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I renewed membership in city library and borrowed 9 books a week ago.
- Xavier Cercas "Soldiers of Salaminas"
finished;postmodernism under the fur coat of Enrique Villa-Matas. In III part Cercas mentions encounter with Bolano, and how he helped him with the novel. I sensed certain envy toward Bolano, as I did n Matas' obituary...
- Guiellermo Martines "A Repulsive Happiness", short stories
almost half done; too calculated
- Chesterton: "Everlasting Man"
first chapter Cave man is finished: too many pages for something that can be summarized in "no evidence that cave man had beaten his wife, if miracle is slow it isn't more probable" Chesterton's humor is too dry
- Chesterton "Man Who Was Thursday"
fiished; hilarious, but also too calculated
.- Rushdi "The Enchantress of Florence"
first 5 chapters; sometimes sounds like Jackie Collins love hertz novels (nt that I had read them); I simply am not SF and historical novels guy
- Jorge Edwards: "Was Museum"
first chapter done;
- Sabato "Tunnel"
haven't began yet
Originally posted by @paul-a-robertsOrphan Train by Christina Baker Kline
Stephen/Owen King - Sleeping Beauties
This was truly a slow burner, even by King's standards, I am over 400 pages in and feel that what has gone before could have been condensed without losing anything too major into 100, or less!
But it is S.K., so will plod on through it!
Originally posted by @ponderableFinished the book having gained some insight (or so I feel) and started a thread about a personality test.
"The wisdom of psychopaths"
maybe a must read for the Chess Forum Warriors 😉
The author should be pleasedw ith his impact 😉
Now reading
Robert Silverberg: Time of the great Freeze
Originally posted by @ponderablethat one was not so fascinating in my opinion. though it had an inetersting starting Point Characters were not very deep. Even though some changed their Point of view during the Story 😉
Robert Silverberg: Time of the great Freeze
Originally posted by @torunnFor those of you who have not yet read this book:
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
"The Underground Railroad, published in 2016, is the sixth novel by American author Colson Whitehead.
The alternate history novel tells the story of Cora and Caesar, two slaves in the southeastern United States during the 1800s who make a bid for freedom from their Georgia plantations by following the Underground Railroad, which the novel depicts as primarily a rail transport system in addition to a series of safe houses and secret routes.[1]
The Underground Railroad was a critical and commercial success, hitting the best seller lists and winning several notable prizes. It won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction,[2] the 2016 National Book Award for Fiction,[1][3] the Arthur C. Clarke Award[4] and the 2017 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence.[5] It was longlisted for The 2017 Man Booker Prize..." (Wikipedia)
Horrifying story as was the reality it tells us about. I'm glad I came across it at the library - it is also about love and very brave people.