In September I wrote a little about Levi here. Levi has been many things in his career a lawyer, an independent singer song writer, a judge, a bee keeper, just to name a few. He weaves many of those experiences into his first novel. My favorite album of Allen's is Rivertown, a musical love letter to the history of Columbus Georgia. Theo of Golden is also about a river town. The fictional southern city of Golden is an additional character among many finely developed characters. But the characters and the setting take a back seat to the story which is about kindness, community and redemption. Theo of Golden and is available in multiple places, including Rabbit Room, Amazon, and at Levi's website.
In preparation for the launch of his book, Levi wrote several pieces on his blog about writing. In one, he talked about the novel A Gentlemen in Moscow by Amor Towles. I was intrigued, so I borrowed it from my local library.
A Gentleman in Moscow is about a man who is under house arrest for over 20 years in a Moscow Hotel. It takes place almost entirely in the hotel, you would imagine this would make for one claustrophobic read, far from it!
Towles like Levi successfully makes the setting a pivotal character in this book. The 2016 novel will soon be a television series on Showtime. I was sad to finish both of these books and am looking forward to rereading them again soon. Which brings us to our Next Ten ....
This will generally just be a list of 10 books, but as I mentioned in a previous post, I will also be entering a small update on my progress in my quest to read Fellowship Of The Ring before my 60th birthday,.
Dreyer's English - Benjamin Dreyer
Eugene Onegin - Alexander Pushkin
Concise Theology - J.I. Packer
1984 - George Orwell
Write Better - Andrew T. Le Peau
Royko - F. Richard Ciccone
Fellowship of The Ring - J.R.R. Tolkien
I obtained the book from my local library, although my son has since informed me that he has several copies he could lend me. I have finished the first chapter.
The Periodic Table of D.C. - Melanie Scott
Theo of Golden - Allen Levi
A Gentleman In Moscow - Amor Towles
Note: I have already completed one book on this list since, I started writing this post a few days back. When I have finished reading 4 more books, I will post a new Last 5 Next Ten.
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