Now reading...

[GA Russell]

[BillF]

[ejp626]

Had a bit of a detour but now will try to wrap up Bellow's The Adventures of Augie March.

I was reading Murakami's new short story collection - First Person Singular.  Unfortunately, I found these stories pretty shallow and unsatisfying.  Definitely glad I just picked it up from the library!

[jlhoots]

Jo Nesbo: Killing Moon

[Dmitry]

Sarah B. Pomeroy - GODDESSES, WHORES, WIVES, AND SLAVES: Women in Classical Antiquity

Illuminating and pioneering.

[GA Russell]

[BillF]

[GA Russell]

[BillF]

[rostasi]

[GA Russell]

(I don't know why I couldn't copy the normal size.)

[jlhoots]

S.A. Cosby: All The Sinners Bleed

[relyles]

11 hours ago, jlhoots said:

S.A. Cosby: All The Sinners Bleed

I just ordered that book.

[jlhoots]

 I'm going to buy Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame  Adjei- Brenyah

[mjazzg]

54 minutes ago, jlhoots said:

 I'm going to buy Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame  Adjei- Brenyah

Just read the synopsis. Powerful stuff if pulled off well

[Dmitry]

Whitney Chadwick - Women, Art, and Society

[soulpope]

[Brad]

Just finished this. Thoroughly enjoyed it.  I’ve just ordered The Edwardians.

 

[GA Russell]

[BillF]

[ghost of miles]

6 hours ago, BillF said:

I just finished reading that a couple of months ago.  Will be curious to hear your thoughts, Bill! 

[ghost of miles]

My NYRB summer sale shipment just arrived (the NYRB summer sale is practically an annual holiday at this house), and I'll be starting this one tonight.

Also picked up these.

[Larry Kart]

I went big on the sale too. Of the ones you bought, I can highly endorse "Troubles."

[BillF]

37 minutes ago, ghost of miles said:

I just finished reading that a couple of months ago.  Will be curious to hear your thoughts, Bill! 

I'm currently working my way through Zachary Leader's two-volume Life of Saul Bellow and pausing to reread each novel as the biography deals with it.

Re your question about Humboldt, there's so much in those 475 pages, you could design a background course of study encompassing everything from the philosophy of Rudolf Steiner to the city of Chicago, not forgetting of course Bellow's marital and legal woes! Fascinating stuff!

[Jim Duckworth]