2011 Reading #45: The Night Gardener by George Pelecanos
Books 1-10.
Books 11-20.
Books 21-30.
Books 31-40.
41. The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien.
42. Tales from Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin.
43. The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.
44. Noise by Darin Bradley.
45. The Night Gardener by George Pelecanos. I find myself suddenly in the grips of a reading slowdown; I'm reading, but not as much, and I'm crankier about some of the stuff I'm reading--this is, I think, in large part due to the fact that I'm revising my own novel right now. I picked this one up when none of the other books I was reading were doing anything for me, and I blew through it. I haven't read a lot of Pelecanos; I read A Firing Offense a few years ago and was a bit lukewarm on it, but I love his work on "The Wire" and "Treme" and my friend Derek has talked him up for years, so I knew I wanted to try him again. The Night Gardener is very like "The Wire," in fact; it's D.C. and not Baltimore, but the book is one part page-turner, one part Dickensian social tapestry. I read it quickly and I enjoyed it, and for whatever reason I don't have much more to say than that.
Books 11-20.
Books 21-30.
Books 31-40.
41. The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien.
42. Tales from Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin.
43. The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.
44. Noise by Darin Bradley.
45. The Night Gardener by George Pelecanos. I find myself suddenly in the grips of a reading slowdown; I'm reading, but not as much, and I'm crankier about some of the stuff I'm reading--this is, I think, in large part due to the fact that I'm revising my own novel right now. I picked this one up when none of the other books I was reading were doing anything for me, and I blew through it. I haven't read a lot of Pelecanos; I read A Firing Offense a few years ago and was a bit lukewarm on it, but I love his work on "The Wire" and "Treme" and my friend Derek has talked him up for years, so I knew I wanted to try him again. The Night Gardener is very like "The Wire," in fact; it's D.C. and not Baltimore, but the book is one part page-turner, one part Dickensian social tapestry. I read it quickly and I enjoyed it, and for whatever reason I don't have much more to say than that.