Brad Posted June 27, 2023 Report Share Posted June 27, 2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted June 28, 2023 Report Share Posted June 28, 2023 16 hours ago, Brad said: 👍 Now reading: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejp626 Posted June 28, 2023 Report Share Posted June 28, 2023 I have to admit that I am not feeling The Adventures of Augie March this time around. It just feels like it drags, and I am almost completely uninterested in the doings of Augie's callow older brother, Simon. I remember liking the novel very much in my 20s, but my tastes and tolerance for long novels have definitely changed... Will try to stick to shorter novels for a while. Next up are Reuss's Henry of Atlantic City and Desani's All About H. Hatterr (NYRB). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Posted June 28, 2023 Report Share Posted June 28, 2023 Radical Wordsworth: The Poet Who Changed the World by Jonathan Bate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted July 5, 2023 Report Share Posted July 5, 2023 I enjoyed this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted July 5, 2023 Report Share Posted July 5, 2023 Verghese: The Covenant Of Water Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted July 8, 2023 Report Share Posted July 8, 2023 On 6/28/2023 at 7:06 PM, Matthew said: Radical Wordsworth: The Poet Who Changed the World by Jonathan Bate. Looks interesting. Now reading: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted July 8, 2023 Report Share Posted July 8, 2023 Kyle Gann - No Such Thing As Silence, John Cage's 4'33" As recommended here ages ago by @JSngry. Early pages but seems very readable, thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ejp626 Posted July 18, 2023 Report Share Posted July 18, 2023 On 7/8/2023 at 10:38 AM, BillF said: Now reading: This is my favorite late Bellow novel by far. However, I'm a little worried that my tastes have shifted so radically that I won't enjoy it if I reread it (I just did not like The Adventures of Augie March at all this time around), but I suspect it will hold up whenever I get back to it. I did enjoy Reuss's Henry of Atlantic City more than Horace Afoot. I'm just now venturing into All About H. Hatterr (NYRB). Hoping that it lives up to the buzz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted July 18, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2023 Rereading after many years. I’d forgotten how funny Anne Lamott is in her remembrances and dispensations: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabshakeh Posted July 21, 2023 Report Share Posted July 21, 2023 Currently really enjoying Nathaniel Mackey's Fro a Broken Bottle Traces of Perfume Still Emanate. Not sure whether this is a "jazz book" or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted July 21, 2023 Report Share Posted July 21, 2023 20 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said: Currently really enjoying Nathaniel Mackey's Fro a Broken Bottle Traces of Perfume Still Emanate. Not sure whether this is a "jazz book" or not. Meant nothing to me so just read a little about it, intrigued. I see Oto sell it and their bookshelves normally intimidate me with their intellectualism... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabshakeh Posted July 21, 2023 Report Share Posted July 21, 2023 10 minutes ago, mjazzg said: Meant nothing to me so just read a little about it, intrigued. I see Oto sell it and their bookshelves normally intimidate me with their intellectualism... I bought it there. It is definitely an OTO book... Really enjoying it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted July 21, 2023 Report Share Posted July 21, 2023 Colson Whitehead: Crook Manifesto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GA Russell Posted July 23, 2023 Report Share Posted July 23, 2023 This is from a psychologist who suspects that many people have mental problems not because of what their parents did, but rather what their parents failed to do. This may be because the parents are repeating the mistakes of their parents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rostasi Posted July 26, 2023 Report Share Posted July 26, 2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted July 27, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2023 New bio of Connie Converse: … and the book that was the basis for Christopher Nolan’s brilliant new movie Oppenheimer: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gheorghe Posted July 28, 2023 Report Share Posted July 28, 2023 (edited) Herunterladen (1).jfif Nora Roberts: "Păcatele Inocenților". The original title I think is "Carnal Innocence" . It´s really a thrilling book. Somewhere I have heard that they even made a film out of it, but probably only in English. I will have to read more slowly and only before sleeping since I read to fast and need some unread books for my 14 days vacance in the first two september weeks. Edited July 28, 2023 by Gheorghe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ejp626 Posted July 31, 2023 Report Share Posted July 31, 2023 13 minutes ago, BillF said: While this is a fairly short novel, I found it got a bit baggy by the end. It could have made a killer novella or extended short story, however. I got halfway through Austen's Mansfield Park over the weekend. I don't think it really stands up as well as P&P or S&S. I dipped into Maugham's Cakes and Ale as well. Some very biting commentary on the London literary scene. I'm definitely looking forward to this after wrapping up Austen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted August 2, 2023 Report Share Posted August 2, 2023 (edited) On 7/31/2023 at 3:33 PM, ejp626 said: While this is a fairly short novel, I found it got a bit baggy by the end. It could have made a killer novella or extended short story, however. As his final novel, published when he was 85, Ravelstein is certainly not one of Bellow's best, but still worth reading IMHO. On 7/31/2023 at 3:33 PM, ejp626 said: I got halfway through Austen's Mansfield Park over the weekend. I don't think it really stands up as well as P&P or S&S. I could never read Jane Austen for pleasure, but as a student or teacher have had to read several of her novels. Perhaps a university tutor of mine got it right when he complained that the biggest event in one of her novels (I've forgotten which one) is where someone falls from a four-foot wall! As for her prissiness, he said that after reading Austen, he felt like "taking a bath in Rabelais". In roughly the same period as Austen, my man is Fielding. Joseph Andrews is a favourite. Edited August 2, 2023 by BillF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Posted August 2, 2023 Report Share Posted August 2, 2023 On 7/21/2023 at 9:02 PM, Brad said: I know this isn't his best writing but I really love this novel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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