Well, maybe I’m not as cool as some of the folks blogging here on the Lemuria blog and maybe this little picture of me in the right hand corner needs an update and maybe I’m not able to read enough to sustain this what I’m reading blog, but at least this little guy still likes me. I think he’s saying “you’re number 1 to me daddy” but it’s probably more like “TRUCK!”. This reading list is going to be much shorter than the last couple – but I maintain that it’s credible – I’m either reading or trying to read everything that I’m blogging about. I’ll try to have more going on next time. Maybe a new parenting book. So anyway, here goes…
Sailor & Lula: The Complete Novels by Barry Gifford
This is what’s been taking up most of my reading time – and I’m glad. The language is amazing. This is what it would be like if Merle Haggard wrote brilliant literary novels. Part beat writer – part Russian – part I don’t even know – wow. It’s hard to describe why you get attached to certain characters in certain books – especially those that you don’t really think you should be relating to – but I guess something times an author creates characters that are truly human…
I didn’t mention that I was going to read this last time, but I think I started it just after my last blog. I finished it last night and think I’m going to start back at the beginning. Michael Lewis is a really great writer – takes something that you know nothing about and explains the parts you need to know and makes the characters real to you. Let’s put it this way – people did know what was going on – a lot of people were and are still making money betting against America. Stinks doesn’t it.
The Great Reset by Richard Florida
Always trying to figure out what’s going to happen next – is it going to go back to normal or is there going to be a whole new economy. I read The Rise of the Creative Class when it was new in 2002 and respect Florida’s opinion – I’m going to start this tonight – this book was released today.
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