What did you read in 2021?

brianlux

I seem to remember we had a thread like this last year, so I thought it would be interesting to do again for 2021. 
I keep a card file and computer document listing the books I read each year (sorry for the italics, I can't seem to correct that here- darned Microsoft Office Word!!!).  This is very helpful for someone like me with sketchy short-term memory. 
Here's what I read this year (not including my current read, Michael Pollan's In Defense of Food.)

Densmore, John:  The Seekers

Hoppe, Arthur:  Having a Wonderful Time

 Pitman, Joanna:  The Dragon’s Trail

Jackson, Laura:  Golden Stone (Brian Jones biography)

Pinsky, Robert: Democracy, Culture, and the Voice of Poetry

Redding, Noel and Appleby, Carol:  Are You Experienced

Cantor, Norman F.: The Last Knight

 Nisenson, Eric:  Ascension; John Coltrane and His Quest

 Eggers, Dave:  Zeitoun

Rollins, Henry:  Do I Come Here Often? (2nd read)

Nisenson, Eric: ‘Round About Midnight; A Portrait of Miles Davis

Rollins, Henry: Broken Summers

Falk, Peter:  Just One More Thing  (2nd read)

McRae, Barry:  Ornette Coleman

Litweiler, John: Ornette Coleman, A Harmolodic Life

Hentoff, Nat:  I’m Really Dragged But Nothing Gets Me Down

Power, Martin:  David Sylvian; The Last Romantic

Gold, Herbert:   Bohemia; Where Art, Angst, Love, and Strong Coffee Meet

Smith, Patti:  Year of the Monkey

Mould, Bob:  See a Little Light; The Trail of Rage and Melody

Hommer, Ed; The Hill

Peel, John:  John Peel, Margrave of the Marshes, His Autobiography

Minor, William (Bill):  Unzipped Souls; A Jazz Journey Through the Soviet Union

Sudo, Philip Toshio:  Zen Guitar

Margolin, Malcolm:  The Ohlone Way

How about you?  What did you read?

Edit- whoa, weird, when I hit post, the italics ALL disappeared.  So strange!

F Me In The Brain

The Last Knight has been in my pile for a year or two.  How was it?

brianlux

F Me In The Brain said:

The Last Knight has been in my pile for a year or two.  How was it?

For me, it was good, not great.  I think history buffs would appreciate it more than me.  I try to read at least one history book a year because I respect how important it is to know more about history, but I generally find most books that cover history pre-20th and 21st century to be a bit dry.

cp3iverson

Dave Grohl - The Storyteller. 

Loved it

iOnlyownMymind

cp3iverson said:

Dave Grohl - The Storyteller. 

Loved it

I'm currently listening to it on audiobook.  It's his voice too so pretty awesome, definitely enjoying it so far. 

Loujoe

Kept me company and could chat with the author about it whenever. I think i read it in 2021. These past few years all melted together. 

I am a patriot

Keeping up with what my kid is into, so read a couple books turned into musicals - Dear Evan Hanson; Be More Chill; and Hamilton.

Hamilton is by far the best for me, but definitely took a while to get through.  Probably going to move onto Chernow's George Washington book in '22.

F Me In The Brain

brianlux said:

F Me In The Brain said:

The Last Knight has been in my pile for a year or two.  How was it?

For me, it was good, not great.  I think history buffs would appreciate it more than me.  I try to read at least one history book a year because I respect how important it is to know more about history, but I generally find most books that cover history pre-20th and 21st century to be a bit dry.

Thanks.  I love history and historical fiction - at some point I will get to it!

cp3iverson

Looking forward to reading Renegades by the boss and #44.