I tend to do that. Wait till the last minute. A cousin to procastination.
I’ve got a couple books to tell you about.
One is Headhunters by Jo Nesbo. Book itself is a little ‘Now a major motion picutes’ paperback that I found in a drawer in the B and B we stayed in in London almost three years ago. We were going home and I hadn’t bought any books and I saw it and’s p thought it must be fate. Why it took me so long to read I do not know. It’s a thriller and it’s pretty thrilling. The author is Norwegian and he is very popular, having written and sold millions of books some of which became major motion pictures. I liked it. It went along fast and it gave a look into Norway, a fascinating place, and the art of finding the right person for the right job.
I’m wondering if anyone has read any of Nesbo’s books?
I’m also wondering if anyone has ever been headhunted? I remember my boss at the job before the job before my last job, would get calls once in a while, which he would shyly report to me. I might have had a nibble once too.
Another book is Mark Helprin’s Ellis Island and Other Stories, a retired library book that I’ve had for manya years. They story I read seems familiar - it’s about rowing on the Charles River in Boston on a very hot day. It’s very good and I assume the others are too. I like short stories, good ones anyway, because they are short.
I managed to watch most of three interviews with Helprin on YouTube. He’s politically conservative and talks about not having read Updike, Cheever, Roth or Irving, not at all. I guess he has enough confidence in his own abilities, or perhaps is afraid of being influenced by other writers.
btw, spring has sprung. It’s warm and almost all of the recent pretty snow has melted. I walked up to Joana’s house the day before yesterday and felt so good I intended to do it every day. Maybe once a month? I doubt that’s often enough.
So I guess this is a short entry.
Let’s see if I see you tomorrow.
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