay, but it won't arrive until next week. Not sure what to read in the meantime yet.
You speak true, gunslinger.