So far so good on making good of this particular resolution. For a little while, I'd been wanting to read
The Silkworm
but hadn't worked in any time to actually start it. The book follows
detective Cormoran Strike and his red-headed secretary, Robin, on
another mystery, in which they are tasked with finding a missing author,
whose last manuscript grotesquely depicted real-life friends, family,
and other acquaintances who had slighted the man. There were some parts
where I found myself annoyed at how obviously the reader was kept from
knowing what the main characters knew, but I definitely made it to the
end with my suspicions thrown for a loop and the story was fast paced
and enjoyable. If you read my review of
The Cuckoo's Calling,
I would place this at about the same level, though I think Galbraith
has truly hit his stride with the main characters by now, who are both
very well written. Overall, I would
recommend this book. I really enjoyed it and I'm looking forward to starting the next Strike book,
Career of Evil.
This
next one was a fall 2015 read, so I can't count it among the New Years
resolution books, but I have to say this may have hit my favorite books
of all time list.
Modern Romance is definitely one of the most
unique endeavors by a comedian I have seen and I cannot say enough good
things about it. If you haven't heard about this book yet, it centers
around the findings of actor/comedian Aziz Ansari and social science
researcher, Eric Klinenberg, as they try to understand how technology
has affected romance and relationships in the U.S. and around the world.
He really has a way of explaining social science research in way that's
accessible, but with classic Aziz comedic insertions. While I think the
audiobook is probably excellent, I would suggest the print version
first, as otherwise, you'd be missing out on some excellent graphs and
pictures. Aziz hits on many of the themes in the book in his new show
Master of None as well. I would
highly recommend this book, even if you are, like me, usually a fiction aficionado. Side TV plug: I would highly recommend the show too.
What are you reading/watching these days?
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