I bought Great North Road by Peter F Hamilton and it's comically large. I knew it was a large book but actually seeing it in person made me laugh. I have three other books next to it and it's larger than all of them stacked together.
“And in his last look as we drove away, I saw that he was very sorry for me. I was glad to see it. I felt for my old self as the dead may feel if they ever revisit these scenes. I was glad to be tenderly remembered, to be gently pitied, not to be quite forgotten.”
The unique disappointment of taking precious free time to read most of a book you like but that then bumps you completely out of interest just as you’re almost at the end.
If I’ve got to try to wrap my head around why the main character would act a certain way that seems totally unrealistic to the personality fully 300 pages into a book, that story isn’t my jam. 🤷♂️
I'm really enjoying Ray Bradbury book: "Zen in the Art of Writing". Now 50% read since yesterday and makes me think about the art of writing. I wanna try to write 1000 words per day as he did
Ok, "Fahrenheit 451" added in my TBR list! #reader#reading#book#bookworm#RayBradbury
A VIRTUOSO RIFF ON AN AMERICAN classic: the inimitable Percival Everett retells the story of Huckleberry Finn from Jim’s perspective, transforming it from a familiar picaresque to a more complex adventure and a meditation on code-switching. A MINUS
Book Review: Bitter Waters by Vivian Shaw A barrow wight turns up with a recently turned 11 yr. vampire. Dr. Helsing and friends search for the attacker, and help the kid adjust.