Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell [Amazon, Kindle, $11.99]

Actually, I read this before Station Eleven, book log #17. As I mentioned in that log, the two both have a slow reveal of multiple interconnecting storylines.

I enjoyed this book quite a bit. It has a fugue pattern, changing from story to story, and then returning to the stories in reverse order in the latter half of the book. I really enjoyed the first part of the fugue, but was less enthused about the return trip. I’m not sure why. The storylines were all interesting.

Glad I read it, though. Great characters, great writing.

52 Books/Year Update: 18 books, 10 weeks. 1.8 ratio, targeting > 1.0.

In Hornby style, here’s what’s on deck:

• The Monopolists: Obsession, Fury, and the Scandal Behind the World’s Favorite Board Game by Mary Pilon
• Bleak House by Charles Dickens
• Hello World! Computer Programming for Kids and Other Beginners, 2nd Edition by Warren and Carter Sande
• Weighing Shadows by Lisa Goldstein
• What If? by Randall Munroe
• The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir Who Got Trapped In An IKEA Wardrobe by Romain Puertolas
• No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
• A Blink of the Screen, Collected Short Fiction by Terry Pratchett