I forgot that I created this blog back in 2013. This was my first blogging attempt. I'm back here because I received an email from Google about updating something on this domain. So I checked it out, was pleasantly rewarded by being able to read my first two posts, and decided to drop another line just 'cause.
Until next time,
Austin
Sunday, March 17, 2019
Monday, July 8, 2013
Going Vintage Stephen King
I've got my hands on a book I've been wanting for a long time--Stephen King's Carrie. It's his first book and it is great. I'm about three-quarters of the way through, and I can see why he made over $200,000 from it off the bat. It's different compared to anything else that's going on, and probably very different from what was going on in 1974.
And the bonus about it is it makes me want to write. Yup, there's special books out there that are motivators. King has always had that effect on me. John D. MacDonald is another. Sometimes Stephen Hunter, even though he's been slacking lately.
Anyways, I'm going to get back to reading.
Cheers!
And the bonus about it is it makes me want to write. Yup, there's special books out there that are motivators. King has always had that effect on me. John D. MacDonald is another. Sometimes Stephen Hunter, even though he's been slacking lately.
Anyways, I'm going to get back to reading.
Cheers!
Saturday, June 22, 2013
Kite Runner
I finally did it! I read the Kite Runner.
It made a big splash in the literary circles a decade ago; the story of a boy growing up in Afghanistan, fleeing the Soviets, settling in America, and then going back to his childhood home on a mission of redemption. I liked it. And a lot of other people did too. I loved the simple sentences that managed to tell a complex tale.
In a strange kind of way, it reminded me of Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Both books consisted of mischievous boys (Huckleberry in Adventures and Amir in Kite) coming of age, although the coming of age took a lot longer for Amir, as he was thirty-eight at the conclusion of the story.
Each book painted vivid descriptions of the locales, whether it be the Mississippi River or Kabul. And The Kite Runner was a great window into the life of Afghanistan. Overall, it was a great read, and I already have Khaled Hosseini's next book, A Thousand Splendid Suns, in my reading queue.
It made a big splash in the literary circles a decade ago; the story of a boy growing up in Afghanistan, fleeing the Soviets, settling in America, and then going back to his childhood home on a mission of redemption. I liked it. And a lot of other people did too. I loved the simple sentences that managed to tell a complex tale.
In a strange kind of way, it reminded me of Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Both books consisted of mischievous boys (Huckleberry in Adventures and Amir in Kite) coming of age, although the coming of age took a lot longer for Amir, as he was thirty-eight at the conclusion of the story.
Each book painted vivid descriptions of the locales, whether it be the Mississippi River or Kabul. And The Kite Runner was a great window into the life of Afghanistan. Overall, it was a great read, and I already have Khaled Hosseini's next book, A Thousand Splendid Suns, in my reading queue.
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