J. Muller

@nightchough

Denizen of the Emerald City. “In times of stress, the best thing we can do for each other is to listen with our ears and our hearts and to be assured that our questions are just as important as our answers.” - Fred Rogers

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J. Muller@nightchough· 14d

I get a Lynch vibe.

J. Muller@nightchough· 15d

18. do you like historical books? which time period? Yes, some standouts: Hilary Mantel's Thomas Cromwell books; Connie Willis's time-traveling historians books; Julian by Gore Vidal; Robert Graves's I, Claudius.

To Say Nothing Of The Dog by Connie Willis

J. Muller@nightchough· 15d

15. recommend and review a book. We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, by Karen Joy Fowler The story is told in flashback and circles back to give context. In some ways it reminded me of Margaret Atwood. I recommend it highly. Do not read a plot summary which might reveal the twist.

Cover of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, by Karen Joy Fowler. Blurb from Barbara Kingsolver says "readably juicy and surreptitiously smart". Some blurbs from alternate covers: "A gripping, bighearted book"; "Wise, provocative and wildly endearing"; "With a twist unlike anything you'll ever have read before ... it will break your heart in two"

J. Muller@nightchough· 15d

8. what is the first book you remember reading yourself? Richard Scarry's What Do People Do All Day?

Cover of Richard Scarry's What Do People Do All Day? It took me a long time to realize his books were not set in the United States. Does Lowly Worm speak Schweitzer-Deutsch? Ja voll!

J. Muller@nightchough· 15d

7. is there a series/book that got you into reading? The Jenny Linsky books by Esther Averill

Cover of Jenny and the Cat Club: A Collection of Favorite Stories about Jenny Linsky, by Esther Averill. Oh, I loved this book when I was a kid.

Cover of Jenny Goes to Sea, by Esther Averill. This book is a bit dated in places. but when I was a kid it really fired up my imagination and curiosity about world travel.

Cover of The Fire Cat, by Esther Averill. I would have sworn the title of this book was PICKLES, THE FIRE CAT, however, the internet helpfully corrected me. kind of a prequel to Jenny and the Cat Club and a morality tail.

J. Muller@nightchough· 15d

6. what books have you read in the last month? Watergate: A New History, by Garrett Graff Creativity, Inc., by Ed Catmull How to Argue with a Racist, by Adam Rutherford

Cover of Watergate: A New History, by Garrett Graff

Cover of Creativity, Inc., by Ed Catmull. Didn't get as much out of this as did the person who enthusiastically recommended it to me.

Cover of How To Argue With A Racist, by Adam Rutherford. This one - I do recommend enthusiastically.

J. Muller@nightchough· 15d

3. what is your favourite genre? History. Barbara Tuchman and James McPherson are a couple of my favorites. Also including The Bastard Brigade by Sam Kean here.

Cover art for The Proud Tower by Barbara Tuchman.

Cover of Battle Cry of Freedom by James McPherson. I have re-read this book several times; it is excellent.

Cover of The Bastard Brigade: The True Story of the Secret Plot to Stop the Nazi Atomic Bomb, by Sam Kean. this book is a banger!

J. Muller@nightchough· 15d

2. top 5 books of all time? The Book of the New Sun, by Gene Wolfe Pale Fire, by Vladimir Nabokov The Master and Margarita, by Mikhail Bulgakov Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid, by Douglas Hofstadter Essais, by Michel de Montaigne

Cover art for Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov. It has a pretty butterfly.

Cover art for Godel Escher Bach by Douglas Hofstadter. This book opened my imagination of what books could do. So did Ubik by Philip K Dick of course ... perhaps the only time those two books have been in the same alt text?

cover art for the Essays by Michel de Montaigne. translation by the unfortunately named M.A. Screech. I haven't read this translation; I chose this cover because of the Montaigne portrait.

J. Muller@nightchough· 15d

1. book you've reread the most times? The Book of the New Sun, by Gene Wolfe

Cover art for The Shadow of the Torturer

Cover art for The Claw of the Conciliator

Cover art for The Citadel of the Autarch

J. Muller@nightchough· 15d

Sure, I'll play:

book asks:

1. book you've reread the most times?
2. top 5 books of all time?
3. what is your favourite genre?
4. what sections of a bookstore do you browse?
5. where do you buy books?
6. what books have you read in the last month?
7. is there a series/book that got you into reading?
8. what is the first book you remember reading yourself?
9. when do you tend to read most?
10. do you have a guilty fav?
11. what non-fiction books do you like if any?
12. did you enjoy any compulsory high school readings?
13. do you have a goodreads?
14. do you ever mark/dog ear books you own?
15. recommend and review a book.
16. how many books have you read this year?
17. top 5 children's books?
18. do you like historical books? which time period?
19. most disliked popular books?
20. what are things you look for in a book?

J. Muller@nightchough· Jul 18

Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness

Hopey and Maggie from the Love & Rockets comic series (artist: Jaime Hernandez). Esperanza Letitia Glass (Hopey) is throwing a beer bottle behind her in the perfect trajectory to bean an oblivious member of the LAPD. Magaraita Luísa Chascarillo (Maggie) is holding her arm. Two early 80s punk rock girls in love.

J. Muller@nightchough· Jun 25

“… and Genesis”. a/k/a The Play, to BotNS fans. ❤️ (If you have no idea what I’m talking about, run, don’t walk, to read The Shadow of the Torturer and The Claw of the Conciliator, by Gene Wolfe. Outstanding books.)