A few people have asked recently, so here goes …
After finishing the Filth trilogy, we read more of Jane Gardam, this time The Queen of the Tambourine (said to have won the Whitbread Prize for Novel of the Year). Will probably seek out more Jane Gardam in the future; she’s written a ton of stuff.
Kim is reading The Orphan Master’s Son, and I am awaiting a version on Kindle.
At the moment I am off to a good start on Gloria Steinem’s My Life On The Road. Found both its Prelude and Introduction highly enjoyable.
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A special treat is to go to the local library every few days and just browse and loiter. As there’s only time to read on an occasional basis — what with the news and commentary online at NYT, Quartz, Politico, etc. sites, and not to mention email and other stuff from the Outer Interwebz — sometimes we have to relax the eyes and just listen. Our noontime favorite is probably Terry Gross’ Fresh Air and then there is always Kai Ryssdal’s Marketplace podcast as an evening prelude to evening news.
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On another note, the Roku is malfunctioning and we are recently also having trouble getting a decent digital TV signal over our antenna. As a result, we have basically abandoned the TV device itself. Instead, we are watching Netflix and Amazon and PBS on YouTube via the largest computer screens in the house. Maybe we don’t need the TV set itself at all. Recent recommends would be the latest season of the outrageous crime-solving abilities of Idris Elba’s character in Luther (Netflix) and Tig Notaro’s dark humor in One Mississippi (Amazon). And we are in the middle of Chef’s Table: France, having gone through the original Chef’s Table series on Netflix earlier this year. Also taking a look at The Kettering Incident, a BBC thing set in Tasmania, highly visual, somewhat overwrought, slightly reminiscent of Twin Peaks.