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Books read in October
Nov. 1st, 2021 04:22 pmA book about a social justice issue: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey (Oct. 1-5). Challenge finished! P-p-poor Billy Bibbit :(
The Arctic Fury by Greer MacAllister (Oct. 6-16). I'd been dying to read this since it came out, and had to read it first after finishing the challenge. It wasn't quite as good as I hoped, but still an interesting read (a woman expedition looking for the Franklin Expedition, which didn't go very well)
All Systems Red by Martha Wells (Oct. 16-18). The "Murderbot" main character was too lazy to murder, and liked to watch TV instead: "I could have become a mass murderer after I hacked my governor module, but then I realized I could access the combined feed of entertainment channels carried on the company satellites. It had been well over 35,000 hours or so since then, with still not much murdering, but probably, I don't know, a little under 35,000 hours of movies, serials, books, plays, and music consumed. As a heartless killing machine, I was a terrible failure." LOL awesome :P (Denise loves this series too lol)
Ordinary Wolves by Seth Kantner (Oct. 19-25). Donna loves this book, but I just found it depressing :/
Island on Fire: The Extraordinary Story of a Forgotten Volcano That Changed the World by Alexandra Witze (Oct. 26-28)
Billy Budd by Herman Melville (Oct. 29-31). Well THAT was depressing, and the movie was even worse..Billy was so cool and positive! Evil master-at-arms using Billy's stutter against him! (He pretty much couldn't talk at all if he was upset enough.) And I see why people have trouble getting through Melville's books..wow O_o
This weekend I saw Dune with Ryan and Jo..it was pretty good, though a bit long. I kinda want to read the book now. Jo and I were drooling over Timothée Chalamet LOL..yum. :P It was also pretty warm this weekend because of a Chinook..temps were in the 40s, 20 degrees above normal! The last time Fairbanks reached 40 degrees on Halloween was in 1995..wow. Most of the snow has melted again haha..crazy
( oct. 30-nov. 1 )
Today's trivia: In order to give Obi-Wan Kenobi a desert-worn, rugged look, Alec Guinness would lay on the Tunisian desert floor and roll around in his costume
The Arctic Fury by Greer MacAllister (Oct. 6-16). I'd been dying to read this since it came out, and had to read it first after finishing the challenge. It wasn't quite as good as I hoped, but still an interesting read (a woman expedition looking for the Franklin Expedition, which didn't go very well)
All Systems Red by Martha Wells (Oct. 16-18). The "Murderbot" main character was too lazy to murder, and liked to watch TV instead: "I could have become a mass murderer after I hacked my governor module, but then I realized I could access the combined feed of entertainment channels carried on the company satellites. It had been well over 35,000 hours or so since then, with still not much murdering, but probably, I don't know, a little under 35,000 hours of movies, serials, books, plays, and music consumed. As a heartless killing machine, I was a terrible failure." LOL awesome :P (Denise loves this series too lol)
Ordinary Wolves by Seth Kantner (Oct. 19-25). Donna loves this book, but I just found it depressing :/
Island on Fire: The Extraordinary Story of a Forgotten Volcano That Changed the World by Alexandra Witze (Oct. 26-28)
Billy Budd by Herman Melville (Oct. 29-31). Well THAT was depressing, and the movie was even worse..Billy was so cool and positive! Evil master-at-arms using Billy's stutter against him! (He pretty much couldn't talk at all if he was upset enough.) And I see why people have trouble getting through Melville's books..wow O_o
This weekend I saw Dune with Ryan and Jo..it was pretty good, though a bit long. I kinda want to read the book now. Jo and I were drooling over Timothée Chalamet LOL..yum. :P It was also pretty warm this weekend because of a Chinook..temps were in the 40s, 20 degrees above normal! The last time Fairbanks reached 40 degrees on Halloween was in 1995..wow. Most of the snow has melted again haha..crazy
( oct. 30-nov. 1 )
Today's trivia: In order to give Obi-Wan Kenobi a desert-worn, rugged look, Alec Guinness would lay on the Tunisian desert floor and roll around in his costume
