Michael Purcell > Recent Status Updates

30 pages in and getting back into David James Duncan’s prose is like every time I would see molly during our period of long distance. Instantly back into a groove and a comfort no matter the time spent apart, realizing, yeah, this is the good stuff

“‘And so they’ve killed our Ferdinand’ said the charwoman to Mr. Švejk, who had left military service years before, after having been finally certified by an army medical board as an imbecile, and now lived by selling dogs - ugly, mongrel monstrosities whose pedigrees he forged”

Such a freaking banger first sentence I’m locked in at the jump. Ready to go to war (literally) for Josef Švejk!!!

French Napoleonic Romanticism GO

I think I’m a Viking guy now

Viking adventure story? Yeah,,,,,,,, I’m in

Fantasy Mike is so freaking back. Islington might have the sauce!

The prodigal son has returned. The Prose still goes brazy. The chapter on the banks as monsters >>>>

Excited to get pissed off!

Marcus Agrippa really is him. GOAT

Catching a cold while reading this is 96% hilarious 4% subconsciously concerning

First Stephen king novel. Nervous!!!

New Metro book go! Extremely excited to get into the John Williams oeuvre that just happens to be about my goat political strategist Gaius Octavius

Jack Gibbs speaking German to the conductors on the LIRR to get out of paying for a ticket is crazy work. Also Bast’s aunts are top tier airheads I adore them both.

New commute book about a female spy = convincing myself everyone could be a secret agent on the metro

If I take fewer than 6 months to finish this book and understand more than 30% of what’s going on it will be a miracle blessed unto me. Excited to have never felt dumber in my life but also the challenge of working the old literary noggin has me juiced up. I’ll see you fine folk on the other side 🙏

Generational fantasy heater continues

Fantasy szn continues

Had to pause our Joad’s journey to California to read some fantasy because I didn’t time my library holds correctly!

STEINBECK SZN IS SO BACK. Another classic lighthearted vacation read for ya boy!

Getting prepared emotionally. Likely not prepared

My Irish Catholic progeny of immigrants ass is going to be so dialed in for this

We are back to 1960’s America baby! Surely this is the book that’s like “actually things were good and boring during this decade”

Once more into the Russian literary world. Preparing myself for dark satire!

Our first Molly Purcell book recommendation!

Lost secret Walt Whitman novel go BRRRR

An homage to the Brothers Karamazov set in 1950’s America and baseball? Yeah, I’m thinking this is right up my alley

2 thoughts.

1. I can see how I hated Dubliners in high school, where is the structure?

2. I’m so happy I’ve returned to Mr. Joyce. This man can put pen to paper now that I’m a little older

This and Dubliners as a Joyce back to back. My Irish ancestors are fired up

You ever become completely enamored with how a man puts letters together to make words which, together, make sentences, and those combined makes thoughts and overarching themes within five minutes? Yeah…. Me either

It’s fricking dino szn folks. 6 year old me (and current day me) is fired up