I got myself geared up ready to cut the grass but I only have three bags and I ain't bothering to get more until I go to work so I hope it rains to justify me not cutting the grass, and hopefully it's dry tomorrow
I'm on a big fantasy kick atm, I started reading The Black Company books by Glen Cook, which are really good but right now I'm reading a recent book called Blackwing, by Ed McDonald. It's a dark fantasy with heavy dystopian elements and grey/grey morality. The prose is so good it's almost unfair... perfect balance of exposition, character, and plotting.
OH NO SHIT I bought the first Black Company book a couple months ago but haven't cracked it open yet. I hear it's dope.
I just finished a book of essays called "We were eight years in power." It was really good - I usually struggle with nonfiction and find it really dry, but the writer's prose made the droll facts way more interesting.
Now I just started up "Brave New World." I've never read that one before, skipped it in high school because I was an edgy student who was too cool to do homework. So far, so good.
The Black Company is good stuff! It has an interesting style where it leaves out a lot of the 'action', focusing more on the narrator's interpretations of events and the people around him. I really enjoyed it, looking forward to reading the next few.
We Were Eight Years in Power sounds interesting I find non-fiction collections easier to read than long, dry books.
Brave New World is essential at any age, I think it's a masterpiece. I only ended up reading it when I was 21 or 22 myself but it blew me away, especially the second half. It was also alarmingly prescient...
I've been meaning to double down on reading Serious Literature but this lockdown really knocked me for six, which sucks. I've still got 50% of Ulysses to finish.
Yeah the writer is Ta-Nehisi Coates and he's incredibly talented. The essays themselves are plucked from each year of Obama's presidency, focusing on the black experience. Really eye opening stuff in a lot of ways.
Brave New World is off to a crackling start, I'm digging it big and I think I'll end up flying through it.
Knocked me for six, is that a popular saying? I like the way it sounds.
I know what you mean though, I thought with lockdown I'd be reading two books a week but nah
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