I picked this up yesterday. I haven‘t read short form in a very long time. What fun! Tight, well written stories. Maybe I‘ll subscribe. #shortstory #shortstories #magazine
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I picked this up yesterday. I haven‘t read short form in a very long time. What fun! Tight, well written stories. Maybe I‘ll subscribe. #shortstory #shortstories #magazine
pickMy edition was translated by Gregory Hays. What can I say? It‘s a #classic that will stay in my library. I‘ll probably dip into it repeatedly for the rest of my life. #stoicism #philosophy
pick4 1/2 Texas stars! What a great read! Jiles is a unique storyteller. Action packed, exciting, and tender. Going to look into the authors other novels. This book was selected as one of the Washington Posts Best Books of 2016. I often select from their yearly lists to force myself to read more diversely.
Ooh nice! A #deckleedge ! I‘m a fan. Always seems to add class. I don‘t mind the slower page turning, it‘s a book after all, not an action flick! 😄 🎥 📖
pickA Grimm tale. This is pretty cool. It‘s an out of print 1st edition, author signed, of his first book, that my wife got from a comic convention around 1998. Seems the author has become a successful graphic artist! I‘m thinking of getting it appraised. #graphicnovel
pickThis was fun for me. I was a teen in the 80‘s and gamed a good bit. The pace kept me turning pages. But the authors writing really is below average. I hated his many parenthetical plot hole plugs, they‘re weak and distracting. I haven‘t seen the movie yet, but I think this would make a much better movie than a book! This is the very first book I‘ve read that I feel this way. Previously I‘ve always enjoyed the books more than their movies.
1. 11
2. Just 24 for this year. This year I‘m trying to read more slowly, thoroughly. I find if I push my reading speed the enjoyment drops. So... we‘ll see.
3. The Power
4. Can‘t decide: either the one that Totally Changes My Life, or the Book of Ultimate Enjoyment.
#2018Checkin
It was the dawn of a new era, one where most of the human race now spent all of their free time inside a videogame.
I was looking forward to this book. I‘d picked up the paperback yesterday. This morning I began reading it and kicked myself for not getting the #hardback instead. So I went back B&N and exchanged it. I‘m at the point where I‘d rather pay more for the larger print of hardbacks! (I‘m 52). I grew up in the eighties so this book is pretty on target so far. 🙂
I think Mr. Dirda would approve of the #bookmark. So far this is a fun book to read slowly. One little essay a day.
