Narcopolis - Jeet Thayil. Loving it so far. "Trainspotting in India" seems about right. Hilarious.
I must have approached it the wrong way, then, I didn't get much out of it. Maybe I should re-try with that mindset?
Over the last week or so I have tried to read a few books, among them:
Bloodline by James Rollins, a FEEBLE attempt at a Knights Templar story in the modern day. It is obvious that the author has never left the US. One of the funniest bits, to me, was he describes a person from the UK who was "raised in an aristocratic family, in Leeds". You see lots and lots of them in Leeds, don't you? Anyways I gave up on it as it's just too shite to continue with.
I read one Louise Penny book all the way through, then started on the second one and realised it was just the same story, moved around a bit!
Waging Heavy Peace by Neil Young. Don't get me wrong, I like Neil Young's music, love his radio show, BUT he can't write to save his life. This book feels like I am reading one of TLD's assignments. The narrative goes all over the place, with no real explanation of why. Another one assigned to the "Only read if you run out of everything else to read"
Don't Know Much About the Bible by Kenneth Davies. One of a series of "Don't Know Much About" and very good, but one I want to return to later. Good for debunking passages from the Bible (a favourite pastime of mine
) and for getting background and history of the book.
So the one I am sticking with, for the moment is "Safe Haven" by Nicholas Sparks. A weepy story (yes, I can be an old softy when I want to be
) about a woman in an abusive relationship who runs away to a small town in the South of the US.