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[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 Tuesday at 07:26 PM 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.