The Inside of Outside Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 Link to post Share on other sites
jff Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 Jim Henson - A Biography. I'm really enjoying this one. Biographies can sometimes be cold and academic, but this one ha s a flow I'm really enjoying. Link to post Share on other sites
NoJ Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 "The Sun, The Moon and The Rolling Stones" by R. Cohen. Enjoyable read but nothing new on the boys. Link to post Share on other sites
John Smith Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Just finished "Team of Rivals" and started "Co Aytch, aSideshow of the Big Show" Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Link to post Share on other sites
NoJ Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 "American Tabloid" by J. EllroyHalf way thru. Oh man, is this book fun. All the conspiracy theories about the Mob, CIA, Kennedy and Cuba are fitting together quite nicely. Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Going to Mississippi and then Memphis next week so I thought I'd jump into this. Link to post Share on other sites
dagwave Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 just ordered The Big Short and Trouble Boys after getting out of Game of Thrones jail (almost a year, loved it, never watched it, thought it was the complete series- oops), immediately devoured Purity by Franzen and 11/22/63, and now polishing off Zero K by DeLillo (not sure, but interesting conceptually). Packing up the new two for a solitary week to stare at the Atlantic Ocean. If the books don't do it, the view will. Link to post Share on other sites
Boss_Tweedy Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 "The Glory of Their Times: The Story of the Early Days of Baseball Told by the Men Who Played It," edited by Lawrence Ritter. Link to post Share on other sites
Beltmann Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 Every summer I read at least one Shakespeare play that I've never read before. This morning I finished Henry VIII. Link to post Share on other sites
nalafej Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 just ordered The Big Short and Trouble BoysPacking up the new two for a solitary week to stare at the Atlantic Ocean. If the books don't do it, the view will. Sounds awesome. Both books are great btw Link to post Share on other sites
uncool2pillow Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 Every summer I read at least one Shakespeare play that I've never read before. This morning I finished Henry VIII.I've tried reading Shakespeare a few times. I appreciate his work so much when acted. Can't read it and appreciate. It's a character flaw I wish I could correct. Link to post Share on other sites
Mr andromeda Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Musical truth by Mark Deviln....insightful look into the dark world of the music industry...other books I've read in that field and recommended are Drugs as weapons against us by John Potash....and The covert war against rock by Alex Constantine....nothing is what it seems... Link to post Share on other sites
NoJ Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 "Mob Cop" by F. Pascente.My only beef with this book is the title. Everybody knows the Mafia is called The Outfit in Chicago. Anyways, great book. Freddy knew EVERYBODY in the Chicago Outfit and used that to his advantage. He was a dirty rotten cop but he made it sound like a blast. Link to post Share on other sites
kidsmoke Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Somebody recommend me a great book. Almost anything, fiction with a captivating plot. Go! Link to post Share on other sites
GtrPlyr Posted September 8, 2016 Author Share Posted September 8, 2016 Chapters cover everyone from Gene Clark to The Ramones and Sister Rosetta Tharpe. I'm a fan of the artists covered so this has been an interesting read. Link to post Share on other sites
lost highway Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Duke: a Life of Duke Ellington by Terry Teachout. Harry Potter and the Cursed ChildIs it good? Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Is it good?The Harry Potter book? It's OK. I'm glad I read it but I'm not sure it's a vital part of the Harry Potter canon. My daughter (who is pretty fanatical about HP) described it as above-average fan fiction. And it's the script of the play so it has a very different feel than the other books. Link to post Share on other sites
NoJ Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 "The Fireman" by J Hill. Um, its not so hot. Link to post Share on other sites
smells like flowers Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 Donna, I LOVED Dave Eggers' last book, "Heroes of the Frontier." Maybe you will too! Link to post Share on other sites
kidsmoke Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 Thanks Carrie! Will check that out! Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 "The Fireman" by J Hill. Um, its not so hot.Is it about Neil's junk? Link to post Share on other sites
NoJ Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 No comprende, Pancho. Link to post Share on other sites
a-me-with-a-you Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 McInerney was on NPR's "Fresh Air" this week - it was nice interview.a (belated) thanks :-). My recent discovery of goodreads leaves me with at least 250 books on my to-read list, and my discovery of abebooks leaves me with a decent portion of that on my new, bigger book case. Even considering that, this topic still contains lots of good recommendations since they rarely include the typical ancient critical darlings. I try to do classic-modern-classic-modern lately. Anyhoo, I'm reading this, which is delightfully funny but very moving too (he says, knowing full well this is hardly an obscurity) : Are there by chance any fans of John Fante's Bandini series here btw? Link to post Share on other sites
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