Now reading...

[felser]

[ejp626]

Like half the Western world, I am reading or rather rereading The Odyssey (the Lattimore translation).

Somewhat less common, I am pairing it with Chakraborty's The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi.

[Referentzhunter]

Edited August 5 by Referentzhunter

[Referentzhunter]

[Referentzhunter]

[ghost of miles]

[Simon8]

On 7/26/2026 at 6:51 AM, Referentzhunter said:

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[GA Russell]

Two Lew Archer stories.

 

[medjuck]

9 hours ago, ghost of miles said:

IIRC  (and I often don't) the original magazine article Lee wrote about the '65 Manchester concert describes Goldman delivering a package to Dylan in the middle of the interview and Dylan takes it to the bathroom before returning much more energized.  This is left out of the book, I think, at the suggestion of the publisher's lawyers.  

[Referentzhunter]

[GA Russell]

Five very early stories, three of which were pretty good.

[ghost of miles]

On 8/5/2026 at 10:03 PM, medjuck said:

IIRC  (and I often don't) the original magazine article Lee wrote about the '65 Manchester concert describes Goldman delivering a package to Dylan in the middle of the interview and Dylan takes it to the bathroom before returning much more energized.  This is left out of the book, I think, at the suggestion of the publisher's lawyers.  

There's a quote about Albert Grossman asking a young venue staffer (iirc) to leave him and Dylan alone for a few minutes before the show. As he leaves the dressing room the assistant notices Grossman reaching into his bag for something, and when the assistant returns Dylan stumbles out of the bathroom in an altered state, followed by Grossman saying "Bob's ready to go now," or something to that effect. I think this is from the 1966 tour, though--will check tonight. Definitely common knowledge that Dylan was taking "a lot of medicine," as he described it, to keep up his busy pace in that period.

[GA Russell]

The third Doug Selby story.  From 1939, the year of the first Cool & Lam story.

[HutchFan]

Re-reading this:

[Brad]

On 8/5/2026 at 9:06 AM, Referentzhunter said:

I tried reading this a couple of years ago but discovered that I’m not a fan of magical realism. However, I will probably give it a go someday. 

[EKE BBB]

Revisiting

[GA Russell]

[jazzbo]

That D.A. series was fun, read them back in the '80s.

Now 

Re-re-reading (maybe re-re-re-reading)

 

[Gheorghe]

Now I read a book with the original english title ”The Tenant”, by Freida McFadden. 

Of course I don´t read books in english, but in my native language Romanian, that´s how I bought it: 

"Chiriașa” ......that means „the tenant”

[Referentzhunter]

12 hours ago, Brad said:

I tried reading this a couple of years ago but discovered that I’m not a fan of magical realism. However, I will probably give it a go someday. 

I'll give you one thing ... The family names are a challenge to remember ... ,a classic novel. The so called Magical realism didn't bother me at all. And important: I cared for the characters ...

[Brad]

1 hour ago, Referentzhunter said:

I'll give you one thing ... The family names are a challenge to remember ... ,a classic novel. The so called Magical realism didn't bother me at all. And important: I cared for the characters ...

Yes, they are. I suppose that’s why there is a family tree chart in the beginning of the book. 

[Referentzhunter]

1 hour ago, Brad said:

Yes, they are. I suppose that’s why there is a family tree chart in the beginning of the book. 

I also stranded one time ... in my case because of the complexity of the names. 

1 hour ago, Brad said:

Yes, they are. I suppose that’s why there is a family tree chart in the beginning of the book. 

... and you are right about the family tree chart being essential !

[jlhoots]

Michael Connolly: The Drop (A Bosch novel)

Edited August 17 by jlhoots

[GA Russell]

The last of the series, from 1955.

[jazzbo]

A very intelligent neighbor Kathleen recommended this author so I started her first book, which is of epic length. . . .