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I understand how you feel about The Winds of War. Wouk is my favorite author right after Leon Uris. Wouk's books are very thorough and some parts can be a bit tedious. But, I promise that reading it is worth your time. Of course, you will then have to read Wouk's followup, War and Remembrance which is excellent. I love Pug Henry. What an outstanding man he was.....wait, he's fictional, right? Oh well. One can only dream.
Am I gushing too much? Yeah, probably, but I do love his stuff.
Thanks for the encouragement - that was just what I needed!
Everyday Life As A Spiritual Path: Ordinary Magic. -John Wellwood Shambhala Book Company
The book is very spiritual and is mostly about finding the purpose, excitement, and variety in average day to day life. That book is also about the best qualities for what to look for in life.
Finished my re-read of Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver. I love that book. Now I'm re-reading The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie. I bought it for my daughter, but couldn't resist reading it again. Such a funny, heartbreaking little book.
Just finished "The Girl Who Played with Fire" and my heart is still thrumming. Wish I could've finished it last night -- well, maybe not, because then I am not sure I could have slept. So sad that we won't see more works from this author, beyond this trilogy. (And, yes, I just realized that this is a trilogy that I like, after all. )
Next up: Morrison's "Paradise." Then, K, I promise: "Wick."
Finished my re-read of Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver. I love that book. Now I'm re-reading The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie. I bought it for my daughter, but couldn't resist reading it again. Such a funny, heartbreaking little book.
I finished Kingsolver's Animal Dreams this morning. What a lovely book. The characters are fleshed out so completely that the reader seems to know each of them. It's painted with the colors of the American Southwest with pale pinks, light blues, yellows, sands and whites. It's like my living room. I was so happy and serene with the book ending.
Sherman Alexie is a hoot with a talent for conveying heartbreak. I totally agree with you, Marlow.
My dad send me a book named ,,Murther & Walking Spirit''by Robertson Davies.It is about a man catching his wife with his one-time colleague, Gil Gilmartin murdered by the latter and lingers on as a ghost who must spend his afterlife sitting next to his killer at an otherworldly film festival.
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Half-Broke Horses is wonderful.
,,Murther & Walking Spirit''by Robertson Davies
