Now reading...

[felser]

[Chuck Nessa]

[JSngry]

16 hours ago, felser said:

Do you turn turn turn the pages?

[felser]

3 minutes ago, JSngry said:

Do you turn turn turn the pages?

To every book there is a season, a time to read, a time to refrain from reading.

[ghost of miles]

5 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said:

Thanks, this is one I want to get to sooner rather than later. 

[ghost of miles]

Also starting an Alan Furst novel for the first time in quite awhile. 
 

[ejp626]

Rereading Lafcadio's Adventures by Gide.

(And yes I did go out of my way to get the edition with the cover by Gorey...)

After this, probably State of Grace by Joy Williams and then Lampedusa's The Leopard, which I have not managed to get around to before now.

 

[GA Russell]

Pulp fiction.  Only a little better than average.

[rostasi]

[mjazzg]

On 3/26/2025 at 1:36 AM, ghost of miles said:

Also starting an Alan Furst novel for the first time in quite awhile. 
 

I'd forgotten about Furst, thanks for the reminder 

[GA Russell]

Recommended.  Jerry Clower said, "I don't tell funny stories.  I tell stories funny."  The author fits that bill.

[JSngry]

Jerry Clower!

[ejp626]

I enjoyed the Gide, but not as much on the second go around.  That is often, but not always, the case with me. 

I read Dorothy Edwards's Winter Sonata and was underwhelmed.  Just not enough going on in this tale of frustrated love for me.

I'm rereading Tim O'Brien's America Fantastica for a book club, and then will read Kobo Abe's The Woman in the Dunes.

[Pim]

these two will keep me busy the coming time I think 

Edited April 15 by Pim

[jlhoots]

Jon Hickey: Big Chief

[Dub Modal]

Dark Victory: Ronald Reagan, MCA & the Mob by Dan Moldea

Audiobook on Spotify.

Helluva first chapter synopsis on the beginning of the Storyville jazz scene in New Orleans and its subsequent transition to Chicago. 

[GA Russell]

Worthwhile.  Some years ago I read a WSJ article about MacDonald which suggested that his early novels might be up my alley.

[rostasi]

[JSngry]

2 hours ago, rostasi said:

Lee Hyla!?!?!!

[rostasi]

2 hours ago, JSngry said:

Lee Hyla!?!?!!

Yeah, I've been on the floor searching for a 50 year old magazine while helping someone create a promo for this Wednesday's show ... and I came across this little gem from 2019. If you like what you read above, you can still get copies thru Bandcamp for $15.

[JSngry]

I can read it online. But I do have a copy of We Speak Etruscan, played it just a few days ago, in fact. Held my attention!

[rostasi]

43 minutes ago, JSngry said:

I can read it online. But I do have a copy of We Speak Etruscan, played it just a few days ago, in fact. Held my attention!

I guess you'd have to be at a New York library - especially the "Lincoln Center" branch - to find that disc in such a place. Surprised that Nate doesn't mention the Avant label one ... but, it was my first full introduction to his work (the CRI and Opus One ones were partial intros). Anyway, you'll get a good overview above, but if you've already got full access online, then there you go...

Edited Tuesday at 08:40 PM by rostasi

[JSngry]

I got mine from Berkshire/BRO a few years ago.

[felser]

[GA Russell]

I enjoy the Valentino series, but this one was below average.  Take away all the writing about the detective's relationships with all the women in the book, and there's not much story left.

By the way Joe, Criterion is mentioned on page 228!