kidsmoke Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 Am I missing a topic, or has everyone stopped reading? I sort of doubt that, but it appears we need a 2022 reading thread so here we are. I've just finished the most amazing and absorbing book about Juana of Castile, who was the last Spanish queen. Her story proves the saying that life is stranger than fiction can ever be. What a life she led, and was forced into...and what sheer strength and resolve and bravery she brought to it. Read this book. I was mesmerized and had trouble even putting it down for at least the last half of the book. Absolutely beautifully written. You'll love being in the thick of it, and not soon forget this woman. Or this author. Historical fiction at its finest. Only called fiction, necessarily, because some meetings and events must be imagined. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 I had 3 e-books become available the other day at the same time. I had two of them on hold for months. That has happened to me more than once. I just picked one and sent the rest to the next person in line. Diablo Mesa - Preston/Child (e-book) U2 by U2 (from my bookcase) I am really looking forward to the next Anne Hillerman book. I think it comes out in April. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kidsmoke Posted March 8, 2022 Author Share Posted March 8, 2022 With Solid Sound ahead, I've decided I wanted to read Michelle Zauner's autobiography, detailing her young adulthood with her Korean mother, and her mother's passing from cancer. Michelle is Japanese Breakfast. Has anyone else read this? I'm about 2/3rds through the book, and I'm so in love with her writing! She is a gifted, insightful writer as well as a talented musician. It's a book I'm enjoying so much that I'm already sorry it will inevitably end. So human, so moving. So powerful! "Crying In H Mart", by Michelle Zauner. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chuckrh Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 On 2/20/2022 at 2:34 AM, Analogman said: I had 3 e-books become available the other day at the same time. I had two of them on hold for months. That has happened to me more than once. I just picked one and sent the rest to the next person in line. Diablo Mesa - Preston/Child (e-book) U2 by U2 (from my bookcase) I am really looking forward to the next Anne Hillerman book. I think it comes out in April. Diablo Mesa was pretty good. I'm a sucker for the Preston/Child books & have been for a long time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 1 hour ago, chuckrh said: Diablo Mesa was pretty good. I'm a sucker for the Preston/Child books & have been for a long time. I think Amazon should turn the books into a show. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 Reading Heylin's The Double Life of Bob Dylan - A Restless, Hungry Feeling (1941-1966). I have a few chapters left ----- it's been a while since I read a Dylan bio -- still amazed how much he wrote before 66. Heylin is a blow hard - but it is well researched. Looking forward to future volumes -- I am assuming there will be. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 Is he the one that exposed Dylan's secret marriage and daughter several years back? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 1 hour ago, Analogman said: Is he the one that exposed Dylan's secret marriage and daughter several years back? I believe that was Howard Sounes who revealed that -- Heylin takes a jab or two at Sounes in the book. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 I think the only Heylin book I have ever read is the one about bootlegs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 I read the Bootleg one -- I am pretty sure I read others of his, too. It's great that writers now have access to Dylan's archive in Tulsa. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kidsmoke Posted March 9, 2022 Author Share Posted March 9, 2022 14 hours ago, Chez said: I need to read this! He writes beautifully. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chez Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 11 hours ago, kidsmoke said: I need to read this! He writes beautifully. It's a great story. And you are right, he writes beautifully. My wife knew Amor Towles in high school. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 cool book cover Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Oil Can Boyd Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 Just finishing my brother-in-law's latest book. He built (or had built) a wooden flatboat and went down the Ohio River and Mississippi River down to New Orleans 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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kidsmoke Posted December 31, 2022 Author Share Posted December 31, 2022 Has anybody read this? It's brilliant! Death and I could have so much fun if he were like the dude in this book, so open to adventure and new stuff. Highly recommend! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 I just read Frankenstein. It was great - and really different than what I was expecting (based on comic books and cartoons). I read it, in part, because I recently read Rob Delaney's really good but sad book (A Heart That Works) about the death of his young son. He references Frankenstein a number of times in talking about loss and grief. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gogo Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 Just finished this one. I went to college with the author. At a reunion a few years ago, I asked how she'd been and she told me this whole story in about 10 minutes. She was entertaining when I knew her back then, and she's still incredibly entertaining now! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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