Stuff I've Been Reading October 2019

Books Read October 2019

1. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sanchez (kindle and overdrive audiobook) 2 October
2. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes (kindle and audible audiobook) 9 October
3. Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea (library hardcover and overdrive audiobook) 12 October
4. House of Broken Angels by Luis Alberto Urrea (kindle and audible audiobook) 14 October
5. Sabrina & Corina: Stories by Kali Fajardo-Anstine (kindle and audible audiobook) 15 October
6. The Affairs of the Falcons by Melissa Rivero (library hardcover and audible audiobook)
7. Anerican Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House by Jon Meacham. (library hardcover and overdrive audiobook) 20 October
8. Growing Up Dead in Texas by Stephen Graham Jones. (audible audiobook and kindle) 20 October 
9. Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann (kindle and overdrive audiobook) 22 October
10. The Stand by Stephen King (audible audiobook and kindle) 29 October

Books Bought October 2019

1. House of Broken Angels Luis Alberto Urrea (audible audiobook)
2. Sabrina & Corina: Stories by Kali Fajardo-Anstine (kindle and audible audiobook)
3. The Affairs of the Falcons by Melissa Rivero (audible audiobook)
4. Growing Up Dead in Texas by Stephen Graham Jones (audible audiobook)
5. Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko (audible audiobook) 
6. The Dying Grass by William T. Vollman (audible audiobook)
7. The Stand by Stephen King (audible audiobook)

Comments

I feel good about the ratio between books bought and read. It is always nice to see more in the books read than in the books bought lists. I also feel good about reading a number of books that I checked out from the public library. However, recent news about the publisher Macmillan's attempts drastically limit the number of ebooks that libraries can purchase is deeply concerning. One story on that here.

Perhaps the book I felt the best about reading was Don Quixote -- both because of the number of pages as well as its importance in literary history. In many was Cervantes anticipated what we now call post-modernism, but he apparently was just reacting to some other writers who wrote fake Quixote's so they could cash in on the popularity.

If you have not read Stephen Graham Jones I do recommend him. My favorite book of his was Mongrels. His website is here and a wikipedia page is here. He also is mentioned in a recent CNN story on ways you can honor Native Americans during Native American Heritage month, which is now (November).