Within the last year or so, I read a novel aloud to Lynn. It was about a young, unattached man who was hired to come in at night and read the emails that employees of the company had sent to each other. His job was to search for people who were violating company policy. He was fairly attractive and a pair of young women employees emailed each other back and forth during the day. Their emails included comments about the young man and the interest in him that one of the women felt.
I am not sure if it was the structure of the story or what it was that stuck in my mind. I know that I read it on my Kindle and I know that I read it aloud.
I recently joined a book club with some other men about my age. We were supposed to recommend a book of fiction and one of non-fiction that the group might like. It is no surprise to me that a very high percentage of the books I have purchased for my Kindle are non-fiction. So, it is easy for me to select a book I liked for the non-fiction recommendation. I chose "Incognito" by David Eagleman.
I have spent a lot of time and effort trying to track down the email story but I have not succeeded. I did review many lists and I came across examples of fiction that I like. I thought I would fall back on "Big Trouble" by Dave Barry, a book that I have enjoyed and which is well-written, witty and worthwhile in my opinion. I also saw on my iPad Kindle app, in the grid view which allows books covers to show in rows and is quick for review, some books by Donald Westlake. One of Westlake's characters is John Dortmunder, a thief who often barely escapes capture and injury and rarely makes a good haul. I knew that Westlake's books would be a good recommendation as soon as I saw his name.
I was also reminded of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce. That I listened to in audio form and it struck me as one of the finest audiobooks I have ever heard.
I enjoy looking at Amazon's Charts (charts.amazon.com), which show fiction and non-fiction that has been sold and read over the last week. I often hear how Google and others, like Amazon, are tracking me and recording everything about me. I hear that they can predict me every move and see deeply into my life. My one little life, seems to have twists and turns that make it difficult for me to follow, much less a big corporation. For various reasons, like a Kindle malfunctioning a while ago and needing to be totally cleared, I cannot find the damned story about the email reader and his romance.
