I was wrong, this book starts somewhere but takes you nowhere fast. Maybe I should have realized I wouldn't like it since I didn't like Catcher in the Rye.laxer wrote:I'm now reading Bad Monkeys which is essentially a sci-fi Catcher in the Rye. A pretty fun and easy read.
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I felt the need to take a break from YA fiction, so I just finished "Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith" by Jon Krakauer and will start "Suck It, Wonder Woman: The Misadventures of a Hollywood Geek" by Olivia Munn, while waiting patiently for my husband to finish "Cold Days" by Jim Butcher so I can read it too.
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Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City
by Nelson Johnson
I'm reading this because I enjoy the Boardwalk Empire series on HBO. However, thus far this is a very slow read. I may not make it to the end.
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by Nelson Johnson
I'm reading this because I enjoy the Boardwalk Empire series on HBO. However, thus far this is a very slow read. I may not make it to the end.
Rob
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I just finished Zero to Sixty: The Motorcycle Journey of a Lifetime ... meh.
A guy closing in on 60 with recently diagnosed heart disease decides to take a road trip from New Mexico to Alaska on a Harley. These kinds of things are usually right up my alley. This one .... not great, not terrible and I did struggle some to get through it.
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A guy closing in on 60 with recently diagnosed heart disease decides to take a road trip from New Mexico to Alaska on a Harley. These kinds of things are usually right up my alley. This one .... not great, not terrible and I did struggle some to get through it.
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I'm in the middle of Peter & Max, a novel by BIll Willingham set in the universe of his Fables series of graphic novels (which "inspired" the recent spate of fairy-tale-characters-in-the-modern-world TV series like Grimm and Once Upon A Time). The book is about Peter Piper, and his older brother Max, who [spoiler] goes mad and becomes the Pied Piper of Hamelin. Willingham does a good job of inventing more complex stories behind the folk tales, and this is up to the standards of the graphic novels... just with much fewer pictures.
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Just finished Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter and must say that I was pleasantly surprised at how well researched it was and how well the vampires were worked into what was essentially a biography of Lincoln. For YA lit, I'm reading the Leviathan series by Scott Westerfeld (fun historical science fiction that takes place during WWI).
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Those three by Shelby Foote are amazing. Classic!still shifting wrote:The Green Pearl by Jack Vance and The Civil War; a narrative by Shelby Foote I am on volume 3. R
I just finished Dog of the South by Charles Portis. Very funny. Great writer. Right up there with True Grit.
Now I'm back to non fiction with Richard Evans' 3 volume history of the Third Reich.
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Now that that sounds like the beginning of a John le Carre' story!jrsjr wrote:I met him quite by accident in the late 1980s in an English-language library tucked away in a bomb shelter in Switzerland. True story! How many people can claim that, I wonder?Mutt the Hoople wrote:...now I'm on a Graham Greene kick... "Just re-read "Our Man From Havana", and now starting on "The Third Man".
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It was a tiny little library with one huge literary icon. Graham Greene was holding forth in a chair next to the enormously thick bomb-shelter door with a small group of folks standing around hanging on his every word. I couldn't believe it.Syd wrote:Now that that sounds like the beginning of a John le Carre' story!jrsjr wrote:I met him quite by accident in the late 1980s in an English-language library tucked away in a bomb shelter in Switzerland. True story! How many people can claim that, I wonder?Mutt the Hoople wrote:...now I'm on a Graham Greene kick... "Just re-read "Our Man From Havana", and now starting on "The Third Man".
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A Small Town In ... Switzerland?Syd wrote:Now that that sounds like the beginning of a John le Carre' story!jrsjr wrote:I met him quite by accident in the late 1980s in an English-language library tucked away in a bomb shelter in Switzerland. True story! How many people can claim that, I wonder?Mutt the Hoople wrote:...now I'm on a Graham Greene kick... "Just re-read "Our Man From Havana", and now starting on "The Third Man".
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Compared to the little village I lived in, Vevey was a veritable metropolis. This was Switzerland and my village was so small, it didn't even rate a train stop. We had a PTT and a boulangerie and that was about it.PeteH wrote:A Small Town In ... Switzerland?Syd wrote:Now that that sounds like the beginning of a John le Carre' story!jrsjr wrote: I met him quite by accident in the late 1980s in an English-language library tucked away in a bomb shelter in Switzerland. True story! How many people can claim that, I wonder?
P.S. I should mention that we did have a castle...
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A Small Town In ... Switzerland? [/quote]
Compared to the little village I lived in, Vevey was a veritable metropolis. This was Switzerland and my village was so small, it didn't even rate a train stop. We had a PTT and a boulangerie and that was about it.
P.S. I should mention that we did have a castle...[/quote]
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Compared to the little village I lived in, Vevey was a veritable metropolis. This was Switzerland and my village was so small, it didn't even rate a train stop. We had a PTT and a boulangerie and that was about it.
P.S. I should mention that we did have a castle...[/quote]
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I just finished "Longrider - A Tale of Just Passin' Through" by Mark "Tiger" Edmonds. Mark has over a million miles on various motorcycles, mostly BMW's. He writes, passionately, about his experiences in and observations about America and the people who live and drive/ride here. Good book. I have read 2 others by the same author. I'll be starting "Scooters - Red eyes, white walls and blue smoke" today. I first saw it at Scoot Over and got a copy for my birthday this year.
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The Revolution Was Televised: The Cops, Crooks, Slingers and Slayers Who Changed TV Drama Forever
The Revolution Was Televised: The Cops, Crooks, Slingers and Slayers Who Changed TV Drama Forever
When not watching TV, do I really want to read about it? Alan is a great writer and this should be interesting for anyone who watched any of those shows.ONE OF NEW YORK TIMES BOOK CRITIC MICHIKO KAKUTANI’S 10 FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR
ONE OF HOLLYWOOD REPORTER’S 12 BEST HOLLYWOOD-RELATED BOOKS OF THE YEAR
In The Revolution Was Televised, celebrated TV critic Alan Sepinwall chronicles the remarkable transformation of the small screen over the past fifteen years. Focusing on twelve innovative television dramas that changed the medium and the culture at large forever, including The Sopranos, Oz, The Wire, Deadwood, The Shield, Lost, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 24, Battlestar Galactica, Friday Night Lights, Mad Men, and Breaking Bad, Sepinwall weaves his trademark incisive criticism with highly entertaining reporting about the real-life characters and conflicts behind the scenes.
Drawing on interviews with writers David Chase, David Simon, David Milch, Joel Surnow and Howard Gordon, Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse, and Vince Gilligan, among others, along with the network executives responsible for green-lighting these groundbreaking shows, The Revolution Was Televised is the story of a new golden age in TV, one that’s as rich with drama and thrills as the very shows themselves.
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Here's a sad confession: I haven't been reading print books and magazines much because I'm in denial about needing reading glasses. The double-edged sword of Asian genes: look younger than I am, but have the crummy eyesight. Instead, reading on tablet and reading a lot of comics and manga/manhwa.
So, Neal Stephenson's 1000+-page Reamde has been sitting on the nightstand for months.
As has John Green's The Fault in Our Stars, which Dracolibris mentioned. Ostensibly YA, but everyone I know who's read it raves about it.
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So, Neal Stephenson's 1000+-page Reamde has been sitting on the nightstand for months.
As has John Green's The Fault in Our Stars, which Dracolibris mentioned. Ostensibly YA, but everyone I know who's read it raves about it.
My Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/3637582-eric
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Meh. It happens. Even without those boyish Asian genes. I've worn glasses for distance since I was in high school, and I've recently had to get a second pair adjusted for close-up. So I've got one pair that's good for 1-8 feet (which I wear at my desk, reading, drawing), and another that's good for 4-∞ (which I wear the rest of the time). My TV is about 6 feet from my couch, so I can wear either pair for that.ericalm wrote:Here's a sad confession: I haven't been reading print books and magazines much because I'm in denial about needing reading glasses.
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Oh, I've worn glasses for nearsightedness since a pre-teen. That's why I lament losing my near sight. Now I have no-sightedness. It's getting pretty bad. Guess I'll find some glasses this weekend.TVB wrote:Meh. It happens. Even without those boyish Asian genes. I've worn glasses for distance since I was in high school, and I've recently had to get a second pair adjusted for close-up. So I've got one pair that's good for 1-8 feet (which I wear at my desk, reading, drawing), and another that's good for 4-∞ (which I wear the rest of the time). My TV is about 6 feet from my couch, so I can wear either pair for that.ericalm wrote:Here's a sad confession: I haven't been reading print books and magazines much because I'm in denial about needing reading glasses.
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Oh, I'm exaggerating it a bit but I am heading to the optometrist soon.jrsjr wrote:Um, just to be clear, you have been to see the eye doctor about this, right?ericalm wrote:Now I have no-sightedness. It's getting pretty bad. Guess I'll find some glasses this weekend.
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I've checked them out and like the styles but their dang wide glasses are all too narrow. I need at least a 57mm lens width for my big noggin'. It's kind of a challenge!madtolive wrote:When youre ready for glasses, check out warbyparker.com. Theyve got really cute styles that you can try on at home.
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Maybe you ought to get goggles like the nba players get.ericalm wrote:I've checked them out and like the styles but their dang wide glasses are all too narrow. I need at least a 57mm lens width for my big noggin'. It's kind of a challenge!madtolive wrote:When youre ready for glasses, check out warbyparker.com. Theyve got really cute styles that you can try on at home.
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I decided to read the Marvelous Land of Oz, the Wizard's sequel. If you have never read the Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and would like to see how far from the source the movie is, it's an easy read and is freely available from Project Gutenberg. Just search for L Frank Baum.
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I read The Wonderful Wizard of Oz a few years ago, and thought it would make a really good movie. Like most people, I love the Judy Garland film, but since most people don't read novels anymore, I'd like there to also be an authentic "translation" into modern media.Syd wrote:I decided to read the Marvelous Land of Oz, the Wizard's sequel. If you have never read the Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and would like to see how far from the source the movie is, it's an easy read and is freely available from Project Gutenberg. Just search for L Frank Baum.
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I'm slogging my way through the first couple books in the Game of Thrones series. After watching the first two seasons in a semi-marathon (thanks, Roku), too many bearded scruffy guys went by too fast, so I have to put some names, faces, and places in better context.
Winter had better NOT be coming! I gotta ride!
Winter had better NOT be coming! I gotta ride!
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