Blue J Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 A Time of Terror: The Great Dayton Flood, by Allan Eckert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue J Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 And also finished the Black Crowes biography by Steve Gorman, about a week ago. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueschica Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 And also finished the Black Crowes biography by Steve Gorman, about a week ago. My husband bought me that book for Christmas. It was an interesting, if depressing, read for me. I actually had more knowledge of the personal side of Steve Gorman (because he had a sports radio show that I listened to for years) than of the personal side of the Robinson brothers. I guess I had heard that the Crowes were somewhat dysfunctional but the book made them sound REALLY dysfunctional. I still love their music, but parts of the book were a difficult read. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhawkrush Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Herod - King of Judea by Alexander Krawczuk. It's amazing the records of the events of that era have survived to this day. By the way, Cleopatra should not be glorified. Just sayin'. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue J Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 And also finished the Black Crowes biography by Steve Gorman, about a week ago. My husband bought me that book for Christmas. It was an interesting, if depressing, read for me. I actually had more knowledge of the personal side of Steve Gorman (because he had a sports radio show that I listened to for years) than of the personal side of the Robinson brothers. I guess I had heard that the Crowes were somewhat dysfunctional but the book made them sound REALLY dysfunctional. I still love their music, but parts of the book were a difficult read. In one way it was a great read for me, because I was so deeply into them during the ‘90s (which is the focus of about 90% of the book), and to know a lot about what was really going on then- from Steve’s perspective, anyway- was enlightening. But to your point, it was also really sad, in terms of how much the drugs and the egos and just outright insanity was ruling them through all of that time.  They were the best live band I’ve ever seen, and I’d say arguably the best live band in the world for about five years in the early to mid-‘90s...and they were still always a great live band after that, too, but that era that covers Southern Harmony, Amorica and Three Snakes was really something remarkable- from young and hungry in ‘92 to coasting in overdrive by ‘96...2005-‘10 was just as good in a lot of respects as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union 5-3992 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grep Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 (edited) Dhalgren. Having a go at it after about 20 years since I read it last. Edited January 9, 2020 by grep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjbear05 Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 Scam Me if you Can: Simple Strategies to Outsmart Today's Rip-off Artists, by Frank W. Abagnale. The former king of fraudsters gives sage advice to keep you from being a victim, some very simple like, "ignore that phone message from (fill in the blank) urging you to act NOW." 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhyta Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 I have started Candide. I have meant to read it since Clockwork Angels came out. I wanted to see what inspiration it gave Neil and that it contributed to his writing Clockwork Angels. So for my goals for the year, I have committed to reading 5 books that have been on my TBR for the longest and it ranks up there. It is a strange one so far and the protagonist is always spouting this is the best of all possible worlds when he is experiencing terrible things. I know it is meant to be satire but I find it very unamusing. Now I don't know if I can read it after today, all is not for the best. We have lost a great musician and it hurts. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunted Witch Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 My resolution for 2020 was: Less comfort eating, more comfort reading. Still rediscovering childhood classics, finished Earthsea now starting The Dark is Rising sequence. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbine Freight Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Jesse Norman - Adam Smith: What he thought and why it matters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjbear05 Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Acid for the Children: A Memoir, by Flea. Front cover picture of him, looks like he's sitting on a beach, smoking a joint. About a third of the way through the book he advises "see book cover". Bwahaha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krystal Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 I'm reading the Burn for Burn trilogy by Jenny Han and Siobhan Vivian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova Carmina Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Last week, it was Lethem:  Which I recommend with some reservations (you're not likely to like the protagonist very much). Then it was back to the music for this biography of Phil Lynott (been listening to a lot of Thin Lizzy lately, for whatever reason):  So far, what I've learned is that his mum was a serious POS as a parent, and it left him with some hidden long-term dysfunction, but TL's just gotten underway, so we'll see what happens next. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjbear05 Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Finished: A Warning by Anonymous, A Senior Trump Administration Official. See SOCN:Â http://www.therushforum.com/index.php?/topic/101561-president-trump-destined-to-be-the-most-embarrassing-president-ever/page__st__3580#entry4723585Â Starting: Running Against the Devil: A Plot to Save America from Trump-and the Democrats from Themselves, by Rick Wilson. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboWTF Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 Re-reading "God is Not Great - How Religion Poisons Everything" by Christopher Hitchens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjbear05 Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 Just started BBBoB.O....M....G!More comment when finished, which isn't going to be soon. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaportrailer Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 Going thru a stack of John D MacDonald books from the in-laws basement.So far have read Condominium, and am almost finished The Deep Blue Good-By. Fun stuff! :ebert:Â 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhawkrush Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 "Pericles and Aspasia" The book ends with a Corona virus type of deal. Ouch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova Carmina Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 (edited) Watched the series on Netflix; didn't understand a damn thing; read the book -- now I understand even less. But it was cool -- I'll probably read the next one. Edited February 11, 2020 by Nova Carmina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue J Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 Wandering the Face of the Earth (The live show compendium) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjbear05 Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Dumpty: The Age of Trump in Verse, by John Lithgow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaceaudity11 Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 (edited) Abeng by Michelle Cliff for my literature class, The Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals by Immanuel Kant for philosophy/theology, and listening to the audiobook of Ghost Rider for myself. Edited February 18, 2020 by spaceaudity11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaportrailer Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 Going thru the JD MacDonald stack. Reading the complete Travis McGee series, and alternating with his non-McGee books.Great covers. In this one, Travis McGee looks suspiciously like Roger Moore...and is that Marsha Brady in the background? Â Â Â Â Finished this one too:Â A kids book, but with some interesting ideas, and some Python-esque bits. RIP Terry :( 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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