So we are at December 22nd and I have read two of the four novels I want to finish before the new year. I went with Out of Sight by Elmore Leonard and Iron & Silk by Mark Salzman. Both good books, although one was very misleading with it’s description. You can never go wrong with Elmore Leonard though. I actually didn’t enjoy him back in university when I tried to read Get Shorty and Maximum Bob, and then again later when I tried Toshmingo Blues, but now I can’t get enough of him.
So, two more to read in nine days, but I lose two days for the weekend. I should have been almost through the third book now, but I got sidetracked and haven’t been to the gym because of my back again. Not sure what to read tonight, but I scored a great little set of used books from a Taiwanese shop that really just wanted to get rid of the English books in stock. Eight books for about $10…
The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard
Grendel
You and Me Babe – Chuck Barris
Treasure Island – Robert Louis Stevenson
From Russia, With Love – Ian Flemming
The Man in the Iron Mask – Alexandre Dumas
Get Shorty – Elmore Leonard (giving it another shot)
50 Great Short Stories
The short stories book has so many authors I love, or have always wanted to read. I can’t even begin to list the authors inside, but I have only ever read one of these short stores, and that was just a few months back. I really thought it would be a book with lots of stories I had already read, but this is like a jackpot for me! And the Elmore Leonard Western book is the same size as a Chinese epic, so it will take a good amount of reading to get through it.
I have to get a new book shelf this week. I tried to keep less than 20 books in the house at any time, but a friend of mine is moving out of a place that has about 300+ novels that the landlord doesn’t care about, so I ‘borrowed’ a good amount of them as well. Lots of mystery and crime novels there as well as some classics (Picture of Dorian Grey) and some random stuff.
So much to read, and I have all these new Kung Fu movies I bought as well. I need a vacation just to keep myself busy with movies and books. Chinese New Year can’t come fast enough…
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better start reading now bc your box with stuff to watch should be there very soon!