NoJ Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 "The Switch" by E. Leonard. Another Ordell and Louis extravaganza! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GtrPlyr Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kidsmoke Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 How is this? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GtrPlyr Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 How is this? There's enough intrigue to keep me going, but it hasn't fully engaged me yet, which is probably why I'm only on chapter 3 after a week of reading. Darnielle shows promise as a novelist, some of his similes seem clunky and unnecessary, but overall the writing has been good. I get the sense that the story is about to pick up steam. I'll weigh in again after I've finished this one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NoJ Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Finished "Annihilation" by J VanderMeer yesterday. Not sure if I'll read the next one. Started "Deliverance" by J. Dickey yesterday. Now this is some writing that I admire, good stuff. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Started "Deliverance" by J. Dickey yesterday. Now this is some writing that I admire, good stuff.Read this on a whim several years ago and enjoyed it quite a bit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NoJ Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Finished "Deliverance" the other day. Holy cow, what a treat that book was. I had no idea I was gonna read a masterpiece when I started it. Highly recommended. Started "River Horse" by W. Least Heat Moon yesterday. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NoJ Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 FINALLY finished "River Horse". It was a slog to get through but I did like it. Started "Money" by M. Amis yesterday. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NoJ Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 Gave up on "Money". While it was funny in a British sort of way, the main character gave me the creeps. Started "Just Kids" by P. Smith Quote Link to post Share on other sites
smells like flowers Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 Started "Just Kids" by P. SmithI envy your time/energy to read so much and so often. "Just Kids" was great. I've been reading fluff lately-- an airplane crash/survival story (a go-to genre for me when I can't focus on anything too complex, but my first love is shipwreck/survival at sea) called "Into the Abyss"; and now, "Grayson," an autobiography by a long-distance swimmer who encounters a juvenile gray whale while training offshore, and can't swim ashore without the whale beaching itself. Soon I'll read a book for grown-ups. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NoJ Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 My almost 3 hr daily commute via train and bus allows me plenty of time to read. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Inside of Outside Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NoJ Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 "Ironweed" by W. Kennedy. Those who liked Cannery Row may find this one enjoyable. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Big fan of Cannery Row and Tortilla Flat and enjoyed Ironweed, as well, Pretty sure Kennedy won a Pulitzer for it, too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NoJ Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Yep, Pulitzer. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sweet Papa Crimbo Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Been on a medieval England jag lately. The last month or so, I have read Ian Mortimer's books on Edward III, Henry IV, and Henry V in 1415.Now reading Dan Jones' exceptional book on the Plantagenet Dynasty Quote Link to post Share on other sites
choo-choo-charlie Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NoJ Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 "The End of Faith-Religion, Terror and the Future of Reason" by S. Harris Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lost highway Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 I give it a B-, C+. Not as good as his novel. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GtrPlyr Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 About halfway through. Getting into the Third/Sister Lovers era right now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 I am reading John Fante's "Bandini Quartet". Really terrific stuff. LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GtrPlyr Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 I am reading John Fante's "Bandini Quartet". Really terrific stuff. LouieB I've got all the books, hoping to do that soon. Read Ask the Dust years ago, really loved that one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 All four of the trilogy are very good and a fast read. It is stopping me from continuing to plough through Proust. LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lost highway Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 I loved Ask the Dust and Brotherhood of the Grape. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 I haven't started reading it yet but just got back from a reading by Richard Ford from his new book of Frank Bascombe stories. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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