mjazzg Posted July 23, 2021 Report Share Posted July 23, 2021 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said: Gosh. Getting stuck in ahead of the inevitable next lockdown? Ha ha! Yes, a light summer read. The edition I have, Oxford World Classics, is surprisingly readable, so far. Inspired by R4's 'In Our Time' a few months ago. Edited July 23, 2021 by mjazzg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danasgoodstuff Posted July 24, 2021 Report Share Posted July 24, 2021 18 hours ago, Rabshakeh said: It's an interesting topic. The story of how a country was built. And then nearly fell apart in its moment of triumph. RRs are not just a relic of the past, although they will never be as central as they once were. But they are very well documented (except maybe 'what were they thinking'), but all that data leaves plenty of room for interpretation. And they impinge on all other sorts of things. It's hard to not be nostalgic for a time when jazz was jazz, blues was blues, country was country, and the train went everywhere. I know better, but it's still hard. Just the sight or sound of a train makes me happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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felser Posted August 6, 2021 Report Share Posted August 6, 2021 Fascinating book Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted August 23, 2021 Report Share Posted August 23, 2021 Douglas Stuart: Shuggie Bain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted August 23, 2021 Report Share Posted August 23, 2021 Just started Louise Erdrich - The Night Watchman Prompted by a jhoots post a while back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesnik Posted August 23, 2021 Report Share Posted August 23, 2021 On 6/19/2021 at 0:49 AM, ghost of miles said: I recently found out while researching Christiane F. that she has a book called I, Christiane F. My second life from 2015, where she narrates how dreadful her live has been and still is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIS Posted August 26, 2021 Report Share Posted August 26, 2021 On 8/23/2021 at 1:48 PM, mjazzg said: Just started Louise Erdrich - The Night Watchman Prompted by a jhoots post a while back Just finished "The Night Watchman". Going to the library to find some more Erdrich. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted August 26, 2021 Report Share Posted August 26, 2021 43 minutes ago, NIS said: Just finished "The Night Watchman". Going to the library to find some more Erdrich. There's plenty that's worthwhile!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted September 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2021 Recently re-read William Maxwell's So Long, See You Tomorrow and am now re-reading his earlier novel the Folded Leaf, both via Library of America volumes of his work. Beautifully-written books, and while it's hard to say that a writer canonized in the LOA is "underrated," I think more present-day attention would not be unwarranted: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bluesnik Posted September 18, 2021 Report Share Posted September 18, 2021 A mesmerizing book about Krautrock. Not only that, it's also about the rebuilding of postwar Germany, as the krautrockers seeked to build a new mode of expression leaving old Germany and also English/American imperialism behind. They were late 60s hippies, and it's all too understandable. And the book is very well written and documented. I can feel that as a half German. I used to spend all my summers in Germany in the 60s (as a kid) and the 70s (as a teenager), and the first 80s (as a twen). And I've got a feeling for what that country was up to. The author, from whom I'm also expecting another book on the history of electronica (Mars by 1980), seems to have a deep knowledge of Germany going back to his own schooldays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted September 19, 2021 Report Share Posted September 19, 2021 C.J. Box: Dark Sky (A Joe Pickett novel) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted September 22, 2021 Report Share Posted September 22, 2021 Sally Rooney: Beautiful World, Where Are You Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted September 22, 2021 Report Share Posted September 22, 2021 12 hours ago, jlhoots said: Sally Rooney: Beautiful World, Where Are You That has a fair deal to live up to given the hype and expectation created by 'Normal People'. I'm waiting for the paperback One that doesn't quite live up to the hype in my opinion but before that I read one that most definitely does Beautifully written Between those two I read this which was a stimulating read Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted September 28, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2021 Fascinating memoir that puts me in mind of my own grandfather, whose large house in Indianapolis’ Woodruff Place neighborhood was also filled with books—though perhaps not as many as Chimen Abramsky possessed: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jlhoots Posted October 2, 2021 Report Share Posted October 2, 2021 Craig Johnson: Daughter Of The Morning Star (A Longmire novel) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted October 4, 2021 Report Share Posted October 4, 2021 Just finished reading the complete published (in book form) works of Frank Conroy-- a total of 5 books, four of which are pretty short. "Stop Time": a rather disturbing memoir. "Body and Soul": One of the best novels about music I've read. "Mid Air": A collection of short stories. "Time and Tide": a book about Nantucket, part of the "Crown Journeys Series". "Dog's Bark, but the Caravan Rolls On": a collection of articles and essays several about music and musicians in which we learn that Conroy sometimes supported himself as a piano player who jammed with (amongst others) Mingus, Paul Desmond and Charlie Watts. He writes that after Mingus had "...once again sat in with me. "What's going on, Charlie? You're the best bassist in the world and I'm a putzer." "You are," he said expansively, "an authentic primitive. That is true." He leaned forward and lowered his voice. "But you swing." He does indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dub Modal Posted October 5, 2021 Report Share Posted October 5, 2021 Just finished up what I would consider essential reading if you have any curiosity about the subject: And now cracking open a book that put this particular author's life in danger, and unfortunately resulted in the assassination of journalist Henry Liu: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted October 6, 2021 Report Share Posted October 6, 2021 On 10/5/2021 at 9:12 AM, Dub Modal said: Just finished up what I would consider essential reading if you have any curiosity about the subject: And now cracking open a book that put this particular author's life in danger, and unfortunately resulted in the assassination of journalist Henry Liu: From what I have read Liu’s assassination was a result of his bio of Chiang, not the Seagrave book, which was very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted October 6, 2021 Report Share Posted October 6, 2021 Colson Whitehead: Harlem Shuffle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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