Saturday, April 24, 2004
I've of course finished a few more novels recently.
Shopgirl by Steve Martin was a nice little novella that I really enjoyed. It made me realize that readers today aren't looking for a masterpiece, all they are looking for is a release from their daily grind. A way out of the unchanging cycle that they live. I have renewed confidence in my ability to write a novel
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon was an amazing and moving and deeply rewarding novel. A pulitzer prize winner and the award went to the right place. Such a vivid novel, I am currently sending it to Calgary where it will get its rounds on the Chester Pines Reading Circle.
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri, a collection of 8 short stories was also really good. I will be keeping it around because it is an excellent example of what a collection of short stories should be. I really loved the characters she created. THey seem so very real and amiable, people I might want to get to know.
I am starting Empire Falls today and I will let all of you know how it does eventually turn out.
Shopgirl by Steve Martin was a nice little novella that I really enjoyed. It made me realize that readers today aren't looking for a masterpiece, all they are looking for is a release from their daily grind. A way out of the unchanging cycle that they live. I have renewed confidence in my ability to write a novel
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon was an amazing and moving and deeply rewarding novel. A pulitzer prize winner and the award went to the right place. Such a vivid novel, I am currently sending it to Calgary where it will get its rounds on the Chester Pines Reading Circle.
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri, a collection of 8 short stories was also really good. I will be keeping it around because it is an excellent example of what a collection of short stories should be. I really loved the characters she created. THey seem so very real and amiable, people I might want to get to know.
I am starting Empire Falls today and I will let all of you know how it does eventually turn out.
It has been so long that I have forgotten everything. I must start anew.
Saturday, April 03, 2004
Well I waited for good news to come in my email inbox but I got only one email, and frankly, that's a lackluster performance from most of my friends.
It was just one bad day, although I wonder if it isn't more enlightened to have bad days, and the good days are simply bliss because I don't see or hear anything real. But then again, I've never understood reality and I certainly haven't figured out how it relates to me.
I have really been missing good music lately. I can't seem to find what I'm looking for on the one good radio station and I have no other means of hearing music. I think I will buy myself a new discman when I am in Calgary next week, and then I can listen to all the good stuff I want.
Hope everyone will be around on Easter Monday. We'll be having a sushi party and I can't wait to see y'all again. Only 5 more sleeps before I start the long drive home.
It was just one bad day, although I wonder if it isn't more enlightened to have bad days, and the good days are simply bliss because I don't see or hear anything real. But then again, I've never understood reality and I certainly haven't figured out how it relates to me.
I have really been missing good music lately. I can't seem to find what I'm looking for on the one good radio station and I have no other means of hearing music. I think I will buy myself a new discman when I am in Calgary next week, and then I can listen to all the good stuff I want.
Hope everyone will be around on Easter Monday. We'll be having a sushi party and I can't wait to see y'all again. Only 5 more sleeps before I start the long drive home.
