I started the first book over ten years ago and stopped reading halfway thru because it seemed like a "teenager series" book. Glad I gave it another chance last year. Things really pick up after the first half and get deeper and darker as the series goes on. Usually takes me a few months to get thru a book in this series as it is like reading 3-4 regular books.
I need to go back and read the Sanderson ones to finish. Enjoy!
Just started reading Ernest Hemingway's A Moveable Feast. I've read a lot of Hemingway but hadn't read any in quite some time so having not read this one, I picked up a copy of the restored edition:
I've tended to read mostly non-fiction these last several years and when I read the first short chapter in this book, I was immediately re-infected with the love of great literature. Right away, I was thrown into the smells and sights and the damp cold winter of 1920s Paris and marveled as the author scrawled on his notebook in the cafe he sought out to warm up and dry off. This will be a great read. Literary bliss!
Such a great book. There was a bit of controversy over that restored edition regarding the grandson reworking some of the chapters to paint his grandmother in a better light. https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/20/opinion/20hotchner.html
His passage on F. Scott is some of his best writing:
“His talent was as natural as the pattern that was made by the dust on a butterfly's wings. At one time he understood it no more than the butterfly did and he did not know when it was brushed or marred. Later he became conscious of his damaged wings and of their construction and he learned to think and could not fly any more because the love of flight was gone and he could only remember when it had been effortless.”
I started the first book over ten years ago and stopped reading halfway thru because it seemed like a "teenager series" book. Glad I gave it another chance last year. Things really pick up after the first half and get deeper and darker as the series goes on. Usually takes me a few months to get thru a book in this series as it is like reading 3-4 regular books.
I'm on book 6 this is my second read through. I read it 10 years ago. So So good. I forgot how good. It's a shame what Amazon did in their interpretation. Totally messed up the story and just seemed to suck the life out of the characters and kind if teen drama'd the whole thing.
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Just started last night- Ethan Hawke, A Bright Ray of Darkness. I
have very much enjoyed Hawke's other books and this one is great right
from the get-go. I get the sense that Ethan's writing has jumped to
another level. Very engaging!
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
Became a fan of Amsterdam Ajax football club after going to a few matches while visiting Amsterdam. They have a fascinating history.. especially during WW2..
"The heart and mind are the true lens of the camera." - Yusuf Karsh
This is an interesting alternate perspective to the version put out by most media and the government and clarifies some of the misreporting that occurred as the event unfolded.
That said, I think the subtitle (“The Inside Story Of Three Weeks That Shook The World”) is more than a bit of an oversell, lol.
"The world is full of idiots and I am but one of them."
10-30-1991 Toronto, Toronto 1 & 2 2016, Toronto 2022
I’ve gotten hooked on a British author, Mark Bellingham. He writes about a London detective named Tom Thorne. Billingham’s books are similar to Scottish author Ian Rankin’s. Thorne is similar to Rankin’s guy, John Rebus. Both have problems with authority, women and alcohol. I’ve probably read 7 Billingham books and they’ve all been excellent.
If I had known then what I know now...
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Gonna read this next….It has been in my Amazon basket for a couple of years. Must be good!
I can't speak to your politics/personal views on the world (would also say any polarization/politicization of the material speaks more to the person being uncomfortable with what they're reading, as opposed to the material therein), but it's something I go back to the well on as sort of a reaffirmation of a lot of the ways I look at life. It's good stuff, very smart guy.
Damn good! Enkidu, if you see this, you should read it. It’s about “your people”
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Seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned...
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Seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned...
I AM MINE
https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/20/opinion/20hotchner.html
His passage on F. Scott is some of his best writing:
“His talent was as natural as the pattern that was made by the dust on a butterfly's wings. At one time he understood it no more than the butterfly did and he did not know when it was brushed or marred. Later he became conscious of his damaged wings and of their construction and he learned to think and could not fly any more because the love of flight was gone and he could only remember when it had been effortless.”
There are no kings inside the gates of eden
even if I look and act really crazy.
Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.
I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
That said, I think the subtitle (“The Inside Story Of Three Weeks That Shook The World”) is more than a bit of an oversell, lol.
10-30-1991 Toronto, Toronto 1 & 2 2016, Toronto 2022
Started this:
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I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
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
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
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/224792/just-mercy-movie-tie-in-edition-by-bryan-stevenson/
The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.
I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..