louis louis

So I finished Roddy Doyle's latest book two nights ago. I don't know why it took so long. I feel like I've been reading it for months. I think it is because it's in that non-portable not a paperback size (but it's a paperback) and not hardcover size. In any event, I get a strong sense of Joyce when I read his books. Something similar in the way he doesn't really write in straightforward sentences sometimes. It's a challenge to read if you are not completely focused, because you can miss things. Ah, like that scene in Ulysses. You know the one. Where he's watching the girl on the strand and masturbating. Only you don't really realise that's what Joyce is writing about the first time. Or until someone points it out to you.

In any event, it was good. I enjoyed the read. Other books I have enjoyed recently include: Alphabet, Blindness, Blink, The new jasper fforde (The Big OverEasy)*...hm. I know there are others. I managed to keep up the book a day pace while on vacation for a week in September. Haven't been able to do that in a long while.

Speaking of books, next on the list is a re-read of the Chronicles of Narnia. There's always the debate of whether to read them in the order they were published, or in chronological order. Ah well, as long as I get them done before the movie comes out in December.

*while The Big Over Easy was ok, it pales in comparison to the Thursday Next series.