I have the new Philip Roth novel coming from the library today, so that's what i'll be reading now.
The Wolves of Calla (forget the Dark Tower Number!)
Mansfield Park. I thought I'd tackle the classics for awhile.
I just finished The Dark Tower V Wolves of the Calla.
It was a great book, but it took me FOREVER to finish it. Close to four months.
I'm also 2/3's of the way through re-reading "How to win friends and influence people" (wife thought it would be good for me to re-read that since we moved to a new town)
and I just started the 4th Repairman Jack novel...The Rage.
It was a great book, but it took me FOREVER to finish it. Close to four months.
I'm also 2/3's of the way through re-reading "How to win friends and influence people" (wife thought it would be good for me to re-read that since we moved to a new town)
and I just started the 4th Repairman Jack novel...The Rage.
Picked up Bleachers by John Grisham over the weekend. Finished the short novel in about 4 hours tops. Not Grisham's best work but it was a good story. Certainly a quick read.
I thought it was the best of his non-lawyer books.
And how many non-lawyer books does he actually have published? ;)
The story was potentially good, but I didn't understand why he introduced the H.S. love interest. That was a side plot that really didn't add anything to the story, nor was it fully developed.
The story was potentially good, but I didn't understand why he introduced the H.S. love interest. That was a side plot that really didn't add anything to the story, nor was it fully developed.
3.
A Painted House
Skipping Christmas
Bleachers
A Painted House
Skipping Christmas
Bleachers
A Painted House Skipping Christmas BleachersI knew those three. I did Painted House on books on tape during a long road trip a few years ago. Decent storyline. But IMHO, he should stick to legal stuff. Maybe I will check Skipping Xmas this Holiday season.
I was the most disappointed by the Christmas one. It's being made into a movie called "Christmas With the Krunks". It would have had the book title but got bumped by that Affleck flick "Surviving Christmas"
Crime and Punishment
Running With the Buffaloes
Running With the Buffaloes
I love Jane Austen. I think Persuasion is my favorite of hers.
Right now I have a stack of kids books to read:
The Last Holiday Concert by Andrew Clements
Peter and the Starcatchers by Ridley Pearson and Dave Barry
Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett
Vegan Virgin Valentine by Carolyn Mackler
Here Today by Ann M. Martin
The Falcon's Malteser by Anthony Horowitz
Son of the Mob: Hollywood Hustle by Gordon Korman
Right now I have a stack of kids books to read:
The Last Holiday Concert by Andrew Clements
Peter and the Starcatchers by Ridley Pearson and Dave Barry
Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett
Vegan Virgin Valentine by Carolyn Mackler
Here Today by Ann M. Martin
The Falcon's Malteser by Anthony Horowitz
Son of the Mob: Hollywood Hustle by Gordon Korman
The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follet, about halfway through this 1000 pager
enjoyable story
Carnage and Culture
by Victor Davis Hanson.
It is a study of the Western way of war, its ideology, ideals and methods of several key battles from antiquity to now.
It is a fascinating read. A very scholarly piece of work that I can only take in small bunches. It is really clearing up some questions I have about the Western military tradition.
by Victor Davis Hanson.
It is a study of the Western way of war, its ideology, ideals and methods of several key battles from antiquity to now.
It is a fascinating read. A very scholarly piece of work that I can only take in small bunches. It is really clearing up some questions I have about the Western military tradition.
Finishing up The Perfect Mile.
Next up - Curly: An Illustrated Biography of the Superstooge. It's good to read something challenging on occasion. :P