More or less. I’ve got a lot of books to catch up on. Here’s the first batch. Fiction: Beartown — Fredrik Backman (2017) Dropped it after just a couple of chapters. I like hockey but not this much. And I don’t simpatico with the characters. The idea of an entire town’s future resting on the …
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The Books of November
Several books in this issues point to a trend: writers seem to be losing the magic in their work. Is it age, too much writing, or the unbelievably cartoonish reality of the times? Whatever, the magic is gone from a lot of writing at the moment. * Magical Realism can’t keep up with the zeitgeist. * …
The Books of September and October
Read: Fiction PS from Paris — Marc Levy (2017) As close to a pure romance as I am likely to read. Two disaffected characters: a writer hiding from his past success and an actress hiding from her current marital problems. The twist is amusing — the writer, an American living in Paris — is popular …
The Books of August
Heavy on the audio books this month. A lot of listening while knitting or other domestic activities happening. Books Read: Lucy and Edgar — Victor Lodato (2017) I finished this out of a dogged sense of loyalty to the old woman who dies at the beginning of the book. The characters are stereotypes without any …
The Books of July
Prose You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me: A Memoir — Sherman Alexie (2017) A complicated book on a complicated subject. Many slight chapters made up of short essays, stories, and poems. This is a reflection on life with a complex woman and the hazards of mothering and being mothered. Alexie’s mother Lillian … she …