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I'm enjoying this very much

I love unabridged books read by the author on Audible
although the jury is out on his corny impressions of some of his subjects

this looks excellent

Side-Kyiv wrote:
I'm enjoying this very much

I love unabridged books read by the author on Audible
although the jury is out on his corny impressions of some of his subjects

Is the jury still deliberating?

Space wrote:

Side-Kyiv wrote:
I'm enjoying this very much

I love unabridged books read by the author on Audible
although the jury is out on his corny impressions of some of his subjects

Is the jury still deliberating?

verdict is the corny impressions are in fact a little too corny (but in all honesty, not sure what would have been the best way to do it, as if he had just read their lines, I don't think it would have worked as well)

but the story is really good, one of most engaging reads (listens) I've had in a while.  For me best book I digested in 2019
one neat feature about the audio book is they actually include the recording the police took of Harvey in one of the stings they did
That was creepy

One redemptive thing…he now has a podcast about this book…and he has the actual people on the podcast, so you can hear how they really sound and so far it's been a fantastic add on to an already great book

going to the beach next week, need a good beach book: recs?

sweetcell wrote:
going to the beach next week, need a good beach book: recs?

What beach?

I recently read this, but wasn't at the beach. Mixed bag, but at least it's waterproof.

https://www.amazon.com/Beach-Book-Melcher-Media/dp/1595910034

I know Carl Hiaasen is low brow but when I am on a beach vacation I need something fun and easy and his books fit

If on the other hand you are looking to get serious


1. Josephus - Complete Works
2. Julio Cortázar - Rayuela

Space wrote:

sweetcell wrote:
going to the beach next week, need a good beach book: recs?

What beach?

Yucatan - Chicxulub, where the meteor hit 66 million years ago and killed the dinos.

Space wrote:I recently read this, but wasn't at the beach. Mixed bag, but at least it's waterproof.

https://www.amazon.com/Beach-Book-Melcher-Media/dp/1595910034

 
that looks pretty interesting, thanks!

starsky wrote:
2. Julio Cortázar - Rayuela

ha!  i thinking that i should get something by a central or south american author, given my destination (geography nerds can back down, i'm aware that mexico is part of america del norte).  not sure Rayuela qualifies as a beach book, tho, i'm looking for something a little more escapist.  maybe i'll catch up some some classics of the magical realism genre…

sweetcell wrote:

Space wrote:
What beach?

Yucatan - Chicxulub, where the meteor hit 66 million years ago and killed the dinos.

allegedly….news reports from that era have a very high pro-meteor bias :)

Liked Catch and Kill, but wish it wasn't a true story. My cousin is Linda Vester, and she said there are so many other women at NBC who have yet to come forward with their stories.

Just finished The Golden Compass and really liked it. Anyone finished the series? Just started Book 2.

My favorite books of the year were: Room To Dream (auto and bio of David Lynch - required if you like him at all - so great), You Know You Want This - Kristen Rouperian, and The Testaments.

I am sure you have read Roberto Bolaños “The Savage Detectives”….my favorite read from past 15 years

His short stories are more digestible

starsky wrote:
I am sure you have read Roberto Bolaños “The Savage Detectives”….my favorite read from past 15 years

agreed…excellent book

Just finished The Golden Compass

His dark materials on HBO now is SOO good.  I'm not sure how it fits in the trilogy or if it's a new story

Reading-ET-Hatch wrote:

sweetcell wrote:

Space wrote:
What beach?

Yucatan - Chicxulub, where the meteor hit 66 million years ago and killed the dinos.

allegedly….news reports from that era have a very high pro-meteor bias :)

you're argument is starting to look flimsy
https://nypost.com/2019/12/18/dinosaurs-may-have-been-poisoned-before-asteroid-hit-study-reveals

but looks like a Volcano may have already been poisoning the dinos prior to the Meteor

Prior to their asteroid-linked extinction, dinosaurs were already struggling to survive due to a sharp increase in mercury levels caused by a massive volcano eruption“what appears to be a global signal of both abrupt ocean warming and distinctly elevated mercury concentrations”
The mass eruption of the Deccan Traps likely happened several thousand years prior to the asteroid that left the Chicxulub crater in the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico and “lasted, on and off, for nearly a million years.”

starsky wrote:
I am sure you have read Roberto Bolaños “The Savage Detectives”….my favorite read from past 15 years

His short stories are more digestible

I have not! Will pick it up!

I am afraid I am reading some pretty low brow stuff


Carl Hiaasen

Just finished Bad Monkey and am now on Razor Girl which has a few of the same characters


Not my usual bag but it’s funny as shit and the depiction of South Florida and it’s people is what really hooks me

I would classify this kind of stuff as good beach reading

On brand Trump® to include education credentials on the cover  ::)

Man I don't want to support Bolton in any way…but with reviews like this


@realDonaldTrump
Wacko John Bolton’s “exceedingly tedious”(New York Times) book is made up of lies & fake stories. Said all good about me, in print, until the day I fired him. A disgruntled boring fool who only wanted to go to war. Never had a clue, was ostracized & happily dumped. What a dope!

For a man who doesn't read, he has given a LOT of book reviews over the years

hutch wrote:
I am afraid I am reading some pretty low brow stuff


Carl Hiaasen

Just finished Bad Monkey and am now on Razor Girl which has a few of the same characters


Not my usual bag but it’s funny as shit and the depiction of South Florida and it’s people is what really hooks me

I would classify this kind of stuff as good beach reading

I love Carl's books. I think I have read all of them.

I just finished:



Really enjoyed this story of slavery, oppression and magic(?). I think I read it in 2 days. Riveting.