[Magdalen] What are we reading?

Jay Weigel jay.weigel at gmail.com
Mon Feb 2 04:37:57 UTC 2015


I read The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Chabon which was quite good. I
forgot to mention that the first couple of books in the Doc Ford series are
Sanibel Flats and The Heat Islands. Obviously they take place on and around
Sanibel Island, Write what you know and all that.

On Sun, Feb 1, 2015 at 11:28 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The Purple Headed Mountain by Martin Thornton, newly authorized reprinting
> by Akenside Press, with foreword by Rowan Williams. Started then didn't
> have time to read but might be able to restart it this week as my dear
> partner will be away on retreat.
>
> The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon. Loving it
> but I'm very slow and its a thick book. It's our current One Book, One
> Chicago selection.
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On Feb 1, 2015, at 10:13 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > It's snowing here, so what's better than curling up with a good book? On
> > our trip to Sanibel we discovered a new (to us) author, Randy Wayne
> White,
> > writer of whodunits. His main character, Doc Ford, is a marine biologist
> > resident (of course) on the island, and his writing style is easy to
> read.
> > Not great literature, but fun. White also, in addition to crafting these
> > little opuses, owns three restaurants called Doc Ford's Rum Bar where the
> > food is pretty decent. We ate at the one on Sanibel.
>


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