W. Eric Martin Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

W. Eric Martin

Book #16 for 2022: Cloud Cuckoo Land, by Anthony Doerr. My wife took this out of the library, read it, and said, "You'd love this. You need to read it now." But I was finishing the previous book and we couldn't renew the library book as others had reserved it, then by chance... https://t.co/J0OZO3iMBC

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I've also read The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, by Michael Chabon (2001); A Confederacy of Dunces, by John Kennedy Toole (1981); and To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee (1961), so apparently I should read 2021's The Night Watchman, by Louise Erdrich to stay consistent.

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Book #50 of 2022: The Sculptor, by Scott McCloud I took this book out of the library months ago, then returned it without reading — after which my wife was like, "Wait, you didn't read it? I did, and I really want to see what you think about a main part of the story." https://t.co/Cg37vKALz1

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Book #46 of 2022: Sleeping While Standing, by Taki Soma Yet another graphic novel available to me courtesy of the wonderful Wake County library system. https://t.co/O5E957dTnm

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Book #8 in 2022: Matt Haig's The Midnight Library, a self-help fairy tale that plays out exactly how you think it will from the revelation of the book's hook: The main character is dying and visits an infinite library that allows them to inhabit their life in alternate universes. https://t.co/H4sJN60oJV

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I've also read The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, by Michael Chabon (2001); A Confederacy of Dunces, by John Kennedy Toole (1981); and To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee (1961), so apparently I should read 2021's The Night Watchman, by Louise Erdrich to stay consistent.

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Book #11 of 2023: Look Again, by Elizabeth A. Trembley Even if (like me) you haven't seen Rashomon, you probably know the essence of that movie: Multiple people see a murder and describe it in contradictory ways, leading you to wonder what really happened. https://t.co/XWqtHpAehH

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Book #14 of 2023: The Book of Imaginary Beings, by Jorge Luis Borges This is yet another book that I've owned for decades, probably acquiring it in my CA days in the early 1990s, and I've just now read it for the first time. I finally helped it fulfill its purpose. https://t.co/pDvTQ13dMr

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Book #35 of 2022: The Amen Corner, by James Baldwin This is one of three books I regretted picking up recently at a little library since I'm trying to reduce the number of books I own, but I'm also trying to read from a broader range of authors than young Eric favored, so... https://t.co/IhjwlRw09t

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Book #54 of 2022: Everything Is Flammable, by Gabrielle Bell Another pick-up from the @WakeGOV library, with this being a year in the life of the author and her relationship with her mother. https://t.co/rjUQenqJdI