Peter Jones lost his wife through a freak occurrence of nature. Due to this, he initiated a Boxing Day every month in which he woke up and just did whatever struck his fancy. As a working parent, I am intrigued by how he does it. Who knows, maybe I will throw all my responsibilities and implement his Boxing Day idea one day.
The Dawnhounds by Sascha Stronach. It's super weird, in a Jeff VanderMeer sort of way (complete with mushroom-derives houses and stuff) and mixes SF and fantasy and a bit of biopunk. Whether it sticks the landing will determine if it's a 3 or 5-star read for me, but if you like weird worldbuilding (like VanderMeer's books or the Locked Tomb series), it's definitely in that vein and well-done so far.
Still an amazing novel. I read it as a kid before seeing the movie, and while Blade Runner is incredible, they're just such different works, the change it name is very warranted.
I've been working through copywriting projects the last few days and have been in too much of a daze to do any reading reading at all.
However, I saw a clip of Saylor saying he's reading Will Durant's Story of Civilization. I read that whole series when I was a kid (fun childhood!). Hearing him praising it put me in the mood to reread it (as often happens when someone praises something you like but haven't interacted with in a while), so I put on the audiobook of Vol. 3 'Caesar and Christ' last night and was listening to that a while.
I just started "A Wild Sheep Chase" from Haruki Murakami today and finished just now. I love his language. When you start it, you won't feel how the time passes. For me, he is just in between Chekov and Maupassant. He tells his story but leaves the ending to the reader. Me and my wife are discussing his books for days after we finish them. I highly suggest it for this weekend.
I am not a fan of reading too much of contemporary literature. Rather, I'm a big fan of classics of Shakespeare, Milton and Marlow.
Currently, I am readin', rereading 'Paradise Lost' and I must say if you ever feel empty of motivation, just go through the most satanic inspiration from the lord of Hell himself.
"The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven."
Kamsutra