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Post by wynmctwitch on Mar 9, 2016 22:56:44 GMT -5
I'm currently obsessed with the Expanse books by James S. A. Corey. Sean and I learned of it when it became a series on the Syfy channel. It's a (so-far) magnificent space opera.
What are you reading?
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Post by pirmás697 on Mar 10, 2016 6:38:49 GMT -5
Currently reading "Homage to Catalonia". But I should really say "reading" because I read like pitch flows. In the last ten years I've probably finished reading three novels, four short story collections, and gotten to page 20 of two or three more.
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Post by drew on Mar 10, 2016 8:22:47 GMT -5
Just finished "Inverting the Pyramid" by Jonathan Wilson. Lots of good information about the history of soccer. Very poorly written.
About to start my 2016 reading of "Blood Meridian or the Evening Redness in the West" by Cormac McCarthy.
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Post by wynmctwitch on Mar 10, 2016 22:46:23 GMT -5
Drew - I've never heard of the Blood Meridian book. Is it something you read every year? Should I seek it out?
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Post by drew on Mar 11, 2016 7:45:10 GMT -5
Yes, I have read it each year since I was in college. It's my favorite novel. I think its a book that people either love or hate. It's minimalist punctuation and metaphysical elements rub some people the wrong way. I think it's beautifully written. I would just warn that there are some depictions of extreme violence so if that's not your thing, I would skip it. Other than that it's worth a read.
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Post by moz on Mar 11, 2016 13:24:56 GMT -5
Allen Steele's "Arkwright," Charles Leehrsen's Ty Cobb biography, Amity Shlaes' Calvin Coolidge biography.
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Post by bigvytau on Mar 12, 2016 13:33:43 GMT -5
Just picked up Don DeLillo's "Cosmopolis." Other than that: theory, theory, theory.
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Post by Hogs on Mar 14, 2016 8:28:47 GMT -5
Just finished "Inverting the Pyramid" by Jonathan Wilson. Lots of good information about the history of soccer. Very poorly written. About to start my 2016 reading of "Blood Meridian or the Evening Redness in the West" by Cormac McCarthy. I read Inverting the Pyramid as well. It was dry, to be sure, kind of like In Cold Blood. I love everything else Capote has written but couldn't get through Blood the 7 or 8 times I tried to read it. I had flashbacks to Blood when reading Pyramid and couldn't finish it, either, but I found the history of the game and early formations/strategies fascinating. Maybe I should try to read it again. Currently reading Nick Offerman's Paddle Your Own Canoe, David McCullough's Truman and Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms on rotation, depending upon my mood. Recently finished Amy Poehler's Yes Please, which I highly recommend. Current comics I read: Harrow County, Hellbreak, Stumptown, The Humans, Clandestino, anything by Ande Parks and probably a bunch of stuff I'm forgetting.
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Post by ngstravelingmatt on Apr 3, 2016 11:03:49 GMT -5
I'm almost done with a lap through my Pratchett collection, and his death is still sinking in. Anyone know of anything with a similar light-hearted imagination?
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Post by pirmás697 on Apr 3, 2016 16:55:49 GMT -5
I'm almost done with a lap through my Pratchett collection, and his death is still sinking in. Anyone know of anything with a similar light-hearted imagination? Brigid's books, maybe? Third one is out on May Day. Her website: Frosty Owl.
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Post by ngstravelingmatt on Apr 4, 2016 17:40:48 GMT -5
I'm almost done with a lap through my Pratchett collection, and his death is still sinking in. Anyone know of anything with a similar light-hearted imagination? Brigid's books, maybe? Third one is out on May Day. Her website: Frosty Owl. There's a dragon on the cover. I will try this.
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Post by pirmás697 on Apr 4, 2016 17:46:51 GMT -5
Brigid's books, maybe? Third one is out on May Day. Her website: Frosty Owl. There's a dragon on the cover. I will try this. You should probably start with book 1 (red girl on cover).
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