I enjoyed that trilogy.About halfway thru the Mistborn Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson. I love it but it is loooong.
My first modern epic fantasy novel and I am enjoying reading it at my own pace.
I enjoyed that trilogy.About halfway thru the Mistborn Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson. I love it but it is loooong.
My first modern epic fantasy novel and I am enjoying reading it at my own pace.
I am the biggest Bukowski fan. Have all of his novels, and most of his poetry books. Read Factotum next.Finished Post Office by Charles Bukowsi. Freaking excellent book. Raw, dirty, honest - nothing was held back. I ordered Ham On Rye and Women by Charles
Started Ham On Rye because that is the supposedly the first of his “autobiography“. Love this dude so far. So I‘ll read Ham On Rye and then Women.
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Will do! I imagine I’ll work my way through most if not all his books.I am the biggest Bukowski fan. Have all of his novels, and most of his poetry books. Read Factotum next.
I am halfway through reading this one and am loving it so far.I am now going to listen to War And Peace via Nook Audiobooks. Complete and Unabridged.
I think it’s about 60 hours. Maybe more.
Sorry but I cannot help myself. Hope I did not say this earlier. To quote, I think, Woody Allen: "I took a speed reading course. I read War and Peace in just two hours. It's about Russia."I am halfway through reading this one and am loving it so far.
. . . And after reading Mike W. Barr’s overview of the EQ comics and how some elements of the original stories found their way into other venues (like Batman solving the puzzle of a real, solid house that disappears overnight!), I’ve ordered a copy of Barr’s comic “The Maze Agency” No. 9. In it, Ellery guest-stars in “The English Channeler Mystery”!
See if you can find his short story, "Lila the Werewolf," from the '70s. Great story.The last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle, like me, a man from the Bronx.
I like that Woody Allen quote.Sorry but I cannot help myself. Hope I did not say this earlier. To quote, I think, Woody Allen: "I took a speed reading course. I read War and Peace in just two hours. It's about Russia."
I am reading The Overstory by Richard Powers. I am not that deep into it and did not realize it is apparently written from an environmental activist viewpoint. But it is real literature and powerful. I where I am now in the book is talking about the impact of the Chestnut blight on rural America in the first part of the 20th century, apparently as a metaphor for a lot of what is going on for the humans in the book. I had forgotten about the Chestnut blight, but I remember my Dad talking about it and seeing still standing, although dead, chestnut trees when I was growing up. It must have been a terrible thing.
I am still not that deep into it. I am listening on Audible. I actually screwed up somehow and re-listened to the good deal of the first part that I had already heard. It started playing earlier than I left off by about an hour and I liked it so much I just listened through it again. So I would really recommend it, but for the fact that others in our coed book club--we have not met about this book yet--told me that they liked the first part a lot and and then had unidentified problems with the book. I will try to update if I ever finish it. It is might long. I think some of the reviews say it really needed to be edited down.The Overstory - that one is on my "to read at some point" list. Sounds like you recommend it? I may have to bump that one to the top of the list.
Gotcha. Let me know what you think of it when you finish.I am still not that deep into it. I am listening on Audible. I actually screwed up somehow and re-listened to the good deal of the first part that I had already heard. It started playing earlier than I left off by about an hour and I liked it so much I just listened through it again. So I would really recommend it, but for the fact that others in our coed book club--we have not met about this book yet--told me that they liked the first part a lot and and then had unidentified problems with the book. I will try to update if I ever finish it. It is might long. I think some of the reviews say it really needed to be edited down.