uncool2pillow Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 I recently finished Percival Everett's James. I really loved it. The end was surprising and satisfying. Highly recommend. I'm now reading Ken Callait's Making of Rumours. He was the lead producer, as well as the father of Colbie. I'm reading it because I saw Stereophonic on Broadway last November and he sued the writers. They settled. The book is ok. Not as exciting as I'd hoped. Callait comes off as a real 70s music biz dude in some of the worst possible ways, glorifying his excesses and sexual conquests. Can't recommend. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 On 6/13/2025 at 1:03 PM, uncool2pillow said: I recently finished Percival Everett's James. I really loved it. The end was surprising and satisfying. Highly recommend. I'm now reading Ken Callait's Making of Rumours. He was the lead producer, as well as the father of Colbie. I'm reading it because I saw Stereophonic on Broadway last November and he sued the writers. They settled. The book is ok. Not as exciting as I'd hoped. Callait comes off as a real 70s music biz dude in some of the worst possible ways, glorifying his excesses and sexual conquests. Can't recommend. I read Callait's Rumours book a while ago --- I thought it was ok - he had some great in-studio content. His book about Tusk (Get Tusked: The Inside Story of Fleetwood Mac's Most Anticipated Album) - really fits the 'glorifying his excesses and sexual conquests'. If you thought his Rumours book was bad - definitely skip the Tusk book. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chez Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 Fascinating biography of cancer and cancer treatment. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Albert Tatlock Posted June 29 Share Posted June 29 Bit of a comfort read, but why not, since I'm struggling with some Polish novel about some guys going off the rails in the Tatra mountains (in English) and this arrived in the post today - a second hand bargain. So I've diverted. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
theashtraysays Posted June 29 Share Posted June 29 Only an occasional fan of historical fiction, and this one was a tad long, but I greatly enjoyed the read. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uncool2pillow Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 I recently finished The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach. A baseball novel that's so much more than a baseball novel. Highly recommend. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Albert Tatlock Posted October 5 Share Posted October 5 The King Must Die - Mary Renault. Next will be either Blood Meridian - Cormac McCarthy. (50% of my reading is historical fiction, the other 40% historical non-fiction, with 10% for oddities) or And Away - Bob Mortimer (falls into the oddity bucket) Here's a question for you. My answer shocked my wife when it came up a few weeks ago. When I read I hear the words in my head like I am my own audio book, which means I can't read quicker than the words can be spoken - and no quicker than 'normal' speech, not forced quick speech. I suppose I like to savour the words. I was always reading technical books in my studies and profession, so always had to take those texts in gradually to understand them better. Am I normal in not being able to speed read? I presume you all read quicker than you could say the words as I get the impression I am a slow reader, but I would not enjoy it any other way. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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