Just finished “ Do What You Want” the story of Bad Religion. As a low key fan ( only own two albums suffer and stranger than fiction ) I thought it was a great read. Friends that are huge fans said they already knew most of what was in it.
The Back Roads To March by John Feinstein about mid-major college basketball.
Reading 2004
Albany 2006 Camden 2006 E. Rutherford 2, 2006 Inglewood 2006,
Chicago 2007
Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016 Fenway 2, 2018 MSG 2022 St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023 MSG 2024, MSG 2024 Philadelphia 2024
"I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
Things happen in the game. Nothing you
can do. I don't go and say,
"I'm gonna beat this guy up."
Hmmmm. Well, this is the thread I tried to find and couldn't. So I'll re-post this here and let the other book thread died a peaceful AET death!
Just arrived and looks like another excellent Densmore read. I bought
this through a company that sells "autographed" books. I put
"autograph" in quotes because it comes with a pasted in signed
bookplate. To me, this is not an autographed book. It's a book with a
signed bookplate pasted in. But anyway, that's no slam on Mr. Densmore.
I very much enjoyed his other books (one of which he signed in person)
and I am already enjoying this one!
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“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
Thought it was fun. Not as much fun or original as the first one but pretty good.
I didn’t realize this came out. I read both Ready Player One, and Armada. I will have to buy this one.
Is the Ready Player One movie any good?
The movie was good. I liked the book better (as is often the case). I watched it on an airplane. I think it stayed pretty faithful to the book. I just liked the book better. But, it's worth a watch if you are looking for something.
Thought it was fun. Not as much fun or original as the first one but pretty good.
I didn’t realize this came out. I read both Ready Player One, and Armada. I will have to buy this one.
Is the Ready Player One movie any good?
The movie was good. I liked the book better (as is often the case). I watched it on an airplane. I think it stayed pretty faithful to the book. I just liked the book better. But, it's worth a watch if you are looking for something.
I can agree with this opinion....I thought the movie was ok/good and had I not read the book I probably would have thought the movie was better when I watched it Part of the fun of the book was the way the nostaligoc sounds/images were recalled....where with the movie they just showed them to you.
They stayed pretty close, Cline worked closely with them on the movie
Thought it was fun. Not as much fun or original as the first one but pretty good.
I didn’t realize this came out. I read both Ready Player One, and Armada. I will have to buy this one.
Is the Ready Player One movie any good?
The movie was good. I liked the book better (as is often the case). I watched it on an airplane. I think it stayed pretty faithful to the book. I just liked the book better. But, it's worth a watch if you are looking for something.
I can agree with this opinion....I thought the movie was ok/good and had I not read the book I probably would have thought the movie was better when I watched it Part of the fun of the book was the way the nostaligoc sounds/images were recalled....where with the movie they just showed them to you.
They stayed pretty close, Cline worked closely with them on the movie
Right. Plus, it was Spielberg. So, that helped as well. I agree that had I not read the book first I would have liked the movie a bit better. I felt the same way about the Circle. The movie was great, but having read the book first made the movie a little less so.
Thought it was fun. Not as much fun or original as the first one but pretty good.
I didn’t realize this came out. I read both Ready Player One, and Armada. I will have to buy this one.
Is the Ready Player One movie any good?
The movie was good. I liked the book better (as is often the case). I watched it on an airplane. I think it stayed pretty faithful to the book. I just liked the book better. But, it's worth a watch if you are looking for something.
I can agree with this opinion....I thought the movie was ok/good and had I not read the book I probably would have thought the movie was better when I watched it Part of the fun of the book was the way the nostaligoc sounds/images were recalled....where with the movie they just showed them to you.
They stayed pretty close, Cline worked closely with them on the movie
Right. Plus, it was Spielberg. So, that helped as well. I agree that had I not read the book first I would have liked the movie a bit better. I felt the same way about the Circle. The movie was great, but having read the book first made the movie a little less so.
The movie was pretty faithful. I actually saw the film first and just finished reading the book to my son last week. There weren’t any major plot departures, as far as I can recall. The biggest difference I noticed was that Spielberg just replaced Cline’s geeky obsessions (i.e., the ones attributed to Halliday) with his own darlings (e.g., Kubrick, etc.).
(I kept waiting for The Shining part to happen in the book. )
Thought it was fun. Not as much fun or original as the first one but pretty good.
I didn’t realize this came out. I read both Ready Player One, and Armada. I will have to buy this one.
Is the Ready Player One movie any good?
The movie was good. I liked the book better (as is often the case). I watched it on an airplane. I think it stayed pretty faithful to the book. I just liked the book better. But, it's worth a watch if you are looking for something.
I can agree with this opinion....I thought the movie was ok/good and had I not read the book I probably would have thought the movie was better when I watched it Part of the fun of the book was the way the nostaligoc sounds/images were recalled....where with the movie they just showed them to you.
They stayed pretty close, Cline worked closely with them on the movie
Right. Plus, it was Spielberg. So, that helped as well. I agree that had I not read the book first I would have liked the movie a bit better. I felt the same way about the Circle. The movie was great, but having read the book first made the movie a little less so.
The movie was pretty faithful. I actually saw the film first and just finished reading the book to my son last week. There weren’t any major plot departures, as far as I can recall. The biggest difference I noticed was that Spielberg just replaced Cline’s geeky obsessions (i.e., the ones attributed to Halliday) with his own darlings (e.g., Kubrick, etc.).
(I kept waiting for The Shining part to happen in the book. )
I really enjoyed Ready Player One in book form. Not so much in movie form, but then again adaptations are always a disappointment to me. This was not Ender’s Game-level bad, but still not great.
I started Ready Play Two a couple of weeks ago and was underwhelmed in the first couple of chapters. It comes across as Trying Too Hard. I switched to something else but will try to get back to it at some point.
my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf
Thanks. I will order this. If you guys like these kinds of books you may also like The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North. I loved that book and ended up reading several more of her books, which I also liked.
Thanks. I will order this. If you guys like these kinds of books you may also like The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North. I loved that book and ended up reading several more of her books, which I also liked.
I also enjoyed that book and have read more of her work, almost all of which has been well worth reading.
my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf
Thanks. I will order this. If you guys like these kinds of books you may also like The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North. I loved that book and ended up reading several more of her books, which I also liked.
I also enjoyed that book and have read more of her work, almost all of which has been well worth reading.
Thanks for the recommendation. Are these books that I could read to the kids, or are they more adult content?
If kid-friendly, it sounds like I can wait for the paperback on Ready Player Two, even though the boy wants to start it after we finish the book we're currently reading, The Stars Beneath Our Feet by David Barclay Moore.
Thought it was fun. Not as much fun or original as the first one but pretty good.
I didn’t realize this came out. I read both Ready Player One, and Armada. I will have to buy this one.
Is the Ready Player One movie any good?
The movie was good. I liked the book better (as is often the case). I watched it on an airplane. I think it stayed pretty faithful to the book. I just liked the book better. But, it's worth a watch if you are looking for something.
I can agree with this opinion....I thought the movie was ok/good and had I not read the book I probably would have thought the movie was better when I watched it Part of the fun of the book was the way the nostaligoc sounds/images were recalled....where with the movie they just showed them to you.
They stayed pretty close, Cline worked closely with them on the movie
Right. Plus, it was Spielberg. So, that helped as well. I agree that had I not read the book first I would have liked the movie a bit better. I felt the same way about the Circle. The movie was great, but having read the book first made the movie a little less so.
That's one of my next reads too, loved Player 1, I'll echo the movie comments, worth watching.
Another I'm really excited for is the graphic novel of Slaughterhouse 5 that just came out, love that book.
Wouldn't it be funny if the world ended in 2010, with lots of fire?
Thanks. I will order this. If you guys like these kinds of books you may also like The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North. I loved that book and ended up reading several more of her books, which I also liked.
I also enjoyed that book and have read more of her work, almost all of which has been well worth reading.
Thanks for the recommendation. Are these books that I could read to the kids, or are they more adult content?
If kid-friendly, it sounds like I can wait for the paperback on Ready Player Two, even though the boy wants to start it after we finish the book we're currently reading, The Stars Beneath Our Feet by David Barclay Moore.
Out of North books I have read, I enjoyed Touch the most, but would not say it is particularly child-friendly (though that depends on the child in question). Give it a read first and see if you like it.
my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf
Thought it was fun. Not as much fun or original as the first one but pretty good.
I didn’t realize this came out. I read both Ready Player One, and Armada. I will have to buy this one.
Is the Ready Player One movie any good?
The movie was good. I liked the book better (as is often the case). I watched it on an airplane. I think it stayed pretty faithful to the book. I just liked the book better. But, it's worth a watch if you are looking for something.
I can agree with this opinion....I thought the movie was ok/good and had I not read the book I probably would have thought the movie was better when I watched it Part of the fun of the book was the way the nostaligoc sounds/images were recalled....where with the movie they just showed them to you.
They stayed pretty close, Cline worked closely with them on the movie
Right. Plus, it was Spielberg. So, that helped as well. I agree that had I not read the book first I would have liked the movie a bit better. I felt the same way about the Circle. The movie was great, but having read the book first made the movie a little less so.
That's one of my next reads too, loved Player 1, I'll echo the movie comments, worth watching.
Another I'm really excited for is the graphic novel of Slaughterhouse 5 that just came out, love that book.
About due to revisit some Vonnegut. Got in a spot years ago where I read a shitload and now I've forgotten most of them so they will make me laugh out loud, once again. So much great work.
Thanks. I will order this. If you guys like these kinds of books you may also like The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North. I loved that book and ended up reading several more of her books, which I also liked.
I also enjoyed that book and have read more of her work, almost all of which has been well worth reading.
Thanks for the recommendation. Are these books that I could read to the kids, or are they more adult content?
If kid-friendly, it sounds like I can wait for the paperback on Ready Player Two, even though the boy wants to start it after we finish the book we're currently reading, The Stars Beneath Our Feet by David Barclay Moore.
Out of North books I have read, I enjoyed Touch the most, but would not say it is particularly child-friendly (though that depends on the child in question). Give it a read first and see if you like it.
I don't know when I'll ever get to read something for my own enjoyment again. For better or worse, I've committed to Proust, and I've never put off reading more. Seriously, I'll reread something for work first.
Meanwhile, I continue to buy/be gifted books that I hope to enjoy at some point.
This is why I try to read books to the kids that I know I'll dig as well. Ready Player One was a good one, and The Stars Beneath Our Feet is shaping up to be even better.
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Albany 2006 Camden 2006 E. Rutherford 2, 2006 Inglewood 2006,
Chicago 2007
Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016
Fenway 2, 2018
MSG 2022
St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023
MSG 2024, MSG 2024
Philadelphia 2024
"I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
Things happen in the game. Nothing you
can do. I don't go and say,
"I'm gonna beat this guy up."
even if I look and act really crazy.
Is the Ready Player One movie any good?
Part of the fun of the book was the way the nostaligoc sounds/images were recalled....where with the movie they just showed them to you.
They stayed pretty close, Cline worked closely with them on the movie
If kid-friendly, it sounds like I can wait for the paperback on Ready Player Two, even though the boy wants to start it after we finish the book we're currently reading, The Stars Beneath Our Feet by David Barclay Moore.
Another I'm really excited for is the graphic novel of Slaughterhouse 5 that just came out, love that book.
Out of North books I have read, I enjoyed Touch the most, but would not say it is particularly child-friendly (though that depends on the child in question). Give it a read first and see if you like it.
About due to revisit some Vonnegut. Got in a spot years ago where I read a shitload and now I've forgotten most of them so they will make me laugh out loud, once again. So much great work.
Meanwhile, I continue to buy/be gifted books that I hope to enjoy at some point.
This is why I try to read books to the kids that I know I'll dig as well. Ready Player One was a good one, and The Stars Beneath Our Feet is shaping up to be even better.