@FuriousMachine Have you read the Dark Horse Witcher graphic novels? Highly recommend if not.
"Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won’t see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, you’ll miss the entire forest. Don't be preoccupied with a single spot. See everything in its entirety...effortlessly. That is what it means...to truly "see." "
@FuriousMachine Excellent ,let me know what you think if you do read them.
"Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won’t see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, you’ll miss the entire forest. Don't be preoccupied with a single spot. See everything in its entirety...effortlessly. That is what it means...to truly "see." "
Currently reading You Can't Win by Jack Black, not the actor. It's definitely a page-turner but not highbrow stuff, Steve Buscemi's favourite book allegedly. Then onto James by Percival Everett which I recently ordered, @Elodin
"Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won’t see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, you’ll miss the entire forest. Don't be preoccupied with a single spot. See everything in its entirety...effortlessly. That is what it means...to truly "see." "
I just started The Living Force by John Jackson Miller, a new Star Wars novel. I dont read many Star Wars novels, but I have always enjoyed his and this one intrigued me. It's basically the Jedi Counsel going on Spring Break.
@MightyDemon82 Interestingly, "Jurassic Park" was the first time I tried an audiobook and discovered that I'm incapable of focusing and retaining what's being said for any meaningful length of time. I don't know how many times I had to rewind and start sections over and over. I'm not even sure if I managed to finish it, but I am quite sure that I can't remember a single thing about it (at least not that I can tie to the novel and not the movie).
So, what happens next? Yup, that reading list grows again
Almost finished You Can't Win by Jack Black (not the actor/musician) it's starting to take a slightly moral bent now which spoils it a little but the action has certainly started to become a bit more intense during the various high-stakes scenes in the book, it's still good.
"Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won’t see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, you’ll miss the entire forest. Don't be preoccupied with a single spot. See everything in its entirety...effortlessly. That is what it means...to truly "see." "
I just finished You Can't Win by Jack Black. Overall, I thought it was an excellent read. Great bird's eye view of the criminal underworld of the 19th/early 20th century. Now onto James by Percival Everett, I think that one should be good too, @Elodin .By the way, have you heard of his other book 'The Trees ? I heard about it earlier and it sounds like it would be worth reading also.
"Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won’t see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, you’ll miss the entire forest. Don't be preoccupied with a single spot. See everything in its entirety...effortlessly. That is what it means...to truly "see." "
Finished Snakehead(Goodreads page), the fourth book in Peter May's "China Thrillers" series. While nowhere near as good as his "Lewis Trilogy", they are nonetheless an entertaining and easy read, and this entry is no exception. Moving the action from China to the USA for this novel hurts it somewhat, as what made this series somewhat different disappears to a degree, but it's still a good read and I gave it three and a half stars in my Goodreads review.
Next up is the new novel from Stuart Turton, The Last Murder at the End of the World (Goodreads page), not to be confused with the similarly named recent TV series.
Turton impressed me with his debut novel, The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle* (Goodreads page) which I loved due to it being a fun twist of the Groundhog Day formula combined with a "murder in a mansion" mystery, so expectations for this new novel are high
(* was released as "7 Deaths [..]" in certain markets).
@Elodin I finished James by Percival Everett. Thanks for the recommendation. I found it a thoroughly riveting and mind-expanding read, Gonna try Telephone, by the same author, at some point in the future, but onto a Jungian work of literature directly , The Deptford Trilogy by Robertson Davies.
"Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won’t see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, you’ll miss the entire forest. Don't be preoccupied with a single spot. See everything in its entirety...effortlessly. That is what it means...to truly "see." "
I finished Jurassic Park, fantastic book, noticed while reading the book that the sequels have scenes from the book reworked to fit those stories. Will get on to The Lost World soon.
Next up Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. @FuriousMachine I recently picked up the China series for cheap and gave Firemaker to a colleague since I got a brand new copy. Can't wait to crack open the 2nd book!
@Black_Swordsman glad you enjoyed it. I'm almost done with The Living Force. It's quite good. John Jackson Miller has really honed his craft. Ill be interested when he comes out with his Batman Returns book. A first shot at the DC universe for him. That will be set between the first 2 Tim Burton Batman films. My next read I think I might try Knife by Salman Rushdie.
@MightyDemon82 Nice! I think the quality waned a bit with the third and fourth entries, but they were still good reads even if they don't quite match up with the first two. Hoping it picks back up for the final two entries, which I should get to some time later this year
@Bundersvessel I had a good time with the Witcher novels, with The Last Wish and Sword of Destiny being my favourites. They are more like a collection of short stories about Geralt's adventures than the huge, sweeping story the later books present. I enjoyed the rest of the series as well, though the geopolitical aspect of it had just too many players involved so I struggled to keep up with them all (it helped when I found the online map and I could see how the various regions connected to each other).
I do feel quite certain that it will be a lighter and more enjoyable fare than what you encountered in your previous reads this year. Hope you'll have good time with them
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