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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,969

    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,813
    On to another music book.  This one's a bit technical here and there bust mostly quite readable and enjoyable.  And it's about my current music obsession!  John Litweiler's Ornette Coleman; A Harmolodic Life
    Ornette Coleman by John Litweiler

    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Jearlpam0925
    Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,634
    RiotZact said:

    @RiotZact - you live in Fishtown right? Keep an eye out for Jane's Walks around you, good stuff:  https://janeswalkphl.org/
  • RiotZact
    RiotZact Posts: 6,298
    Jearlpam0925 said:
    RiotZact said:

    @RiotZact - you live in Fishtown right? Keep an eye out for Jane's Walks around you, good stuff:  https://janeswalkphl.org/
    That’s awesome! I will be looking into that for sure. I’ve since finished the book and thoroughly enjoyed it. 
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,969
    F Me In The Brain said:


    This may be the rare book I put down mid-way.  I want to see how the guy turns out, but his self destructive journey is tough to walk through as a reader, or at least it is to me.
    Addiction is such a monster for the people who wrestle with it. 
    A book written with what appears to be full transparency. 
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • Jearlpam0925
    Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,634
    F Me In The Brain said:
    F Me In The Brain said:


    This may be the rare book I put down mid-way.  I want to see how the guy turns out, but his self destructive journey is tough to walk through as a reader, or at least it is to me.
    Addiction is such a monster for the people who wrestle with it. 
    A book written with what appears to be full transparency. 
    Interesting. One of the reasons I enjoyed Tweak, as opposed to the dad's take in Beautiful Boy. Just brutal honesty of all the shit he did.
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,969
    Jearlpam0925 said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    F Me In The Brain said:


    This may be the rare book I put down mid-way.  I want to see how the guy turns out, but his self destructive journey is tough to walk through as a reader, or at least it is to me.
    Addiction is such a monster for the people who wrestle with it. 
    A book written with what appears to be full transparency. 
    Interesting. One of the reasons I enjoyed Tweak, as opposed to the dad's take in Beautiful Boy. Just brutal honesty of all the shit he did.
    Yeah, I didn't read either of those but sometimes it can be tough to keep reading.  
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • RiotZact
    RiotZact Posts: 6,298

  • a5pj
    a5pj Hershey PA Posts: 3,979
    Just finished Cat's Cradle by Vonnegut, just awesome, have to get more of his stuff.
    Reading Amerika by Franz Kafka now. Preface was about his life, sounds like he was one gifted dude who never wanted his work out there, but it got released once he died.
    Wouldn't it be funny if the world ended in 2010, with lots of fire?



  • Yarden
    Yarden Posts: 820
    F Me In The Brain said:
    He is so good.
    Let us know how that one is....
    Erik Larson - The Splendid and the Vile


    really enjoyed this one. would recommend to anyone who is interested in history and even people who are wary of non-fiction history. his writing style draws you in.
  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 30,213
    a5pj said: Reading Amerika by Franz Kafka now. Preface was about his life, sounds like he was one gifted dude who never wanted his work out there, but it got released once he died.
    About to finish this one. I'm halfway through Naomi Klein's On Fire, as well.
    Athens 2006 / Milton Keynes 2014 / London 1&2 2022 / Seattle 1&2 2024 / Dublin 2024 / Manchester 2024 / New Orleans 2025
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,969
    Yarden said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    He is so good.
    Let us know how that one is....
    Erik Larson - The Splendid and the Vile


    really enjoyed this one. would recommend to anyone who is interested in history and even people who are wary of non-fiction history. his writing style draws you in.

    Nice, thanks.
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • GlowGirl
    GlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 12,320

  • Purple Fairy Tree
    Purple Fairy Tree Posts: 2,055
    GlowGirl said:

    Would you recommend this book @GlowGirl?
  • GlowGirl
    GlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 12,320
    West Coast Dreamgirl said:
    GlowGirl said:

    Would you recommend this book @GlowGirl?
    I just recently started it, but so far I like it. I just read his other book, How to Stop Time, and I really liked that one - so I thought I would try more of his books. So, I would recommend it.

  • a5pj
    a5pj Hershey PA Posts: 3,979
    Pap said:
    a5pj said: Reading Amerika by Franz Kafka now. Preface was about his life, sounds like he was one gifted dude who never wanted his work out there, but it got released once he died.
    About to finish this one. I'm halfway through Naomi Klein's On Fire, as well.
    @Pap You gotta help me then. I got about 15 pages in and haven't picked it back up. It was very disjointed and hard to follow the tangents he went off on. Also seemed like the main character is an anxious, socially awkward mess, and I don't need that right now lol. 

    Anyway, just bought 3 more Vonnegut, Monkey house, Mr. Rosewater and Breakfast of Champs. Excited for them. 

    Wouldn't it be funny if the world ended in 2010, with lots of fire?



  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 30,213
    a5pj said:
    Pap said:
    a5pj said: Reading Amerika by Franz Kafka now. Preface was about his life, sounds like he was one gifted dude who never wanted his work out there, but it got released once he died.
    About to finish this one. I'm halfway through Naomi Klein's On Fire, as well.
    @Pap You gotta help me then. I got about 15 pages in and haven't picked it back up. It was very disjointed and hard to follow the tangents he went off on. Also seemed like the main character is an anxious, socially awkward mess, and I don't need that right now lol.
    Don't put it down that early my friend. Some really nice adventures are just about to begin! :wink: The main character is a good dude who's going to meet some good and bad persons on his way. It's all about the struggles of an immigrant on a new country. Unfortunately(?), the context is pretty much still the same everywhere, I guess. I'm a foreigner in the UK myself, so I can somehow relate to his journey. Not really, but some aspects of it could apply to some of my moments abroad. Kafka's writing is exquisite and always reminds me of that Gogol Bordello line from Immigraniada: In corridors full of tear gas / Our destinies jammed every day / Like deleted scenes from Kafka / Flushed down the bureaucratic drain.
    Athens 2006 / Milton Keynes 2014 / London 1&2 2022 / Seattle 1&2 2024 / Dublin 2024 / Manchester 2024 / New Orleans 2025
  • Yarden
    Yarden Posts: 820

    Infinite Country - Patricia Engel

     

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  • RiotZact
    RiotZact Posts: 6,298

  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,969
    Just finished this, on recommendation from this thread.


    I liked it, by the end.  I do admit to not loving the Cause And Effect (TNG!) type of storytelling when it comes to time travel stories but I stuck with it, and it paid off.  (Much like Cause And Effect)
    Good book!

    The love he receives is the love that is saved

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