Was away on vacation last week, and read 3 books (the first 3 books of the Vlad Taltos series by Steven Brust: Jhereg, Yendi, and Teckla). Went ahead and bought the next 6 when I got home.
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I liked that book
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I keep entering the Goodreads giveaways for stuff on my list. I found out I won The Winners by Fredrik Backman.
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Cool!
Finished Carrie Soto Is Back. It was more and more predictable as the story continued, but I still loved experiencing the events as they unfolded.
After watching more episodes of Cedar Cove from Hallmark, I finally decided to read the series from the beginning. So 16 Lighthouse Road by Debbie Macomber is my new listen.
Next up Historical Fiction. To make up for the miss on Womenâs Literature, I chose Rashiâs Daughter (Book II: Miriam) Maggie Anton
I really enjoyed the first, read about a year ago. Set in 11th Century Europe, very interesting from a Jewish perspective
Picked up House of Morgan again. Though I should start leafing through my latest copies of Wired and National Geographic before the new ones come this week or next.
I read House of Morgan a while back. Interesting.
I was interested to find out if JP Morgan traced his ancestry back to Morgan Morgan, the first European settler in West Virginia. (And also an ancestor of mine. There are many many Morgans in that line.) I did not find out.
Also curious if there is any connection to Justin Morgan (who had a horseâŚ)
But nah, it was all about the finance companyâŚ
Gaiman is pretty fun, but I want to live in Susana Clarkeâs mind.
I once started a Piranesi based video game, featuring a lot of 3d images I stole from the Louvre, but got bored super fast.
Gaiman is quite fun. I couldnât put American Gods down and just finished it a couple days ago. It wasnât without itâs issues, but more than made up for them through sheer inventiveness. He also finds a way to make the characters interesting even though they arenât overly deep.
I just started Norse Mythology on audible (written and read by Gaiman) and Circe. Both seem interesting after a few chapters.
I plan to circle back to Susana Clarkâs other book Jonathan Strange
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Oh good you havenât already read it. Itâs a lot like what if piranesi never ended, and had multiple characters.
The main problem with Gaiman is that his stories and characters are pretty samey. Which is true of all authors, but for some reason, got to me more with Gaiman.
Just finished books 4 and 5. Itâs a fun, readable series.
Iâm planning on reading Little, Big, and Kurt Vonnegutâs Player Piano before moving to books 6-7.
Two books by Norman Doidge: âThe Brain That Changes Itselfâ and âThe Brainâs Way of Healingâ. Surprising insights into the neuroplastic nature of the brain. Case studies are fascinating. Easier to read but less ambitious than Siddartha Mukherjeeâs books but still very informative.
I got a book about anti-gravity.
I cannot put it down.
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Doidge is controversial: fair amount of pushback from the pharmaceutical companies and the medical status quo. Old interview from The Guardian may be of interest.
âElsewhereâ by Alexis Schaitkin (not to be confused with the novel of the same name by Gabrielle Levin).
Set in a fictional mountain town where mothers disappear in a somewhat random fashion. Hard to pigeonhole the genre but a bit of a fairy tale that explores motherhood. Very well written.
Several folks on this thread (including me) have read and enjoyed Shantaram. Apple TV has just started a series based on the book if anyone wants to check it out. I have not started watching it so canât comment on the quality.
I need to get back to the book, I guess.
I thought it was pretty good that I knew right away from the ad which book it was from. You canât say that about most movies.
The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt
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