Kevin's Watch

Started re-reading Runes of the Earth last night. 3rd time, I think? I can't find a copy of AATE here but hoping that by the time I get through FR I can have one mailed to me....

That's not general. That's what fantasy you're reading.

--A

And on to the third Millennium book.

This is my third read of these, and I still enjoy them just as much.

--A

Some crime thriller thing called Thirteen Hours.

--A

It was actually pretty good. Local author.

Anyway, reading The Exorcist now. William Peter Blatty.

--A

The Little Stranger, Sarah Waters.

i ordered some 80+ graphic novels from the library. plus a few books snuck in there as well. 60 something came in monday. i am plowing through them now.

The Street Philosopher, Matthew Plampin.

Shaun das Schaf wrote:The Little Stranger, Sarah Waters.

The title strikes me as sounding like a cross between "The Little Prince" and "The Stranger." Neither of which I've read, but... I figure a cross between those books would be slightly surreal.

(of course, I maybe shouldn't joke about something I know nothing about; it's probably got some pretty serious themes...)

I'm reading "The Name of the Rose," by Umberto Eco.
Very different from what I usually read... mystery, set in a monestary in the 1300's.

(whoops, double-post)

Good book. Got it from the same bookclub as I got the TC books from! I won't tell you who did it

Was looking for an appropriate topic to talk about a graphic novel, but couldn't find one that seemed right and didn't want to start a topic. So here it goes instead.

I bought Big Questions by Anders Nilsen today. Then I sat and read the whole thing in a couple of hours. I like that about graphic novels, even the big ones go fast. It was great. Really excellent. The characters are mostly a group of identical small talking birds, but Nilsen manages to give them so much individual character, and they act so true to character, too (like the loyal follower who doesn't actually believe, but still follows because he likes and respects the leader - in the end, he risks his life for his friend). Brilliant storytelling.

I am still struggling with a re-reading of Earth's Children. (I enjoyed The Clan of the Cave Bear and The Valley of Horses but the reading started dragging quite a bit toward the end of Valley) Gave up with The Mammoth Hunters today and skipped to The Land of Painted Caves. I am about 24 pages into it. Yuck.

Murrin wrote:..and they act so true to character, too (like the loyal follower who doesn't actually believe, but still follows because he likes and respects the leader - in the end, he risks his life for his friend). Brilliant storytelling.

That sounds neat. Sounds like you were really excited over this one.

Iolanthe- you seem to be a bit of a history buff. I can see you liking it a lot... I know so little of the surrounding context.

I've been reading IQ84 by Haruki Murakame the last couple weeks. It's a big book. So far, it's not my favorite of his, but it's interesting. Very sexual, more so than Kafka by the Shore, even.

Before that was Damned by Palahniuk. Good read, but too short.

Before that was The Story of Edgar Sawtelle. I liked it, but the ending was incredibly weak.

Linna Heartlistener wrote:Iolanthe- you seem to be a bit of a history buff. I can see you liking it a lot... I know so little of the surrounding context.

Hmm, you could say that. But I actually read The Name of the Rose before I got into medieval history - I belonged to a book club that concentrated on detective fiction

Iolanthe wrote:Good book. Got it from the same bookclub as I got the TC books from! I won't tell you who did it

Thanks for that. Ending was the best bit and wouldn't have been if you'd spilled the beans. And yes, was a good book, but I was very grateful for the 'internet' when I got to the end, so I could check interpretations with my own. We've all said it so many times, but what did we do without it.

Hi Linna, I haven't read either The Little Prince or The Stranger or The Strange Little Prince, but unless they had poltergeists in them, I don't think they've much in common with The Little Stranger.

Sarge, that reminds me, I still have to read Einstein's Dreams.