I really enjoyed the first third of that book. the last third was OK. the middle third was so dreadful that I almost stopped reading. it just abruptly shifted to sitcom style/ depth plot and character development, it was bizarre.
i live in a giant bucket
I really enjoyed the first third of that book. the last third was OK. the middle third was so dreadful that I almost stopped reading. it just abruptly shifted to sitcom style/ depth plot and character development, it was bizarre.
‘glyph’ by Percival Everett (who has rapidly become one of my favorite authors).
I read ‘the book of form and emptiness’ by her a few weeks back and absolutely loved it. also looking forward to reading more of her.
if you grew up during the era of scorched earth, shell shock live is good for this.
the archive of alternate endings by lindsey drager.
yes, but not as much as I read novels. every once in a while I’ll come across a book of short stories that piques my interest, and I’ll give it a go. if I like it, I’ll read more by that author. most recently that was Jason Ockert, I loved all 3 collections of his. last year I read a bunch of Lauren Groff.
I feel like it’s harder for an author to pull me into short stories than it is to pull me into a novel, but I think the payoff for me is the same either way. they require some different skills, but good writing is good writing.
world of goo. still my favorite experience in almost 40 years of pc gaming.
npr book concierge, the booker prize longlist, my wife, and browsing the library/bookstores.
The Archive of Alternate Endings by Lindsey Drager is my absolute favorite.
honorable mentions:
finishing up The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk. very long, and I struggled for the first half of it with keeping track of the dizzying array of characters, but overall pretty good. I enjoyed Primeval and Other Tales by her much more, however.
next up will be Soldiers and Kings by Jason DeLeon (Land of Open Graves, his previous book, was a goddamn gut punch, and expecting the same from this one - both deal with migration at the southern US border). also looking forward to James by Percival Everett.