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  • riotgrl
    riotgrl LOUISVILLE Posts: 1,895

    Are we getting something out of this all-encompassing trip?

    Seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned...

    I AM MINE
  • mpedone
    mpedone 540xxx - Manchester, NH Posts: 1,961
    Tried to read "For Steam and Country", because I like steampunk, and it seemed like it would be fun, but the writing is just so clunky that I couldn't really get into it. I guess it's YA, but nothing in the description indicated that (also shouldn't be an excuse for poor writing).



    Moved on to start "The Lives of Tao" about two warring factions of aliens who can only survive on Earth by inhabiting human hosts in a symbiotic relationship. It's funnier than I expected, and pretty good so far.


    "I'm a lucky man, to count on both hands the [shows I've done]. Some folks just have one, others they got none..."

    Hartford 10.02.96 | Mansfield 2 09.16.98 | Mansfield 1 08.29.00 | Mansfield 1 07.02.03 | Mansfield 3 07.11.03 | Boston 2 05.25.06 | Tampa 04.11.16 | Fenway 1 08.05.16 | Fenway 2 08.07.16 | Fenway 1 09.02.18 | Fenway 2 09.04.18 | Baltimore 03.28.20 | Hamilton 09.06.22 | Toronto 09.08.22 | Nashville 09.16.22 | St Louis 09.18.22 | Baltimore 09.12.24 | Fenway 1 09.15.24 | Fenway 2 09.17.24

    "He made the deal with the devil, we get to play with him.
    He goes to hell, of course. We're going to heaven."
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,801
    Read the first 1/4 of this tonight.  For sure will be quick but it is good thus far


    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,254
    Malroth said:
    brianlux said:
    I very rarely read more than one book at a time but after reading about a third of the way through Bohumil Hrabal's I Served the King of England:


    I ran into a copy of David Hepworth's Never a Dull Moment: 1971 The Year That Rock Exploded:


    and am thoroughly enjoying them both!


    I almost alway am reading 2 books at a time. A bathroom and bedroom.

    bathroom book (because they’re always crap and have two page chapters) should be anything by the zillion selling hack, james patterson. so many great books and any crap he writes becomes a best seller. :angry:
    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
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
    Missoula 24
  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841

    I SAW PEARL JAM
  • Who Princess
    Who Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    edited January 2019
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Almost finished with this one, also one I suggest.  (If you are a True Crime fan)

    Just finished this one and it's excellent.  Not only well written when so much true crime isn't, but the narrative is structured differently than a straight narrative--and it works. 
    Also maddening in a way, now that a suspect has been arrested and there's so much that won't be known publicly until he stands trial.

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    Currently reading this.  I've read several of Guinn's books and his writing is always very engaging.  Probably looks like I read a lot of grim stuff, lol, but my preference is for nonfiction.  I'm always wondering why things happen.
    "The stars are all connected to the brain."
  • Ms. Haiku
    Ms. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,369
    I'm reading the Advanced Readers edition of the new Jojo Moyes book to be released in April. Bookseller Benefits, yay!
    There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
    The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,801
    Who Princess said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Almost finished with this one, also one I suggest.  (If you are a True Crime fan)

    Just finished this one and it's excellent.  Not only well written when so much true crime isn't, but the narrative is structured differently than a straight narrative--and it works. 
    Also maddening in a way, now that a suspect has been arrested and there's so much that won't be known publicly until he stands trial.

    Related image
    Currently reading this.  I've read several of Guinn's books and his writing is always very engaging.  Probably looks like I read a lot of grim stuff, lol, but my preference is for nonfiction.  I'm always wondering why things happen.
    Yeah, I want to read the additional chapter once they release.  Imagine they add to it again after conviction
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • riotgrl
    riotgrl LOUISVILLE Posts: 1,895
    Also reading


    Are we getting something out of this all-encompassing trip?

    Seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned...

    I AM MINE
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,801
    The Craftsman kinda farted out but I still enjoyed the book, overall.

    Picked this up last night:

    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    SD48277 said:
    brianlux said:
    Cliffy6745 said:
    brianlux said:
    Just finished Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania, by Erik Larson.  Great writing and fascinating history but one of the most tragic tales I've ever read. 

    Really enjoyed this book. Erik Larson has quickly become one of my favorites.  The HH Holmes Chicago World's Fair book is one of my favorites.
    I'm liking his stuff a lot too!  I went right from this one to this:

    which was excellent though I liked Dead Wake better.

    Now am reading this fine book:

    ^^Another great book from Patti Smith. Brian, have you read Just Kids?

    Presently reading: Sleeping Beauties, by Stephen and Owen King.


    Did Sleeping Beauties end well?  I put it down and the big break in the middle and never picked it back up.
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    Pap said:
    This was a good trilogy, vampires are usually a big NOPE for me, but these beasts were fun.
    And I really like the sound of the phrase, "take one/it on the blade"
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    I just read 5 of Jeff Shaara's war books.  Two on the Civil War, two on WW2, and 1 on WW1.
    Fascinating and morbid.
    I've always been strangely drawn to the morbid, which is a bit weird because I'm not morose or introverted at all, I'm a happy go lucky extrovert.
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    F Me In The Brain said:
    The Craftsman kinda farted out but I still enjoyed the book, overall.

    Picked this up last night:

    That looks right up my alley!
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • xavier mcdaniel
    xavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,434
    Springfield Confidential: Jokes, Secrets, and Outright Lies from a Lifetime Writing for The Simpsons
    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
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    St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023
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    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."
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,024


    This book is so damn good. You can learn a lot about the world, things that were never available, through what people type intonhe search bar and internet behavior in general 
  • xavier mcdaniel
    xavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,434
    I am almost done with 

    The Victory Season: The End of World War II and the Birth of Baseball's Golden Age 

     
    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."
  • mpedone
    mpedone 540xxx - Manchester, NH Posts: 1,961
    "The Lives of Tao" was pretty good, though I thought the pacing was a little rushed towards the end. I'll probably move on to the rest of the series eventually, but I'm in no rush.
    Current reads:
    "The Calculating Stars" by Mary Robinette Kowal
    An alternate history of the space program. I'm only a few chapters in, but I'm enjoying it. I love that she let's you know right off the bat that it's an alternate history by starting the first chapter with a news clipping from 1952 that starts with the words, "President Dewey".

    and "Afrofuturism: The World of Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy Culture" by Ytasha Womack
    An interesting and enlightening read that has definitely added some music to my playlists and some books to my TBR pile.
    "I'm a lucky man, to count on both hands the [shows I've done]. Some folks just have one, others they got none..."

    Hartford 10.02.96 | Mansfield 2 09.16.98 | Mansfield 1 08.29.00 | Mansfield 1 07.02.03 | Mansfield 3 07.11.03 | Boston 2 05.25.06 | Tampa 04.11.16 | Fenway 1 08.05.16 | Fenway 2 08.07.16 | Fenway 1 09.02.18 | Fenway 2 09.04.18 | Baltimore 03.28.20 | Hamilton 09.06.22 | Toronto 09.08.22 | Nashville 09.16.22 | St Louis 09.18.22 | Baltimore 09.12.24 | Fenway 1 09.15.24 | Fenway 2 09.17.24

    "He made the deal with the devil, we get to play with him.
    He goes to hell, of course. We're going to heaven."
  • eddiec
    eddiec Posts: 3,959
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    One of the best books I've ever read.

  • riotgrl
    riotgrl LOUISVILLE Posts: 1,895

    Are we getting something out of this all-encompassing trip?

    Seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned...

    I AM MINE

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