Hey thank you for the mention, much appreciated, currently in the UK with Covid, walloped on the first few days of getting here 😞 I need some reading recommendations because it looks like I’ll be spending the next few days in isolation. Perfect timing, sort of.
I think so, people next to me unmasked, I’m the only one who has tested positive, thankfully rest of the family doing okay. Bit of Glasto to keep me company.
I’m reading exclusively non-fiction at the moment, but the last novel that blew my tiny little mind to smithereens was Antkind by Charlie Kaufman. It’s 700-ish pages long, took me ages (and that included a couple of 8 hour days doing nothing but reading!), but when it finished I just wanted to go back to that world.
On a Lex Fridman podcast, Elon Musk's girlfriend, Grimes, was over the moon about an Iain M Banks novel calle, "Surface Detail". I hadn't read Iain Banks since Wasp Factory, so I'm through the first 150 pages of Surface Detail (it's a longun at 600 pages). I'm finding it fascinating. Dead souls, not really dead, contributing to another species of what I think are going to be revolutionaries against the living (my conjecture at this point). All stories told in a Star Wars kind of galaxy of different beings, including humans. I can't read just one book at a time, so this is my science fiction choice for June/July
I like the sound of the 100 Things We've Lost book. I read a lot of stuff, but mainly fiction (crime/SF&F) so not sure our tastes overlap too much. Greatly enjoyed The Backyard Adventurer by Beau Miles (on audio), plus his YouTube channel is well worth a watch.
I’m sure it’s accidental, but I noticed that all the books in your pile as well as on Kindle were by men (though you also mention Pamela Paul’s book). Thanks for great posts.
You are not alone in that observation. But I will be honest I was totally oblivious to how many male authors I had put aside till later. 100% of the pile is quite something. The books I am partway through and bookmarked do contain some female authors. Outside of Pamela Paul there is Hannah Braime, Susan Sontag, Julia Cameron, and Ellen Marie Wiseman.
I certainly don’t buy a book because of the author. More often than not it’s through, recommendation or subject matter. I will now go and take a look at my bookshelf as well as my good reads reading list. I have a feeling it will be quite masculine.
I am reading “On Gallows Down” by Nicola Chester
Hey thank you for the mention, much appreciated, currently in the UK with Covid, walloped on the first few days of getting here 😞 I need some reading recommendations because it looks like I’ll be spending the next few days in isolation. Perfect timing, sort of.
Damn. I wonder if you got it on the plane. Get well soon man. I struggled to concentrate with covid. Hope you have it easy.
I think so, people next to me unmasked, I’m the only one who has tested positive, thankfully rest of the family doing okay. Bit of Glasto to keep me company.
I’m reading exclusively non-fiction at the moment, but the last novel that blew my tiny little mind to smithereens was Antkind by Charlie Kaufman. It’s 700-ish pages long, took me ages (and that included a couple of 8 hour days doing nothing but reading!), but when it finished I just wanted to go back to that world.
I'll look it up. Sounds epic thanks!
On a Lex Fridman podcast, Elon Musk's girlfriend, Grimes, was over the moon about an Iain M Banks novel calle, "Surface Detail". I hadn't read Iain Banks since Wasp Factory, so I'm through the first 150 pages of Surface Detail (it's a longun at 600 pages). I'm finding it fascinating. Dead souls, not really dead, contributing to another species of what I think are going to be revolutionaries against the living (my conjecture at this point). All stories told in a Star Wars kind of galaxy of different beings, including humans. I can't read just one book at a time, so this is my science fiction choice for June/July
Cheers I'll bookmark this as well :-)
I like the sound of the 100 Things We've Lost book. I read a lot of stuff, but mainly fiction (crime/SF&F) so not sure our tastes overlap too much. Greatly enjoyed The Backyard Adventurer by Beau Miles (on audio), plus his YouTube channel is well worth a watch.
Yes I've seen some of his videos :-)
I’m sure it’s accidental, but I noticed that all the books in your pile as well as on Kindle were by men (though you also mention Pamela Paul’s book). Thanks for great posts.
You are not alone in that observation. But I will be honest I was totally oblivious to how many male authors I had put aside till later. 100% of the pile is quite something. The books I am partway through and bookmarked do contain some female authors. Outside of Pamela Paul there is Hannah Braime, Susan Sontag, Julia Cameron, and Ellen Marie Wiseman.
I certainly don’t buy a book because of the author. More often than not it’s through, recommendation or subject matter. I will now go and take a look at my bookshelf as well as my good reads reading list. I have a feeling it will be quite masculine.