I caught the end of "The Aviator" movie a couple of weeks ago which prompted me to read "Howard Hughes His Life And Madness". Very interesting so far, the guy lead an interesting life for sure.
I caught the end of "The Aviator" movie a couple of weeks ago which prompted me to read "Howard Hughes His Life And Madness". Very interesting so far, the guy lead an interesting life for sure.
RIP the spymaster, John Le Carre. I reread a few of his titles now and then. His brilliance was astounding.
I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.'- Bob Newhart
Christopher Columbus and the African Holocaust-Slavery and the Rise of European Capitalism-John Henrik Clarke
"please do not understand me too quickly"-andre gide
Just started a new book by an - for me - unknown author called Trent Dalton from Australia. The novel is called Boy Swallows Universe (2018 in a 2019 translation).
Only one chapter in, but already intrigueing. Apparently Dalton just wrote a new book, All Our Shimmering Skies.
The Players of Null-A by A.E. van Vogt
Wolfgang Niedecken -Für 'ne Moment
The autobiography of German singer songwriter Wolfgang Niedecken. Funny part, he once played in a group with a female singer, because they were influenced by Jefferson Airplane and Renaissance.
I'm almost done with Exorcising Ghosts, the autobiography of Dave Cousins. I've started and stopped it so many times when other books came into the picture, but I'll be finishing this one finally in a day or two. Wonderful stories of the early years of the Strawbs, especially the few months with Sandy Denny in the band. The back half of the book recounts Dave's many years as a radio manager and director in the UK. Sounds dry, but I find it fascinating. Got my copy signed by Dave at RosFest last time the Strawbs played there.
Lou
Atta boy, Luther!
Ayad Akhtar: Homeland Elegies. A Pakistani-American playwright, Akhtar seems so far to be about explaining Muslim-American viewpoints on things like 9/11 and the killing of binLadn, with a healthy side dish of dysfunctional family stories.
Impera littera designata delenda est.
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
Harrow The Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Re-reading The Sound and the Fury, and reading "Be With," poems by Forest Gander.
"And this is the chorus.....or perhaps it's a bridge...."
The Promise of Blood by Brian McClellan (musketpunk fantasy)
I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.'- Bob Newhart
Musketpunk? Not familiar with that - set in the 1700s I presume?
Impera littera designata delenda est.
Secondary world with late 1700s weapons and strategy. There's two writers working this (that I know of): McClellan and Django Wexler. McClellan's world has far more magic but Wexler still has a fantastical element. I find this stuff fascinating.Originally Posted by Sturgeon's Lawyer
I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.'- Bob Newhart
Stanley Fish, How to Write a Sentence (and How to Read One). An entertaining book for sentence lovers like me.
Impera littera designata delenda est.
Uncle Fred in the Springtime by P.G. Wodehouse
Love Is a Dog from Hell by Charles Bukowski
Just started Stormy Daniels book "Full Disclosure". My wife's niece is friends with the ghostwriter of the book Kevin O'leary, so decided to check it out. I have not gotten to the Trump section yet, but so far it is pretty interesting.
Catcher in the Rye
A Comfort Zone is not a Life Sentence
I reread that one last year, utterly wonderful.
I just finished Norwegian Wood by Murakami, the first of his that I have read and possibly his most mainstream novel, but I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Next off my Christmas pile is the much anticipated Days Of The Underground by Joe Banks.
Kevin O'Leary, the guy from Shark Tank??
Music isn't about chops, or even about talent - it's about sound and the way that sound communicates to people. Mike Keneally
We Can Build You by Philip K. Dick
No different guy. This guy actually goes by Kevin Carr O'Leary. He has ghost written some other books with celebrities too, but is not the Shark Tank guy.
I just finished Wonderous Stories by Jerry Ewing.
Now getting started on Pot Culture: The A-Z Guide to Stoner Language and Life by Shirley Haperin and Steve Bloom.
Next up (for something completely different), Steppenwolf by Herman Hess.
What can this strange device be? When I touch it, it brings forth a sound (2112)
"Wonderous Stories" was a decent book.
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