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chicojuarz I read that about 6 or 7 years ago, and I thought it was great. I found out it was a Barbra Streisand movie right as I started, and almost abandoned ship. glad I didn't.
haha, yes, I know of the movie but havent seen it. (Though I like Barbara. Beaches dude.)
chicojuarz I read that about 6 or 7 years ago, and I thought it was great. I found out it was a Barbra Streisand movie right as I started, and almost abandoned ship. glad I didn't.
haha, yes, I know of the movie but havent seen it. (Though I like Barbara. Beaches dude.)
I had a roommate who was obsessed with Babs. She had her LP jackets hanging on the walls and a giant poster in her room. Quoted her all the time. Talked about her like she was her BFF or something. It was weird. Turned me off to all things Babs.
I started this last week. Its language has gripped me from the start.
This reminds me that on my flight to NFF, I started talking to a fellow traveler about Pat Conroy. She said his newest book is his best one yet. I need to put it on my to read list.
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A lot of you would probably like books by Nick Hornby - he's a music fan and includes a lot of references in his books. In one of them (I think Fever Pitch), the protagonist works in a record store. A Long Way Down is a great book too.
Post by Dave Maynar on Aug 16, 2014 20:55:00 GMT -5
Ready Player One was great in a totally different way than Columbine. The author did a great job of making the whole book a total love affair with the late 70s to 80s not only in the constant references but also in the story structure.
A lot of you would probably like books by Nick Hornby - he's a music fan and includes a lot of references in his books. In one of them (I think Fever Pitch), the protagonist works in a record store. A Long Way Down is a great book too.
Fever Pitch is about Manchester United. High Fidelity is about the guy that owns the record store. And my favorite is How to be Good. Love that one.
A lot of you would probably like books by Nick Hornby - he's a music fan and includes a lot of references in his books. In one of them (I think Fever Pitch), the protagonist works in a record store. A Long Way Down is a great book too.
Fever Pitch is about Manchester United. High Fidelity is about the guy that owns the record store. And my favorite is How to be Good. Love that one.
He used to write an article for Paste magazine
Ah, thanks. That's the one. I've liked everything I've read by him except for Juliet, Naked. I couldn't even finish that one.
Post by monkybunney on Aug 19, 2014 20:29:29 GMT -5
Lately I've found myself preoccupied almost to the point of obsession about Myth. I've been pondering over these two books for the better part of a couple months now. This is NOT your average collection of the Greek Myths! It's very very thoroughly researched and scholarly as shit! I received it as a gift and the first time I tried to read it I got maybe 20 pages in and just laughed. It was a gag gift, had to be, because the guy who wrote it is obviously a rambling lunatic, but a VERY scholarly and learned one who rambles on for 800+ pages or so. Hell he even provides you with barely comprehensible instructions on how to read the book! Hilarious! Or not... turns out a true academic approach to the subject of Mythography is far more complex than Clash of the Titans had led me to believe. Joseph Campbell considers it not just a study of literature and archaeology but as a valid scientific study along the lines of sociology or psychology. Which led me to purchase Reading them side by side I now worry I am becoming a rambling lunatic, minus the rambling part.
Post by SupeЯfuЯЯyanimal on Aug 19, 2014 21:51:44 GMT -5
Finally reading House of Leaves. I haven't went insane yet but I managed to get Kung Pao Chicken sauce all over a page. Which the author will somehow mention later on is this whacky ass book.
Finally reading House of Leaves. I haven't went insane yet but I managed to get Kung Pao Chicken sauce all over a page. Which the author will somehow mention later on is this whacky ass book.
House Of Leaves is the jam. I love explaining the plot to people and watching their brain lock up.
Lately I've found myself preoccupied almost to the point of obsession about Myth. I've been pondering over these two books for the better part of a couple months now. This is NOT your average collection of the Greek Myths! It's very very thoroughly researched and scholarly as shit! I received it as a gift and the first time I tried to read it I got maybe 20 pages in and just laughed. It was a gag gift, had to be, because the guy who wrote it is obviously a rambling lunatic, but a VERY scholarly and learned one who rambles on for 800+ pages or so. Hell he even provides you with barely comprehensible instructions on how to read the book! Hilarious! Or not... turns out a true academic approach to the subject of Mythography is far more complex than Clash of the Titans had led me to believe. Joseph Campbell considers it not just a study of literature and archaeology but as a valid scientific study along the lines of sociology or psychology. Which led me to purchase Reading them side by side I now worry I am becoming a rambling lunatic, minus the rambling part.
I dunno how familiar with Joeseph Campbell, but here is bunch of interviews he did for PBS in the late 80's with Bill Moyers all about mythology and its importance. Its really neat. and he talks about star wars. It was later condensed into a book called the "Power of Myth." I also highly recommend "The Hero with a Thousand Faces," also Joseph Campbell.
Lately I've found myself preoccupied almost to the point of obsession about Myth. I've been pondering over these two books for the better part of a couple months now. This is NOT your average collection of the Greek Myths! It's very very thoroughly researched and scholarly as shit! I received it as a gift and the first time I tried to read it I got maybe 20 pages in and just laughed. It was a gag gift, had to be, because the guy who wrote it is obviously a rambling lunatic, but a VERY scholarly and learned one who rambles on for 800+ pages or so. Hell he even provides you with barely comprehensible instructions on how to read the book! Hilarious! Or not... turns out a true academic approach to the subject of Mythography is far more complex than Clash of the Titans had led me to believe. Joseph Campbell considers it not just a study of literature and archaeology but as a valid scientific study along the lines of sociology or psychology. Which led me to purchase Reading them side by side I now worry I am becoming a rambling lunatic, minus the rambling part.
Did you look up who Robert Graves was? He's an extremely famous historian.
Did you look up who Robert Graves was? He's an extremely famous historian.
Not until I realized he wasn't some just raving lunatic. That guy is seriously brilliant. I was just too pessimistic during my first encounter with his writings to realize that he IS a genius. He went over my head. But yeah now I appreciate his contribution to poetry, history & mythography.
Finally reading House of Leaves. I haven't went insane yet but I managed to get Kung Pao Chicken sauce all over a page. Which the author will somehow mention later on is this whacky ass book.
House Of Leaves is the jam. I love explaining the plot to people and watching their brain lock up.
Haha. It's pretty straitforward so far. The Navidson Record section reminds me of all the film theory I've had to read. The footnotes are hilarious.
This leftish wonk received a couple books for his birthday a couple weeks ago.
1. Capital in the 21st Century by Thomas Piketty. Early into reading, but appears to focus on wealth inequality past, present & future. Simply heard too much about this one to let it go unread, so I dropped some heavy hints in advance of a day I receive presents. Thick, looks like it has lots of charts, made this onetime Political Science major say "Sweet... I have homework!" when I opened it. I'd been hanging onto a dollar bill for some months, to which someone jokingly affixed "000,000" after the one. I came to realize the reason I had been hanging onto that bill was that it would become the perfect bookmark.
2. The Fight for the Four Freedoms: What Made FDR & the Greatest Generation Truly Great by Harvey J. Kaye, UW-Green Bay (and I love this title of his) Professor of Democracy.
Barely into the former, but quite intrigued already. Haven't read the latter, but saw the professor speak on his book tour recently and feel comfortable recommending on that basis.
Post by billypilgrim on Oct 17, 2014 18:59:28 GMT -5
I'm a big fan of Jonathan Tropper. I've read all his novels and his latest, One Last Thing Before I Go, is one of my favorites. It's about a guy who was a drummer in a band that had a big hit, but now he's playing weddings and bar mitzvahs, divorced, and mostly estranged from his teenaged daughter. In some ways, the plot is completely predictable. But there's a tenderness towards the characters and an examination of what it means to be lonely that's both insightful and humorous.
Here's an example: "So every other weekend they spend an hour or so together that leaves them depressed and depleted, but they never miss it, and if that's not the best definition of family, then he doesn't know what is."
Before that, I read a couple of novels by Hubert Selby, Jr. He wrote Requiem for a Dream and Last Exit to Brooklyn, both of which became movies. If you saw the movies, then you know that his forte is writing about petty crooks, hookers, addicts, and others who are really scraping to survive from day to day. While there are plenty of authors now writing about dark topics, Last Exit was written in '64 when those topics were still taboo. This is not uplifting stuff. In fact, some of it is very hard to read. But they're compelling stories and you find yourself really pulling for the characters to make it.
Before that, I read a couple of novels by Hubert Selby, Jr. He wrote Requiem for a Dream and Last Exit to Brooklyn, both of which became movies. If you saw the movies, then you know that his forte is writing about petty crooks, hookers, addicts, and others who are really scraping to survive from day to day. While there are plenty of authors now writing about dark topics, Last Exit was written in '64 when those topics were still taboo. This is not uplifting stuff. In fact, some of it is very hard to read. But they're compelling stories and you find yourself really pulling for the characters to make it.
Of course, if you've seen the movies, you know not to expect a big happy ending.
I enjoyed Requiem for a Dream. I bet Selby was really fun at parties. I'd like to pick up some of his other stuff but never got around to it.
At the moment I'm reading Gideon's Spies: The Secret History of the Mossad. It's pretty fascinating. I picked it up looking for a basic history but it reads more like a spy novel at times. Some of the stories are just insane. My favorites so far are the world wide search for Nazi war criminals and how thoroughly Mossad had infiltrated the Egyptian air force prior to the Six Day War.
I think I'm going to finally start Infinite Jest next. At least I hope to.
Post by g a b f r a b on Oct 21, 2014 13:37:57 GMT -5
I read for hours a day but rarely touch books. I lost almost all interest in fiction a few years back and transitioned into works of nonfiction. Now I mostly just read online journalism or shorter pieces of creative nonfiction. Most mornings I wake up, eat some coffee grounds, and click around Vice for a few hours. From links in those articles I branch off and soon have way too many open tabs of good shit. Still, I'm always looking for new reading recommendations. One of the main sources I subscribe to is Buzzfeed's BuzzReads which is a nice, once-a-week selection of longform journalism from across the web. This is all just a long preamble to sharing some of the better pieces I've come across and asking where y'all get your fix of good journalism, features, war reporting, adventure stories, etc.
This is an extremely well written piece by a death investigator about his years on the job. It's dark as shit and kinda funny. www.vice.com/read/postmortem-0000449-v21n9
This is an adventurer whose travels I've been following for years. He hitchhikes all over South America and now spends his time paddling through and living on the rivers of the Amazon. His adventures are fucking insane but his writing is also some of the best I've ever encountered. I never quite know where to point people to start with him but this is a good piece about living homeless on the streets of a Brazilian city: hitchtheworld.com/2011/12/12/seven-days-and-nights-on-the-streets-of-belem/
Post by billypilgrim on Nov 24, 2014 21:43:55 GMT -5
I'm reading Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon and, after 180 of 761 pages, it's feeling like a chore. I know long novels sometimes require time to get going. And I know this is considered one of the great novels of the 20th Century. But it's not enjoyable yet.
Anyone out there who's read it who will tell me that the payoff is worth it and I should stick with it? Because I read for fun and this isn't exactly fun.
