NIGHTLY READING THREAD: We made it! It's Friday and welcome to Edition #12 of #GMGreads. Every night through this weird time, I'm tweeting out a list of my five favorite books around a general theme—and a link to an indie bookstore where you can order them online....
At the request of @BetsOnTech, tonight's theme is simply books that are just fun to read—not heavy, not big, not dark, just fun. Here are some of my favorites:
1) Brock Clarke's book title is pretty self-explanatory, AN ARSONIST'S GUIDE TO WRITERS' HOMES IN NEW ENGLAND, and it's exactly as enjoyable as you'd think it would be: powells.com/book/-97815651…
2) Two fun satires-of-sorts, Robert Littell's tough-to-find DEBRIEFING, about the oddities of intelligence: powells.com/book/-97801431… and Joshua Ferris's THEN WE CAME TO THE END, about a place we used to go called the "office": powells.com/book/-97803160…
3) German defense attorney-turned-crime writer Ferdinand Von Schirach has two really good and surprising books of short stories, CRIME/GUILT powells.com/book/-97803077… and THE COLLINI CASE: powells.com/book/-97801431…
4) The cover of Denis Johnson's very fun NOBODY MOVE is not made for reading in public, which makes it perfect for quarantine reading: powells.com/book/-97803124…
5) I have rarely found a book as creative and entertaining as BJ Novak's (@bjnovak) ONE MORE THING: powells.com/book/-97808041…
And then, lastly, literally anything by Christopher Buckley, though both BOOMSDAY powells.com/book/-97804465… and THEY EAT PUPPIES DON'T THEY seem to have special relevance now: powells.com/book/-97804465…
Those are tonight's #GMGreads. What are your favorite fun books? We all could use some laughter and smiles right now, so I'll order one of your suggestions myself. Also, what are your favorite indie bookstores? Share! #avidreadersunite
