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I just posted about*not* seeing Florence & the Machines, however I was extremely fortunate to attend a reading of Saunders the week he won the Booker for Lincoln etc. Saunders is the modern age Vonnegut, chronicling our #twilight with the attendant absurdity and humor it deserves. The tagged book, aside from featuring one of the more humorous and topical, titles in years is a good starting place & showcase of his absurdities/wonders.

This one‘s hard to review because some of the short stories I really enjoyed, and some had me very bored. In general, I like sci-fi that reads more like fantasy, and am less drawn to “hard sci-fi” that gets in the weeds with theoretical and technological descriptions of the science. Many of the stories in this collection felt like they were written by different people because of how much the styles varied.

😎Soaking up the rays as we start heading into cooler weather 🍁 with a new book: Bad Behavior by Mary Gaitskill.
🔞if you‘re not a timid reader and you‘re looking for a new book about the underbelly of Manhattan‘s Lower East Side from the 1980s this might be your book.

I'm not afraid of eye-opening reads. To me literary reading of reality helps us understand the people of our world better. IMHO it also strengthens our values and morals.

Cather‘s stories are beautiful and eloquent with a sharp dash of the unexpected to jostle the reader‘s complacency.

I‘ve read the 12 available Booker Prize longlist books. Last one is on preorder. Now starting this.

Amazing. I am a big fan of her writing.

#OffMyShelf “completely different”
#14Books14Weeks

Short stories are not something I normally gravitate toward, but I did enjoy this book of linked stories featuring a 30 something woman in the‘90s. Lucy‘s a photographer and a real “guy‘s girl”. She sails, she white water rafts, etc. but she is unlucky in love.

I have had this book on my shelf since 1999. 😵‍💫 It‘s moved with me three times in 25 years ! Glad I finally read it. 😅

The phrase ‘bad girls have all the fun‘ was coined by the first woman who recognized her power to weaponize sex. A unique mix of shock value, eroding homeostasis, symbolic chaos, and emotional drifting. An honest depiction of the alienation that accompanies urban inhabitants. The perfect favor to include in bachelorette party gift bags!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Gaitskill
https://bookshop.org/a/93605/9780593689400

This is a book of short stories. I read it, primarily, because it has short continuation of the Hyperion Cantos (“Orphans of the Helix”), which I really liked. I also enjoyed the story of climbing K2 with an alien 😊

#weekendreads

Reading the Helen Knott memoir for #OhCanada

The Pam Houston title I was gifted in 1999 😱 for my birthday. There is a dedication inside from the giver, dated. It and the Flashman book are for #14Books14Weeks