The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain (finished) - I read Robert Coover's Huck Out West last month and loved it enough to seek out the source material again. Definitely a kids book; but still a fun read - 4 of 5 Stars.
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders (finished) - Definitely a different sort of read; but, once you get used to the style, it flows along pretty nicely. Very thoughtful and touching book. I loved it. 5 of 5.
London Fields by Martin Amis (still reading) - I am about half way through this and finding the experience fairly similar to the other M. Amis stuff that I've read (Money & The Information). I like the writing and the story; but the characters are so off-putting that I don't like to spend large chunks of time with them and thus I get through them fairly slowly (for me)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (still reading) - see above for Tom Sawyer. Definitely a more "adult" book though. I am about 100 pages in.
To read this month (time permitting & if I don't change me mind)
- The Falling Man by Don DeLillo - The Baron in the Trees by Italo Calvino - Maybe something by Paul Auster or Margaret Atwood (I like both and have several by each on my shelf)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain (finished) - I read Robert Coover's Huck Out West last month and loved it enough to seek out the source material again. Definitely a kids book; but still a fun read - 4 of 5 Stars.
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders (finished) - Definitely a different sort of read; but, once you get used to the style, it flows along pretty nicely. Very thoughtful and touching book. I loved it. 5 of 5.
London Fields by Martin Amis (still reading) - I am about half way through this and finding the experience fairly similar to the other M. Amis stuff that I've read (Money & The Information). I like the writing and the story; but the characters are so off-putting that I don't like to spend large chunks of time with them and thus I get through them fairly slowly (for me)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (still reading) - see above for Tom Sawyer. Definitely a more "adult" book though. I am about 100 pages in.
To read this month (time permitting & if I don't change me mind)
- The Falling Man by Don DeLillo
- The Baron in the Trees by Italo Calvino
- Maybe something by Paul Auster or Margaret Atwood (I like both and have several by each on my shelf)