GA Russell Posted January 26 Report Posted January 26 Cannot recommend. These are the daily strips from the 2020-2021 Covid lockdown, and most of them aren't funny. ***** Quote
Stompin at the Savoy Posted January 29 Report Posted January 29 I just finished this. I found the first third or so, which covered her life up until she left the Clouds of Joy, pretty interesting. As it continued the writing deteriorated and took on a repetitive quality. It went on and on about Mary's efforts to get the Catholic church to let her stage religious works in church. I don't find her religious works as interesting as her jazz work so I ended up rapidly skimming a lot of that. This is an interesting subject but the book is not terribly well written. I have another bio of Williams, Morning Glory, on order. https://archive.org/details/soulonsoullifemu0000kern/mode/2up Quote
jazzbo Posted January 30 Report Posted January 30 I think you'll find "Morning Glory" more involving. .. it is at least pretty well-written. Quote
Rabshakeh Posted February 7 Report Posted February 7 Reading the Kalevala for the first time. I'm not sure what I was expecting - probably more Ossian goes to Iceland. I wasn't expecting a wry Scandi Hiawatha. Really enjoying it in the Bosley translation. Quote
Pim Posted February 7 Report Posted February 7 (edited) Just finished this one. Happen to be handling Spinoza with my students these weeks as well. Together with Nietzsche Spinoza is my big philosopher hero. He was about 300 years ahead of his time. To be honest I'd say a lot people could still learn a lot from him. Now I am almost finishing this one. I have a very weird paradoxally feeling with it: on one hand I think it's pretty boring, on the other hand I want to keep reading it and it's very relaxing to do so. Interesting stuff... From wednesday I will be in Ghana for 9 days with my students. This ones coming with me: I am really a rookie in African philosphy so time to dive into it. I am familiar with Achille Mbembe but it stops right there. Edited February 7 by Pim Quote
ejp626 Posted February 13 Report Posted February 13 Reading some recent fiction: Russell Smith's Self Care and Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar. After this, a swing through Southern literature: Faulkner's The Wild Palms and O'Connor's A Good Man is Hard to Find. Quote
jlhoots Posted February 13 Report Posted February 13 10 hours ago, ejp626 said: Reading some recent fiction: Russell Smith's Self Care and Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar. After this, a swing through Southern literature: Faulkner's The Wild Palms and O'Connor's A Good Man is Hard to Find. Martyr is excellent IMHO. Quote
GA Russell Posted February 14 Report Posted February 14 A former executive reminisces. Not the product of research and investigation. Quote
Referentzhunter Posted February 16 Report Posted February 16 (edited) Edited February 16 by Referentzhunter Quote
Kevin Bresnahan Posted February 18 Report Posted February 18 I'm on the 6th book in Karin Slaughter's Will Trent series. I have been enjoying the ABC TV adaptation, so I thought I'd like the books. I do. It's unfortunate that the television show diverged from the books so much though. The two are nothing alike, from physical descriptors to character presentation. Quote
GA Russell Posted Monday at 04:03 AM Report Posted Monday at 04:03 AM Comedy relief for the hard-boiled pulp magazine. Quote
GA Russell Posted 3 hours ago Report Posted 3 hours ago To my surprise, this is about his life and career leading up to his first album. When he signs with A&M, the book ends! Quote
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