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Whatcha readin now? (book, books, reading, read) (10 Viewers)
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shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
Just started 
Men-in-Cleats
Footballguy
I'm right in the middle of "American Gods" by him and am really enjoying it. I've also read "Good Omens" that he co-wrote with Terry Pratchett which was a humorous look at the appocolypse. It has sort of a Douglas Adam's feel to it so if you read and enjoyed "Hitchhiker's Guide..." then youll enjoy it.
aardball44
Footballguy
Gaiman's collection of short stories, Fragile Things, is pretty good. A couple of the stories still creep me out to remember them.
Fiddles
Footballguy
stardust and good omens
oso diablo
Footballguy
had jury duty this week, so during the lulls, started reading...
Hell at the Breech - Tom Franklin
This is a really well written historical novel, set in 1890s hard-luck Alabama. Echos of Faulkner, Charles Frazier, Larry McMurtry, and Cormac McCarthy.
Highly recommended for fans of those authors.
Hell at the Breech - Tom Franklin
This is a really well written historical novel, set in 1890s hard-luck Alabama. Echos of Faulkner, Charles Frazier, Larry McMurtry, and Cormac McCarthy.
Highly recommended for fans of those authors.
Drifter
Footballguy
Fiddles
Footballguy
adding to list thanks
Enraged Nerfball
Footballguy
There is a God: How the World's Most Notorious Atheist Changed his Mind - Anthony Flew.
About half way through it and probably will read it again. Always like biographical type work that provides personal insight into life decisions.
About half way through it and probably will read it again. Always like biographical type work that provides personal insight into life decisions.
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parrot
Footballguy
I'm trying to read Comanche Moon, but I'm seriously considering ditching it and just reading Lonesome Dove again.
playin4beer
Footballguy
facook said:
I'm only into it about 120 pages, but I'm really enjoying it so far.Went into it with really low expectations based on the last few books of his I read...and I'm pleasantly suprised.
roadkill1292
Footballguy
Lonesome Dove is so good I can re-read it about every five years. I agree wif Bentley about it being the best western evah.McMurtry's other work is somewhat uneven, which is probably understandable; you can't be brilliant all the time. There's flashes of greatness in the sequels to The Last Picture Show and Cadillac Jack is a fun fun read. But he bogs down with annoying frequency in his musings about the evil and perplexing shrewdness of women, even if I agree with a lot of what he says.
igbomb
Footballguy
Recent reads:
White Death - Clive Cussler
The Belgariad - David Eddings -- I liked this one a lot better as a teenager. Frankly, it kind of sucks now.
Hornet Flight - Ken Follett
A Long Way Gone - Ishmael Beah
From Publishers Weekly:
Starred Review. This absorbing account by a young man who, as a boy of 12, gets swept up in Sierra Leone's civil war goes beyond even the best journalistic efforts in revealing the life and mind of a child abducted into the horrors of warfare. Beah's harrowing journey transforms him overnight from a child enthralled by American hip-hop music and dance to an internal refugee bereft of family, wandering from village to village in a country grown deeply divided by the indiscriminate atrocities of unruly, sociopathic rebel and army forces. Beah then finds himself in the army—in a drug-filled life of casual mass slaughter that lasts until he is 15, when he's brought to a rehabilitation center sponsored by UNICEF and partnering NGOs.
-- Beah isn't the greatest writer in the world, but it's a rather unique perspective of a horrible situation. It's embarassing that in the 21st century, this kind of stuff still goes on all over the world.
White Death - Clive Cussler
The Belgariad - David Eddings -- I liked this one a lot better as a teenager. Frankly, it kind of sucks now.
Hornet Flight - Ken Follett
A Long Way Gone - Ishmael Beah
From Publishers Weekly:
Starred Review. This absorbing account by a young man who, as a boy of 12, gets swept up in Sierra Leone's civil war goes beyond even the best journalistic efforts in revealing the life and mind of a child abducted into the horrors of warfare. Beah's harrowing journey transforms him overnight from a child enthralled by American hip-hop music and dance to an internal refugee bereft of family, wandering from village to village in a country grown deeply divided by the indiscriminate atrocities of unruly, sociopathic rebel and army forces. Beah then finds himself in the army—in a drug-filled life of casual mass slaughter that lasts until he is 15, when he's brought to a rehabilitation center sponsored by UNICEF and partnering NGOs.
-- Beah isn't the greatest writer in the world, but it's a rather unique perspective of a horrible situation. It's embarassing that in the 21st century, this kind of stuff still goes on all over the world.
coldchill
Footballguy
Finished Duma Key this past weekend and really liked it.Just picked up Fargo Rock City on Tremendous Upside's recommendation.I'm only into it about 120 pages, but I'm really enjoying it so far.Went into it with really low expectations based on the last few books of his I read...and I'm pleasantly suprised.
Tremendous Upside
Footballguy
Tough As Nails
Glave Master
I really like Stephen King as a book critic. His write-ups are usually right on target with my tastes. He picked Twilight by William Gay as his best book of 2007...so I'm 3/4 of the way through that. It's an easy read. Fast paced...sort of a murder/chase thriller set in the back woods of the south. The character of Sutter is really good...but the coincidences and skills of a couple of the characters are pretty hokey. I'd give it an 9 if you turn off the BS meter and just enjoy it. The writing is really, really good.
Next up is In Pale Battalions by Paul Goddard.
Next up is In Pale Battalions by Paul Goddard.
The Dweeze
Footballguy
I have liked all of Klosterman's books. If you like Fargo Rock City you might want to check out Killing Yourself to Live and/or Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs.I just finnished Meat Market by Bruce Feldman. Its and insiders view of college recruiting at Ole Miss. I liked it.Hope you like it
ElectricShockey
Footballguy
Doyle Brunson's Supersystem, again
The Catcher in the Rye, first time
The Catcher in the Rye, first time
Tremendous Upside
Footballguy
Yeah, I've loved them all...Read them all more than once actually...I have liked all of Klosterman's books. If you like Fargo Rock City you might want to check out Killing Yourself to Live and/or Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs.Hope you like it
In a similar vein (more memoirish than pop culture analysis, but same music based tone), I just finished Love is a Mix Tape, a memoir by rock writer Rob Sheffield about meeting and marrying the girl of his dreams, only to have her drop dead in his arms at the age of 31
It's got it's "getting dusty in here" moments, but I would recommend it to anyone who likes Klosterman or music (especially 90s indie stuff)
The Dweeze
Footballguy
I read about that sometime ago and forgot to pick it up.[Norm McDonald] Note to self...[/Norm McDonald]Yeah, I've loved them all...Read them all more than once actually...I have liked all of Klosterman's books. If you like Fargo Rock City you might want to check out Killing Yourself to Live and/or Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs.
In a similar vein (more memoirish than pop culture analysis, but same music based tone), I just finished Love is a Mix Tape, a memoir by rock writer Rob Sheffield about meeting and marrying the girl of his dreams, only to have her drop dead in his arms at the age of 31
It's got it's "getting dusty in here" moments, but I would recommend it to anyone who likes Klosterman or music (especially 90s indie stuff)
Another "memoir" I read recently was "I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell." Not for the faint of heart. The guy is a self admitted #####. If half his stories are true he has lived an interesting life.
shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
Meh. I'd read a lot of good things about Carrol, but this didn't really live up to my expectations. Time for a thriller.
About 40 pages into Killer On The Road by James Ellroy. It's a first-person account of a serial killer, and is pretty disturbing.
The_Hoser
Footballguy
First entry in this long thread, but just finishing up Hit and Run, the story of Jon Peters and Peter Guber and how they ran Columbia Pictures into the ground after Sony bought the studio. Good read and some interesting insight into the business.
Thinking I may reread Bob Woodward's Shadow next.
Thinking I may reread Bob Woodward's Shadow next.
maxwelledison
Footballguy
Just finished Stalingrad by Antony Beevor. Unreal what people can endure and do to one another.
patrickmcgroin
Footballguy
Duma Key was great. It makes up for Cell and Lisey's Story. Well at least for Cell.For anyone that finished Duma Key and has read Insomnia and the Dark Tower series...Finished Duma Key this past weekend and really liked it.Just picked up Fargo Rock City on Tremendous Upside's recommendation.I'm only into it about 120 pages, but I'm really enjoying it so far.
Went into it with really low expectations based on the last few books of his I read...and I'm pleasantly suprised.
igbomb
Footballguy
I haven't read a lot of Clancy, but of the few I've read Rainbow Six was the best. Good book.
roadkill1292
Footballguy
What's that about?
Bonfire
Footballguy
I haven't read a lot of Clancy, but of the few I've read Rainbow Six was the best. Good book.
SofaKings
Footballguy
Iron Brigade was a famous brigade in the Civil War. Mostly made up of regiments from the Midwest, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan
roadkill1292
Footballguy
That's what I thought. That sounds way cool. They had a nasty dustup on Day 1 at Gettysburg.
SofaKings
Footballguy
I believe so, also second bull run and sharpsburg. Only at sharpsburg right now.
facook
Footballguy
Interesting take...I actually thought Lisey's Story was pretty entertaining.One question for those of you who have finished Duma Key:patrickmcgroin said:Duma Key was great. It makes up for Cell and Lisey's Story. Well at least for Cell.For anyone that finished Duma Key and has read Insomnia and the Dark Tower series...Finished Duma Key this past weekend and really liked it.Just picked up Fargo Rock City on Tremendous Upside's recommendation.
Went into it with really low expectations based on the last few books of his I read...and I'm pleasantly suprised.
TIA
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Jethro Q. Walrustitty
Footballguy
Just dug into The Audacity of Hope by our 44th President. It's the first bit of non-fiction I've read in a while, so it's taking an adjustment.
SofaKings
Footballguy
It's non-fiction?
kupcho1
Footballguy
You're welcome.
Jethro Q. Walrustitty
Footballguy
Yeah, I was going to nip that in the bud with my original post, but figured we were all grown-ups around here.
SofaKings
Footballguy
Driveway still icy?Yeah, I was going to nip that in the bud with my original post, but figured we were all grown-ups around here.
Jethro Q. Walrustitty
Footballguy
No, actually. The balmy weather yesterday took care of that. Thanks for sending it this way.Driveway still icy?Yeah, I was going to nip that in the bud with my original post, but figured we were all grown-ups around here.
Socrates11
Footballguy
coldchill
Footballguy
My reading of this was delayed by the flu and a cold, but I finally finished it. I'm a couple of years older than Klosterman but grew up in the Hair Metal years so I really got a kick out it. I'll give some of his other stuff a try.Finished in James Patterson's 7th Heaven in 1 day. It's OK, better than a lot of his stuff has been lately but still mediocre.Starting "I Hate To See That Evening Sun Go Down" by William Gay. Also for Stephen King short story fans...his new short story collection "Just Past Sunset" will be out in November 
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The_Burning_Bush
Footballguy
I'm reading It Never Rains in Tiger Stadium. Pretty good.
Just finished The Baroque Cycle and Cryptonomicon. Man that took a while, but was a good read. The two books tie together nicely, but what a massive tome.
Did you like this book?
