Friday Reads 10/18/2024
Guess who has 2 thumbs and gets a 3-day weekend this weekend. puts both thumbs to chest This girl!
I am going to a wedding tomorrow afternoon, so I took the day off. Yay! This is good because Sunday morning will be super busy. Both the bells and the dancers are performing in service. I'll need an extra day just to get everything done.
Anyway, you want to know what I'm reading.
The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton - I am about 40% through this one. I think when I get to the 50% mark, I will take a break from it and read some other books. I will pick it back up again in November. I just need to read about 75 more pages. I think I mentioned before that this book is tall and fat and the margins are small. Each page takes longer to read than regular-sized books. It really looks like it's in large print before you open it and find out it is very much not large print. The book starts out with a bunch of guys sitting around a smoking room in a hotel when a guest comes in and sits down. One of the guys starts asking him questions and it turns out the group is a planned meeting and the new guy is an interloper. The group decides to let him in on their intent and then spend the next 400 pages catching this guy up on all the things that have led to this meeting. They're talking about 12 days. A lot happened in 12 days, apparently. Hopefully, the next 400 pages tell what they decide to do after this bizarre meeting.
Library 2035: Imagining the Next Generation of Libraries by Sandra Hirsh - I went to a webinar a couple of weeks ago that was about this book. It seemed like the upshot of the webinar was AI. I requested the book so I could see if it has any other ideas. I'm only 35 pages in and I'm pleased to say that it does have other ideas. This is mainly my work book, but I will have to get a move on because it is due November 5.
When I finish The Luminaries I will pick up one of two books:
Fatal Enquiry by Will Thomas - At this point, I need to focus on quick reads. Thomas' mysteries tend to move pretty quickly and get the pages turning.
If not that one then,
Eat Only When You're Hungry by Lindsay Hunter - This is a very short novel about a messed up family. The dad is driving to Florida to find his drug addict son and reflecting on his past decisions that led him to this place. I like novels where nothing much happens outside the main character's head. I think this is one of those.
And that's it! What are you reading?