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My hold on David Mitchell's latest novel Utopia Avenue just came through, although I haven't started the book yet. His writing has been somewhat hit or miss for me. I've loved some (Cloud Atlas, for example) and others have been a bit meh. Overall he's still one of my favorite current authors.
Educated, 2018.
A memoir or a Mormon girl named Tara Westover
If you enjoyed that one check out “Pilgrim’s Wilderness” - somewhat similar story from Alaska.Quote:
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“The bizarre and tragic true story that unfolds in the pages of this extraordinary book is like nothing else I have ever read. Through prodigious research, blending compassion with investigative skill, Tom Kizzia has woven a mythic tale out of that most mythic of American landscapes – Alaska.”
–David Roberts, author of Alone on the Ice and Mountain of My Fear
Read a couple good ones by Ann Patchett lately: State of Wonder and The Dutch House. She's a great writer.
The Dutch House I listened to as an audiobook. It's read by Tom Hanks and he does an excellent job, as you would expect.
I just read the first chapter of 2020, the comic series by Jamie Delano.
Man, it is creepy. It was first published in 1997 and details a deadly pandemic with no cure, rich people living lavish and the poor and middle class struggling under an oppressive government that values consumerism over humanism.
Interersted to see where chapters 2, 3, and 4 go (it was initially a 12-issue comic book series with each "chapter" being 3 issues long and illustrated by a different artist. It was eventually collected into TPB).
Delano is one of the 1980's "British Invasion" comic book writers (along with Garth Ennis, Neil Gaimon, Alan Moore, Peter Milligan, Warren Ellis, and others).
now about 1/2 way through english creek REALLY ejoying it. best news is there is a sequel!
Yeah that's a good one. The sequel is actually a prequal and it's also excellent--about a very interesting time in Montana history that's often overlooked. The third book in the trilogy is set in modern day and I would probably say it was not my favorite, but certainly still worth reading if you've read the first two. Enjoy!Quote:
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Tender is the Flesh by Augustina Bazterrica... Not recommended if you are squeamish
Mark Kurlansky has a good new one out "Salmon" that I just finished
like all of his other books a good blend of naturalist, history, geography
lots of excellent pictures in this one too
RIP William Kittredge. He died Friday at age 88. I had a bunch of writing workshops with him at the University of Montana and also a few conversations in the bars around town. Good guy who had a lot of influence on a lot of Western writers.
https://missoulian.com/news/local/au...257b5ca44.html
Bump, just finished The North Water, that’s a quick and fierce read. What’s next?
“Metazoa” by Godfrey-Smith is pretty good so far. His last book, “Other Minds” was very good.
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This one is arguably better, but pricey, and maybe hard to come by. I found a copy at the library.
Other Minds was good.Quote:
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I’m currently reading Under Land by Robert MacFarlane, and enjoying it. Next up is Kindred. And I got a big stack of whiskey books for Christmas.
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Back on topic, this is a good read...
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Gripping account of survival. Self-inflicted ordeal, but then isn't that often the case?
I just heard an interview with Dan Egan, and he just published a book about his life up to this point by the title of Thirty Years In A White Haze. Not available on Amazon, but on Egan's website and a few other. Sounds interesting. I think he was inspired by Warren Miller to dig deep. He almost died in an expedition on a mountain by the Black Sea, forget the name, in 1990, but about 14 others didnt make it. I never heard of that incident before.
I think John might have better tales, but doubtful it's going in a book.Quote:
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"The Soul of an Octopus" by Sy Montgomery is the next read. Just got it .
after seeing that movie on netflix, hard to resist
It’s pretty good. My lady got on an octopus kick, and I read it after her.Quote:
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I really dug Hawke's debut novel, The Hottest State and his new one sounds intriguing...
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3 Day Road and Through the Black Spruce by Joseph Boyden, both great books.
Ordinary Wolves by Seth Kantner
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Interesting that I happened to stumble across the aforementioned books last week, including The Overstory!Quote:
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Total random chain of events, now started to re-read this thread and bumped in the titles.
Books ordered, really looking forward to spend time some quality time with them.
Nothing to add here to the reading list at the moment, feeling awkward to add the current readings due to bad optics...
Couldn't recommend Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson more. Come for the deep dive into CIA psych ops in Vietnam, stay for the uncanny observational ability and clear prose style of Johnson. 600 pages or so that reads like 400. Dark, a little religious, big scale.
Train Dreams is a good one by him, early 20th century inland NW taleQuote:
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Nathaniel Philbrick'sIn the Heart of the Sea, was mentioned, but I'd also recommend Sea of Glory if you're into maritime narrative history. Empire of Blue Water by Steven Talty is fantastic, too.
Probably in that same vein of exploring times and places I wish I knew more about (at least more than just dates and events), I recently finished Wallace Stegner's The Big Rock Candy Mountain. It's realistic fiction, but the focus on a family's life in the northern, western US and CA in the early 20th century was really interesting. Like a northerly Grapes of Wrath.
Watership Down by Richard Adams
not new but very good
^^^
One of my all time favorites.
I'm reading a good one right now: Fools Crow by James Welch. Written in 1986. It's a novel about the Blackfeet Indians just after the Civil War as their traditional way of life is being upended by the increasing presence of white settlers.
Apeirogon by Colum McCan. After too many duds in a row, I was starting to lose faith in the power of the novel, but this is a masterpiece of form and impact.
I’m really enjoying this.
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Anxious People, by Fredrik Backman
It's about a bank robbery gone wrong, but it's really about anxiety & family.
Beowulf, A New Translation, Maria Dahvana Headley
It's Beowulf with some "Bro" thrown in...enjoyable if you're a Lit nerd & remember the first time you read it in school, but not earth-shatteringly compelling.
The New Wilderness, Diane Cook
Post apocalyptic earth, family goes to the wilderness preserve to live off the land in a time when few remember just being outside.
The Space Between Worlds, Micaiah Johnson
A woman travels between parallel worlds experiencing the differential in service to a corporation that holds the key to security in her current world.
Daylight by David Baldacci
The new Atlee Pine book
The Adventurer's Son by Roman Dial
Roman Dial has been around in the climbing/adventure community for decades. He raised his kids that way too. When his son goes missing in Costa Rica, he finds himself on a mission to find his son and deal with the guilt of wondering if what happened to his son was the result of a childhood spent adventuring in the far corners of the world. Pretty riveting story.
Just started Bill Bryson's The Body. If you enjoy his other writing you will undoubtedly enjoy this one, too. He keeps the pace moving and always comes up with interesting stories and facts along the way.
Really enjoying Shuggie Bain.
This story popped up in my news feed this morning:
https://amp.wbur.org/hereandnow/2021...like-lightning
Had no idea that David Duchovny has written several novels.
Poked around the webz and they all seem interesting.
May have to pick one up...
A Short History of Nearly a Everything - Bill Bryson
A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson
I just finished two solid noirs:
More Better Deals - Joe R. Lansdale
Mojo Joe delivers one of his tautist efforts in years, spinning a classic noir influenced tale of greed and Lost, bubbling with some interesting racial and social elements (it takes place in Texas in the '60s)
The Big Sleep - Raymond Chandler
Quite possibly the man who, if not invented, surely perfected the modern noir as we know it.
Teeming with hardboiled theatrics, lascivious dames, and dimwitted thugs, this is a classic tale of greed and debauchery. Chandler may just be the undisputed king of simile, too.