The Content Reader

I found a few quotes from the books I read in August. They were too long to put into the short summary, but why not give them a post of their own? I also added a few quotes from Coetzee's The Childhood of Jesus. The Brooklyn Follies by Paul Auster As said, a great book. The Brooklyn Follies are full of stories, wonderful stories, stories about genuin people, about their lives, for good or for bad. Nathan Glass, the main protagonist is a wonderful character that you just can't help not loving. His attitude to life, may be because he has given up on having special dreams or demands from life, is clear cut.  "Life got in the way. two years in the army, work, marriage, family responsibilities, the need to earn more and more money, all the much that bogs us down when we don't have the balls to stand up for ourselves - but I had never lost my interest in books. Reading was my escape and my conform, my consolation, my stimulant of choice: reading for the pure pleasure of it, ...