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  • Jnich2424
    Jnich2424 Posts: 608
    Just finished "The Omen Machine" by Terry Goodkind today, and now I'm reading "The First Confessor" by Terry as well.
  • Hartydog
    Hartydog Posts: 2,060
    The Foreign Correspondent - Alan Furst
    Boston 9-28-04, 5-24-06, 5-25-06, 5-17-10, 8-5-16, 8-7-16, 9-2-18, 9-4-18
    Ft Worth 9-15-23
    Hartford 5-13-06, 6-27-08, 10-25-13
    Mansfield, MA 6-30-08, 6-28-08, 7-2-03, 7-3-03, 7-11-03, 8-29-00, 8-30-00, 9-15-98, 9-16-98
    Worcester 10-15-13, 10-16-13
  • Who Princess
    Who Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    oona left wrote:
    Just finished "The Devil In The White City."

    Now I'm knee deep in "Columbine." Someone here mentioned it months ago, and it's been on my list since.


    Edit: Fixed my typo
    Don't know if it was me but I thought Columbine was excellent. Well written and thought-provoking. There are so many false assumptions about what happened and why, and he does a thorough job of debunking them.
    "The stars are all connected to the brain."
  • Cradles Broken Glass
    Cradles Broken Glass Posts: 1,409
    A Visit from the Goon Squad is what I am currently reading. I am enjoying so far!
    Hearts and thoughts they fade....
    fade away...

    I am at peace with my lust.....for Eddie.
  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    Just about to start this. Anyone else read it?

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  • unlost dogs
    unlost dogs Greater Boston Posts: 12,553
    Who Princess wrote:
    oona left wrote:
    Just finished "The Devil In The White City."

    Now I'm knee deep in "Columbine." Someone here mentioned it months ago, and it's been on my list since.


    Edit: Fixed my typo
    Don't know if it was me but I thought Columbine was excellent. Well written and thought-provoking. There are so many false assumptions about what happened and why, and he does a thorough job of debunking them.

    Agree about "Columbine," it took me a while to start it, I had to be ready. But I thought it was very, very well researched and presented.

    I have had "The Devil in the White City," sitting unread on my bookshelf for at least a year, and now I want to read it because I'm wrapping up my first-ever visit to Chicago. :)

    Currently halfway through "State of Wonder" by Ann Patchett. I'm not 100% convinced yet, but it's a good read.
    15 years of sharks 06/30/08 (MA), 05/17/10 (Boston), 09/03/11 (Alpine Valley), 09/04/11 (Alpine Valley), 09/30/12 (Missoula), 07/19/13 (Wrigley), 10/15/13 (Worcester), 10/16/13 (Worcester), 10/25/13 (Hartford), 12/4/13 (Vancouver), 12/6/13 (Seattle), 6/26/14 (Berlin), 6/28/14 (Stockholm), 10/16/14 (Detroit)
  • youngster
    youngster Boston Posts: 6,576
    Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis. Man, that motherfucker has done a lot of drugs. :shock:

    Still a really good book. Good for a Chili Peppers fan like me to get an insight on the lesser known details of the history of the band.
    He who forgets will be destined to remember.

    9/29/04 Boston, 6/28/08 Mansfield, 8/23/09 Chicago, 5/15/10 Hartford
    5/17/10 Boston, 10/15/13 Worcester, 10/16/13 Worcester, 10/25/13 Hartford
    8/5/16 Fenway, 8/7/16 Fenway
    EV Solo: 6/16/11 Boston, 6/18/11 Hartford,
  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    youngster wrote:
    Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis. Man, that motherfucker has done a lot of drugs. :shock:

    Still a really good book. Good for a Chili Peppers fan like me to get an insight on the lesser known details of the history of the band.
    Have you read Clapton's autobiography? I'm amazed he's still alive!
    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
  • youngster
    youngster Boston Posts: 6,576
    Newch91 wrote:
    youngster wrote:
    Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis. Man, that motherfucker has done a lot of drugs. :shock:

    Still a really good book. Good for a Chili Peppers fan like me to get an insight on the lesser known details of the history of the band.
    Have you read Clapton's autobiography? I'm amazed he's still alive!

    No I haven't read that yet. Love Clapton though so I will get to it. Sad thing is about Anthony Kiedis is, if Hillel Slovak didn't OD on heroin, he might be dead by now. Hillel's death really steered him toward sobriety (even though he relapsed a few times after that).

    Really want to read that new Bruce book that just came out. That might be my next read.
    He who forgets will be destined to remember.

    9/29/04 Boston, 6/28/08 Mansfield, 8/23/09 Chicago, 5/15/10 Hartford
    5/17/10 Boston, 10/15/13 Worcester, 10/16/13 Worcester, 10/25/13 Hartford
    8/5/16 Fenway, 8/7/16 Fenway
    EV Solo: 6/16/11 Boston, 6/18/11 Hartford,
  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    youngster wrote:
    Newch91 wrote:
    youngster wrote:
    Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis. Man, that motherfucker has done a lot of drugs. :shock:

    Still a really good book. Good for a Chili Peppers fan like me to get an insight on the lesser known details of the history of the band.
    Have you read Clapton's autobiography? I'm amazed he's still alive!

    No I haven't read that yet. Love Clapton though so I will get to it. Sad thing is about Anthony Kiedis is, if Hillel Slovak didn't OD on heroin, he might be dead by now. Hillel's death really steered him toward sobriety (even though he relapsed a few times after that).

    Really want to read that new Bruce book that just came out. That might be my next read.
    I picked up the Bruce book on Saturday. I'm waiting for winter break to read that. Don't want to worry about school work as I read that because I know I won't be able to put that book down.
    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
  • Who Princess
    Who Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    Byrnzie wrote:
    Just about to start this. Anyone else read it?

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    Yes, though it was many years ago. It's a thoughtful book. I still remember how it's structured according to the seasons and my favorite part was when he was chasing the loon.
    "The stars are all connected to the brain."
  • Hobbes
    Hobbes Pacific Northwest Posts: 6,438
    Life by Keith Richards. Been sitting on the shelf for a while. Want to pick up new ones by Pete & Neil and the one about Bruce and...( I have a problem :D ) but told myself I had to start with the ones I have first before I add anymore. Clapton's book has also been sitting on the shelf.
  • smarchee
    smarchee Windsor, Ontario Posts: 14,539
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    In the spring of 2002, Dave Bidini set off for Nettuno, Italy, with his wife, Janet, and their two small children, in search of his favourite summer game, baseball. Nettuno was his destination because this town, south of Rome, has been the baseball capital of Italy since 1944, when the game was introduced by the American GIs who liberated the region. Bidini wanted to spend time in a town where everyone is as nuts about the game as he is, and in Nettuno, they love the game so much that they hand out baseball gloves and bats to children taking their first communion.

    For six months Bidini followed the fortunes of the Serie B Peones, Nettunese to the core. At the same time he was also learning about his own heritage, having spent his youth vigorously ignoring his Italianness. The result of his summer in Italy is vintage Bidini: a funny, perceptive, and engrossing book that takes readers far beyond the professional sport to the game that people around the world love to play.
    1998 ~ Barrie
    2003 ~ Toronto
    2005 ~ London, Toronto
    2006 ~ Toronto
    2008 ~ Hartford, Mansfied I,
    2009 ~ Toronto, Chicago I, Chicago II
    2010 ~ Cleveland, Buffalo
    2011 ~ Toronto I, Toronto II, Ottawa, Hamilton
    2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
    2014 - Detroit
    2019 - Chicago X 2
  • BinauralJam
    BinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    smarchee wrote:
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    In the spring of 2002, Dave Bidini set off for Nettuno, Italy, with his wife, Janet, and their two small children, in search of his favourite summer game, baseball. Nettuno was his destination because this town, south of Rome, has been the baseball capital of Italy since 1944, when the game was introduced by the American GIs who liberated the region. Bidini wanted to spend time in a town where everyone is as nuts about the game as he is, and in Nettuno, they love the game so much that they hand out baseball gloves and bats to children taking their first communion.

    For six months Bidini followed the fortunes of the Serie B Peones, Nettunese to the core. At the same time he was also learning about his own heritage, having spent his youth vigorously ignoring his Italianness. The result of his summer in Italy is vintage Bidini: a funny, perceptive, and engrossing book that takes readers far beyond the professional sport to the game that people around the world love to play.


    Wow, that's sounds intresting.
  • smarchee
    smarchee Windsor, Ontario Posts: 14,539
    BinauralJam wrote:
    smarchee wrote:
    0771014627.jpg?lang=en&width=210&quality=85&altimages=true&csvids=

    In the spring of 2002, Dave Bidini set off for Nettuno, Italy, with his wife, Janet, and their two small children, in search of his favourite summer game, baseball. Nettuno was his destination because this town, south of Rome, has been the baseball capital of Italy since 1944, when the game was introduced by the American GIs who liberated the region. Bidini wanted to spend time in a town where everyone is as nuts about the game as he is, and in Nettuno, they love the game so much that they hand out baseball gloves and bats to children taking their first communion.

    For six months Bidini followed the fortunes of the Serie B Peones, Nettunese to the core. At the same time he was also learning about his own heritage, having spent his youth vigorously ignoring his Italianness. The result of his summer in Italy is vintage Bidini: a funny, perceptive, and engrossing book that takes readers far beyond the professional sport to the game that people around the world love to play.


    Wow, that's sounds intresting.

    yeah it is, I love baseball books

    Dave Bidini was the lead singer for a Canadian rock band the Rheostatics and has written a couple of books, he's a great writer
    1998 ~ Barrie
    2003 ~ Toronto
    2005 ~ London, Toronto
    2006 ~ Toronto
    2008 ~ Hartford, Mansfied I,
    2009 ~ Toronto, Chicago I, Chicago II
    2010 ~ Cleveland, Buffalo
    2011 ~ Toronto I, Toronto II, Ottawa, Hamilton
    2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
    2014 - Detroit
    2019 - Chicago X 2
  • oona left
    oona left Posts: 1,677
    Who Princess wrote:
    oona left wrote:
    Just finished "The Devil In The White City."

    Now I'm knee deep in "Columbine." Someone here mentioned it months ago, and it's been on my list since.


    Edit: Fixed my typo
    Don't know if it was me but I thought Columbine was excellent. Well written and thought-provoking. There are so many false assumptions about what happened and why, and he does a thorough job of debunking them.

    Agreed. I can count myself among those who were mistaken on a lot of things, especially motive.

    I did not find the accounts of the attack to be overly gruesome in any way, but the scope of the assault and the length of the planning are both chilling.

    If it was you, thanks for the recommendation. I don't know how long it will take me to shake the feeling the book has left me with, but I'm glad I read it.
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,239
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    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
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    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
  • Who Princess
    Who Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    oona left wrote:
    Who Princess wrote:
    Don't know if it was me but I thought Columbine was excellent. Well written and thought-provoking. There are so many false assumptions about what happened and why, and he does a thorough job of debunking them.

    Agreed. I can count myself among those who were mistaken on a lot of things, especially motive.

    I did not find the accounts of the attack to be overly gruesome in any way, but the scope of the assault and the length of the planning are both chilling.

    If it was you, thanks for the recommendation. I don't know how long it will take me to shake the feeling the book has left me with, but I'm glad I read it.
    I agree, the degree of planning behind it shocked me along with their intent. It was also discouraging to read how poorly the local authorities managed the investigation.

    The book bothered me for a long time.
    "The stars are all connected to the brain."
  • Nastasja
    Nastasja Posts: 9,668
    Surviving the Extremes - Kenneth Kamler
    You can spend your time alone, re-digesting past regrets,
    Or you can come to terms and realize
    You're the only one who can't forgive yourself
  • Jeff Murray
    Jeff Murray Posts: 1,259
    Currently reading The Laughterhouse by Paul Cleave. If you like his previous works you will like this one, although I am kind of shocked at the lack of gruesome scenes as he's had in previous books. I like the intertwining of his previous books and I still have two older books of his to read that have yet to get US releases. I'm sure Christchurch cringes everytime he releases a new book as he really pulls out the worst of the city, not worse than any other authors do though.

    I'm hoping to finish this by Wednesday as I leave for vacation Thursday and I want to start a fresh book or two while I enjoy some time off. I'm thinking of taking either some Noir classics like Jim Thompson's The Killer Inside Me, Dashell Hammett's Red Harvest, or Ed McBain's Cop Hater. I also have Cormac McCarthy's All The Pretty Horses and Colin Bateman's Divorcing Jack... or I could just go with my usual quick reads with Michael Connelly and Lee Child... I got a stack and a half of books to chose from... I'm pretty sure this will be a harder decision than what clothes to pack! ;)
    If there were no Angels would there be no sin?

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