astralstreeting commented on My Struggle: Book One by Karl Ove Knausgård
Almost ten years have passed since Karl Ove Knausgaard’s father drank himself to death. Vulnerable …
But it is very good or else I would just quit reading it
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astralstreeting commented on My Struggle: Book One by Karl Ove Knausgård
Almost ten years have passed since Karl Ove Knausgaard’s father drank himself to death. Vulnerable …
Taking a little pause on this, the long analysis of his father’s death isn’t really good for me right now after news of a passing
astralstreeting stopped reading The Darkness That Comes Before by R. Scott Bakker
Nope, life is too short
astralstreeting rated Adept's Gambit: 4 stars
Ugggh
1 star
It really sucks. I don’t know if I can finish it.
astralstreeting reviewed Queen of Kings by Maria Dahvana Headley
Fun, not nearly the same calibre as The Mere Wife
3 stars
I liked the first person vampire stuff and the interactions with and depictions of the gods. It’s not in the same league as The Mere Wife or her Beowulf translation though.
astralstreeting rated Queen of Kings: 3 stars
astralstreeting reviewed Brodie's report by Jorge Luis Borges
I think it is his best work
5 stars
Really enjoyed re-reading this. The Gospel According to Mark was my favorite story in here but I liked them all.
astralstreeting rated Brodie's report: 5 stars
astralstreeting commented on Babylon by Paul Kriwaczek
1 volume :
This is getting hard to read.
The book starts off with this quote: ““History which does not inform present-day concerns amounts to little more than self-indulgent antiquarianism”
Of course, what this really means is that the author is going to use his vanity pop history book to rant about something he doesn’t like from modern times.
It starts with a whole thing about Saddam Hussein. It chills out, spends many chapters actually being useful and informative about day-to-day life and mythology. Now he’s driving hard that Uruk 3 was like the Soviet Union and comparing ziggurats to some skyscrapers Stalin built after the war. Let’s see if I can squeeze a little more useful info out of this before I give up…
astralstreeting rated Dirty Snow: 5 stars
astralstreeting rated Black God's Kiss: 4 stars
astralstreeting rated Mongrels: 2 stars
astralstreeting rated Grendel: 5 stars
Grendel by John Gardner, John Gardner
The first and most terrifying monster in English literature, from the great early epic Beowulf, tells his own side of …
astralstreeting reviewed The Mere Wife by Maria Dahvana Headley
Excellent contrast to Grendel
5 stars
I loved Grendel by John Gardner but Mere Wife is something that has haunted me. One of the best books this year. The author’s translation of Beowulf is incredible too (in audio format).