Read a book that came out the year I was born

Possibilities: Fiction

Toni Morrison – The Bluest Eye

John Dickson Carr – The Ghosts' High Noon

Henri Charrière – Papillon

Agatha Christie – Passenger to Frankfurt

James Dickey – Deliverance

Jack Finney – Time and Again

Larry Niven – Ringworld

John Jay Osborn, Jr. – The Paper Chase

Mary Renault – Fire from Heaven

Mary Stewart – The Crystal Cave

Nonfiction:

Dee Brown – Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

Michel Foucault – The Order of Things

Germaine Greer – The Female Eunuch

Kate Millet – Sexual Politics

So I read Charles Bukowski's Post Office, first published 1971. Until very recently I'd never heard of him but I came across a few quotes online that intrigued me and it made sense to read something of his. Post Office is semi-autobiographical, the story of Henry Chinaski and his life working for the post office, betting, screwing and drinking. The character is a misogynist and if he is any reflection on the author, I should hate him - but there's also a strange charm about him. The book is also pretty badly written, grammatically speaking, and the proofreader in me was dying to take out a red pen - yet perversely, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Will definitely look out for more by Bukowski, and want to read his poetry too.

Post office - Charles Bukowski

Mashima

La vengeance du loup, Huy Thiep Nguyen

Melissa Sanchez

The Running Man by Richard Bachman (Stephen King) ~ waiting on my copy from the library...6/11/16

*Checked out from Library 7/28/16

*Finished 7/30/16

Was a little weird to get into, I had a heck of a time understanding it until after he started running... But it was a good book!!