pickI enjoyed this book. It wasn‘t suspenseful. It wasn‘t overly humorous. But it was just a nice easy literary fiction read. #SummerEndReadathon book #10
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The Dog of the South | 
pickI enjoyed this book. It wasn‘t suspenseful. It wasn‘t overly humorous. But it was just a nice easy literary fiction read. #SummerEndReadathon book #10
#sundayfunday @ozma.of.oz
Dog of the South - Charles Portis's road trips are always a perfect mix of the epic and the ridiculous, and this one - in which the MC travels from Arkansas all the way to British Honduras (Belize) to retrieve his Ford Torino from the man who ran off with his wife - is no exception.
pickTechnically this book is about the narrator tracking down his wayward wife and stolen car, but somehow feels like it‘s about much more - and I found myself laughing out loud frequently at Midge‘s observations and the crazy characters he meets on his adventure.
pickCharles Portis writes the best dialogue of any author I've ever come across, hands down. Characters talk around and past one another, trade non sequiturs, and launch into meandering digressions that meld arcane trivia, wooden philosophical babble, and petty grievances in a way that's utterly unique. Neither has another author better captured America's paranoid, grasping, grifter heart. On my shortlist of favorite writer of all time.
pickWould you like a break from all the stress and anxiety of the world? Then I invite you to listen to episode 20 of the podcast. No politics, just books and puppies and mermaids are discussed. Oh, and Charles Portis!
https://open.spotify.com/show/6A6hXZ7eaOG7BtHOSJpCTI
Book mail! I loved True Grit, and I read an interview with Donna Tart where she recommended two of Portis‘s other works. Adaptations is a collection of 35 short stories that have been made into films. So excited!
pickThis book is pretty funny. I loved how oblivious the characters are to each other and how poorly they listened. It struck me as both hilarious and very real.
Another audio question. 🎧 These books - already in my TBR - are immediately available on #Overdrive. I need one for tomorrow. 😬 Have you listened to any of them? Which one would you vote for? I can't decide! #booknerdproblems
I am trying to ration out the Portis, since there is such a limited amount of it, but I've had this checked out of the library forever. It might just finally be time.
It is soon my husband's birthday and I want to get him a pile of books. I'm looking for recommendations! I grabbed this one when @Liberty posted about it the other day. 👍🏻 He likes a wide variety so I'm open to any suggestions you beautiful folks have to offer. Help, please! ☺️ *** He just finished Atlas Shrugged and is currently reading American Gods, if that helps.
Pretty sure that if you name your World of Warcraft character after an author, playing the game then counts as reading.
This has been another episode of "Lies I Tell Myself." Tune in next week when I discuss how Fritos count as a vegetable. ?
BF: So I'm in the mood to read a book -
Me: WHO ARE YOU AND HOW DID YOU GET IN MY HOUSE?!
BF: ...
Me: Go on.
BF: And I thought-
Me: THE DOG OF THE SOUTH.
BF: Uh, what?
Me: You were going to ask me for a recommendation and THE DOG OF THE SOUTH is my answer. It's perfect for you.
BF: Uh, yeah, okay, I'll read it.
- later -
BF: You were right, this is exactly what I wanted!
Me: ♥️♥️♥️
Dr. Symes saw his chance and got his statement out. He said, “I don‘t know what the poets of Belize are doing this morning but I can tell you what they should be doing. They should all be in their little rooms composing memorials to that grand lady.”
panit started off well enough but then wandered around for a time with no real point. then, after a few unrelated tangents the book just sorta - died.
