when it comes to fiction it is always the irish vs the ashkenazi

here are two pretty creditable irish



spill simmer falter wither by sara baume

&

night boat to tangier by kevin barry



so leg up for the irish

unless baume & barry are jewish in which case no leg up for no one

My first half of 2023 reading list:

The Age of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the New American Dream – H. W. Brands
The Killing Moon- N. K. Jemisin
Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law – M Roach
The Age of Confucian Rule: The Song Transformation of China – D Kuhn
Orphan X – G Hurwitz
Hellhound on His Trail : The Electrifying Account of the Largest Manhunt in American History– H Sides
The Shadowed Sun – N. K. Jemisin
Dance Hall of the Dead – T Hillerman
The King's Shadow: Obsession, Betrayal, and the Deadly Quest for the Lost City of Alexandria – E Richardson
The Harder they Come – T C Boyle
Dune – F Herbert
The Wager: a tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder – D Grann
Villa Incognito – T Robbins
Dead Lions – M Herron

Just finished The Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft.

Nothing like 1000 pages of the Necronomicon.

Posted by gomiami1972 on 7/2/2023 2:10:00 PM (view original):
Just finished The Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft.

Nothing like 1000 pages of the Necronomicon.

How do you know that all of it is fiction?

Posted by Lennybruce26 on 7/2/2023 2:29:00 PM (view original):

Posted by gomiami1972 on 7/2/2023 2:10:00 PM (view original):
Just finished The Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft.

Nothing like 1000 pages of the Necronomicon.

How do you know that all of it is fiction?

true that...although Chartwell Books came up with the title, not me.

Next book up - re-read of Treasure Island.

Posted by gomiami1972 on 7/2/2023 3:09:00 PM (view original):

Posted by Lennybruce26 on 7/2/2023 2:29:00 PM (view original):

Posted by gomiami1972 on 7/2/2023 2:10:00 PM (view original):
Just finished The Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft.

Nothing like 1000 pages of the Necronomicon.

How do you know that all of it is fiction?

true that...although Chartwell Books came up with the title, not me.

Next book up - re-read of Treasure Island.

Good stuff.
I never read it and I am tempted to finally read On the Road.

My second half of 2023 reading list:

The Feather Thief : Beauty, Obsession and the Natural History Heist of the Century – K Johnson
Paris Trout – P Dexter
Pattern Recognition – W Gibson
His Majesty’s Airship: the Life and Tragic Death of the World’s Largest Flying Machine – S.C. Gwynne
Practical Demonkeeping – C Moore
Rules of Prey – J Sandford
The Best and the Brightest – D Halberstam
Spook Country – W Gibson
Tishomingo Blues – E Leonard
The Peking Express: The Bandits who Stole a Train, Stunned the West, and Broke the Republic of China – P. Zimmerman
Listening Woman – T Hillerman
Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and Humans in America – Flores
Zero History – W Gibson
Real Tigers – M Herron

"Paris Trout – P Dexter"

A fantastic novel!! By (perhaps) the best living American writer.
When you finish that one, for a much lighter change of pace, and an extraordinarily funny piece of FICTION based on History try Pete's excellent novel "Deadwood"------------ you won't regret the time spent I guarantee it!

For me lately it's been the awesome 2 book series by Jim Harrison "Dalva", and it's prequel/sequel "The Road Home"----- Just a fantastic character developer exploring a Nebraska large land holding families History. Best two books I've read in a year or two.

I'm now well into "Indian Country" by Philip Caputo"
Am enjoying it immensely!
Happy New Year readers!

what i done the last couple years is broaden my horizons

pick a shelf, pick six or seven thereof

yes yes based on the cover and the author name/gender, shallow i be

take a couple weeks and consume that verbiage



there is so much bad writing out there

i need to narrow my horizons



i am taking recommendations

fiction only

who i love

• john le carre
• herman melville
• e annie proulx
• james ellroy
• roberto bolano

so recommend someone else

Edward Abbey

recommend his finest according to you

For Fiction:

"Black Sun" and "The Monkey Wrench Gang"

For Non-Fiction:

Desert Solitaire", "The Journey Home"

If you enjoy those........... for somewhere in between (Fiction or Non).........

"The Fool's Progress"............ a semi-autobiographical fiction/mythological tale. A lark even.

The Good Soldier by Ford Maddox Ford

i have been reading a lotta sh*t lately from the early aughts and this was less crappy than most

not the latter day aughts, the nineteen-aughts