Good LORD—Kevin Lambert's Querelle of Roberval was incredible. As I said on my (personal, not #podcast) Goodreads/LibraryThing accounts this morning, I imagine Lambert as being an entirely fearless author.
I'm having a bit of a hard time with Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk. I knew going in that some of the short stories were going to be a bit "out there." A few are quite good, but most I think are not really my taste. I'm about 60% of the way through and hope to have it done this weekend. Really, the sooner, the better.
I know Palahniuk has written a bunch of books. This is the first of his that I've picked up.
Today's #FridayReads: Watchers by Dean Koontz. And I see why it's a fan favorite, equivalent to The Stand for Stephen King fans. I can see why Koontz acknowledges in the author's notes that many people may never think any other book of his is as good, however many he writes. Very glad I read it, and if you pick it up, you will be too. #SFF@bookstodon
What a happy coincidence that #TheStoryGraph pulled Las Vegas Noir from my TBR for me to read. I'm off to Las Vegas in a couple of weeks for work. The city - or at least the part we see the most - is constantly reinventing itself, so the #LasVegas represented in this book is very different from the one that exists now, 15 years after it was published.
Jason Reynolds will be the keynote speaker for the Virginia Library Association Conference next week so today I read Long Way Down (powerful) and Ain’t Burned All the Bright (poignant). #FridayReads#poetry@bookstodon@librarians
I've been looking forward to Sea of Tranquility by #EmilyStJohnMandel for a while, but I felt the need to re-read Station Eleven and Glass Hotel first, and then had to wait a bit for SoT to be available from the library. I started it on Wednesday and I am NOT DISAPPOINTED. I just got to the twist (is it a true twist? there was definite foreshadowing) and now I'm worried this book is going to be over way too soon. #FridayReads#Bookstodon#AmReading#Books@bookstodon
Yesterday I started Black Buck by Mateo Askaripour without really remembering what it's about. About an hour and a half into the audiobook, I'm thinking to myself "I've MET these people." If you've ever worked in direct sales, you know what I mean. Think Boiler Room, but updated by about 20 years.
After I finish a book that's a bit of a slog (or, most recently, DNF), I like to treat myself with something awesome that I can really dive into. Yesterday for a palate cleanser, I decided to resume my stalled re-read of the Dark Tower series with Wolves of the Calla (The Dark Tower 5) by Stephen King. Mr. King is ridiculously reliable when it comes to providing something good to read. #Books#Bookstodon#AmReading#FridayReads#StephenKing#TheDarkTower@bookstodon
My wife's friends are all talking about The Alice Network and how good it is. I never made the connection between that book and The Huntress, which I just started after having it on my TBR for the past four years, until I saw the cover of The Huntress up close.
Only about an hour into the 19 hour #audiobook, but liking it so far. This is going to take a while. 🙄
Enemy of All Mankind: A True Story of Piracy, Power, and History's First Global Manhunt by Steven Johnson is a fun read so far. The brief history behind the dialect that inspired International Talk Like a Pirate Day (mark your calendar) alone makes it worth picking up. #Books#Bookstodon#FridayReads#AmReading#Pirates#NonFiction#Arrrr@bookstodon
Started another #book that's been sitting on my TBR list for a while. I added The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach to my TBR over a decade ago. I recall it being all the rage back then, so I guess it's finally time to see what all the fuss was about. I haven't even read the back of the jacket, so besides being about baseball (or at least baseball-adjacent) I have no idea what to expect. That can be a good thing. #Bookstodon#Books#AmReading#FridayReads@bookstodon
It's Friday, which means #FridayReads. I'm currently about halfway through the audio for The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro. The pace is a bit slow, but the narration is ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ and I'm enjoying it overall.
I don't read a lot of physical books anymore. Ebooks and audiobooks are just more convenient for me. But sometimes I'll make an exception, and if anyone deserves one, it's Raymond Chandler. Dude could write... truly a master of wordcraft. The Big Sleep has so much in it to savor and enjoy, and I'm loving the "hardboiled detective" vibe. #AmReading#FridayReads#Bpoks#Bookstodon#Breakfast#Tacos@bookstodon