Larry McMurty – Cannonball Read 17

When the Friday Night Lights Go Out

The Last Picture Show by Larry McMurty

May 31, 2021 by Jake Leave a Comment

But my God, how Larry McMurty can write. Lonesome Dove, while certainly problematic in spots, is such an excellent book. I think I had it as my best read of 2015 or 2016. It was so good, it made me never want to read another McMurty again. How could he possibly top it? Well he may not have topped it, per se, he certainly showed he’s an all around excellent writer, one whose catalog I need to tear through asap. In many ways, this is kind […]

Mixed Bag Catch-Up (Books I listened to while painting the house)

Terminal Boredom by Izumi Suzuki

All you Zombies by Robert A Heinlein

The Great Crash by John Kenneth Galbraith

Scary Stories Collection by Alvin Schwarz

After the Quake by Haruki Murakami

Somebody's Darling by Larry McMurty

May 25, 2021 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

Terminal Boredom – 4/5 Stars A small collection of stories from the science fiction writer Izumi Suzuki. It’s important to note that these stories are selected from a decades long career. This seems to be a first foray into a larger translation project of more of Suzuki’s writing, especially her novels. The stories are mostly subtle, intimate explorations of stories that are running through various science fiction tropes and ideas. These are ideas that are usually fully established in the story before we begin, and […]

A Harsh View of the West, Unblemished by Romanticism

March 28, 2018 by Jen K 1 Comment

I have been vaguely intending to read this novel for quite a while but I always ended up prioritizing other books, especially since I didn’t actually already have it in my TBR pile. I’ve noticed a few Cannonballers mention the Bookriot Read Harder Challenge and since I’d already read a few books that fit into the various categories, I thought it might be fun to participate, and it also provided a push to finally pick up Lonesome Dove to meet the Western requirement. I was, […]

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