Can someone recommend a book for me? I need to get back into reading. I could scroll and pick out a book...but I guess I don't feel like it. I'm a Kerouac/Beats fan for anybody willing to help.
Given your description of what you like....if you have not read Naked Lunch (Burroughs) or Post Office (Bukowski) I would suggest either of those.
If you just want to read a great book? Highly recommend all of these, see which one sounds best to you.
James Ellroy - American Tabloid Chuck Palahniuk - Choke Clive Barker - The Great and Secret Show George RR Martin - A Game of Thrones Jon Krakauer - Into Thin Air
Can't thank you enough! Appreciate it, brother!
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I am hanging in the balance of a perfect finished plan
Like every sparrow falling, like every grain of sand.
I have a feeling it's going to make me wish I studied math more in school ...
Just finished this up today. Really good book. As a nonfiction book written by a fiction author, it has a very nice narrative and fiction type feel, making for a good read. But, as such, I'm taking many of the more outlandish scenes depicted with a grain of salt.
Not sure what I'm going to read next ... have to check the list!
I have a feeling it's going to make me wish I studied math more in school ...
Just finished this up today. Really good book. As a nonfiction book written by a fiction author, it has a very nice narrative and fiction type feel, making for a good read. But, as such, I'm taking many of the more outlandish scenes depicted with a grain of salt.
Not sure what I'm going to read next ... have to check the list!
Yay! =D> At this rate, we're going to have 70% of our books read in no time...as long as someone stops ordering books... :-\"
I have a feeling it's going to make me wish I studied math more in school ...
Just finished this up today. Really good book. As a nonfiction book written by a fiction author, it has a very nice narrative and fiction type feel, making for a good read. But, as such, I'm taking many of the more outlandish scenes depicted with a grain of salt.
Not sure what I'm going to read next ... have to check the list!
Yay! =D> At this rate, we're going to have 70% of our books read in no time...as long as someone stops ordering books... :-\"
I have a feeling it's going to make me wish I studied math more in school ...
Just finished this up today. Really good book. As a nonfiction book written by a fiction author, it has a very nice narrative and fiction type feel, making for a good read. But, as such, I'm taking many of the more outlandish scenes depicted with a grain of salt.
Not sure what I'm going to read next ... have to check the list!
Yay! =D> At this rate, we're going to have 70% of our books read in no time...as long as someone stops ordering books... :-\"
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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
2005 - London
2009 - Toronto
2010 - Buffalo
2011 - Toronto 1&2
2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
2014 - Cincinnati, St. Louis, Detroit
2016 - Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Ottawa, Toronto 1 2018 - Fenway 1&2 2022 - Hamilton, Toronto 2023 - Chicago 1&2
Not bad. Certainly interesting. But it wasn't that great, either. King wrote the first draft before his accident, and then finished it up afterward. Some cool ideas in it, but I just felt the flow didn't work very well. Too much bouncing around between narrators.
Now I'm reading this:
I'm only about 20 pages in, but I'm already quite enjoying it.
Breakfast of Champions is a fun read. Read it last summer and really enjoyed and loved it.
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"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
Not bad. Certainly interesting. But it wasn't that great, either. King wrote the first draft before his accident, and then finished it up afterward. Some cool ideas in it, but I just felt the flow didn't work very well. Too much bouncing around between narrators.
Now I'm reading this:
I'm only about 20 pages in, but I'm already quite enjoying it.
You are right about ''From a buick 8''..one from his worst..it was that the first e-book he made?
Athens 2006. Dusseldorf 2007. Berlin 2009. Venice 2010. Amsterdam 1 2012. Amsterdam 1+2 2014. Buenos Aires 2015. Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022 EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.
I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
I just started Firestarter last night...my hubby got me a 1st edition copy of this book for my birthday I watched the movie years ago, but I've never read the book. So far, so good...
I finished up Firestarter last night, from what I remember it follows the movie (although I can't remember the end of the movie since it's been 25-30 years since I've seen it). Good book, with some definite page-turning moments.
I just started this last night...It's my 12th book this year
just finishing reading EVERYONE LOVE OUR TOWN really really good read but super sad in that alot of talented people died doing H . its got me looking at a few other bands in a different light and checking them out again only a bit more seriously this time round if youve not read it id highly recommend it .
Yet another blog post, but featuring two of our own so if you haven't read Jonny Bails and The Big Hoot, what are you waiting for? The third book mentioned is more of a romance, very sweet and gentle.
Yet another blog post, but featuring two of our own so if you haven't read Jonny Bails and The Big Hoot, what are you waiting for? The third book mentioned is more of a romance, very sweet and gentle.
Yet another blog post, but featuring two of our own so if you haven't read Jonny Bails and The Big Hoot, what are you waiting for? The third book mentioned is more of a romance, very sweet and gentle.
1996: Ft Lauderdale
1998: Birmingham
2000: Charlotte, Tampa
2003: Tampa, Atlanta, Phoenix
2004: Kissimmee
2008: West Palm Beach, Bonnaroo, Columbia
2010: MSG2
2012: Music Midtown
2014: Memphis
2016: Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Jacksonville, JazzFest 2018: Wrigley 1, Fenway 1 2022: Nashville 2023: Ft. Worth II
Next up for my 18th Century English Restoration class:
Moll Flanders - Daniel Defoe
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"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
) That is one of our paper topics we can choose to write on. Not sure what I want to write on and it's due in a few weeks. One topic I'm leaning towards writing on is if I go back in time and meet Alexander Pope in a coffee shop and have a conversation with him. I think the catch to it is we have to direct quotes from his poetry that we covered in class for his response. We read "The Rape of the Lock," "Essay on Criticism," and "Essay on Man."
Shows: 6.27.08 Hartford, CT/5.15.10 Hartford, CT/6.18.2011 Hartford, CT (EV Solo)/10.19.13 Brooklyn/10.25.13 Hartford
"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
) That is one of our paper topics we can choose to write on. Not sure what I want to write on and it's due in a few weeks. One topic I'm leaning towards writing on is if I go back in time and meet Alexander Pope in a coffee shop and have a conversation with him. I think the catch to it is we have to direct quotes from his poetry that we covered in class for his response. We read "The Rape of the Lock," "Essay on Criticism," and "Essay on Man."
Not sure I could do that. Sounds like work. :P
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Your Pope Conversation sounds way better than a paper on Moll Flanders. I thought that book was bo-ring!
Your Pope Conversation sounds way better than a paper on Moll Flanders. I thought that book was bo-ring!
It's off to a slow start 20 pages in. It would help a lot of he used quotation marks.
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"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
I'm only about 20 pages in, but I'm already quite enjoying it.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It was the first Vonnegut book I've read all the way through, and I look forward to reading more by him.
Now I'm reading this:
I'm about 50 pages in, but only about 10 pages into the actual story. The first quarter of the book is an editor's note going over background, themes, historical context, etc. I'm looking forward to getting to the meat of the story.
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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 this one..., "...Mountains..." that is. Meh. i really like Hosseini's prose, but i didn't get very much from this particular story. To me it seemed more like a collection of short stories. I had a lot of unanswered questions about some of the characters and i was generally unmoved.
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I am hanging in the balance of a perfect finished plan
Like every sparrow falling, like every grain of sand.
you know what i mean..he's greek,i'm greek..
Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.
I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
Not sure what I'm going to read next ... have to check the list!
"Let's check Idaho."
"Let's check Idaho."
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
2009 - Toronto
2010 - Buffalo
2011 - Toronto 1&2
2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
2014 - Cincinnati, St. Louis, Detroit
2016 - Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Ottawa, Toronto 1
2018 - Fenway 1&2
2022 - Hamilton, Toronto
2023 - Chicago 1&2
Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.
I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
"Let's check Idaho."
Not bad. Certainly interesting. But it wasn't that great, either. King wrote the first draft before his accident, and then finished it up afterward. Some cool ideas in it, but I just felt the flow didn't work very well. Too much bouncing around between narrators.
Now I'm reading this:
I'm only about 20 pages in, but I'm already quite enjoying it.
"Let's check Idaho."
"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.
I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
I just started this last night...It's my 12th book this year
"Let's check Idaho."
http://mybookclubforone.blogspot.com/2014/03/new-writers.html
1996: Ft Lauderdale
1998: Birmingham
2000: Charlotte, Tampa
2003: Tampa, Atlanta, Phoenix
2004: Kissimmee
2008: West Palm Beach, Bonnaroo, Columbia
2010: MSG2
2012: Music Midtown
2014: Memphis
2018: Wrigley 1, Fenway 1
2022: Nashville
2023: Ft. Worth II
Moll Flanders - Daniel Defoe
"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
Now I'm reading this:
I'm about 50 pages in, but only about 10 pages into the actual story. The first quarter of the book is an editor's note going over background, themes, historical context, etc. I'm looking forward to getting to the meat of the story.
"Let's check Idaho."
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