Sleeper Summer discussion

I'm reading this...just started its pretty good.

I'm rereading two of my favorites: The Crying of Lot 49 by Pynchon and Lolita by Nabokov.

I've been wanting to read Station Eleven. Let me know how you like it!

Wow! Pynchon is real tough stuff! Can you describe Lot 49 in a few sentences?

Lolita is another one on my wish list.

I just reached the Third Chapter/part of Station Eleven and I really enjoying it. I'm not sure at all where it is going, but I like it.

If anyone grew up around any of the more western Great Lakes they should read it for sure!

It's his shortest book clocking in at only 160 pages in my version. It's about a woman who learns she has to execute a former lover's will. In the process, she gets obsessed with a stamp collection of his. This eventually leads her to begin to unravel something that looks like a conspiracy of secret postal services, eventually causing her to become extremely paranoid. It's a great book.

That's good to hear about Station Eleven. I'll pick it up once I finish these.

I'm reading Seveneves by Neal Stephenson right now. I read Station Eleven a few months ago. I liked it.

160 pages sounds digestible.

Is Seveneves part of any trilogies or cycles? I have not read any of his stuff since Cryotomonicron. I tried one other one but I did not make it.

Andrew wrote: "Is Seveneves part of any trilogies or cycles? I have not read any of his stuff since Cryotomonicron. I tried one other one but I did not make it."

No, I believe it's a single book....at least it is right now. Who knows, he may add to it in the future. This is the first book I've read by him and I'm liking it so far.

Let me know how it turns out!

I'm reading The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky. I started this book like 2 years ago but never finished; I'm determined to finish it this summer. Also reading The War of Art for inspiration.

adam wrote: "I'm reading The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky. I started this book like 2 years ago but never finished; I'm determined to finish it this summer. Also reading The War of Art for inspiration."

I keep that on the back of the john for inspiration!!! A lot of that book has held true for the podcast. Just do the work. What are you looking for inspiration on?

My sleeper book that is great but people might not be aware of is The Pleasure of My Company by Steve Martin! It's one of my faves. He's a very talented writer.

At the moment I'm in the middle of a reread of Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan (and Brandon Sanderson) (on book 4 of 14), I'm nearly done with the Sword of Rhiannon by Leigh Brackett and I *just* started Station Eleven today.

I'm also (very slowly) listening to the audiobook of Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson.

Let me know about Way of Kings. Someone on twitter is a big Sanderson fan and wants me to test those waters. The problem I have is I'm such a slow reader.

Sally wrote: "My sleeper book that is great but people might not be aware of is The Pleasure of My Company by Steve Martin! It's one of my faves. He's a very talented writer."

Did you like Shopgirl? I read Born Standing Up and thought it was great.

I loved Shopgirl. A perfect little novella.

I just started "We are All Completely Beside Ourselves" by Karen Joe Faulkner.

*sorry...not Faulkner, Fowler. I think I read more for the writing than the story and, so far, I am loving it.

Rachael wrote: "Andrew wrote: "Is Seveneves part of any trilogies or cycles? I have not read any of his stuff since Cryotomonicron. I tried one other one but I did not make it."

No, I believe it's a single book....."

I just finished Seveneves and he definitely left it open for another book.

Andrew wrote: "Sally wrote: "My sleeper book that is great but people might not be aware of is The Pleasure of My Company by Steve Martin! It's one of my faves. He's a very talented writer."

Did you like Shopgir..."

I did like Shopgirl but thought The Pleasure of My Company was better. I did not read Born Standing Up- will have to look into that!

If anyone likes true crime books, "The Stranger Beside Me" by Ann Rule is fascinating. It's about Ted Bundy, who she actually knew.

I just started "Armada" by Ernest Cline. If you liked "Ready Player One" or "Ender's Game" then I think you'll enjoy this book!

Love you guys!

I'm currently reading The Vast Fields of OrdinaryThe Vast Fields of Ordinary, and I have an unedited galley of this book that was passed around my friend group in junior high. It's a very good teen LGBTQ read. Very real and I'm glad I didn't read it when I initially got it at fifteen, and waited until nineteen years old to actually pick it up. It has some stuff that I wouldn't have appreciated as much as a 15 year old, just some stuff that's a little more mature than junior high me would have understood. I love it, though. Good read if you're into YA fiction.

David wrote: "I just started "Armada" by Ernest Cline. If you liked "Ready Player One" or "Ender's Game" then I t..."

Ready Player One is on my reading list, I'll have to bump it up.

Any word from the girls on the grass?

Kendra wrote: "I'm currently reading The Vast Fields of OrdinaryThe Vast Fields of Ordinary, and I have an unedited galley of this book that was passed around my friend group in junior high. It's a..."

This sounds great.

Its funny how books cross your path at different times in your life and how that effects how you read them and what you get out of them.

Thanks for sharing!

Just finished Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class today.
Got through 50 pages of Trainspotting after that.

The Classic, Master and the Margarita The Master and Margaritacould be the Russian equivalent of one of Scooter's vast life experiences. I read it last year and plan to read it again.

The Master and Margarita

Andrew wrote: "I'm reading this...just started its pretty good."

Hi Drew, I know you posted about this book several years ago (and not sure you're even actively using Goodreads anymore), but by coincidence I was just listening to episode 824 Tuck Fin - Looking Back on the Adventures of Dr. Triangle and Isosceles as I was falling asleep last night and I seem to remember you mentioning that it was partially inspired by Station Eleven. And I just happened to read Station Eleven last month! I loved the Dr. Triangle series and can see the similarities (re: traveling performers in a post-apocalyptic world). Very cool! I'm impressed that a book you read in 2015 bubbled up in your story-swamp to help you write Dr. Triangle several years later!