sadly i missed it live and i was kciking myself because it was hilarious. I saw his Sunday panel at SDCC an that is what made me want to read this book he talked about it a lot during that panel.
Charlotte 00 Charlotte 03 Asheville 04 Atlanta 12 Greenville 16, Columbia 16 Seattle 18 Nashville 22
Picking up a new author, starting Thomas Perry's "The Butcher's Boy".... Outside of Michael Connelly praising the book like crazy in the new introduction, I'm not sure what to expect. It helps that this book won the Edgar Award for best first novel... their picks are usually spot on.
“ "Thank you Palestrina. It’s a wonderful evening, it’s great to be here and I wanna dedicate you a super sexy song." " (last words of Mark Sandman of Morphine)
Adelaide 1998
Adelaide 2003
Adelaide 2006 night 1
Adelaide 2006 night 2
Adelaide 2009
Melbourne 2009
Christchurch NZ 2009
Eddie Vedder, Adelaide 2011
PJ20 USA 2011 night 1
PJ20 USA 2011 night 2
Adelaide BIG DAY OUT 2014
She Left Me the Gun: My Mother's Life Before Me by Emma Brockes
As someone who usually dislikes memoirs, I have to say that this is a remarkable story and excellently written. It's a quick read (under 300 pages). There is so much packed into this story that I hardly know how to describe it. Brockes knows little of her mother's early life and why she chose to leave South Africa for England as a young woman. After her mother's death, she visits South Africa and her mother's surviving siblings and learns the horrific things her mother lived through. I'm not giving anything away in saying that it's clear from the first pages that in spite of everything, she remained a strong and independent woman who raised a strong and independent daughter.
Blown through half of this (it's short anyway) in a day.
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
Finished this up last night. Not bad. Human sacrifice stories are always fun.
Now I'm reading this:
In my goal to read 60 books this year, I've only read 28. I'm hoping to get through all 11 of Burroughs' Mars books by the end of the month as that will help get me back on schedule. It's pretty good so far, if a bit archaic.
How is this? I read a Briefer History of Time and enjoyed it, but I figured that was just an abbreviated (and dumbed-down) version of Brief.
"Where's KW?"
"Let's check Idaho."
0
Options
F Me In The Brain
this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 30,643
Have read about 20 of Cornwell's books...any historical fiction fans that may not know him should check it out. [I purposefully have avoided the Share Series, which he is most famous for, as that is 21 books long and it would f with my stack that I need to get through....but one of these days!]
Difficult Men a behind the scenes look at the "villains" of The Sopranos, the Wire, Breaking Bad - the Golden age of Cable TV - as well as the creators - picking their brains and such.
Fantastic read, can't recommend it enough!
Written by Brett Martin
Three novellas of squishy-noir from Jordan Krall.
On the surface, Thompson looks like any other blue collar New Jersey town. But beneath the working class exterior lies a bizarro world of fetishistic crime, sleazy motels, and squid. In these three bizarro-noir novellas, the reader is thrown into a world of murderers, drugs made from squid parts, deformed war veterans, and a mischievous apocalyptic donkey...
THE HABERDASHER
Red Henry Hooper just got out on parole. He meets his friends, fellow small-time criminals Dix Hayden and Grant Minissi, in a cheap motel to drink a couple beers and perhaps plan another job. Things go sour when Grant takes some bad drugs. Meanwhile, in the next room, strange things are happening that will make Henry's day even worse: a woman is missing her feet and a notorious local gangster Robert Hapertas (aka The Haberdasher) is on his way. And he's not pleased...
THE LONGHEADS
Tommy Pingpong knew it was a mistake sending his partner Jake into the meeting with their boss. Now they were on the run from Peachy, a diaper-wearing gangster who would like nothing better than to kill the both of them. On top of that, the deformed war veterans called the longheads are buying up all the guns in town, planning something big that'll have severe implications for the town of Thompson.
THE APOCALYPSE DONKEY
When Simon Palmer took the black envelope from the tall man in the parking lot, he didn't know that this case of mistaken identity would make his day take such a weird turn for the worst. When the man finally realizes that he gave the envelope to the wrong guy, Simon is thrown into a dangerous cat-and-mouse game that finally leads to a sleazy carnival of squid violence...
"...bring it back someway bring it back, back, back... to the clean form, to the pure form..."
In my goal to read 60 books this year, I've only read 28. I'm hoping to get through all 11 of Burroughs' Mars books by the end of the month as that will help get me back on schedule. It's pretty good so far, if a bit archaic.
Thoroughly enjoyed this book! I was a bit surprised that a book more than 100 years old could hold up so well, but it really did. Now I'm about a quarter of the way through the next book in the series:
I just finished this at lunch time and i enjoyed it. Not his best but a cool read for sure. It reminded me of childhood and how we see the world as a child. Like all of his books i became imersed in the story. Its short maybe 200 pages. Neil just captures my imagination. I think i may need to read it again to catch all the symbolism but this is a well crafted story.
I really liked this:
"I'm going to tell you something important. Grown ups don't look like grown ups on the inside either. Outside they're big and thoughles sand they always know what they're doing. Inside, they look just like they always have. Like they did when they were your age. The truth is they aren't grownups. Not one, in the whole wide world."
Charlotte 00 Charlotte 03 Asheville 04 Atlanta 12 Greenville 16, Columbia 16 Seattle 18 Nashville 22
0
Options
F Me In The Brain
this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 30,643
I just finished this at lunch time and i enjoyed it. Not his best but a cool read for sure. It reminded me of childhood and how we see the world as a child. Like all of his books i became imersed in the story. Its short maybe 200 pages. Neil just captures my imagination. I think i may need to read it again to catch all the symbolism but this is a well crafted story.
I really liked this:
"I'm going to tell you something important. Grown ups don't look like grown ups on the inside either. Outside they're big and thoughles sand they always know what they're doing. Inside, they look just like they always have. Like they did when they were your age. The truth is they aren't grownups. Not one, in the whole wide world."
Flesh Wounds by Christopher Brookmyre...he's a kinda Scottish Elmore Leonard...just finished it about 5mins ago. I have read everything he has ever written, and as much as I love his earlier work, this is his best yet...
Kinda sad when you finish a book that's this good... :fp:
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
I've got three Neil Gaiman books. I think I'll start with Neverwhere on my lunch break.
I also have Anansi Boys and American Gods.
Fans of Neil, what are your thoughts on these?
I've only read AG and Neverwhere. AB is on my list to read at some point.
American Gods is more critically acclaimed. I liked it but i did not think it was quite the bees knees everyone else did.
I liked the ambition and ideas in American Gods more, but i think i actually liked the Neverwhere story more.
My favorite work by him is and i assume most likely always will be his Sandman comics.
I think that if you read one and enjoy it there is a good chance you'll like most of his work because he has a distinct voice and many people who like it end up likeing all of his stuff.
Charlotte 00 Charlotte 03 Asheville 04 Atlanta 12 Greenville 16, Columbia 16 Seattle 18 Nashville 22
Comments
I started this one last night. It seems short for a novel but i've enjoyed what i've read so far.
Charlotte 03
Asheville 04
Atlanta 12
Greenville 16, Columbia 16
Seattle 18
Nashville 22
Let us know what you thought when you are done. It is on my list to read as I love his stuff.
In the event you didnt see it, here is NG in 'action'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=w5vw9RTVky4
Charlotte 03
Asheville 04
Atlanta 12
Greenville 16, Columbia 16
Seattle 18
Nashville 22
Adelaide 1998
Adelaide 2003
Adelaide 2006 night 1
Adelaide 2006 night 2
Adelaide 2009
Melbourne 2009
Christchurch NZ 2009
Eddie Vedder, Adelaide 2011
PJ20 USA 2011 night 1
PJ20 USA 2011 night 2
Adelaide BIG DAY OUT 2014
She Left Me the Gun: My Mother's Life Before Me by Emma Brockes
As someone who usually dislikes memoirs, I have to say that this is a remarkable story and excellently written. It's a quick read (under 300 pages). There is so much packed into this story that I hardly know how to describe it. Brockes knows little of her mother's early life and why she chose to leave South Africa for England as a young woman. After her mother's death, she visits South Africa and her mother's surviving siblings and learns the horrific things her mother lived through. I'm not giving anything away in saying that it's clear from the first pages that in spite of everything, she remained a strong and independent woman who raised a strong and independent daughter.
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
Finished this up last night. Not bad. Human sacrifice stories are always fun.
Now I'm reading this:
In my goal to read 60 books this year, I've only read 28. I'm hoping to get through all 11 of Burroughs' Mars books by the end of the month as that will help get me back on schedule. It's pretty good so far, if a bit archaic.
"Let's check Idaho."
Just started this...decided to try out King's wife...
How is this? I read a Briefer History of Time and enjoyed it, but I figured that was just an abbreviated (and dumbed-down) version of Brief.
"Let's check Idaho."
Fantastic read, can't recommend it enough!
Written by Brett Martin
7.9.03~9.28.04~10.1.05~5.12.06~5.13.06~5.27.06~5.28.06
8.5.08(EV)~10.9.09~5.21.10~6.20.11(EV)~7.5.11(EV)~7.9.11(EV)
11.21.13~8.27.16(EV)~11.14.16(TOTD)~4.13.20~9.27.20~9.26.21~10.2.21
2.15.22 (EV)~2.25.22 (EV)~2.27.22 (EV)~5.3.22~5.7.22~9.17.24~9.29.24
Three novellas of squishy-noir from Jordan Krall.
On the surface, Thompson looks like any other blue collar New Jersey town. But beneath the working class exterior lies a bizarro world of fetishistic crime, sleazy motels, and squid. In these three bizarro-noir novellas, the reader is thrown into a world of murderers, drugs made from squid parts, deformed war veterans, and a mischievous apocalyptic donkey...
THE HABERDASHER
Red Henry Hooper just got out on parole. He meets his friends, fellow small-time criminals Dix Hayden and Grant Minissi, in a cheap motel to drink a couple beers and perhaps plan another job. Things go sour when Grant takes some bad drugs. Meanwhile, in the next room, strange things are happening that will make Henry's day even worse: a woman is missing her feet and a notorious local gangster Robert Hapertas (aka The Haberdasher) is on his way. And he's not pleased...
THE LONGHEADS
Tommy Pingpong knew it was a mistake sending his partner Jake into the meeting with their boss. Now they were on the run from Peachy, a diaper-wearing gangster who would like nothing better than to kill the both of them. On top of that, the deformed war veterans called the longheads are buying up all the guns in town, planning something big that'll have severe implications for the town of Thompson.
THE APOCALYPSE DONKEY
When Simon Palmer took the black envelope from the tall man in the parking lot, he didn't know that this case of mistaken identity would make his day take such a weird turn for the worst. When the man finally realizes that he gave the envelope to the wrong guy, Simon is thrown into a dangerous cat-and-mouse game that finally leads to a sleazy carnival of squid violence...
My Fugazi Live Series ramblings and blog: anothersievefistedfind.tumblr.com
Thoroughly enjoyed this book! I was a bit surprised that a book more than 100 years old could hold up so well, but it really did. Now I'm about a quarter of the way through the next book in the series:
It's pretty good so far!
"Let's check Idaho."
I've got three Neil Gaiman books that are up next. I dont know which one though. Im looking forward to them after a referral from this place.
I really liked this:
"I'm going to tell you something important. Grown ups don't look like grown ups on the inside either. Outside they're big and thoughles sand they always know what they're doing. Inside, they look just like they always have. Like they did when they were your age. The truth is they aren't grownups. Not one, in the whole wide world."
Charlotte 03
Asheville 04
Atlanta 12
Greenville 16, Columbia 16
Seattle 18
Nashville 22
Thanks, look forward to reading!
10-05-04 09-09-05
05-16-06-5-17-06-5-19-06,06-26-06-06-27-06 05-03-10 09-04-11
07/19/13 11-15-13
Kinda sad when you finish a book that's this good... :fp:
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
Oh, God. Such a good book. No spoilers, but the ending has been one that has stuck with me for a very long time.
"Let's check Idaho."
Agree. it is a very cool thing to read a book and be somewhat frightened of a normal thing...in this case, man's best friend.
I also have Anansi Boys and American Gods.
Fans of Neil, what are your thoughts on these?
liked them all. AG is the best of them imho
American Gods is more critically acclaimed. I liked it but i did not think it was quite the bees knees everyone else did.
I liked the ambition and ideas in American Gods more, but i think i actually liked the Neverwhere story more.
My favorite work by him is and i assume most likely always will be his Sandman comics.
I think that if you read one and enjoy it there is a good chance you'll like most of his work because he has a distinct voice and many people who like it end up likeing all of his stuff.
Charlotte 03
Asheville 04
Atlanta 12
Greenville 16, Columbia 16
Seattle 18
Nashville 22
Which should i read
Dan Simmons- Hyperion
or
Robert heinlein's- Stranger in a Strange Land
Charlotte 03
Asheville 04
Atlanta 12
Greenville 16, Columbia 16
Seattle 18
Nashville 22
Dude, we swim in the same pool...too funny. I have both of those in my 'to read' bookcases. Look forward to hearing how you liked them.