Finished Unplayable Lies: The Only Golf Book You’ll Ever Need , by Dan Jenkins, which I enjoyed.
Now I’m reading Mulliner Nights by P.G. Wodehouse.
Just finished Project Hail Mary. I liked The Martian but had low expectations for this one given reviews and previous threads. I think I needed a simple, feel-good sci-fi read because this got me a little teary eyed. It’s predictable. But I definitely enjoyed it.
Maybe I should go back to Artemis which I also gave up on.
The reveal of how Grace wound up on the mission was a great twist; it’s not something you learn about a protagonist in sci-fi.
I stopped reading Artemis when she was sabotaging the harvesters and the story does take a turn a while after that. It’s not as good as The Martian, but I’d rank it up there with Hail Mary.
Definitely a great twist and a great ending. Could almost feel a little hopeful for humanity for a second.
Finished Mulliner Nights by P.G. Wodehouse, which I enjoyed. It’s a story collection, and my favorite was “Open House”. I enjoy stories with a twist, and this had none. It was crystal clear what was going to happen from the beginning. But the writing was just perfect.
Now I’m reading The 1945 Sears Christmas Book: Facsimile Edition.
Finished The Hotel New Hampshire, by John Irving. The trials and tribulations of a family that operates a hotel first in New Hampshire, then in Vienna. Bears figure large. Very good, and like DZedNConfused said last month, very weird. Enjoyed it, but my favorite is probably still The World According to Garp, although it’s been almost 40 years since I read that.
Have started Blood Meridian, by Cormac McCarthy. Based on true events along the Texas-Mexican border in the 1850s. I thought I had not read this before, but it’s feeling vaguely familiar. Could be I did read it years ago. But even if I did, I’ve forgotten enough of it to make it feel fresh again.
Sorrow floats.
Freud!…Freud!
I recently finished Where the Crickets Cry. I read 75% of it and sat it down for a couple months. I liked it. It’s not going to give you any deep insight but it was a good read.
At Thanksgiving my SIL and I were discussing going back and reading classics from HS. She said she reread Anna Karenina and saw it in a new light. I have chose To The Lighthouse and I have to be honest… I got bored reading the summary. But I’m gonna try.
Finished The 1945 Sears Christmas Book: Facsimile Edition . Interesting reading. Product I was most surprised to see: A “picture barometer” of a baby, in which the diaper changed colors based on upcoming weather: pink for rain, blue for sun. (87 cents) Caption that surprised me the most: A toy manure spreader (as part of a toy farm) and a toy toilet (as part of doll house furniture) were both called just that. However, a full-size potty for a toddler was referred to as a “panel back chair” with a “glass vessel”, sold separately.
Now I’m reading a novella by Cixin Liu called The Cretaceous Past.
Finished a novella by Cixin Liu called The Cretaceous Past, which was interesting.
Now I’m reading Glitter and Glue: A Memoir, by Kelly Corrigan. It’s about her life as a nanny in Australia.
I should’ve also noted this book’s translator: Elizabeth Hanlon.
Trying to make it through Artemis but it’s a slog and I don’t like any of the characters. Maybe that’s by design.
I finished Cackle a few days ago. I had to think about how to put this…it’s a book about a witch, but nothing bad happens and there’s no sex. There’s a lot of wine drinking and junk food eating. There’s a cute and friendly pet spider, but it’s not quite YA… Aha! It’s like a Hallmark or Lifetime women’s movie. That’s it.
I picked up Catriona Ward’s The Girl From Rawblood, but it was too atmospheric and I was too impatient to hang around for the story.
Started yesterday on Reprieve, by James Han Mattson, and it drew me right in. It’s a book about a murder that takes place in an escape room.
The holidays slowed me down, but I finished Billy Summers and really enjoyed it. Not a typical Stephen King book, but in a good way.
Totally agree with this.
House of Silk: A Sherlock Holmes Novel Anthony Horowitz
Holmes and Watson are on the case again, when a simple case of a man being threatened leads to a complex web of crime and horrors, with many twists and turns along the way.
Very true in tone and style to the Conan Doyle novels, even down to using some of the catchphrases, e.g. “the game’s afoot”
An enjoyable read. Recommended.
Hat tip to Elendil_s_Heir who mentioned it in a prior thread
Finished Glitter and Glue: A Memoir , by Kelly Corrigan. Meh.
Now I’m reading The Crystal Palace: The Diary of Lily Hicks, London 1850-1851, by Frances Mary Hendry.
Finished Artemis with gritted teeth. Not recommended.