Longest novel yet

Under the Dome -- Stephen King (1074 pages)

More long novels

Recently read (Jan - March, 2015):

The Crimson Petal and the White -- Michel Faber (838 pages)
Special Topics in Calamatiy Physics -- Marisha Pessl (514 pages)
The Art of Fielding -- Chad Harback (512 pages)

Long form novels read in 2014

This is not how I spend the 16 months since my last post.  I did do other things too.

But I became interested in long novels last year.  This is what I read in 2014, along with many other more standard length (~ 300 page) books. The order is approximate:

The Goldfinch – Donna Tartt (775 pages)

Skippy Dies – Paul Murray (672 pages)

I Know this Much to be True  -- Wally Lamb (912 pages)

Middlemarch – George Elliott (879 pages)

Portrait of a Lady – Henry James (660 pages)

Vanity Fair – William Makepeace Thackery (719 pages)

The Secret History – Donna Tartt  (559 pages)

The Book of Strange New Things – Michel Fahey (500 pages)

Which were worth the time? I started but did not finish some others, so all the above were worth it.  However, with that qualification, the only one I want the time back for is I Know this Much to be True. On the other hand, I might read Portrait of a Lady or Middlemarch again.

And here are the long books I started by did not finish:

The Way We Live Now – Anthony Trollope (800 pages)

Sacred Games – Vikram Chandra (992 pages)

Suitable Boy -- Vikram Seth (1488 pages)

Live Music 2013

It's been a very good and very varied 4 months of live music.

Thus far

Charlie Parr, Feb. 2

Umphrey's McGee, Feb. 8

Happy Apple, April 9th

Craig Taborn, April 26

Cole Porter, April 27

Puzzling waste of time

Jigsaw puzzles finished since Christmas.

Each is a 1000 piece puzzle.  The last one was disassembled before I remembered to take a picture.

Kate and Rob

A picture that needs to be shared...

Umphrey's McGee

I was there (1st Avenue, Mpls on Feb. 6).  With brother Tim.  Horrible video, but the artifact counts.

Thanks to Kate and Rob for pushing me a bit beyond my comfort zone.

It was a great night.