In the middle of several as usual. Still reading Drift by Rachel Maddow, I Am What I Am by John Barrowman, Casual Vacancy by J. K. Rowling, Elfstones Of Shannara by Terry Brooks, Left Behind by LaHaye and Jenkins, and just started I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou. ---------- Post added 22nd Feb 2014 at 10:48 PM ---------- The Cuckoo Calling is excellent. Loved that book.
The last book I read in its entirety was Geography Club by Brent Hartinger. Right now I'm reading Catalyst by Laurie Halse Anderson for school.
Bandit Love, by Massimo Carlotto. Amazingly sensitive yet gritty Italian crime fiction, but in a more literary style. The last paragraph has to among the most powerful endings I've come across in a modern novel in some time. Master or Ropes, also by Carlotto, is next on my list...
My all-time favorite book. I still get misty eyed at the bleakness of the ending no matter how often I read it. Ah yes, I am currently reading "Deathbird Stories" an anthology of speculative fiction by Harlan Ellison
Will Grayson Will Grayson by David Levithan and John Green right now im reading How They Met and Other Stories by David Levithan
Last book read: 10 Smart Things Gay Men Can Dot to Find Real Love by Joe Kort Currently Reading: Wayward (The Wayward Pines Series, Book Two) by Blake Crouch
Mason & Dixon (Thomas Pynchon, 1997) - After a couple months, which I don't think is an overestimate, I've finally completed this behemoth of a novel [which is also the first full-length work of his I've finished.] I'll easily admit that much of the astrological-mathematic-surveying related jargon went by me, but it's a testament to his extremely entertaining way of writing that I wanted to keep going in spite of it. Well, that and the historical content/references.... In short, a fictionalisation of the story of the partnership between Mason and Dixon, mainly known for surveying the border of Pennsylvania and Maryland, mainly retold in (supposedly) a single evening at a family gathering after the death of the former. The mix of historical detail, anachronisms and absurd digressions make it almost impossible, in addition to the aforementioned frame story, to immediately separate fact from fiction. One notable incident being an episode where a father, sheriff and group of men try to 'repossess' a child from it's unwed mother, family and supporters which turns into a rowdy football match between the opposing 'sides.' One from Maryland, the other Pennsylvania [shockingly, this was based on an actual event...] Pretty comfortable in saying I enjoyed it, but just don't know how much...
I am re-reading one of my favorite series, I Found My Heart In San Francisco by Susan X. Meagher. It's an alphabet series and I have read all the books that have been released so far several times. *blushes*
This is the next one of his I intend to read (that is if I can find it) Glad to hear you enjoy it, I'd say with Pynchon the best thing to do is forget about trying to "get" it and just enjoy the ride.
To Kill A Mockingbird, because I have an exam on it tomorrow! But the last new book I read was The Picnic And Suchlike Pandemonium by Gerald Durrell.
Kind of Blue, Carlo Lucarelli. Very atmospheric almost surreal story of a serial killer who keeps taking on the identity of the last victim he killed. A blind boy and a female detective end up managing to track him down...excellent novel, a lot of great musical references. Easily a 9.5 out of 10.
That may be true, but this being my first time completing one of his longer works, not to mention all the aforementioned jargon, it does throw you a bit....
