Reading Now

Do you have a reading recommendation for me? Let me know…

13 Responses to “Reading Now”

  1. Doug aka Sputnki, on June 4th, 2006 at 4:41 pm Said:

    After reading “more about me” or “you” I suppose, if you want to be specific, I came away thinking you remind me of Italo Calvino. That’s not some wierd backhanded putdown, by the way. I love his writing, and being someone who likes to make connections, I connected you to him immediately. The funny thing is, I was reading about him on the web earlier today and somehow a quirky chain of clicks lead me to you. Fate? Coincidence? Butter fingers?

    Perhap’s, if you haven’t already read it, you might consider “If on a winter’s night a traveller” by Italo Calvino (translated by some english guy). You might hate it (or love it, depending on what you think of yourself!). I think you’ll love it.

  2. Doug aka Sputnki, on June 4th, 2006 at 4:44 pm Said:

    Duhh, well after digging deeper into your blog I see you’ve already read “Invisible Cities”, so you’ve been exposed to Calvino…. Late to the party again am I!

    Doug

  3. nova, on June 4th, 2006 at 6:43 pm Said:

    Not at all! “Invisible Cities” is the only Calvino book I’ve ever read—I’ll admit: it was assigned in a lit course during grad school; I didn’t expect to like it; and so of course I loved it and couldn’t put it down.

    Quite a compliment that you thought of Calvino when reading this… Now I can’t help but think, is it fate or coincidence that quite a few people (and especially E, on multiple occasions) have told me that I must read “If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler”?

    I’m starting to wonder… is that the book that’s going to change my life?

  4. Susan, on June 14th, 2006 at 10:21 am Said:

    I just finished reading The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards. Wonderful.

  5. Helen, on June 20th, 2006 at 6:15 pm Said:

    I saw Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close in the library the other day, I will have to check it out.

    My favourite book is The Wind-up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami. I suppose this book did change my life. It made me realise that it is OK to be brave in writing, to write about big themes and not to have everything fit into a neat bestsellerish plot. I wanted to build a monument to this book when I finished reading it, but I know other people who have tried it and hated it.

    I also just finished reading Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell which I loved. I’m away to read everything by him now (well, not this minute!)

  6. Adam Morgan, on August 26th, 2006 at 10:00 pm Said:

    See, Nova, I’m telling you “If on a winter’s night a traveler”! It’s a must read, one of the most original and creative works that I’ve had the pleasure to read.

  7. Niki Aguirre, on September 12th, 2006 at 12:52 pm Said:

    Onwards with the Italo Calvino ‘connection’, it was recommended to me in grad school by the tutor, who thought I would enjoy the playful intellectual and artistic style of Calvino (I’m into Borges and Cortazar). She was right! I love ‘If on a winter’s night a traveller’ as well as Invisible Cities. I recently read Under the Jaguar Sun, which was bizarre but also good.

  8. Adam Morgan, on January 3rd, 2007 at 11:42 am Said:

    I just finished reading Kafka on the Shore a short while ago. Brilliant! Murakami is just my type of writer.

  9. niki, on January 30th, 2007 at 7:36 am Said:

    Junot Diaz is coming out with a novel???? I can’t wait! I loved loved loved Drown. :)

  10. yaohime, on February 7th, 2007 at 7:57 pm Said:

    A Million Little Pieces, Kite Runner, and SHOGUN!

  11. Helen, on February 12th, 2007 at 5:25 am Said:

    Hey, I recently discovered Patricia Duncker. I’ve just finished reading Miss Webster and Cherif by her and Hallucinating Foucault. My favourite was Miss Webster and Cherif but both were cracking reads.

  12. Wanderlust Scarlett, on June 6th, 2007 at 4:52 pm Said:

    I would highly recommend “1000 days in Tuscany”… it is my current addiction. Very good read.

    I am also going to put a link to your blog on my page, as I found myself drifting through all the musings you have on here for an unmentionable amount of time. I’ll definitely have to return!

    Best,
    Scarlett

  13. Kendall, on May 17th, 2008 at 10:33 pm Said:

    I would recommend two short story collections I’m working through this month:

    1. Where I’m Calling From by Raymond Carver
    2. I’m No One You Know by Joyce Carol Oates

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