Monthly Archives: January 2012
River of Smoke
River of Smoke by Amitov Ghosh 2011 / 528 pages fiction – 2nd in trilogy “The Ibis Trilogy” rating – 9 Whew! I just finished the second time – and I’m counting it twice. I listened the first time … Continue reading
Moonwalking With Einstein
Moonwalking With Einstein by Joshua Foer non-fiction/science 2011 / US / 320 pages Audible 9h 33m Mike Chamberlain Rating 7.5 I enjoyed this for the most part – the mnemonic tricks are pretty widely known but the info on reading, … Continue reading
Ferdydurke
Ferdydurky by Witold Gombrowicz 1937 / Poland / 281 pages Rating – 8.75 (omg) This is one strange little book. The title is a meaningless bunch of pronounceable letters possibly indicating the book may be utter nonsense. It’s major … Continue reading
The Chicago Way
The Chicago Way by Michael Harvy 2007 / 320 pages Audible – 8h.10m narrated by Stephen Hoye The story’s pretty good but the narrator about made me unplug permanently. For some reason – suspense or coolness, I don’t know which … Continue reading
The Hare with the Amber Eyes
The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Family’s Century of Art and Loss Edmund de Waal 2011 / 368 pages rating – 8.5 I don’t quite know how to “classify” this book. I’m certain and glad it’s non-fiction, to say otherwise … Continue reading
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies by Arthur Golding 1954 / 203 pages / Kindle Rating – 9 I don’t know how I never managed to read this book before. Dad was an English teacher and used this in his classes – … Continue reading
more thoughts
Well – I’m not finishing much these days – I’m rereading River of Smoke by Amitov Ghosh – this time in Kindle format. I’m about 1/3 finished and throwing up some NOTES. I’m reading The Hair with the Amber … Continue reading
The Crime of Martin Sostre
The Crime of Martin Sostre by Vincent Copeland 1970 / 210 pages rating – 7.5 (10 for content) This is an older book but it was very interesting to read, maybe especially in view of recent reading about US Black … Continue reading
River of Smoke
River of Smoke by Amitov Ghosh 2011 (528 pages) Audible by Sanjiv Jhaveri – 22h. 34m. fiction – 2nd in series rating I really didn’t get “into” this book at all. The last part was quite good but the rest all seemed … Continue reading
thoughts
For a long time I’ve followed the discussions about plagiarism and historical fiction – or literature in general – or other matters pertaining to historical fiction particularly. How much can you quote without plagiarizing? When an author uses the words of an … Continue reading
Elizabeth the Queen
Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch by Sally Bedell Smith 2012 / 688 pages biography Rating – 7 This book sounds like it would be long and boring but it’s only one of those – long. It’s … Continue reading
Byzantium
Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire by Judith Herrin 2011 / 440 pages history/non-fict rating 9 I spent several weeks reading this – going a chapter or so a week as the group suggested. Then I coudn’t stand … Continue reading
