What are you reading?

[mbw]

^^that was a lot of fun.  def recommended.

now on to...

[emay]

So looks like Game Of Thrones just jumped to the top of my list.
Saw it at the store when I was getting some food and it was 25% off. So I dropped the 4 bucks on it and about to crack into it now. I was hesitate about reading it because I have already seen the first season and been watching the 2nd. But reading the book is gonna be much different

[VDB]

Just finished this:



Fascinating simultaneous account of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair and a serial killer who was operating there at the time.

Movie rights have been purchased (yay!) by Leonardo DiCaprio (boo!).

[Mr Minor]

So I stepped back from the Game of Thrones series after book 3 to take a break.  Went through a couple books:


Love John Irving, but this one did not really do it for me.  Had some great parts and I enjoyed the story, but not enough to say it was one of his better novels.  Glad to hear he has another new novel out now!



Saw The Last Best League earlier in the thread and went and checked it out.  Great read.  Very interesting story.  Recommend to anyone who enjoys baseball or has an interest in the sport and it's facets.

And now on to book 4 of Song of Ice and Fire series:

[Multibeast12]

Me and my friend are reading Fahrenheit 451 as a tribute to Ray Bradbury, But after that going to finish up the foundation series.   

[susep]

I've read every Jimi book published, this one is new.  only 6 chapters in however its interesting reading about Jimi's experiences in Nashville and the year or 2 right after he exited from the Army.  He had some decent gigs and fair income where his contemporaries were content, Hendrix wanted more and took risks at every opportunity to further his music and individuality.  one of the main reasons Hendrix played w/ such sheer volume was in 1962 or '63 he had been defeated in a guitar duel, not because he lacked technique or musicianship rather his competitor had more volume, something Jimi would never forget.  when he arrived in NYC for the first time in 1963, he stayed at the same Harlem Hotel where Malcom X had an office. 

[Hicks]

Outstanding, and that's coming from a guy who was never very interested in her music, until now at least.

[gainesvillegreen]

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[phil]

Tackling "Flags in the Dust" by William Faulkner. I found it for two bucks in a coffee shop when I was at the beach last week. It's the original piece that the publishers pared down to make "Sartoris," so there's that story and then some. Faulkner rules.

[PIE-GUY]

Tackling "Flags in the Dust" by William Faulkner. I found it for two bucks in a coffee shop when I was at the beach last week. It's the original piece that the publishers pared down to make "Sartoris," so there's that story and then some. Faulkner rules.

Love Faulkner - been a long time since I've ready any of his stuff - I need to dive back in again. My senior thesis class was "Faulkner's fiction in Southern History." I was a history major. We basically used his writing as a secondary source on history of Mississippi. My thesis explored the months immediately following the emancipation of the slaves.

[phil]

Tackling "Flags in the Dust" by William Faulkner. I found it for two bucks in a coffee shop when I was at the beach last week. It's the original piece that the publishers pared down to make "Sartoris," so there's that story and then some. Faulkner rules.

Love Faulkner - been a long time since I've ready any of his stuff - I need to dive back in again. My senior thesis class was "Faulkner's fiction in Southern History." I was a history major. We basically used his writing as a secondary source on history of Mississippi. My thesis explored the months immediately following the emancipation of the slaves.

I'm a sucker for any of those Southern Gothic authors, but Faulkner takes the cake. I'm thinking I might just run through all of his shit, I own a good 60-70% of his works and could probably find the others relatively easily. I have a few duplicates as well that I'd be happy to share if you need em.

[PIE-GUY]

A lot of Faulkner scholars believe most of his stories are based fact. He hung around in front the courthouse in Oxford everyday drinking with the old men and listening to their stories. Then he'd walk home and sit down and write all night.

[Igbo]

My vacation beach read.....



Loved it!!! All action.

[mbw]

Currently enjoying this on a nice Tuesday off...

[anthrax]

just picked up my cross to bear by gregg allman from the library