Monday, January 15, 2007

Another Book Review

I finished reading Armisted Maupin's Tales of the City last night. It is a fantastic read, and makes me want to live in 70's San Francisco, specifically as one of the residents of Barbary Lane. I'm recommeding this to anyone who'd appreciate an interesting light read with great plot and fun characters. I always have a dilemma with great books: I want to read them, and find out what's going to happen next, and to see where the characters end up, but on the other hand, I never want to finish them as I find I'm then left with a void in my reading. So, should I read quickly or slowly? Tales is definitely one of the books that fit into this category.
I borrowed Tales of the City from the Brisbane Central Library (the new brightly coloured library in front of the casino) before I found out that Kat owns the whole series and borrowing from her would have been easier than the library (there were a few issues with getting this book from the library, but I won't go into them here).
The book is followed by two more in the series, namely More Tales of the City and Further Tales of the City. I plan to read both of these books as soon as possible and I think I may well want to add this series to my library. After all, one can never own too many books.

Też, skonczyłem czytać książki francuski. Jeszcze nie go lubię, ale on jest lepiej (lepszy?) blisko do koncu.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I thought there were more than 3. Isn't there 4? or even five? you know: even more further tales of the city...
Maupin writting quite a few other novels as well, and the ones I've read I have enjoyed. I must add him to my list of authors to look for in the library.
Oh, and do you know about the TV series of Tales?

Kat said...

That comment was me. Kat. I think the new blogger doesn't like me. I have trouble uploading comments with my own username.

Sean said...

There are 6 in the series according to a website currently being viewed:
Tales of the City
More Tales of the City
Further Tales of the City
Babycakes
Significant Others
Sure of You

And two other books that aren't related:
Maybe the Moon
The Night Listener