Oh god, get out while you still can lol
Just finished a rereading of āInto Thin Air,ā by Jon Krakauer.
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My mind keeps wandering so maybe so.
I recently discovered a French author named Antoine Laurain. I found eight of his books in our library, so I binged-read them all. He has a new one that came out last June but itās not available in the library yet. Waiting for that. They are all set in Paris.
Iām still waiting for some books to show up. In the mean time, I read a very short book, Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan. A coal merchant in a small Irish town discovers the truth about the local Magdalene laundry and struggles with what he should do.
Now that the Olympics are over, I can read again. I got this book called
The Printed Letter Bookshop by Katherine Reay. The blurb on the back says, āLove, friendship, and family find a home at the Printed Letter Bookshopā. Sounds boring already. But Iāll give it a go. I hope it doesnāt end up in my DNF list.
Just learned that Netflix is producing a movie version of the book Remarkably Bright Creatures. I hope they donāt mess it up. I really liked that book.
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That was a great book. I canceled Netflix so I wonāt have to worry about the movie.
I started September by Rosamunde Pilcher. Got bored with it. But then my friend said she loved that book. Guess Iāll try again?
I only read about 10 footnotes in but none of them mattered.
This was good by the way. Besides the exciting ups and downs of the narrator, I enjoyed how the book shifts as his situation becomes more stable. So that the book increasingly focuses on the rest of the characters. I found the Poiltics a bit too literal, but I guess thatās Dickens.
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I picked up the Sirens of Titan, by Vonnegut.
I thought I might give it to my kid, since I remember finding it touching as a teenager.
But readind it now, its obvious she wouldnāt get it. In fact I doubt I did. Too many grownup jokes. Not sex (although that too), but religion, politics, economics, etc. Great book though. <3.
One of the ironies of life is that kids love jokes but donāt get any of them.
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Must put that on my re-read list.
I thought of reading Demon Copperfield because I liked two of her books that Iāve read. But my daughter told me itās very depressing. I donāt think I want to read a depressing book right now. Maybe if Kamala wins in November, Iād be happy enough to read it.
I finally donated my copy of Hillbilly Elegy to the library. I read that when it first came out. Back then I didnāt get the impression that Vance was crazy right. Oh wellā¦good riddance.
Btw, one of our grandkids has a copy of one of Kamalaās childrenās books. Iāve read it to her a few times. IIRC, it was about empowering young girls.
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My daughter and I both read it and thought it was great. My wife refused to read it for the reason you provided.
If itās the same one my mom has (not sure how many there are?) itās biographical about her life, but yeah I guess with a healthy dose of empowerment too. I mean, itās been a bit since Iāve read it, but thatās my recollection.
Yes. Itās about her life. Itās called "Superheroes are Everywhere ".
Yeah, that sounds familiar. She talks about all the people in her life who are superheroes & why and asks the reader who is a superhero in their life who _____ (whatever reason that person she just talked about is a superhero).
And I think at the end it has a āpicture of a superheroā that is actually a mirror or something along those lines.
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - VE Schwab. - how to describe this? What would you do if you were immortal but no one could remember you? And what would you do when you finally found someone who could remember you? Itās an interesting and innovative take on the Faustian bargain.
Next genre up - Sci Fi
Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
he makes me laugh