15 - What I Loved, by Siri Hustvedt, 367 pages, Picador, 2003
WHY I PICKED IT: Selected by my friend Sean Donovan for our second Vancouver Book Club
ELAPSED TIME: 9 days
RATING: Very Good
Art Historian Leo Hertzberg buys a painting in New York in 1975. What follows is more than 25 years of his life: a friendship with the artist (Bill), marriages, births and deaths. It's a slower read than I generally enjoy, but once I got sucked in, I was completely inside their world. The story is beautifully written, with characters that have depth, are real, and imperfect. Leo, Erica, Matt, Bill, Violet, Mark will likely stay with me...
This blog is a simple review of every book that I read... For all books I’ll tell you why I picked it, how long it took me to read it, and give it a rating (burn it, not good, meh, good, very good, and required reading). I ask (encourage?) all readers of my blog to post their thoughts of any of the books in my comments :). Thanks!
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2012-14 - The Sisters Brothers, by Patrick DeWitt
14 - The Sisters Brothers, by Patrick DeWitt, 325 pages, Anansi, 2011
WHY I PICKED IT: Suggested by my friends Darrin V and Kevin H (independently).
ELAPSED TIME: 2 days
RATING: Good
Eli Sisters and his brother Charlie Sisters are killers in the Old West, well known for their ruthlessness. This is the story of their hunt of Hermann Kermit Warm. This is an enjoyable, relatively lighthearted story... once every couple years I find a book that is both well written and amusing - This is that book.
WHY I PICKED IT: Suggested by my friends Darrin V and Kevin H (independently).
ELAPSED TIME: 2 days
RATING: Good
Eli Sisters and his brother Charlie Sisters are killers in the Old West, well known for their ruthlessness. This is the story of their hunt of Hermann Kermit Warm. This is an enjoyable, relatively lighthearted story... once every couple years I find a book that is both well written and amusing - This is that book.
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