Indian Horse by the Canadian Ojibway writer, Richard Wagamese. MY GOD. What a writer. I'm trying to read slowly, so I don't finish right away. I will definitely be getting my mucky mitts on the rest of his published work. His style is deceptively simple, straightforward. Even incidents of spirituality have a matter-of-factness about them that deter skepticism and invoke belief. He creates place and personality so well that I was nearly in tears after the first chapter. Just a cracking writer, with a real story to tell.
Finished a I received for review Maybe Fate by Cynthia Brint, started Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire and waiting the next installment of Absorbed by Emily Snow to pop-up on her blog. Also, reading Worth the Risk by Bielman and re-reading A Night Without Armor a book of poems by Jewel.
Paul Harding's "Tinkers." I finally abandoned VirginiaWoolf's "Jacob's Room" which I mentioned a while ago.
Installed an app on my phone called "LibriVox Audio Books", lots of old old books... "Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a woman of pleasure" - 20% complete, its umm, quite graphic so far...
Does reading the Death Note manga count? It's one of my all-time favorite stories--just so amazingly intelligent and crafty.
Just finished Ender's Game - by Orson Scott Card , i loved it i am going to read the sequel now which is Speaker for the dead . I just saw that Ender's Saga is HUGE that really made me happy since i got sad when i finished Ender's Game
Quoting an old post, but I just finished Bitterblue, and Cashore just keeps getting better. I've read all three of her novels, and if you like Fantasy and haven't read her work you're really missing out.
I'm currently on Equal Rites (Terry Pratchett) and The Element (Sir Ken Robinson), and re-reading American Gods (Neil Gaiman). Probably going to pick up Neverwhere again next or maybe The Gandalara Cycle since I haven't read that in ages.
In the middle of Ann Patchett's "Bel Canto" and I'm really enjoying it. So far, it's been a pleasant slow-burn story.
Finished Clavell's "Shogun" for the first time earlier this week. Now rereading "Diamonds Are Forever" by Ian Fleming. Then I have a book of Japanese military journals from WW2 Pacific Theatre waiting for me to plough through. In conjunction with a military glossary and pre-1945 dictionary.
Just started "Maya's Notebook" by Isabel Allende (and yes, she's related to that Allende, the deposed elected president of Chile). It's looking very promising. I like the writing style.
Just finished The Pillars of Hercules by Paul Theroux. I loved every page of this book, and if you have a desire to travel the Mediterranean I can only recommend it. Now starting Homer's The Iliad, I am reading the Robert Fagles translation again because I love it, and have been meaning to reread this epic for some time. I imagine this means I'll be rereading Fagle's translation of The Odyssey next. Homer man, you gotta love Homer. Also I can't read Ancient Greek, which is something I really want to learn before the end of my life.
I'm reading Barbara Kingsolver's Flight Behavior. I am disappointed to say that I am finding it a bit of a slog. I really appreciate her language and writing skills, and some of her observations about people, but it's repetitive, and I just cannot get into the story or the characters. I don't really care about them, and I'm over halfway through it.
Currently reading The Hydrogen Sonata, the last Culture novel. I'm disappointed to report that it's somewhat lacking when compared to its forebears.
Guida galattica per gli autostoppisti. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Not so good, not so bad.
Just Starting Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov. It is a little unsettling in content, but simply beautiful clever and funny. It is now high on my favorite books list as a work of art and mastery of language in general.
