IATTBYB Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 I just started Confederates in the Attic which is something I've been meaning to read for a long time. I can't believe that this book came out 10 years ago. Up next will be Finally, I am getting close to the end of my Books-to-Read list. How do you decide on your next book? Link to post Share on other sites
Somnambulist Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 I loved "In the Spirit of Crazy Horse" and am liking this one as well. Link to post Share on other sites
Spawn's dad Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Bumping Into Geniuses: My Life Inside the Rock and Roll Business by Danny Goldberg A Freewheelin' Time: A Memoir of Greenwich Village in the Sixties by Suze Rotolo Talking Mysteries by Tony Hillerman, Ernie Bulow, Ernest Franklin Women of Wonder, the Classic Years: Science Fiction by Women from the 1940s to the 1970s by Pamela Sargent (editor) Iceman: Uncovering the Life and Times of a Prehistoric Man Found in an Alpine Glacier by Brenda Fowler Batman: The Long Halloween by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale Link to post Share on other sites
NightOfJoy Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 "The Godfather" by Mario Puzo It reads almost like a screenplay. Link to post Share on other sites
Elixir Sue Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Who knew I could become obsessed with reading up on local co-ops, farmers markets and CSAs. Link to post Share on other sites
aricandover Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Link to post Share on other sites
M. (hristine Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Who knew I could become obsessed with reading up on local co-ops, farmers markets and CSAs. I loved this book! NR: Link to post Share on other sites
IATTBYB Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 "The Godfather" by Mario Puzo It reads almost like a screenplay.A great book. I am such a fan of mobster novels and movies. Puzo's other books, like The Sicilian and The Last Don are pretty good as well. I'm re-reading this right now: Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Dangerous Visions (1967)Again, Dangerous Visions (1972) An anthology of stories edited byHarlan Ellison Also - I am currently exploring the works of the following: John CrowleyGene Wolfe James Tiptree, Jr. Dan Simmons Howard Waldrop Carol Emshwiller Link to post Share on other sites
Three dollars and 63 cents Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 This week I've read the 33 1/3 books on the Pixies' Doolittle, Sonic Youth's Daydream Nation, U2's Achtung Baby, and Bob Dylan's Highway 61 Revisited. ESue, I read that Kingsolver book this summer and loved it. It made me think about our role in the larger world in a way no book has for a long time. Link to post Share on other sites
markosis Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 My first Hemingway experience. Pretty enticing. Link to post Share on other sites
tugmoose Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Graham Greene: Brighton Rock. InDesign CS3 Quickstart Guide. Link to post Share on other sites
ikol Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Since I've finally had time to read, I've read: I'm still cold and hungry. and currently reading: Link to post Share on other sites
Duck-Billed Catechist Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 I'm reading The Seven Storey Mountain (the young Thomas Merton's autobiography). Link to post Share on other sites
M. (hristine Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 My first Hemingway experience. Pretty enticing.Was my first Heminway read as well.No writer has ever done it quite like that. Link to post Share on other sites
redpillbox Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 This week I've read the 33 1/3 books on...U2's Achtung Baby... What did you think about this? Was it worth the read? Link to post Share on other sites
uncool2pillow Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Just started. A friend gave it to me for Xmas. I think like many comedians' material, it's better heard than read. Just from reading the prologue I'm thinking he could've benefited from a ghost writer (or a better one if he already used one) or a more active editor. Link to post Share on other sites
Three dollars and 63 cents Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 What did you think about this? Was it worth the read? I really hated it. I mean, it wasn't a bad book per se, I guess, but it wasn't at all like I would've expected a book that's in that series to be. The author approached the album from a very religious perspective, looking at it as a narrative about man and woman's departure from Eden into the so-called "City of Man," all slick neon and sin. While that in and of itself isn't too unbelievable (though it's not how I've interpreted Achtung Baby, I can see where he's coming from), he drowns his analysis in quotes from the bible, philosophers, and religious scholars and doesn't include a single lyric from a single song. I'm guessing there was a problem securing copyright permission, but it still felt like something was missing. Overall, it seems like the author had an agenda, where with the other books I've read in the series, it seems like the authors let the story of each album unfold naturally. I didn't come away from the book knowing anything I didn't already about the album. Besides YHF, it's my favorite album, so I was really looking forward to it, but it was a big disappointment. Want my copy? Link to post Share on other sites
redpillbox Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 I really hated it. I mean, it wasn't a bad book per se, I guess, but it wasn't at all like I would've expected a book that's in that series to be. The author approached the album from a very religious perspective, looking at it as a narrative about man and woman's departure from Eden into the so-called "City of Man," all slick neon and sin. While that in and of itself isn't too unbelievable (though it's not how I've interpreted Achtung Baby, I can see where he's coming from), he drowns his analysis in quotes from the bible, philosophers, and religious scholars and doesn't include a single lyric from a single song. I'm guessing there was a problem securing copyright permission, but it still felt like something was missing. Overall, it seems like the author had an agenda, where with the other books I've read in the series, it seems like the authors let the story of each album unfold naturally. I didn't come away from the book knowing anything I didn't already about the album. Besides YHF, it's my favorite album, so I was really looking forward to it, but it was a big disappointment. Want my copy? Thanks for the heads up. With as much as I love that album, and considering how much I've studied the history surrounding it, I think I would probably dislike the book as well. Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Somewhat self-serving in that my brother-in-law wrote it. It's a pretty interesting portrait of the first marine killed in the war in Irag. It's good but if I can continue to praise his work, his first book is better. It's called Flight of Passage and it recounts the story of when he (age 15) and his older brother (age 17) fixed up a Piper Cub airplane and flew it across the country. Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Thanks for the heads up. With as much as I love that album, and considering how much I've studied the history surrounding it, I think I would probably dislike the book as well. I read the 33 1/3 about "Let it Be" (Replacements) written by the lead singer of The Decemberists. It was not bad but did not have much to say about the album. I remember being struck by the fact that he ran out and bought the album as soon as it came out when he was in middle school I think. Why couldn't I be hip to cool bands like The Replacemements at that age? Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 I read the 33 1/3 about "Let it Be" (Replacements) written by the lead singer of The Decemberists. It was not bad but did not have much to say about the album. I remember being struck by the fact that he ran out and bought the album as soon as it came out when he was in middle school I think. Why couldn't I be hip to cool bands like The Replacemements at that age?He may have been lying. Link to post Share on other sites
dondoboy Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 He may have been lying. If he isn't lying he was the coolest ten year old ever! He was born in 1974, the album came out in 1984. Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 I'd have to agree - when I was ten in 1983 I was rushing out to buy Huey Lewis' Sports. Link to post Share on other sites
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