HutchFan Posted November 20, 2018 Report Share Posted November 20, 2018 On 11/17/2018 at 9:30 AM, ghost of miles said: I've just started reading this too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejp626 Posted November 20, 2018 Report Share Posted November 20, 2018 Skipping around a bit in Pessoa's The Book of Disquiet, which seems to be the best way to experience it. About halfway through T.C. Boyle's The Road to Wellville. After this, I'll start in on White Noise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejp626 Posted November 23, 2018 Report Share Posted November 23, 2018 On 11/20/2018 at 9:48 PM, ejp626 said: After this, I'll start in on White Noise. I've found that quite a few novels don't interest me as much on second reading, but, so far, DeLillo's White Noise is just as interesting/amusing on the second read. (A bit of a relief, actually...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ejp626 Posted November 28, 2018 Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 Updike's Rabbit, Run. I expect to get through the whole Rabbit series over the next few weeks. First time really exploring Updike's fiction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted November 28, 2018 Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 I finally gave up for now on Berlin Alexanderplatz; I couldn’t get comfortable with Döblin’s style of writing. I purchased Sense and Sensibility some time ago and have picked it up again. The introduction is a bit turgid. I often think that these introductions are better as after words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted December 2, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2018 On 9/15/2015 at 5:54 PM, king ubu said: just finished: Ta-Nehisi Coates - Between the World and Me: most impressive, and rather shocking, though much of it isn't really all that new ... it's been quite a while that a book has so deeply moved me. I need to finally get around to reading both this and We Were Eight Years In Power. Did you see the interviews he did with Obama near the end of Obama’s presidency? Great conversations (the Atlantic published unedited transcripts). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted December 2, 2018 Report Share Posted December 2, 2018 Tommy Orange: There There Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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king ubu Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 On 2.12.2018 at 4:34 PM, ghost of miles said: I need to finally get around to reading both this and We Were Eight Years In Power. Did you see the interviews he did with Obama near the end of Obama’s presidency? Great conversations (the Atlantic published unedited transcripts). Alas no. I have "Eight Years" on the frighteningly high reading pile, too (have read some of it online though - not sure how different the book versions will be, or if at all). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted December 4, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2018 Just got this and am starting it immediately—as in, as soon as I finish this post and put my cellphone down: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted December 7, 2018 Report Share Posted December 7, 2018 Really enjoying the early chapters of this and hoping it stays such a good read. Inevitably revisiting the early albums that meant so much to me so long ago now and enjoying them again for the first time in a long time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted December 7, 2018 Report Share Posted December 7, 2018 Timothy Hallinan: Night Town Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HutchFan Posted December 7, 2018 Report Share Posted December 7, 2018 9 minutes ago, mjazzg said: Inevitably revisiting the early albums that meant so much to me so long ago now and enjoying them again for the first time in a long time That's so much fun -- like revisiting old friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted December 7, 2018 Report Share Posted December 7, 2018 7 minutes ago, HutchFan said: That's so much fun -- like revisiting old friends. It is. So many memories with these songs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Posted December 9, 2018 Report Share Posted December 9, 2018 The Sparrow: Mary Doria Russell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejp626 Posted December 9, 2018 Report Share Posted December 9, 2018 Nearly done with Adam Langer's Crossing California, which tells the story of 3 families in West Rogers Park, Chicago from 1979-Jan 81 (somewhat portentously/pretentiously the same period US hostages were held in Iran). It's pretty interesting stuff, particularly for someone who lived through the 70s as a child (though I'm a few years younger than these characters). Probably will leave it at that, but maybe some day I will read The Washington Story, which picks up and continues the stories of the various characters as they (or some of them) move out of Chicago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted December 9, 2018 Report Share Posted December 9, 2018 (edited) Finished this earlier a few days ago. It's a remarkable book Ellis looks at the founders (Jefferson, Adams, Madison and Washington) on a particular issue and then discusses that issue from today's perspective. Edited December 9, 2018 by Brad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ejp626 Posted December 18, 2018 Report Share Posted December 18, 2018 Just finished Updike's Rabbit Redux. Quite a few issues with this book, since it can't quite determine if it wants to be symbolic or realistic (I mean no way does Skeeter just camp out for weeks given he is a wanted man...). I kept thinking that this was basically a literary version of Apocalypse Now (not necessarily a good thing). In any event, I've come this far and would like to complete the Rabbit series, so I launch into Rabbit is Rich next. Very soon I'll get to Krzhizhanovsky's The Letter Killers Club (NYRB), which I expect I'll enjoy a bit more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted December 18, 2018 Report Share Posted December 18, 2018 9 hours ago, soulpope said: I wish that I could read (and speak) another language. Ken Singleton, who was a very good ballplayer and who now announces for the Yankees, had a good line during a game last season: What do you call a person who only speaks one language? An American. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted December 18, 2018 Report Share Posted December 18, 2018 3 minutes ago, paul secor said: I wish that I could read (and speak) another language. Ken Singleton, who was a very good ballplayer and who now announces for the Yankees, had a good line during a game last season: What do you call a person who only speaks one language? An American. .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted December 19, 2018 Report Share Posted December 19, 2018 An entertaining read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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