(Re)started Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon several days ago. Made an initial attempt back in high-school but don't remember getting much further than fifty-odd pages, give-or-take. So far it's going much more smoothly than Mason & Dixon from last year even if it's more digressive, but I'm really enjoying it and despite the scientific/mathematical references reads like a turn-of-the-century pulp novel. :lol:
At the moment I'm reading an English translation of Pigeon Post, written originally in French by Romanian author Dumitru Tsepeneag. I have read Tsepeneag's Hotel Europa, earlier which was a good read. Was curious to see what else Tsepeneag has written.
I just ordered, and plan to start upon its arrival, A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki after hearing wonderful reviews about it on Twitter. Can't wait to see how I like it!
Jurassic Park by Michael Chrichton and Shadow Puppets by Orson Scott Card. I've been reading the Ender series for the past month or so but had to get JP in there after Jurassic World.
I just started "Selected Prose: 1909-1965" by Ezra Pound. Many claim Pound was an outspoken anti-semite, so I hope there's nothing like that in there, because I am not in the mood for that. Most of it is his thoughts on government and economics.
I just picked up a copy of Anatoli Rybakov's Children of the Arbat from my mother's collection. That it's a little worn is a good sign, and I'm really enjoying the candid tone of the first few chapters. It hasn't become quite chilling yet as the blurb itself says, but I doubt that any novel covering the horrors of Stalinist Russia could avoid that.
The Autobiography of Kurt Cobain. Turns out he was homeless alot of his life, shouldn't surprise anyone that he was big on drugs since he was 11. Was a very unique character.
Making my way through Douglas Adams' Trilogy of Four. Just finished The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and started The Restaurant at the End of the Universe. Funny books!
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline Just finished reading it. Amazing book that makes you think about replacing reality for the virtual. He creates a futuristic world that has everyone logging on to virtual realities that involves all the senses. Lots of gaming references that as a light gamer myself I did not understand entirely but was still able to appreciate. I will definitly put this on my re-read list.
it's astounding. delillo's command of language and human nature is incredible; he sprawls across america with poetic ease. his narrative is electric.
Yes, I love his prose, despite varying reactions to the few of his books I've read. Succinct, but precise impressions of whatever he's describing.
I'm going through a JFK phase--currently reading a biography of JFK's father that also has a lot of information about the Kennedys in general.