Read

[evalien]

I recently read two books by Maggie O'Farrell. They're both excellent, a nice surprise since I often run out of authors to read. I picked O'Farrell off a Amazon list by someone who likes one of my favourite authors, Stephen McCauley. Also, i've been checking in to Librarything.com a little. Hadn't used that site since 2008. It might be pretty good for recommendations.


Read recently:

• After you'd gone - Maggie O'Farrell : A whodunit without much doing. Very good!
• My lover's lover - Maggie O'Farrell: A ghost story without a ghost.
• Dexter is delicious - Jeff Lindsay: Entertaining as always
• Monogamie voor beginners - Yvonne Kroonenberg: I never knew she was so much fun to read. I'm reading the lot now, they're like a nice little snack in between.
• The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home. I had a quick read through this one. It's  interesting and new at the Rotterdam Library. For instance; it's better to spread out the nice things in life, in that way you have more happiness overall than when you take it all at once. The author, Dan Ariely, is the Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Behavioral Economics at MIT.
• Insignificant Others - Stephen McCauley. To me McCauley has the wit of Oscar Wilde combined with the atmosphere of Murakami. But then that's me and I really like all his books. The Insignificant Others of the title stand for the boyfriends on the side the couple in this book have. McCauley's books are more about what the main character muses on that what actually happens.
• Audiobooks: A lot of Karin Slaughter while drawing.
• 
  
  
  

Seen:

• That touch of mink. Comfortable, old and it has Doris Day in it.
• Fantastic Mr. Fox. Finally! And i loved it. Wonderfully crafted. All Wes Andersons films have very interesting making-off's. He gives a lot of artists a lot of work.
• The life aquatic, also by Anderson. This is my least favourite Anderson so far. Once again the decor is beautifully crafted and the dialogues are as weirdly amusing as ever but the story's too wobbly and the film could be more compact.
• The King's Speech. I'd obviously heard this one is very good. Still I was afraid that it would be a little too much costume and drama, it wasn't. A terrific film that has it all, another great one for Firth and a really good role by Geoffrey Rush. It even made me a little more sympathetic to the monarchy.