What are you reading this week of September 17, 2017?

[MuseRider]

41. Different Stephen Wright.

I wish I could say something about this book. I listen mainly doing chores on the farm and sometimes a book comes along that I want to listen to and try to listen to but it is just a bit more than I can really do. I am listening to it and it is interesting and fun but if there is anything more to it I will probably not get it listening like this. Much like the problems I had getting through Neil Gaimen's American Gods. Another great book that requires a little more thoughtful listening.

It reminds me a little bit of The World According to Garp with the out takes that were Garp's written stories but more bizarre. I know there are other books like that but that is the one that came quickly to me while listening. I do love John Irving and Garp. Here they are odd little stories that have to do with the overall theme of abolitionists vs slaveholders. Very colorful. I actually found out about this book from reading books about the Civil War. My ancestors were abolitionists so I ended up being guided to this novel.

I think I really like his writing and will likely get through this and try it again in a few months. Usually that works since I have so little time to sit and read or listen quietly and thoughtfully. Twice will usually get the meaning out of the fluff that stays in my mind after the first listening.

This is a great description from the New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/19/books/review/the-union-unhinged.html?mcubz=0

I will come in, I have before but I often find myself reading odd, light, kind of like vacation books because I am working while listening. I read the entire Hunger Games, perfect for barn cleaning then tried the Divergent series but only read the first one. Read the Oryx and Crake trilogy twice, loved them. I would not consider those vacation books but the Hunger Games I would although I did enjoy them. I have also listened to all of the Stephen King books after reading some of them twice before. I love his characters and the development over several books when he repeats them. Of course read Game of Thrones then listened to them. I am not bothered by repetition.

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