Just started Rick Atkinson's The Guns at Last Light, book three in his Liberation triolgy. If you like books about WWII, he's really really great. An Army at Dawn is the first one, The Day of Battle is number two.
He does like to use big words. That you have to look up sometimes. Like "concupiscence." (Means strong sexual desire. Who knew?)
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VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
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Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
I've just finished 'All Quiet on the Western Front'. Fantastic book, a real 'must read'.
I've not read that book since uni, it was a mandatory text as part of war and its impact on culture and literature
2009 - Manchester. 2010 - Dublin, Belfast, London, Berlin, Arras, Werchter. 2011 - PJ20 i & ii, Montreal, Toronto i & ii, Ottawa, Hamilton. 2012 - Manchester i & ii, Berlin i & ii, Stockholm. 2014 - Amsterdam i & ii, Trieste, Vienna, Berlin, Leeds, Milton Keynes. 2016 - Boston Fenway i & ii, 2018 - Amsterdam i & ii, Pinkpop, London i & ii, Padova, Krakow, Barcelona, Seattle i & ii.
1998-06-30 Minneapolis
2003-06-16 St. Paul
2006-06-26 St. Paul
2007-08-05 Chicago
2009-08-23 Chicago
2009-08-28 San Francisco
2010-05-01 NOLA (Jazz Fest)
2011-07-02 EV Minneapolis
2011-09-03 PJ20
2011-09-04 PJ20
2011-09-17 Winnipeg
2012-06-26 Amsterdam
2012-06-27 Amsterdam
2013-07-19 Wrigley
2013-11-21 San Diego
2013-11-23 Los Angeles
2013-11-24 Los Angeles
2014-07-08 Leeds, UK
2014-07-11 Milton Keynes, UK
2014-10-09 Lincoln
2014-10-19 St. Paul
2014-10-20 Milwaukee
2016-08-20 Wrigley 1
2016-08-22 Wrigley 2 2018-06-18 London 1 2018-08-18 Wrigley 1 2018-08-20 Wrigley 2 2022-09-16 Nashville 2023-08-31 St. Paul 2023-09-02 St. Paul 2023-09-05 Chicago 1 2023-08-31 Wrigley 2 2023-09-15 Fenway 1
13 Books of wasted time. I read most of this last book Tuesday night, but guessed where it's heading and have delayed reading the ending. Maybe I'll feel better about it once I've finished. However, I think I'll avoid series books from now on.
I usually like series but this one is really not very good at all. I far prefer what they've done with True Blood!
Are we getting something out of this all-encompassing trip?
Seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned...
Just started reading a book written by a friend I went to college with. Dad or Alive by Adrian Kulp... a true comical story about his becoming a stay at home dad. He has a blog and has articles posted on Huffington post. He used to work for Adam Sandler's Happy Madison productions and Chelea Handlers late night group. I'll post what I think when I finish, but I'm sure I'll be a wee bit biased. I already laughed quite a bit and his wife hasn't even had the kid yet in the story.
If you are a parent or thinking of becoming one I'd recommend his book or blog for some comic relief!
Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict by Charles D. Smith
that's gotta be a long fucker :shifty:
If I had known then what I know now...
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
just finished it. they think this dude may have killed 400 patients :shock:
starting this:
If I had known then what I know now...
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
I finally started reading again I missed it so much! I'm doing it on the workout machine every day. I need paper backs that are easily bendabe. I finished a book about the cuisine history of Detroit, then the autobiography of Russell Brand (actually quite a good read) and now I started Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle. I found it in a thrift store and gt it because I liked his ther stuff too. So far it's good.
Please, Pearl Jam, consider a Benaroya Hall vinyl reissue!
Once I finish this last paper of the semester tonight, starting this. Have never read it before.
Of Mice and Men is awesome... I should pick this up too.
both such a good books
I have a 1934 royal typewriter as a "designer piece"....I printed the first page of Mice and Men in typewriter font and put it in it. a friend says if I keep up with my interior design ideas I may start batting for the other team
If I had known then what I know now...
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
PJ: 2003 Mansfield: July 2 2004 Boston: Sept 28 & 29 2005 Montreal: Sept 15 2006 Boston: May 24 & 25 2008 Hartford: June 27, Mansfield: June 28, 2010 Boston: May 17 2013 Worcester: Oct 15, Hartford: Oct 25, 2016 Hampton: April 18, Raleigh: April 20 (cancelled), Columbia: April 21. Quebec: May 5. Boston (Fenway): August 7
1. audio book called Sand Sharks (no not about marine life) about a judge at a judge's conference and one of her shady colleagues was murdered. she is a very nosey judge who figured out who did it!
2. audio book called Cage of Stars
Cage of Stars (ISBN 9780446578752) is a 2006 best-selling novel by Jacquelyn Mitchard.
Summary
Young Veronica (“Ronnie”) Swan's idyllic life in her Mormon community is shattered when her two younger sisters are brutally murdered by the schizophrenic Scott Early. As a remorseful Early is sentenced to a maximum security facility for the criminally mentally ill, his disability is increasingly tempered by medication and therapy. Guided by their faith, Ronnie’s parents take the unusual steps to visit and ultimately forgive him, as their surviving daughter silently plots to drop her strict religious identity and exact her revenge upon his release.
3. audio book called The Next Best Thing by Jennifer Weiner. I listened to 3 of the cds and returned it to the library. I think there were FOURTEEN! It truly was about nothing...now Best Friends Forever was a good audio book.
I am now reading Bootlegger's Daughter (paperback) by the same author who wrote Sand Sharks (about the same nosey judge, but it is the first book of the series -- 1992, so she was an attorney then)
9/98, 9/00 - DC, 4/03 - Pitt., 7/03 - Bristow, 10/04 - Reading, 10/05 - Philly, 5/06 - DC, 6/06 - Pitt., 6/08 - Va Beach, 6/08 - DC, 5/10 - Bristow, 10/13 B'more
8/08 - Ed solo in DC, 6/09 Ed in B'more,
10/10 - Brad in B'more
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Cool! I'm only about 45 pages in, but I'm enjoying it so far...
Finally finished this up ... been too busy to read much recently. Pretty good ... f--ing haunting ending, though.
Now I'm going to start reading this:
"Let's check Idaho."
He does like to use big words. That you have to look up sometimes. Like "concupiscence." (Means strong sexual desire. Who knew?)
one of my fave books.
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
psycho-fucking-path :shock:
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
I've not read that book since uni, it was a mandatory text as part of war and its impact on culture and literature
2012 - Manchester i & ii, Berlin i & ii, Stockholm. 2014 - Amsterdam i & ii, Trieste, Vienna, Berlin, Leeds, Milton Keynes.
2016 - Boston Fenway i & ii, 2018 - Amsterdam i & ii, Pinkpop, London i & ii, Padova, Krakow, Barcelona, Seattle i & ii.
Just started this.
2003-06-16 St. Paul
2006-06-26 St. Paul
2007-08-05 Chicago
2009-08-23 Chicago
2009-08-28 San Francisco
2010-05-01 NOLA (Jazz Fest)
2011-07-02 EV Minneapolis
2011-09-03 PJ20
2011-09-04 PJ20
2011-09-17 Winnipeg
2012-06-26 Amsterdam
2012-06-27 Amsterdam
2013-07-19 Wrigley
2013-11-21 San Diego
2013-11-23 Los Angeles
2013-11-24 Los Angeles
2014-07-08 Leeds, UK
2014-07-11 Milton Keynes, UK
2014-10-09 Lincoln
2014-10-19 St. Paul
2014-10-20 Milwaukee
2016-08-20 Wrigley 1
2016-08-22 Wrigley 2
2018-06-18 London 1
2018-08-18 Wrigley 1
2018-08-20 Wrigley 2
2022-09-16 Nashville
2023-08-31 St. Paul
2023-09-02 St. Paul
2023-09-05 Chicago 1
2023-08-31 Wrigley 2
2023-09-15 Fenway 1
All that I once held as true
I stand alone without beliefs
The only truth I know is you.
I usually like series but this one is really not very good at all. I far prefer what they've done with True Blood!
Seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned...
I AM MINE
By Michael Moss
If you are a parent or thinking of becoming one I'd recommend his book or blog for some comic relief!
A dark and riveting vision of America from the award-winning author of Knockemstiff. For fans of No Country for Old Men and Natural Born Killers.
My Fugazi Live Series ramblings and blog: anothersievefistedfind.tumblr.com
2012: Arras, Berlin 1-2
2013: Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires
2014: Milano, Trieste, Vienna, Berlin
2016: NY MSG 1
I was looking at ordering this last night but decided I should clear the books I have on my shelf first.
It's a Graphic Novel, here's some examples of the art.
Pretty Cool Book, Great Story, a little disappointed in the ending.
that's gotta be a long fucker :shifty:
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
just finished it. they think this dude may have killed 400 patients :shock:
starting this:
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
All that I once held as true
I stand alone without beliefs
The only truth I know is you.
both such a good books
I have a 1934 royal typewriter as a "designer piece"....I printed the first page of Mice and Men in typewriter font and put it in it. a friend says if I keep up with my interior design ideas I may start batting for the other team
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
It is! It's pretty dry too
I'm currently in WWI with the British telling Mecca to suck their balls.
Now reading War by Sebastian Junger
2003 Mansfield: July 2
2004 Boston: Sept 28 & 29
2005 Montreal: Sept 15
2006 Boston: May 24 & 25
2008 Hartford: June 27, Mansfield: June 28,
2010 Boston: May 17
2013 Worcester: Oct 15, Hartford: Oct 25,
2016 Hampton: April 18, Raleigh: April 20 (cancelled), Columbia: April 21. Quebec: May 5. Boston (Fenway): August 7
EV Solo: Boston 8/2/08, Boston 6/16/11
I finished this up today. Some good and scary morality tales in that one.
Now I'm starting this, again:
I've started it once before, but put it down and never got around to picking it back up until now. Interesting stuff.
"Let's check Idaho."
2. audio book called Cage of Stars
Cage of Stars (ISBN 9780446578752) is a 2006 best-selling novel by Jacquelyn Mitchard.
Summary
Young Veronica (“Ronnie”) Swan's idyllic life in her Mormon community is shattered when her two younger sisters are brutally murdered by the schizophrenic Scott Early. As a remorseful Early is sentenced to a maximum security facility for the criminally mentally ill, his disability is increasingly tempered by medication and therapy. Guided by their faith, Ronnie’s parents take the unusual steps to visit and ultimately forgive him, as their surviving daughter silently plots to drop her strict religious identity and exact her revenge upon his release.
3. audio book called The Next Best Thing by Jennifer Weiner. I listened to 3 of the cds and returned it to the library. I think there were FOURTEEN! It truly was about nothing...now Best Friends Forever was a good audio book.
I am now reading Bootlegger's Daughter (paperback) by the same author who wrote Sand Sharks (about the same nosey judge, but it is the first book of the series -- 1992, so she was an attorney then)
8/08 - Ed solo in DC, 6/09 Ed in B'more,
10/10 - Brad in B'more