calvino Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 Denis Johnson's Already Dead Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 I'm reading Thirteen Ways of Looking by Colum McCann. It is a short story collection. The first few have been great.I'm a big fan of McCann and liked that book. The (true) story of him getting attacked that he mentions in the forward (or maybe the afterward) is pretty tough. Link to post Share on other sites
nalafej Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 I'm a big fan of McCann and liked that book. The (true) story of him getting attacked that he mentions in the forward (or maybe the afterward) is pretty tough. Yes, I need to read about that now. Just finished the book and saw his note about there being that event. Link to post Share on other sites
John Smith Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 Just finished Hot Burritios. After reading it i'm not a huge fan of Mr Hillman. he seems overly bitter about Parsons. I almost put the book down before I even finished the introduction. {arsons had his faults, drinking and drugging being big ones, but Hillman could not seem to bring up Parsons without spewing venom. I know hes not a huge fan of how parsons legend has grown and been embellished but he goes just as far in the other direction. Also every time something goes wrong he pins blame on whoever is at hand. Other than Hillman though, the book was not bad. Link to post Share on other sites
jff Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 We Gotta Get Out of This Place: The Soundtrack of the Vietnam War Found in the book exchange in a cruise ship library. It's been quiet a good read. Link to post Share on other sites
Atticus Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 All of it?? That's a lot of stuff. Consider David Baldacci or, one of my favorites (and still a current judge in rural VA), Martin Clark.http://martinclark.com/ Trying Clark's first book today. Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Trying Clark's first book today.Nice. My favorite. Link to post Share on other sites
Atticus Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Nice. My favorite. I'm only 1/4 way through but this guy may be my new favorite modern writer. God damn is he efficient. Has the almost unsettling frankness that reminds me of Vonnegut, but his phrasing is so unique and colorful. Felt like I KNEW the characters just pages in. He's really something. Link to post Share on other sites
Atticus Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Nice. My favorite. I'm at a loss to describe how much I dig this writer. Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 I'm at a loss to describe how much I dig this writer.Excellent, glad you appreciate him. A buddy from VA, who used to own a bookstore in Roanoke, turned me on to him after he met him as a customer, and found out he was a "local" writer. They became friends and I believe Martin even included him as a very minor character in one of his books. I've yet to read his most recent one, The Jezebel Remedy but look forward to it. Link to post Share on other sites
uncool2pillow Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Jus finished Trouble Boys about the Replacements. So good, so fucking heartbreaking. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Jus finished Trouble Boys about the Replacements. So good, so fucking heartbreaking. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I just started reading that. I got it in e-book form from my public library. My first thought was - how can there be a 600 page book about The Replacements. I can see this guy is going the route of starting with the family background. I just got up to the SNL appearance. Link to post Share on other sites
uncool2pillow Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 I just started reading that. I got it in e-book form from my public library. My first thought was - how can there be a 600 page book about The Replacements. I can see this guy is going the route of starting with the family background. I just got up to the SNL appearance.More than 100 pages of notes and index. The hard copy is 435 of text. The backgrounds of the Stinsons - especially Bob - was harrowing. If I knew Tommy and Bob were just half brothers, I'd forgotten. Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 That much I knew. I didn't know the other stuff. I actually have that issue of Spin Magazine that is talked about in there. The interview/article about Bob. Link to post Share on other sites
uncool2pillow Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 I had the Paul cover issue for a long time. Pretty sure the Rolling Stone Hot issue from '86 is still in my parents' basement. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 I just read the part about the RV being tore up. I think that is talked about in the All For Nothing/Nothing For All booklet. Link to post Share on other sites
Atticus Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Nice. My favorite. Plain Heathen Mischief sure was a disappointing follow-up effort. Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Just read Kidnapped by RLS. Really good. I love reading about Scottish history like the Jacobite rebellion. Daughter is currently at U of Glasgow. Amazing history for a country the size of Colorado. Link to post Share on other sites
The Inside of Outside Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Link to post Share on other sites
nalafej Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Great book. Hope you like it. I didn't check out the tv adaptation... Link to post Share on other sites
a-me-with-a-you Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Just finished this. Comparable to other tragicomic cocaine-fueled yuppie satires of the '80s but having a main character with a conscience, dealing with loss and the search for human connection. Can be read just for the comedy but there's more there for those who want it. A little short. 3.5/5. Almost half way through a classic. Unlike anything I've ever read.: Link to post Share on other sites
NoJ Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 "Black Moon" by K. Calhoun. Insomnia sweeps the globe. Those few who remain able to sleep are in mortal danger from the crazed insomniacs.Fun read so far. Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 McInerney was on NPR's "Fresh Air" this week - it was nice interview. Just finished this. Comparable to other tragicomic cocaine-fueled yuppie satires of the '80s but having a main character with a conscience, dealing with loss and the search for human connection. Can be read just for the comedy but there's more there for those who want it. A little short. 3.5/5. Link to post Share on other sites
alison the wilca Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 Currently (loving it): Finished earlier this year and still think about (so good!! please read if you care about the future, and past, of water policy in the US and/or if you just enjoy fascinating histories): Link to post Share on other sites
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