I'm stoked to be back on some good books.
I work M - F. My guaranteed reading time is Saturday and Sunday mornings, for the first hour or so after I wake up. While I'm having a smoothie and then coffee. If I'm reading something that I'm not so hyped on; this will be my only reading time for the week. But, when I have a book I like, I will bring it to work, read on my lunch break. Read some when I get home from work before dinner.
The last 4 or 5 months. Been a while since I've posted in this thread.
First was A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers. First thing I've read by him. Seen it mentioned in this thread. And recommended by Jason Dill & Jeff Grosso. For whatever that is worth. This one was weekend reading only for me. I had to re check it out from the library like 3 times to get through it.
Next up I got Portrait of An Artist as An Old Man by Joseph Heller. Last book by the famous auther of Catch 22. Which I read maybe 20 years ago. Another weekend only, boring read. Sometimes I'll have a book in mind, go online and put in a request at the library. For this one, I was just bored and walked in and pretty randomly grabbed this. So, what can you expect?
Since then, I've been on a good book run. Wind / Pinball by Haruki Murakami. 2 short novels, 1 book. I really dig this guy. Maybe 12 - 15 years ago, some one recommended Wind Up Bird Chronicles to me. I tried to get it at the library here (San Diego, not exactly a small town); but they did not have any english language versions. The closet I could get was a book on tape. CD actually. So I got that. Flash forward to 2017 and there were like 10 Murakami books at my local library branch on the shelf.
Next was Sputnik Sweetheart. Again a Murakami book. Great. Recommend.
Then I read Tortilla Flat by Steinbeck. Another good one. I'm almost through all he wrote, I think.
And currently on another Murakami. This time a book of short stories. Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman. Another one that I am enjoying and reading every day. Brought it to work with me today.