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Lincoln in the Bardo - damn. A lot of feels. Beware, fathers of young boys.
 
With the news of The Dark Tower getting a movie, and considering I have never read a Stephen King novel, I decided to pick up the first book in the series. I couldn't put Gunslinger down and finished it in a day. Now sawing through The Drawing of the Three and am enjoying it even more.
 
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I am going to jump on Going Native. Reviews look like it should be a good read considering I enjoyed Underworld and On the Road
 
I finished Antonio Di Benedetto's Zama, a "lost" South American masterpiece only recently translated into English, which was still and straightforward with its writing, but a little mysterious and dark, too. Good read.

Just picked up a YA bio/history of Shostakovich and his 7th Symphony, called Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad, written during the siege of Leningrad, where Shosty was hunkering down. Pretty accessible, not academic at all, but some good stuff with a good overview of his life and Russia at the time -- just getting to the actual siege part, should be pretty intense.
 
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I am going to jump on Going Native. Reviews look like it should be a good read considering I enjoyed Underworld and On the Road
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Denver Pubs didnt carry this title at any location (wtf), so went with Possibility of an Island. Michel seems like my kind of dick.
 
Just started Cat's Cradle for a reprieve from academic reading. I've read Galapagos, Slaughterhouse-Five, and a few short stories.

Forgot how accessible and engaging Vonnegut's prose is. I'll probably finish it tomorrow.
 
Just finished The Satanic Verses. A lot to digest there. Great novel though, love Rushdie's style.
 
began lincoln on the bardo. i'm struggling getting started.
 
Don Winslow's "The Force" comes out June 20th.

"Based on years of research inside the NYPD, this is the great cop novel of our time and a book only Don Winslow could write: a haunting and heartbreaking story of greed and violence, inequality and race, crime and injustice, retribution and redemption that reveals the seemingly insurmountable tensions between the police and the diverse citizens they serve. A searing portrait of a city and a courageous, heroic, and deeply flawed man who stands at the edge of its abyss, The Force is a masterpiece of urban living full of shocking and surprising twists, leavened by flashes of dark humor, a morally complex and utterly riveting dissection of modern American society and the controversial issues confronting and dividing us today."

It sounds kind of like Don Winslow does The Wire. I read "Power of the Dog" and "Cartel" and loved them both. I wasn't as crazy about "Savages," but he has done more than enough to earn my respect from a historical fiction/social commentary standpoint. I've already pre-ordered "The Force." (His titles really need work though)
 
I also finished Stephen King's: The Dark Tower Series and highly recommend it to anyone who likes the epic fantasy/suspense genre. However, if you're not feeling it after the 2nd book (either the first or the 2nd, they're completely different) then I'd say it's safe to stop since 1 is a lot like 4, 2 is a lot like 3, and they both kind of combine to set the tone for 5, 6 and 7.
 
I decided to check out The Witcher books. Man, the first collection of short stories is pretty good (The Last Wish) but the first book of the 'saga' kiiinda sucks. Geralt is written as almost two different characters, with The Last Wish-Geralt being kind of what you'd expect based on the games but the saga version is just some generic fantasy knight, only boring.
 
american kingpin by nick bilton is an awesome read. best book i've read in a long time.
 
Just finished reading Michael Chabon's: "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay". Fantastic book. I thought the pacing was a little odd at times, in that he would seemingly gloss over events that would have significant ramifications later, but maybe that's what he was going for. I guess any critique I have I should probably revisit considering it won the Pulitzer for fiction. Overall, if you enjoy 1940's - 1950's American culture, the business or art side of comic books, historical non-fiction, or just good books, this is one is for you.

Also finished "Stealing Fire: How Silicon Valley, the Navy SEALs and Maverick Scientists Are Revolutionizing the Way We Live and Work". A little heady for my taste, but maybe that just means I need to head out to the desert and experience Burning Man for myself. Lots of good info to help take a step back and put things in perspective.
 
The first half of Kavalier and Clay is one of the best several hundred pages I've ever read. The second half is good too, but the first half is incredible.
 
The Names. God damn, DeLillo is a literary monster. I am sure I only caught 1/3 of the play in it, and I am left spinning; game, set and match, DeLillo. This is one I will revisit a couple of years down the road.
 
About 2/3 of the way through One Hundred Years of Solitude and it's definitely a good book but it's not "swept me off my feet" good. I enjoy magical realism and it's a good story, but chatting with people before I read it I expected it to be some sort of transformative novel and so far it's just "pretty good."
 
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