timdunkandthefunk
Rusty Larue
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I'm reading Redbreast by Jo Nesbo right now. A friend told me it was a good mystery book but I think it is dragging hard 45% of the way through.
I scooped up the LaValle and Bell on account of Townie's recs at the library the other day, as well as Nabokov The Gift. Started Big Machine.
I remember a discussion here about the different translations for the Brothers Karamazov (as part of a larger discussion about Russian translations in general) and somebody advocated a certain translation pretty strongly. Anybody remember which translator?
Big Machine: disappointing
The Curfew: really liked it
I'm reading Redbreast by Jo Nesbo right now. A friend told me it was a good mystery book but I think it is dragging hard 45% of the way through.
Townie, you read Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell, correct? I'm nearing the half-way point and absolutely loving it so far. Just a totally unique novel with near flawless execution; I hope the second parts of the stories can tie everything together.
Anyone read anything else by Mitchell that is worth checking out? Ghostwritten, Number9dream, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet?
I recently picked up Lonesome Dove on the clearance rack at my local book store for $2.00. Never saw the mini-series. I'm not really into westerns, but it won the Pulitzer, so thought it was worth the read. I'm about halfway through and I'm really liking it.
Most recently finished Empire Falls by Richard Russo, another Pulitzer winner. It was tremendous. I'm going to pick up another Russo book soon.
Finished Kundera's The Unbearable Lightness of Being last week.
I understand this book to be rather polarizing, so I thought I'd gauge the opinions here.
I found it to be a bit underwhelming on the whole, but utterly brilliant at times.