what books are you reading?
January 24th, 2022 at 12:40:12 PM
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noir fiction is what I am enjoying now
I've read and re-read all of Raymond Chandler - what a master he was
just finished David Goodis's_____________ "Secret Squad" and ________ "Shoot the Piano Player" __________ great stuff IMO__________the violence is exaggerated but that's okay
also really impressed with Jim Thompson's__________ "The Killer Inside Me" and_________ "Grifters"
and now I'm on to Megan Abbott's______ "Queenpin"____________she's a trip____________the setting is a casino town with all the mobbed up crooks - but she doesn't name the city or say what year
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noir fiction is what I am enjoying now
I've read and re-read all of Raymond Chandler - what a master he was
just finished David Goodis's_____________ "Secret Squad" and ________ "Shoot the Piano Player" __________ great stuff IMO__________the violence is exaggerated but that's okay
also really impressed with Jim Thompson's__________ "The Killer Inside Me" and_________ "Grifters"
and now I'm on to Megan Abbott's______ "Queenpin"____________she's a trip____________the setting is a casino town with all the mobbed up crooks - but she doesn't name the city or say what year
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"believe half of what you see and none of what you hear" - Edgar Allan Poe
January 20th, 2023 at 8:11:56 AM
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Crime & Punishment by Dostoyevsky
January 20th, 2023 at 8:51:01 AM
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I've been doing audiobooks for a little light entertainment while I travel, lately. (Library apps? +EV. My library cards get me stuff through Libby and Hoopla.)
Currently on: Neuromancer
Recent:
Citizen of the Galaxy
Speaker for the Dead
Glory Road
Axiom's End (would recommend)
Atlas Shrugged
Man's Search for Meaning
most of the Harry Potter series (next in line on the hold list for Deathly Hallows. While I am not a particular fan of HERMIONE AND GINNY VERSUS THE SPACE WIZARDS, I have read the whole thing, because I do like QC.)
Currently on: Neuromancer
Recent:
Citizen of the Galaxy
Speaker for the Dead
Glory Road
Axiom's End (would recommend)
Atlas Shrugged
Man's Search for Meaning
most of the Harry Potter series (next in line on the hold list for Deathly Hallows. While I am not a particular fan of HERMIONE AND GINNY VERSUS THE SPACE WIZARDS, I have read the whole thing, because I do like QC.)
May the cards fall in your favor.
January 20th, 2023 at 11:38:50 AM
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A Brief History of Almost Everything by Bill Bryson
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So many better men, a few of them friends, are dead. And a thousand thousand slimy things live on, and so do I.
January 20th, 2023 at 12:21:36 PM
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Sun Tzu - The Art of War
Eat to Beat Disease by Dr. William Li
Eat to Beat Disease by Dr. William Li
January 20th, 2023 at 12:29:12 PM
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Battle Maps of the Civil War, in preparation for my spring road trip.
Steal Like An Artist, by Austin Kleon.
Steal Like An Artist, by Austin Kleon.
The difference between fiction and reality is that fiction is supposed to make sense.
January 20th, 2023 at 1:58:09 PM
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Quote: sevenSun Tzu - The Art of War
Eat to Beat Disease by Dr. William Li
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The Art of War is interesting.
Which translation - and accordingly, which annotations you get - make a HUGE difference with this book.
Without the context, it reads like it was written by Captain Obvious.
May the cards fall in your favor.
January 20th, 2023 at 2:54:46 PM
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Satchel by Larry Tye.
January 20th, 2023 at 3:10:42 PM
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Quote: DieterQuote: sevenSun Tzu - The Art of War
Eat to Beat Disease by Dr. William Li
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The Art of War is interesting.
Which translation - and accordingly, which annotations you get - make a HUGE difference with this book.
Without the context, it reads like it was written by Captain Obvious.
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I have the tapes where George Santos dictated it to Mr. Sun.
The difference between fiction and reality is that fiction is supposed to make sense.
