Well… we made it through 2018. And what a year it was! Seriously was that a 365 day world wide full moon…?
On a more sober note, January will be the 5 year passing of Khadaji. I hope the libraries where you areare absolutely fabulous sir. If you bump in my Mum, say hi and ask her what she’s reading.
So what are y’all reading? What are you waiting for release in 2019?
Khadaji was one of the earlier members of SDMB, and he was well-known as a kindly person who always had something encouraging to say, particularly in the self improvement threads. He was also a voracious, omnivorous reader, who started these threads way back in the Stone Age of 2005. Consequently when he suddenly and quite unexpectantly passed away, January of 2013 we decided to rename this thread in his honor and to keep his memory, if not his ghost, alive.
I will be ending 2018 and starting 2019 with the same author, John Grisham: tonight I’ll finish Camino Island (I’ve been enjoying it; I hope it doesn’t go off the rails at the very end!) and start The Brethren.
I just finished The Making of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey by Piers Bizony, an excellent art-house book about the writing, production and design of the film. Lots of great on-set photos, pictures, drawings and sketches, including some I hadn’t seen before, as well as a lengthy and interesting excerpt from a 1968 interview with Kubrick. Highly recommended for any fan of the movie.
Next up: The Brethren by John Grisham, as Misnomer mentioned. It’s about three disgraced former judges running a con by mail from inside a Federal low-security prison.
I’m also listening to an audiobook of Patrick O’Brian’s 1978 Napoleonic naval adventure novel Desolation Island, as I continue to go through his Aubrey-Maturin series.
I just listened to an audiobook of that a few months back, and was underwhelmed. Not sure I’ll go on to the other books in the series.
I finished Lon Dead by John Dean today. I think if you’re a fan of Tana French, you’d enjoy this. It’s much shorter because there’s a lot less navel gazing and Dean isn’t as in love with his cleverness as French, but it has the same vibe and the same “colorful” kinds of characters.
I started Murder on the Menu by Nancy Skopin, I’m not far but I’m thinking Marcia Muller wannabee…
I also started The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch. I’m tentative since I’m not really a fantasy fan unless you’ve put a LOT of work into the world building…
On a related note, those of you on Goodreads: have your progress update buttons and progress disappeared on the home page? I tried on Firefox, Chrome and on my phone, nada.
a moment of silence for Khadaji *
I’m still reading Flight or Fright, a short story anthology edited by Stephen King and Bev Vincent. Mostly it’s good, though I had to skim a couple of the tales because they were so boring. However, Joe Hill’s contribution brought me to tears. I’m really glad I don’t have to fly anytime soon.
Last month I posted that I would be reading The Road to Jonestown, a biography of Jim Jones. Maybe it’s the historian in me, but I just couldn’t get into it. I read the first couple of chapters and then gave up. Perhaps I’ll try again in a few months. Some light summer reading, donchaknow.
For our winter holiday we spent a week on the Oregon coast, not doing shit other than drinking coffee, watching gorgeous sunsets, and reading. I read most of Ken Follett’s Whiteout, about the theft of a Ebola-like virus from a biomedical research facility in the Scottish highlands during a blizzard over Christmas. Since it’s Ken Follett it has a bit too much lusty romance for my tastes, but otherwise it’s an excellent book.
Since this the the thread for bookworms, I’m going to go off on a tangent and ask a question that’s been bugging me. Several years ago I came across a book in Powell’s that looked interesting. It was about a girl / young woman who disappears on a family vacation. She had gone for a walk or something and simply never returned. I don’t remember the name of the author or the title. Does that ring a bell for anyone? I seem to recall the cover had a picture of some trees and fog. Not much to go on, I know. I’ve googled various search terms but haven’t found it. Since this is the Dope I’m sure someone will come along in about 3 minutes and know exactly the book I’m talking about. At the time I thought it would be a good read, but didn’t pick it up. Of course, now I can’t remember enough about it to find it.
If you get no response here, I recommend trying on Goodreads. They have an excellent group devoted to asking the name of books. They’ve helped me relocate several books I read as a teen.
