Brad Posted November 14, 2019 Report Posted November 14, 2019 Just now, Larry Kart said: Unusual for sure. I liked it a lot. It took me about a third of the book to appreciate it. Then I couldn’t put it down. Quote
Matthew Posted November 15, 2019 Report Posted November 15, 2019 Preaching in Hitler's Shadow: Sermons of Resistance in the Third Reich edited by Dean G. Stroud. Fascinating book. Quote
ejp626 Posted November 15, 2019 Report Posted November 15, 2019 This probably belongs in a different category - what books are you looking forward to reading - but anyway this is a really interesting piece (with a happy ending) about a fairly obscure SF writer - John M. Ford: https://slate.com/culture/2019/11/john-ford-science-fiction-fantasy-books.html I don't read much SF and fantasy any more, but I will very likely read The Dragon Waiting and then Aspects when they are published (or republished) by Tor, starting fall of 2020. In the meantime, I have launched into Powell's The Locusts Have No King, and, so far, it is as good as advertised. Quote
medjuck Posted November 15, 2019 Report Posted November 15, 2019 Probably the 3rd or 4th time I've read The Big Sleep but this is really good. Every facing page is reserved for annotations some of which are mini essays, almost all are interesting. Maybe it will even explain who killed Owen Taylor. Quote
Matthew Posted November 15, 2019 Report Posted November 15, 2019 4 hours ago, medjuck said: Probably the 3rd or 4th time I've read The Big Sleep but this is really good. Every facing page is reserved for annotations some of which are mini essays, almost all are interesting. Maybe it will even explain who killed Owen Taylor. Thanks for posting this! I'll be ordering it in the next coup of days. Quote
ghost of miles Posted November 24, 2019 Author Report Posted November 24, 2019 On 11/15/2019 at 2:15 PM, medjuck said: Probably the 3rd or 4th time I've read The Big Sleep but this is really good. Every facing page is reserved for annotations some of which are mini essays, almost all are interesting. Maybe it will even explain who killed Owen Taylor. Gonna have to get that! Among other things right now, two books about ECM: Quote
BillF Posted November 24, 2019 Report Posted November 24, 2019 On 11/16/2019 at 4:00 PM, John Tapscott said: Would you recommend it, John? Quote
ejp626 Posted November 24, 2019 Report Posted November 24, 2019 I just wrapped up Manguel's The Library at Night. I haven't decided if I will read the follow-up Packing My Library, where he discusses having to leave his beloved personal book collection (35,000 volumes!) and move to a small apartment in Manhattan. (I have to wonder if maybe there is a place between the two extremes...) At any rate, reading The Book of Eve by Constance Beresford-Howe about an older woman getting fed up and leaving her husband of 40+ years. That's a bit of a theme right now, as I also plan on reading Sandra Beck by John Lavery. Then probably I'll be tackling Rushdie's last 3 novels, and then a huge box of books that I need to read (and get out of the house in preparation for spring cleaning...). Quote
Brad Posted November 24, 2019 Report Posted November 24, 2019 (edited) On 11/20/2019 at 8:34 AM, Brad said: I’ve added this to the front of the line for a book club I belong to. It’s more of an academic book and a bit too dry so far. Edited November 24, 2019 by Brad Quote
kinuta Posted November 25, 2019 Report Posted November 25, 2019 The last one in the excellent Bell Elkins series. There are one or two novellas left to wrap things up. Quote
John Tapscott Posted November 25, 2019 Report Posted November 25, 2019 (edited) On 11/24/2019 at 3:05 AM, BillF said: Would you recommend it, John? Oh yes, highly recommended, Bill. I am reading it slowly and treasuring it. I am up to about 1944, when Buddy was discharged after a very controversial stint in the U.S. Armed Forces (he actually wanted to serve overseas and they wouldn't let him; of course, his famous temper finally landed him in solitary confinement before a medical discharge), and rejoined Tommy Dorsey (at least briefly). Rich's story is compelling (his relationship with Sinatra is detailed) and the coverage of the swing era is quite fascinating. Edited November 25, 2019 by John Tapscott Quote
BillF Posted November 25, 2019 Report Posted November 25, 2019 4 hours ago, John Tapscott said: Oh yes, highly recommended, Bill. I am reading it slowly and treasuring it. I am up to about 1944, when Buddy was discharged after a very controversial stint in the U.S. Armed Forces (he actually wanted to serve overseas and they wouldn't let him; of course, his famous temper finally landed him in solitary confinement before a medical discharge), and rejoined Tommy Dorsey (at least briefly). Rich's story is compelling (his relationship with Sinatra is detailed) and the coverage of the swing era is quite fascinating. Thanks John. Quote
ghost of miles Posted November 27, 2019 Author Report Posted November 27, 2019 On 11/15/2019 at 2:15 PM, medjuck said: Probably the 3rd or 4th time I've read The Big Sleep but this is really good. Every facing page is reserved for annotations some of which are mini essays, almost all are interesting. Maybe it will even explain who killed Owen Taylor. Just started this last night, thanks to you! Quote
medjuck Posted November 27, 2019 Report Posted November 27, 2019 4 hours ago, ghost of miles said: Just started this last night, thanks to you! Reading it again I think I do know who killed Owen Taylor. Quote
jlhoots Posted November 27, 2019 Report Posted November 27, 2019 Elizabeth Strout: Olive, Again Quote
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