What are you reading this week of February 5, 2017?
LOOKY There! 3,000 posts! Only took me, what, 13 years. 
So, pretty quiet around here today. I heard there was some kind of ball game on the TV, wonder if that's why.
Finished Cat's Cradle. One of the greatest stories ever. It's short; you can get through it in a few days, if not overnight. It's full of wonderful observations on government, religion, humanity. Timeless. I just happened to notice there was a band called Alice Nine, which I never would have noticed but for this book. (See it?) They are rockers from Japan, kind of remind me of the Pretenders. Very energetic. They go by A9 now, maybe some copyright issues?
Now I'm reading The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey. Imagine moving to Alaska in 1920 to homestead, along with your spouse, and you are in your 50s. No children. Harsh. Could you survive? Then something magical seems to happen. But is it real? This is a marvelous book that I am really loving.
Anything really great on your reading table right now?
(go falcons)
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they tend to run together after a bit. "Now, which one was which?" Doesn't take away from the stories, though.
Compared to me, you're a posting machine--I joined only a couple of months after you back in 2014 
So, didn't go back to mysteries/adventure, but I did turn to Space Opera, or at least Space Opera universe.
Over the last couple of years, I've enjoyed Peter Hamilton's Commonwealth series. Found a prequel Misspent Youth that delves into the initial invention of technologies widely used in the later books. It's not a terribly good book--clearly written to fill in a gap in knowledge with pretty unlikable characters. My only excuse for finishing is that, like my kids in their Pokemon phase(s), I "gotta catch'em all".
Have I ever got a dystopian story for you! The future won't be so bad. Trust me... 
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/excerpts-from-laura-ingalls-wilders-little-house-in-the-big-suburbs
milestone!
I have been so immersed in reading current political news that I haven't spent nearly as much time reading fiction. Finally finished The Book of Harlan by Bernice McFadden. It started out well enough and even had flashes of brilliant prose, but the book could have used some serious editing. A couple of times, I wondered if the book had been written by a committee rather than a single author, because of odd bits that were just thrown in that didn't seem to fit the story line.
Next on the list was Louise Erdrich's book, LaRose which I started reading a couple of nights ago. Ms. Erdrich has long been one of my favorite writers and this book is right up there with her others. It is a real pleasure to read her work. Happy reading!
