Bahamas Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 On 8/15/2022 at 9:54 AM, Nova Carmina said: Ballpark by Paul Goldberger. Less "reading" than "listening to" since it's an audio book (my commute is longer these days). It's a history of the architecture, symbolism, and significance of baseball parks in the US. It's interesting, and I'd recommend it as I've already learned a lot -- I had to look up the "Beaux Arts" school because since I'm only hearing it, I couldn't figure out what "bozart" architecture was! Anyway, I'm up to the completion of the "golden age" parks which ended with Yankee Stadium, the first ballpark to call itself a "stadium" ala the Roman concept. New Yorkers, man. There are some drawbacks: the author uses certain words and phrases over and over, so prepare to quickly tire of "entrepreneur" and the Latin phrase "rus in urbe" ("the country in the city"). Interesting choice. While I have almost zero interest in baseball or its ballparks, I have also learned in recent years that subjects unknown can reveal a lot of interesting stuff, and when it's a well written book? It feels lucky. And thanks for the mention of repetition - happens often, but hearing "rus in urbe" more than once on a long drive with no internet? I'd probably climb the first mountain I saw just to get a few bars for a google. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sun & Moon Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 Mooncakes by Wendy Xu and Suzanne Walker. A graphic novel that gives a warm and cozy feeling. https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Mooncakes/Suzanne-Walker/9781549303043 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sun & Moon Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 Yet another graphic novel. The Twilight Man : Rod Serling and the Birth of Television by Koren Shadmi. This one's very easy to recommend! https://www.humanoids.com/y_catalog/book?id=918 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Turbine Freight Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 The Oxford Book of Essays - John Gross (Ed). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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grep Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 On 9/11/2022 at 10:41 PM, Krystal said: I finished it on Sunday. Has inspired me to re-read The Talisman and Eyes of The Dragon... for the first time in about 20 years. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhyta Posted September 24, 2022 Share Posted September 24, 2022 (edited) Got to see Craig Johnson last night at our local library, he's promoting the new Longmire book of course but I have seen him once before and he tells some fun stories about how he comes up with the characters. Hell and Back is the 18th book in the series, we got him to sign our copy. What a nice guy. So since I seem to be stuck and not reading much, I decided to start the Longmire series over again. So I downloaded the audio book of first one, Cold Dish and will be starting it tomorrow on laundry day. Boy howdy, looking forward to it Edited September 24, 2022 by Rhyta 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malignant Narcissist Posted September 24, 2022 Share Posted September 24, 2022 Still reading on and off at the same time (which is probably a bad idea):- William Gibson - Neuromancer Isaac Asmimov - Foundation Alfred Bester - The Stars My Destination Started reading Neuromancer then the Foundation TV series came along and I thought it would be good to read it before I watched it so paused on the Gibson book 1/3 of the way in. The Stars.. (or Tiger Tiger..) is something I've got as an ebook on my phone so I fit in reading it when I'm waiting around for whatever reason e.g. taking the kid to swimming lessons etc. Neuromancer and The Stars both are progenitors in different ways of cyberpunk. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krystal Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 This is an anti-religious book that came out 2 months ago. There is widespread speculation that Stephenie Meyer wrote it using the pseudonym Rebecca Morrow to avoid getting excommunicated from her church. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueschica Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 19 hours ago, Rhyta said: Got to see Craig Johnson last night at our local library, he's promoting the new Longmire book of course but I have seen him once before and he tells some fun stories about how he comes up with the characters. Hell and Back is the 18th book in the series, we got him to sign our copy. What a nice guy. So since I seem to be stuck and not reading much, I decided to start the Longmire series over again. So I downloaded the audio book of first one, Cold Dish and will be starting it tomorrow on laundry day. Boy howdy, looking forward to it That sounds like a cool book signing! I have read quite a few of them, I should finish with the ones I haven't read. He and Louise Penney! I haven't quite kept up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Krystal Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 On 9/24/2022 at 7:52 PM, Krystal said: This is an anti-religious book that came out 2 months ago. There is widespread speculation that Stephenie Meyer wrote it using the pseudonym Rebecca Morrow to avoid getting excommunicated from her church. After reading this novel, I have concluded that it was not written by Stephenie Meyer. Too raunchy and way too much profanity. This is the work of an amateur, not a seasoned professional. Stephenie Meyer with all her flaws is a much better writer than Rebecca Morrow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sun & Moon Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 (edited) Come meet Captain Twain, a decent man struggling to cope in the middle of unexpected and enchanting events on his ship. Meet Lafayette, a true ladies' man with more hidden in his chest than a very big heart for beauties. See the great steamboats on the majestic river Hudson. Greet the illustrations, so easy on the eye and high in artistic value, with satisfaction. Come join the adventure that keeps you reading until your room seems to float far, far away. Mark Siegel: Sailor Twain : or, the Mermaid in the Hudson (First Second, 2012) https://firstsecondbooks.com/events/down-the-hudson-with-mark-siegels-sailor-twain/ Edited October 6, 2022 by Sun & Moon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoahLutz Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 The Unbroken Thread by Sohrab Ahmari. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 Zane Grey's Last of the Plainsmen. It was written in 1908 and I find it charming in it's romantic view of the West and its use of language. Not so fond of the staccato delivery. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahamas Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 Some books turn me off by the style of writing, hard to get a rhythm going. 26 minutes ago, goose said: Zane Grey's Last of the Plainsmen. It was written in 1908 and I find it charming in it's romantic view of the West and its use of language. Not so fond of the staccato delivery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahamas Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 An honest review - not sure how I feel about books that want to try and "shock and awe" the reader, but there are "phantom writers" that write opposite of what they normally write? Thanks for adding more On 10/2/2022 at 12:00 PM, Krystal said: After reading this novel, I have concluded that it was not written by Stephenie Meyer. Too raunchy and way too much profanity. This is the work of an amateur, not a seasoned professional. Stephenie Meyer with all her flaws is a much better writer than Rebecca Morrow. to the thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhyta Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 18 hours ago, Sun & Moon said: Come meet Captain Twain, a decent man struggling to cope in the middle of unexpected and enchanting events on his ship. Meet Lafayette, a true ladies' man with more hidden in his chest than a very big heart for beauties. See the great steamboats on the majestic river Hudson. Greet the illustrations, so easy on the eye and high in artistic value, with satisfaction. Come join the adventure that keeps you reading until your room seems to float far, far away. Mark Siegel: Sailor Twain : or, the Mermaid in the Hudson (First Second, 2012) https://firstsecondbooks.com/events/down-the-hudson-with-mark-siegels-sailor-twain/ Clever premise, Twain and mermaids...not sure they would be in the Mississippi river but who knows? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhyta Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 7 hours ago, Bahamas said: An honest review - not sure how I feel about books that want to try and "shock and awe" the reader, but there are "phantom writers" that write opposite of what they normally write? Thanks for adding more to the thread! It's good publicity for her anyway, it reminds me of when J.K. Rowling got outed for her Robert Galbraith books. Did she really want to write under the radar? Same with Stephen King and Richard Bachman. Writers having fun I guess. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahamas Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 16 hours ago, Rhyta said: It's good publicity for her anyway, it reminds me of when J.K. Rowling got outed for her Robert Galbraith books. Did she really want to write under the radar? Same with Stephen King and Richard Bachman. Writers having fun I guess. Strike and Robin are the best couple I have followed, outside my general scope of reading (recommended by my partner). You must know, of course she wanted to write under a new name. It's not easy to publish a whole new series under a different name? And over time I think the series of her's is really, really good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krystal Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 I like trying out new authors. It's like trying on a pair of shoes. Sometimes they fit, sometimes they don't. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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