Oso planning to go pro
Obviously, since I just got through saying Garp was a fave, I disagree that Cider House was better. But I liked it. Irving’s Hotel New Hampshire and Owen Meany also excellent reads.
I just finished “Killers of the Flower Moon” and it was fantastic. It’s about the Osage tribe murders and the FBI. Interesting read based on current times of how white people treated minorities only 100 years ago. Quick read that read a bit like a Law & Order episode.
The Owen Meany movie was pretty good too. Didn’t have the star power of Garp (Robin Williams, Glenn Close, John Lithgow), but still entertaining. Hotel New Hampshire (the movie) was a dumpster fire.
Eh, it just disturbed you that you found yourself attracted to Rob Lowe dressed in drag.
Asymmetry - Lisa Halladay.Just started The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai.Looking forward to taking some suggestions from earlier and reading Say Nothing and They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us.
I just finished "Say Nothing" about a famous kidnapping and murder in Northern Ireland during the troubles. It was on President Obama's must-read list from 2019. In addition to the murder, it focuses on two sisters who became famous IRA members, the hunger strikers at the Maze Prison (Bobby Sanda), the inner workings of the IRA, and what a weasel Gerry Adams has turned out to be. I've read a ton about NI and studied in Belfast for a while and I really enjoyed this.
I read this as well recently and agree it was a very interesting read.
A close friend just read it and he recommends it also.
I just finished "Say Nothing" about a famous kidnapping and murder in Northern Ireland during the troubles. It was on President Obama's must-read list from 2019. In addition to the murder, it focuses on two sisters who became famous IRA members, the hunger strikers at the Maze Prison (Bobby Sands), the inner workings of the IRA, and what a weasel Gerry Adams has turned out to be. I've read a ton about NI and studied in Belfast for a while and I really enjoyed this.
I just finished Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood.Sci-fi/fantasy with an Orwellian-level dystopia. I generally don’t dip into the sci-fi/fantasy genre, but Atwood is such a phenomenal writer and the book is excellent. It is the first in the MaddAddam trilogy, and I will definitely be reading the last two.