Recent books -- Unruly Places, The Rook, Dispatches from Pluto, Dog Stars, Pamuk, Niceville
02 August 2016
- Unruly Places by Alastair Bonnett. The stories behind some of the most unusual and unlikely places on the globe – places belonging to no nation, to many nations, floating, underground, in the sky – and an understanding of the meaning and importance of place. Enjoyable.
- The Rook and Stiletto by Daniel O’Malley. Great suspenseful adventure in a world filled with magic – kind of a grown-up Harry Potter milieu. The first page grabs you – the protagonist awakens with no memory, in a park surrounded by bodies, and in her pocket is a note that says “Read Me”. Stiletto isn’t quite as strong but still a fund read.
- Dispatches From Pluto by Richard Grant. An English adventure writer decides to settle in the Mississippi Delta. Interesting look at the culture and issues of a part of the country that seems almost foreign to me.
- The Dog Stars by Peter Heller. A different kind of post-apocalyptic novel, the world has largely been emptied out, a very few people try to find their way and remain human.
- A Strangeness In My Mind by Orhan Pamuk. Tried to lift my literary sights, but as always, “Nobel Prize Winning” does not equal “interesting”.
- Niceville by Carsten Stroud. Not a nice place. Solid horror/mystery.