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Books 89-92
Oct. 19th, 2009 08:45 pmThere will be a slight delay while we move into a new house.
89) We Have Always Lived in the Castle: More Shirley Jackson, well worth reading. She does great POV of Crazy People.
90) Hollywood Station: a Joseph Wambaugh novel about the Hollywood police precinct, it's kind of a police procedural, but not really. More like a slice of life story about police officers that also follows the participants of a single crime as POV characters. It was OK, but not thrilling.
91) The Bielski Brothers: Peter Duffy's account of the three brothers who lead a partisan movement against the Nazis and set up a Jewish community in the woods of Belarus. Another account of these events was recently made into the movie Defiance. I don't know how good the other account was, but Duffy's book was gripping and honest, showing what ordinary people can do in the face of evil.
92) Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: John Brendt's true crime novel about both a murder in Savannah and the city itself during the 1970's to 1980s. I had seen the movie, but had forgotten enough to keep the book fresh. Recommended.
I've already finished another novel this week, so it's looking very likely that I will hit my 100 book goal for the year. Now I just have to find my gaming supplies, as I really want to reread the MAGE rulebook, as well as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles RPG. They're in a box somewhere labeled "Books". We don't have too many of those around the new house....
89) We Have Always Lived in the Castle: More Shirley Jackson, well worth reading. She does great POV of Crazy People.
90) Hollywood Station: a Joseph Wambaugh novel about the Hollywood police precinct, it's kind of a police procedural, but not really. More like a slice of life story about police officers that also follows the participants of a single crime as POV characters. It was OK, but not thrilling.
91) The Bielski Brothers: Peter Duffy's account of the three brothers who lead a partisan movement against the Nazis and set up a Jewish community in the woods of Belarus. Another account of these events was recently made into the movie Defiance. I don't know how good the other account was, but Duffy's book was gripping and honest, showing what ordinary people can do in the face of evil.
92) Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: John Brendt's true crime novel about both a murder in Savannah and the city itself during the 1970's to 1980s. I had seen the movie, but had forgotten enough to keep the book fresh. Recommended.
I've already finished another novel this week, so it's looking very likely that I will hit my 100 book goal for the year. Now I just have to find my gaming supplies, as I really want to reread the MAGE rulebook, as well as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles RPG. They're in a box somewhere labeled "Books". We don't have too many of those around the new house....
