books, once more
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jgcr posting his reading list, it reminds me. Yes, this is imitation and sincere flattery :) And, once again, a memory test.
I did read Guns, Germs, and Steel for the book club; for the upcoming meeting, I'm about 3/4 through the new Isabel Allende novel, Ines of My Soul. It's OK. Considering she is writing in a genre (historical fiction loosely based on known events and persons) that is among my favorites, this is faint praise indeed. Not that I don't like Allende, but I never seem to love her as some people do. OK is OK, though.
Also finished Blink, and decided to finally (very belatedly) dive into Susan Faludi's Backlash. Gladwell as usual was consistently entertaining although not consistently convincing. Faludi is better than I expected, or perhaps I should say, suffers less from age than I'd feared. For an early 90's assessment of a cultural trend of the 80's, it still feels pretty darn relevant. I'm just getting to the part where she looks further back in history.
Back at the fiction ranch, a couple weeks back I binged on Sheri Tepper. Nothing new, just re-read a batch: Decline and Fall, Gate to Women's Country, Plague of Angels, hmm, maybe one more? oh, Family Tree.
Then I started to re-read Elizabeth Moon's Hunting Party, but stopped and lent it to Kris instead, along with a batch of other light reading.
I think that's it? Not very orderly. Ah well. Must scurry now...
jgcr posting his reading list, it reminds me. Yes, this is imitation and sincere flattery :) And, once again, a memory test. I did read Guns, Germs, and Steel for the book club; for the upcoming meeting, I'm about 3/4 through the new Isabel Allende novel, Ines of My Soul. It's OK. Considering she is writing in a genre (historical fiction loosely based on known events and persons) that is among my favorites, this is faint praise indeed. Not that I don't like Allende, but I never seem to love her as some people do. OK is OK, though.
Also finished Blink, and decided to finally (very belatedly) dive into Susan Faludi's Backlash. Gladwell as usual was consistently entertaining although not consistently convincing. Faludi is better than I expected, or perhaps I should say, suffers less from age than I'd feared. For an early 90's assessment of a cultural trend of the 80's, it still feels pretty darn relevant. I'm just getting to the part where she looks further back in history.
Back at the fiction ranch, a couple weeks back I binged on Sheri Tepper. Nothing new, just re-read a batch: Decline and Fall, Gate to Women's Country, Plague of Angels, hmm, maybe one more? oh, Family Tree.
Then I started to re-read Elizabeth Moon's Hunting Party, but stopped and lent it to Kris instead, along with a batch of other light reading.
I think that's it? Not very orderly. Ah well. Must scurry now...