So bought some more books, The Oopsatoreum by Shaun Tan, anything by him is utterly brilliant. I pick his stuff up anytime I find one I don't have. The Starbucks Experience has arrived as well Like it as well then the one about the shooting of Bin Ladin. The big news for me anyway is Existence I have persevered with it. A I have just run into a great moment in the book, where the geneticist use the language of faith to describe his reason and purpose for his work. I enjoyed the words and image it made in my head.

Also bought William Gibson, Zero History I like it and I read this "She watched him trough the rear window as the taxi pulled away. Stout and bearded, he turned now in Greek Street,......" It is just odd an odd sentence.

Oh the other book is No Easy Day, Mark Owen.

So I am reading books lots of books I am really enjoying books so many books to read so little time. So now have a nice copy of a three volume illustrated Lord of the Rings. Then another Charles Dickens Oliver Twist. I think Already my daughter snaffled that one. Amped by Daniel H Wilson is really neat just don't like the news item inserts, I could do without that bit. Just being lost in a book is another world I like.

I am writing again, using a calendar to keep track  of the dates and times of my tale, not real time but as a means of keeping the sequences in order. I'll see how it goes. Remember dyslexia is agood thing in my life. have a great day someone should.

So I am struggling with "Throne of the Crescent Moon" So of the back story motivation for characters is done in a way that I find slightly dull. What is told to me is not dull but I want it to be better I am liking it mostly and would hunt down Saladin Ahmed other works. Just for fun. I am going to enjoy today. I have new books old books, Over the top of it all I have in my library I now have "Steal like an Artist" it pushes me forward in my thinking quite a helpful book. Do find it and enjoy. Use your local library, they are such cool places to find what a book addict needs, We are called "readers". Dyslexia rocks, I like mine, do you have one. enjoy your day.

So today got off to a great start, the parcel man delivered today a book with a brilliant title "Steal like an Artist" Austin Kleon. With this book I have not a single hint of disappointment. It has just confirmed that some of my general habits are good for my creativity.

Also yesterday I went shopping with my daughter we bought some books and they were "Amped" by Daniel H. Wilson; "Zero History" William Gibson; and to finish with : "The Red Badge of Courage" by Stephen Crane. Nearly finished :Throne of the Crescent Moon, then onward to new fictional horizons.

Also read the Bible not fiction, and some commentaries on the book/letter of James, all in preparation for Sunday. Dyslexia is what I have and I like it. Have a great day, someone has to!

So I after having my evening dose of great soup, thought to myself wonder what my family and I are reading or have read recently, these are from our dinning room table, Lee Child: The Affair; Malcolm Gladwell: What the Dog Saw; Jonah Lehrer: Imagine; Devils in the detail: A style Guide to Patterns and Applications; Brian Jacques: Salamanderstron: Catherynne M. Valente: The Girl who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making; Lydia: The Unicorn, The Prince, and the Dragon, Lord Dunsany: The King of Elfland's Daughter, A Prayer Book for Australia, Brook Eastman: Howlsage; Alan Marshall: I Can Jump Puddles; Justin Randall: Changing Ways; Steve Turner: A Hard Day's Write; David Server, Jackson Lanzing, Joe Suitor: Freakshow; John Cluade Bemis: The Prince who fell from the Sky; Lynley Dodd: Schnitzel von Krumm's Basketwork; Lynley Dodd: Slinky Malinki Catflaps, Lynley Dodd: Hairy Maclary and Zachary Quack, Lynley Dodd: Slinky Malinki, Open the Door, Lynley Dodd: Hairy Maclary's Bone;  And Finnally Michelle Knudsen: The Dragon of Trelian. So what are you reading? Remember Dyslexia is a great thing I like mine. Have a great day

So I have been, waiting for some books. They have arrived and I have read most of them, Redshirts by John Scalzi. I enjoyed it most of the time, It would make a great movie. So there were three books of the "Wired" magazine reading list that last one Myke Cole's Book Shadow OPs, That was good now I want the next one. This next one is the surprise Saladin Ahmed "Throne of the Crescent Moon" Don't get caught out by the cover, It is better it looks. It is so cool, I has drawn me in. It has so really good sentences. This is one is one of my current favourites.

"Taking a last long look around the bookshelves and bureaus of his townhouse, Adoulla himself felt something similar."

One of the other characters Raseed has just sharpen a sword and Adoulla feels about books the same as Raseed about his sword. To learn more you'll need to get the book. Oh and this other sentence, is just so neat at showing lost dreams and hopes, and a life, lived,

"Instead of a blissful marriage, he had monstrosities on his mind and a pile of "should haves" pressing down upon his soul."

I like this book, it is great read. find it enjoy it. Dyslexia rules I like mine. have a great day.

Yesterday I bought two books one was  the second part of some kind of longer story, Brent Weeks The Blinding Knife, been so long between books going to need to read the first one again,( The Black Prism) just to catch up with the characters, plot etc. The most rewarding thing is having my daughter say out loud " I have read some Dickens, I must read some more".  So being a good father and husband I bought the cloth bound penguin edition of "Great Expectations" The smile on her face will make me by at least one maybe two more editions in this set of books never read any Charles Dickens myself. I may just have to, read one so I can keep up, with my own daughter. Still reading, nope, begun reading Dallas Willard "Personal, Public Reality?" Great introduction not always enjoyed his work but this has a good hook into it. So will pursue it further. Have a great day and remember dyslexia is a very nice thing for me. hope you like yours too.

So I have now finished, Philip K. Dick's "We can remember it for you wholesale" it is a great story. Do  find it. The shape of it is way above any of the movies. In fact the movies don't even fill in the missing parts of the original short story. The layering of a fantasy life and reality it just a joy to encounter. So to have saved the world by living is such a great idea. Wish more people did it. And, and  I didn't give the end away. I'm not that mean to ruin another man's story or life. Dyslexia rules. Have a great day.

breakfast reading

I was having breakfast, enjoying it and the really enjoyable author Lynley Dodd, so much so I read five of her books. Her use of tension, drama, whimsy are captivating. Delighting my heart and life,  so I read them each twice. now I shall read the Bible and enjoy that as much if not more. Dyslexia is a fine thing go and have a great day read a book. Write a story begin a blog talk to someone you love much.

Well the reading and writing goes on. Philip K. Dick is still a writer who even after all the years reading him still gets to astonish me. I find he draws me into a world that is moves between light and dark far more often than any film has. Mind you I enjoy most of the films but his words are so much better every time.
Dyslexia is a useful thing. have a good day

So what have you done in the last week, well I have bought a few books, Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson, It was a great, fantastic to read it is so go to have someone who like and knows his subject really really well. It is beautiful constructed go find a copy enjoy, I did.  Then all the way from Canada comes Philip K. Dick: The Preserving Machine and other stories. Why this one I watched the remake of Total Recall. Which did suck. So I wondered how close it was to the original story; We Can Remember it for You Wholesale.  It is set on Mars, How cool is that for more then go and find a copy. for yourself. I like Mark A. Noll Jesus Christ and the life of the Mind, read heaps by him and enjoy it. I like his church history work. Looking forward to this one.  Also D.A. Carson purchased today as well. Going to enjoy these.

Most of my writing and thinking this week has been a round my sermon for Sunday. But I have also been think through story ideas. Some of which will occur in my daughters work. As someone who doesn't swear I used the phrase " a head full of bat spit" to describe a terrible Australian car driver. She was in fits of laughter, a truly delightful sound and feeling.

Remember dyslexia is a good way to see the world. Have a great day.