ggw wrote:Oh, Lord, scratch that one then!Julian, wrote:ggw wrote:Yiddish Policeman level bad? That was the one I discarded halfway thru.Julian, wrote:ggw wrote:Hey, thanks!
If you like Goldfinch, you'll probably like the The Secret History.
I may have preferred Special Topics in Calamity Physics. Same premise as Secret History but a bit younger and hipper.
Has anyone read the Chabon book (Telegraph Avenue?) that came out last year? Any good?
Meh. It's Chabon, but definitely a weaker Chabon.
Yiddish Policemen's Union is far superior to Telegraph Avenue.
Books
I'm a vinyl maniac so the book was heavily recommended to me by many…even given to me
I find it unreadable… i gave up about page 80…and i don't see myself trying again….
There are certain authors like Chabon and Ian McEwan that I don't get what people see in them…
I find it unreadable… i gave up about page 80…and i don't see myself trying again….
There are certain authors like Chabon and Ian McEwan that I don't get what people see in them…
Bleeding Edge- Thomas Pynchon
Fun characters and dialogue, very loose plot. Not as dense as his other works.
Here's a quote significant to our home away from home-
"9:30 Club… maybe he caught Tiny Desk Unit and Bad Brains in their local-band period… maybe the smell of the 9:30 Cologne is his last, his only link with the uncorrupted youth he was?"
Makes me wonder if Pynchon either knows from personal experience or has heard about the characteristic odor of the old club and that's what he's referencing (earlier mention of the F street location)
Fun characters and dialogue, very loose plot. Not as dense as his other works.
Here's a quote significant to our home away from home-
"9:30 Club… maybe he caught Tiny Desk Unit and Bad Brains in their local-band period… maybe the smell of the 9:30 Cologne is his last, his only link with the uncorrupted youth he was?"
Makes me wonder if Pynchon either knows from personal experience or has heard about the characteristic odor of the old club and that's what he's referencing (earlier mention of the F street location)
ggw wrote:
If you like Goldfinch, you'll probably like the The Secret History.
I may have preferred Special Topics in Calamity Physics. Same premise as Secret History but a bit younger and hipper.
I liked Secret History. Thought it was a bit too long, but really liked it. That's why I read the goldfinch in the first place. I will check out Special Topics in Calamity Physics.
Anyone read any Murakami and enjoyed it? If so, which novel would you suggest I start with? Thanks in advance.
Julian, wrote:
Anyone read any Murakami and enjoyed it? If so, which novel would you suggest I start with? Thanks in advance.
Love them all. The Wind-up Bird Chronicle is his best but you should probably start with Norwegian Wood
Bagley wrote:
Wind-up Bird Chronicle … Norwegian Wood
There's a Beatles joke somewhere in there, but I'm too lazy on a de facto Friday to suss it out.
Julian, wrote:
Anyone read any Murakami and enjoyed it? If so, which novel would you suggest I start with? Thanks in advance.
Yes. I loved 1Q84. Currently reading "What I talk about when I talk about running" and it's great too (although it's non-fiction and I'm a runner, so that may be why I'm liking it so much).
I bought Wind-Up Bird and Kafka On the Shore over the weekend. Finished Wind-Up Bird already and about halfway thru Kafka (which I think is the better of the two so far). Might try reading 1Q84 before the "new" one comes out next month.
I'm so offended by the title of this article that I can't even bring myself to read it. Books are books. I read Hunger Games, Fault in our Stars, and others, and I"m not ashamed. Who cares about the "intended" audience?
K8teebug wrote:I guess to play Devil's advocate, would you draw the same "who cares who it was intended for" for anything else? Should it be perfectly acceptable for adults to only find Pokemon or gi Joe acceptable entertainment, or would you label such a person as in a state of arrested development? What of they still wear bibs or use pacifiers?
I'm so offended by the title of this article that I can't even bring myself to read it. Books are books. I read Hunger Games, Fault in our Stars, and others, and I"m not ashamed. Who cares about the "intended" audience?
Again, I say ask as someone who watches Pretty Little Liars every week.
People want to wear pacifiers, fine with me. Not hurting anyone there.
Yes, if people want to watch Pokemon, again, who cares?
Yes, if people want to watch Pokemon, again, who cares?
K8teebug wrote:Ok, fair enough.
People want to wear pacifiers, fine with me. Not hurting anyone there.
Yes, if people want to watch Pokemon, again, who cares?
*walks out of thread*
I'm disappointed in you.
We didn't even get to talk about Bronys.
We didn't even get to talk about Bronys.
I read Carl Perkins' autobiography….I'd give it a B
Guralnick's second volume on his Elvis bio….. so sad to read! good lord…
Guralnick's second volume on his Elvis bio….. so sad to read! good lord…
K8teebug wrote:
I'm disappointed in you.
We didn't even get to talk about Bronys.
http://www.citypaper.com/blogs/noise/bcp-the-problem-with-bronies-20140801,0,1667255.story
http://kotaku.com/this-is-bronycon-1614758625
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bh2dH3b9stc
Joe by Larry Brown - even better than the Nicholas Cage movie, which was quite good!
Stardust (The David Bowie Story) by Henry Edwards and Tony Zanetta - appallingly written but unputdownable.
Stardust (The David Bowie Story) by Henry Edwards and Tony Zanetta - appallingly written but unputdownable.
hutch wrote:
I read Carl Perkins' autobiography….I'd give it a B
Guralnick's second volume on his Elvis bio….. so sad to read! good lord…
Man, can this guy write a music biography. The Sam Cooke bio - now, if not already.
Anxiously awaiting the Murakami new one. Should get it Tuesday.
I tried the Kindle thing, but I need book books.
I tried the Kindle thing, but I need book books.