I am on something of a reading tear this month, and being on vacation this week means that I’m able to tie up some bookish odds and ends.
Since 1st September, I’ve finished:
- The Pre-Raphaelites by Robert de la Sizeranne
- A Place in the Country by W.G. Sebald
- City of Style: Exploring Los Angeles Fashion from Bohemian to Rock by Melissa Magsaysay
- Super Black: American Pop Culture and Black Superheroes by Adilifu Nama
I’m currently reading:
- The Fellowship: The Literary Lives of the Inklings: J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Owen Barfield, Charles Williams by Philip Zaleski and Carol Zaleski
To be read by 30th September:
- Heretics and Heroes: How Renaissance Artists and Reformation Priests Created Our World by Thomas Cahill
- Kahlo by Gerry Souter
- Your Movie Sucks by Roger Ebert
- The Big Book of Bill Murray: A Critical Appreciation of the World’s Finest Actor by Robert Schnakenberg
- My Paris Dream by Kate Betts
- Nom de Plume: A (Secret) History of Pseudonyms by Carmela Ciuraru
Which book on your list do you most look forward to finishing?
Please share with me in the comments.
Happy reading!
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So little time! Currently reading the indie-published The House at Zarona – A Tale of Corsica by Vanessa Couchman. I’m not at all sure about it yet. Fairly pedestrian in its writing and a little predictable. We shall see.
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That’s always disappointing. On some important level, I think that pedestrian books are worse than outright bad ones.
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I tend to agree.
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🙂
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I’ve just started Comanche Moon by Larry McMurtry. While nothing comes close to Lonesome Dove I still love his books and am in need of a good fiction fix. Nom de Plume: A (Secret) History of Pseudonyms sounds really interesting. As does Heretics and Heroes: How Renaissance Artists and Reformation Priests Created Our World.
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Ah, Larry McMurtry again! I’ll definitely get to Lonesome Dove one of these days.
I’m quite looking forward to reading Nom de Plume and Heretics and Heroes. I hope they are as good as they seem.
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Enjoy your reading. As for McMurtry, well, all I can do is smile.
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That’s the best recommendation of all, I think!
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I just started Madeleine Thien’s novel “Do Not Say We Have Nothing” and oh my g*d it is so absolutely mind-blowing.
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That’s quite the recommendation. I’ll have to check it out.
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The book on The Inklings sounds really good! Some great choices on your list, including the Roger Ebert book.
Have just finished “Russian Winter” by Daphne Kalotay, which I liked more than I expected. Am reading “Conspiracy of Fools” by Kurt Eichenwald, about the rise & fall of Enron, and I can not put it down!
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The Inklings book is great (so far) and the Roger Ebert Book is lots of snarky, smart, witty fun.
That Enron book sounds particularly intriguing.
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