books
Finished reading: My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh 📚
Darkly funny and sardonic. Listless tale of avoidance. Not sure about the end, but many memorable vignettes.
Long weekend reading collection. Connected and contrasting themes - history, philosophy, cross-cultural exchange, reflection, and ancient thought.
Finished reading: Sound Tracks by Graeme Lawson 📚
Finished reading: Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks 📚
The first book on the “Culture” Series, now a classic science fiction setting. Explores the Culture largely from the view on an antagonist in the midst of a devastating galactic war. Covers vast and immense scope with finely crafted characters and intense interpersonal relationships and conflict.
Brilliant.
Finished reading: Hard by the Cloud House by Peter Walker 📚
Interesting mix of natural history, history and mythological investigation.
Finished reading: On Savage Shores by Caroline Dodds Pennock 📚
Finished reading: Blackouts by Justin Torres 📚
Finished reading: Fifth Sun by Camilla Townsend 📚
Finished reading: Annals of Native America by Camilla Townsend 📚
Finished reading: Annals of Native America by Camilla Townsend 📚
Finished reading: Bernardino de Sahagun by Miguel Leon-Portilla 📚
Finished reading: Homer and His Iliad by Robin Lane Fox 📚
Finished reading: The Florentine Codex by Jeanette Favrot Peterson 📚
Finished reading: Prophet Song by Paul Lynch 📚
Finished reading: How the World Made the West by Josephine Quinn 📚
Finished reading: Ancient Cuzco by Brian S. Bauer 📚
Excellent preparation for our trip to Peru in July 2024.
Finished reading: Why the Bible Began by Jacob L. Wright 📚
Fascinating analysis of the underpinnings of the development of the Hebrew Bible.