What book are you reading?

brianlux

I just picked up this book by Richard Barone of the band The Bongos called Frontman; Surviving the Rock Star Myth.  I picked it up at Winston Smith Books in Auburn today on our date day.  C. caught me browsing my new find during a break in our wandering around the town:

Malroth

brianlux said:

I just picked up this book by Richard Barone of the band The Bongos called Frontman; Surviving the Rock Star Myth.  I picked it up at Winston Smith Books in Auburn today on our date day.  C. caught me browsing my new find during a break in our wandering around the town:

 

Hey, I didn't know Richard Belzer was so cool...and likes to read!

Yarden

Madeline Miller - The song of Achilles

A new favorite

oftenreading

Almost finished. Highly recommended. 

brianlux

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brianlux said:

I just picked up this book by Richard Barone of the band The Bongos called Frontman; Surviving the Rock Star Myth.  I picked it up at Winston Smith Books in Auburn today on our date day.  C. caught me browsing my new find during a break in our wandering around the town:

 

Hey, I didn't know Richard Belzer was so cool...and likes to read!

No, silly, Barone.  BARONE!       

Actually, Richard Barone looks ever so slightly like a younger Richard Belzer:

Seriously though, I'm always surprised Barone is not better known.  He has worked with/palled around with the likes of these folks (all in his book):

Lou Reed
Debbie Harry
David Johnanson
Donovan
Dave Stewart
Quincy Jones
Bea Arthur
Nancy Sinatra
Paul Williams
Moby
Tony Visconti

Pap

Finished this last night:

xavier mcdaniel

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/david-mckean/watching-darkness-fall/

F Me In The Brain

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Ms. Haiku

Yarden said:

Madeline Miller - The song of Achilles

A new favorite

Excellent! I love this book as well as Circe.

Ms. Haiku

I just finished The Sentence by Louise Erdrich. I recommend it. If you are an Erdrich fan, the writing is the caliber of The Painted Drum. 

JonnyPistachio

I am almost done with a book called WILDWOOD.

The writing is superb.
How I found out about his book -- I was teaching a stop motion video class on zoom over the summer and fell in love with LAIKA studios films -- Box trolls, Coraline, Kubo, etc... watching all the behind the scenes on how these movies are made. Absolutely fascinating.
Anyway, their upcoming project was recently announced to be a stop motion film from th book WILDWOOD. So I purchased it and am reading it aloud to my six year old son. I was so intrigued by the writer that I looked him up- Colin Meloy. He's the lead singer of famed band The Decemberists.

stuckinline

Pap said:

Finished this last night:

This is next on my reading list. Did you like it?

F Me In The Brain

JonnyPistachio said:

I am almost done with a book called WILDWOOD.

The writing is superb.
How I found out about his book -- I was teaching a stop motion video class on zoom over the summer and fell in love with LAIKA studios films -- Box trolls, Coraline, Kubo, etc... watching all the behind the scenes on how these movies are made. Absolutely fascinating.
Anyway, their upcoming project was recently announced to be a stop motion film from th book WILDWOOD. So I purchased it and am reading it aloud to my six year old son. I was so intrigued by the writer that I looked him up- Colin Meloy. He's the lead singer of famed band The Decemberists.

Nice.  Good to see you round these parts.

Pap

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Pap said:

Finished this last night:

This is next on my reading list. Did you like it?

Actually, Dave read it to me (Audible) while I was turning the actual pages. It was fun! Some of Dave's stories could easily be transferred to the big screen Good stuff, plus PJ are mentioned a lot in there

Yarden

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Yarden said:

Madeline Miller - The song of Achilles

A new favorite

Excellent! I love this book as well as Circe.

Can't wait to read Circe.

JonnyPistachio

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I am almost done with a book called WILDWOOD.

The writing is superb.
How I found out about his book -- I was teaching a stop motion video class on zoom over the summer and fell in love with LAIKA studios films -- Box trolls, Coraline, Kubo, etc... watching all the behind the scenes on how these movies are made. Absolutely fascinating.
Anyway, their upcoming project was recently announced to be a stop motion film from th book WILDWOOD. So I purchased it and am reading it aloud to my six year old son. I was so intrigued by the writer that I looked him up- Colin Meloy. He's the lead singer of famed band The Decemberists.

Nice.  Good to see you round these parts.

Thanks F Me, I like to pop in once in awhile. I miss this place!

F Me In The Brain

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JonnyPistachio said:

I am almost done with a book called WILDWOOD.

The writing is superb.
How I found out about his book -- I was teaching a stop motion video class on zoom over the summer and fell in love with LAIKA studios films -- Box trolls, Coraline, Kubo, etc... watching all the behind the scenes on how these movies are made. Absolutely fascinating.
Anyway, their upcoming project was recently announced to be a stop motion film from th book WILDWOOD. So I purchased it and am reading it aloud to my six year old son. I was so intrigued by the writer that I looked him up- Colin Meloy. He's the lead singer of famed band The Decemberists.

Nice.  Good to see you round these parts.

Thanks F Me, I like to pop in once in awhile. I miss this place!

Will we see another Johnny Bails adventure?

JonnyPistachio

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F Me In The Brain said:

JonnyPistachio said:

I am almost done with a book called WILDWOOD.

The writing is superb.
How I found out about his book -- I was teaching a stop motion video class on zoom over the summer and fell in love with LAIKA studios films -- Box trolls, Coraline, Kubo, etc... watching all the behind the scenes on how these movies are made. Absolutely fascinating.
Anyway, their upcoming project was recently announced to be a stop motion film from th book WILDWOOD. So I purchased it and am reading it aloud to my six year old son. I was so intrigued by the writer that I looked him up- Colin Meloy. He's the lead singer of famed band The Decemberists.

Nice.  Good to see you round these parts.

Thanks F Me, I like to pop in once in awhile. I miss this place!

Will we see another Johnny Bails adventure?

Lol, I would love to -- I'm not sure if I drink enough to get back in the mind of Jonny Bails these days though.
I kid... I have two unrelated novels in the works right now, but once they're completed, I was thinking of doing a short story Jonny Bails follow-up... just to see where it goes. Maybe, just maybe, that could develop into something.

F Me In The Brain

Woot!

stuckinline

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Pap said:

Finished this last night:

This is next on my reading list. Did you like it?

Actually, Dave read it to me (Audible) while I was turning the actual pages. It was fun! Some of Dave's stories could easily be transferred to the big screen Good stuff, plus PJ are mentioned a lot in there

Thanks!

dankind

Purple Fairy Tree

That sounds good @dankind

I'm reading this

Which is about this 

xavier mcdaniel

Woke up this morning, the Oral History of the Sopranos.

brianlux

Nearing the end of J. M. Coetzee's Disgrace.  What an amazing writer.  I can't think of anyone to compare Coetzee to.  This is the second novel of his I've read (starting with his Waiting For the Barbarians).  Intense, captivating, at time disturbing, unpredictable.  Amazing.

a5pj

brianlux said:

Nearing the end of J. M. Coetzee's Disgrace.  What an amazing writer.  I can't think of anyone to compare Coetzee to.  This is the second novel of his I've read (starting with his Waiting For the Barbarians).  Intense, captivating, at time disturbing, unpredictable.  Amazing.

Was going to read Nickel Boys next, but after reading your description I might have to grab this one

dankind

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brianlux said:

Nearing the end of J. M. Coetzee's Disgrace.  What an amazing writer.  I can't think of anyone to compare Coetzee to.  This is the second novel of his I've read (starting with his Waiting For the Barbarians).  Intense, captivating, at time disturbing, unpredictable.  Amazing.

Was going to read Nickel Boys next, but after reading your description I might have to grab this one

Foe is another great one. 

brianlux

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brianlux said:

Nearing the end of J. M. Coetzee's Disgrace.  What an amazing writer.  I can't think of anyone to compare Coetzee to.  This is the second novel of his I've read (starting with his Waiting For the Barbarians).  Intense, captivating, at time disturbing, unpredictable.  Amazing.

Was going to read Nickel Boys next, but after reading your description I might have to grab this one

I just found out that this was made into a movie starring John Malcovich.  I put it on my DVD queue.  Should be interesting to see how the handle this strange, fascinating story!

If you read it, I hope you like it.  A fine novel, more intense that fun, but what a great writer Coetzee is!

static111

Just finished the first two books of Rothfuss's Kingkiller chronicle...looks like the conclusion will come out anytime in the next 20 years...Reading The age of American Unreason and Women Race and Class...I can't power through non fiction at the same pace..it takes my brain a long time to process and understand.

F Me In The Brain

The first Rothfuss is genius work, imo.
There was a novella released between the two, I believe.  It was not bad.