Reading Log as of January 25th

 



I finished two books and gave up on one this week. 

My breakfast read in which Heather Webber’s magical realism tale – At the Coffee Shop of Curiosities –  was charming and sweet, with both eccentric and quirky characters, human and animal, in which everyone finds their happily ever after, but not without going through rough times, finding ways to communicate, and accepting past and present. ****

My bedtime read was Alan Dean Foster’s science fiction tale – Iceriggers:  Oh my gosh, I’ll never be warm again. An action filled story from beginning to end in which our characters are stranded on an icy planet and placed in jeopardy every step of the way, with the most unlikely of heroes. Fun read! ****

I'm sad to say I gave up on Haruki Murakami's The City and It's Uncertain Walls.  What the heck was I reading? I hoped it would get better, that there would be some rhyme or reason to it.  What am I  missing?  I read it out loud to my hubby and it sounded pedantic and silly, unlike Murakami's usual writing. I reach the end of the first section,  to find we were in a place similar to the other place and a somewhat similar situation. After more repetitive nonsense, I jumped to the back and found an afterward. That explains it. It would have been much better as a novella and come to find out it once was.   Fine, I'll read the last chapter - we're back to the same situation.  **

"I have no hesitation. Perhaps." Ugg!

I gave up. 

Maybe me and my shadow were not the target audience. 

Maybe, I don't know, try that again, explain it again, tell me again. Maybe I'll change my mind again. Maybe, perhaps, I don't know.  Jiminy Christmas.  My disappointment knows no bounds. Thankfully I can go back and read his other stories which I enjoyed more. 


James has me reading All Star Superman graphic novel which is a combo of 12 issues which are supposed to the background for the new superman movie.  Graphic novels and comics aren’t really my thing but what the hey.  Silly so far.  When I’m done with this one, he wants me to read the Star Wars novel: Dark Plagueis.


Rebecca Yarros's Onyx Storm has arrived so diving in. 



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