The Syndicate

I thought it was tremendous. "Like" is a strong word maybe but I'm glad I read it. Haven't seen the movie.

I have been reading a lot lately. On pace to finish my 20th book of the year today (I think I'm shooting for 52, but quality > quantity.)

Best ones lately:
John Darnielle - Wolf in White Van [read in one afternoon, super dark but very affecting]
Ian McEwan - Atonement [is "ooooof" a review?]
Stephen King - On Writing [obviously, he has some good advice]

juliets wrote: ↑Tue Feb 26, 2019 3:48 pm I'm about to start "Less" which won the Pulitzer last year for fiction but got mixed reviews from critics.

I just finished this! I liked it a lot, particularly as it went on. Some really wonderful passages and I laughed a good amount.

Reading the first of JK Rowling’s detective series under the Galbraith pseudonym. It’s good so far but I feel like some of the verbiage is needless and exists only to say, “See, I can write for grown-ups too!”

Then again, she is the author who published “Slughorn ejaculated loudly,” so maybe I shouldn’t be surprised.

Finished Child of God. Cormac McCarthy seems, uh, normal ... not.

I started Michael Chabon’s Telegraph Avenue the other day, about a pair of record store owners circa 2004. I love most of his books but read his debut a few months ago and hated it, so here’s hoping it’s not like that one! His style is not for everybody, very show-offy, but something about it just hits the spot.