Now reading...

[jlhoots]

Colm Toibin: Brooklyn

[ghost of miles]

[GA Russell]

From 1961.

[sgcim]

Just finishing Ray Brown's biography by Jay Sweet. Today, Thomas Pynchon's new novel "Shadow Ticket" was released. It takes place in 1933, thus completing TP's cycle of a novel for every decade of the 20th Century. This one involves the disappearance of a cheese heiress, with a Private Eye hot on the trail. It seems she ran off with a big band clarinetist. to Germany. Was it of her own accord? We'll soon find out...

[jlhoots]

Colm Toibin: Long Island

[jlhoots]

Daniel Silva: An Inside Job

[GA Russell]

Very informative.

[jlhoots]

Nick Harkaway: Karla's Choice

[GA Russell]

Finally finished it.  I was really looking forward to it, but I can't recommend it.  For me it was too much "Then he did this, and then he did that."  That said, I learned a few things about both the Lost Quintet and Circle.

[Brad]

On 10/20/2025 at 9:27 AM, jlhoots said:

Nick Harkaway: Karla's Choice

I didn’t think it was very good. Unfortunately he plans more Smiley books. I doubt I will read any of them. 

[jlhoots]

47 minutes ago, Brad said:

I didn’t think it was very good. Unfortunately he plans more Smiley books. I doubt I will read any of them. 

Ouch!! As Cedric the Entertainer once said, "it ain't that bad".😎

[Ken Dryden]

I made the mistake of leaving this book in the living room shortly after it arrived. Now my wife is reading it and I can't get it back from her until she's through reading it. 

It's a fun read.

[Brad]

On 10/21/2025 at 12:09 PM, jlhoots said:

Ouch!! As Cedric the Entertainer once said, "it ain't that bad".😎

It’s poor. As a devoted le Carre reader and Smiley fan of many years, it was a poor imitation of the books. Best to leave it with the creator.