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Full Fathom Five, by Max Gladstone
Just like with Gladstone's other novels, it took me about 100 pages to like this book. Once again, by page 150 I thought it was the best book ever. I am baffled as to how that works. And it's not like I could just start reading at page 90 or something; the first part is intrinsic to my enjoyment of the whole by the time I finish.
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie, illustrated by Ellen Forney (reread)
Such a good book! And last time I listened to the audio, which was splendidly read, but I was glad to see the illustrations this time. So many dimensions to a book like this.
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Gin: A Global History, by Lesley Jacobs Solmonson
Delightful and easy to read story of gin's beginnings and subsequent ups and downs. I haven't been able to drink much at all this year due to health problems, so I enjoy some vicarious literary imbibing more than I might otherwise.
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The Making of a Poker Player, by Matt Matros
This was fun, although I wanted more memoir and less advice while the author seemed to be pushing toward more advice and less memoir. The stories he tells remind me quite a bit of another Matt I know, which was endearing.
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diffordsguide Gin: The Bartender's Bible, by Simon Difford
More with the vicarious imbibing. This one has allllllll the pretty pictures in.
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The Titan's Curse, by Rick Riordan
A light and engaging installment in the series. I like that the author is really using the series format to enrich the characterizations / worldbuilding instead of just throwing in more and more characters and subplots without any restraint. There are plenty of adult fantasy authors who could stand to learn that.
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Egg & Spoon, by Gregory Maguire
I always adore Maguire's writing on the sentence level and sometimes on the paragraph level, but this was not one of my favorites of his books on the story level. A bit too steady and predictable - I was rarely surprised by how this book unfolded. And the characters seemed a bit less like people than I was expecting.
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Graphs, Maps, Trees, by Franco Moretti
An intriguing long essay about the ways in which large-scale visualizations can be used to deepen literature scholars' understanding of their field. Much more accessible than that description probably makes it sound.
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(I am so behind on posting! I'm actually up to about 290 for the year, and reading like whoa almost every day ... expect to be thoroughly spammed with bookposts in the next few weeks.)
Just like with Gladstone's other novels, it took me about 100 pages to like this book. Once again, by page 150 I thought it was the best book ever. I am baffled as to how that works. And it's not like I could just start reading at page 90 or something; the first part is intrinsic to my enjoyment of the whole by the time I finish.
(220)
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie, illustrated by Ellen Forney (reread)
Such a good book! And last time I listened to the audio, which was splendidly read, but I was glad to see the illustrations this time. So many dimensions to a book like this.
(221)
Gin: A Global History, by Lesley Jacobs Solmonson
Delightful and easy to read story of gin's beginnings and subsequent ups and downs. I haven't been able to drink much at all this year due to health problems, so I enjoy some vicarious literary imbibing more than I might otherwise.
(222)
The Making of a Poker Player, by Matt Matros
This was fun, although I wanted more memoir and less advice while the author seemed to be pushing toward more advice and less memoir. The stories he tells remind me quite a bit of another Matt I know, which was endearing.
(223)
diffordsguide Gin: The Bartender's Bible, by Simon Difford
More with the vicarious imbibing. This one has allllllll the pretty pictures in.
(228)
The Titan's Curse, by Rick Riordan
A light and engaging installment in the series. I like that the author is really using the series format to enrich the characterizations / worldbuilding instead of just throwing in more and more characters and subplots without any restraint. There are plenty of adult fantasy authors who could stand to learn that.
(229)
Egg & Spoon, by Gregory Maguire
I always adore Maguire's writing on the sentence level and sometimes on the paragraph level, but this was not one of my favorites of his books on the story level. A bit too steady and predictable - I was rarely surprised by how this book unfolded. And the characters seemed a bit less like people than I was expecting.
(230)
Graphs, Maps, Trees, by Franco Moretti
An intriguing long essay about the ways in which large-scale visualizations can be used to deepen literature scholars' understanding of their field. Much more accessible than that description probably makes it sound.
(231)
(I am so behind on posting! I'm actually up to about 290 for the year, and reading like whoa almost every day ... expect to be thoroughly spammed with bookposts in the next few weeks.)
