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Jul 3, 2019 11:57:58 GMT -7
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Post by superkick on Jul 3, 2019 11:57:58 GMT -7
been reading this: Fare Thee Well: The Final Chapter of the Grateful Dead's Long, Strange Trip Joel Selvin’s new book ‘Fare Thee Well’ dives deep into the machiavellian power struggle that erupted when the ultimate jam band lost its leader www.amazon.com/Fare-Thee-Well-Chapter-Grateful/dp/0306903059I was never a giant fan of Phil, like him even less and his wife after what ive read in this Reviews say its a pretty biased innaccurate account. Who onows though |
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Jul 3, 2019 12:05:28 GMT -7
Post by lordkundalini on Jul 3, 2019 12:05:28 GMT -7
been reading this: Fare Thee Well: The Final Chapter of the Grateful Dead's Long, Strange Trip Joel Selvin’s new book ‘Fare Thee Well’ dives deep into the machiavellian power struggle that erupted when the ultimate jam band lost its leader www.amazon.com/Fare-Thee-Well-Chapter-Grateful/dp/0306903059I was never a giant fan of Phil, like him even less and his wife after what ive read in this Reviews say its a pretty biased innaccurate account. Who onows though either way seems power games were played and perhaps Phils wife told Bobby he know nothing of the Grateful Dead and maybe not.
hard to say. Phil seemed to do what he could to thwart the others.
one thing is for sure.. Phil seemed to book a show, Nye or something then after Bobby announced the other ones or what ever it was called in a big venue, Phil changed his show to right down the road in a small er venue creating a battle dynamic for fans.. thats bullshit games played by Phil.
not a Phil fan
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Aug 9, 2019 5:21:14 GMT -7
Post by saulgoodman on Aug 9, 2019 5:21:14 GMT -7
Finished To the Lighthouse. Have moved on to The Sound and the Fury by Faulkner. long time since I checked in this thread I see, and I am behind on my book reports.
of late, been doing a lot of re-reading, coming back to books I have long meant to come back to.
The Sound and the Fury - Faulkner The Waves - Woolf Absalom, Absalom! - Faulkner Nostromo - Conrad Dubliners - Joyce The Enigma of Arrival - Naipaul
I also read an interesting book of essays by Jonathan Franzen: The End of the End of the World.
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Sept 9, 2019 6:59:48 GMT -7
Post by lordkundalini on Sept 9, 2019 6:59:48 GMT -7
Finished up the All souls Trilogy by Deborah harkness.. 3 books.
wow, was I satisfied by that adventure. Wasnt all that optimistic when i started it. Thought it might be just another witch/vampire book.
loved what she did and how she did it and with who
Highly Highly recommend.. Definitely in my top 5 book series.
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Sept 9, 2019 10:47:57 GMT -7
Post by EddieBlake on Sept 9, 2019 10:47:57 GMT -7
Started reading Remembering Satan by Lawrence Wright. The book covers some of the behind the scenes stuff happening in this case. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thurston_County_ritual_abuse_caseI had to stop reading it for a bit because it's pretty damn aggravating to read about police being super inept at their jobs and causing somebody to be put away for years based on allegations that were literally changing by the day. |
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Sept 23, 2019 7:49:23 GMT -7
Post by lordkundalini on Sept 23, 2019 7:49:23 GMT -7
Just started on Conversations with God book 4. the originals were some of the first books i read when i turned to a more spritual path along with wherever you got there you are.
Loving it. I wont give away the potential answer to humanity's problems
Restarted the Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmions. has started before but didnt get far.. think some other books came out i was into more
and one more: Gnostic mysteries of Sex by Tobis Churton
been big on gnostic thought lately
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Post by saulgoodman on Sept 23, 2019 8:12:02 GMT -7
I mean to bump this thread more frequently--at least as often as I start a new book. Keep forgetting to do so. So, here is some catch-up since my last post on what I have started and finished:
Winesburg, Ohio - S. Anderson
The Sweetest Dream - D. Lessing
The Unvanquished - W. Faulkner
Alfred & Emily - D. Lessing
In a Free State - V.S. Naipaul
Just Mercy - B. Stevenson
Raised in Captivity - C. Klosterman
Howard's End - E.M. Forster
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Oct 2, 2019 9:50:23 GMT -7
Post by lordkundalini on Oct 2, 2019 9:50:23 GMT -7
hyperion Cantos has be a little slow. co-worker said im almost to a more exciting part. grinding out small parts a day til I get some excitement
been reading
Job: A Comedy of Justice by Robert A. Heinlein
love the premise, fun book so far.
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Oct 4, 2019 9:20:11 GMT -7
Post by saulgoodman on Oct 4, 2019 9:20:11 GMT -7
finished Appointment in Samara by John O'Hara. Reading The Book of Laughter and Forgetting by Milan Kundera presently. Not digging it much so far unfortunately.
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Oct 28, 2019 12:28:51 GMT -7
Post by lordkundalini on Oct 28, 2019 12:28:51 GMT -7
Just started Me: Elton John Official Autobiography on the flight home.
have not got to the fun parts yet but Im happy with it so far
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Nov 3, 2019 0:54:47 GMT -7
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Post by treetophigh on Nov 3, 2019 0:54:47 GMT -7
I'm just starting topic of cancer by henry miller, only started the intro.
I just started listening to proust Swann's way. This so far is great to listen too. Rambling, already sent me into a mental tangent and I'll have to restart it, lol. I like that.
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Post by saulgoodman on Nov 6, 2019 4:34:10 GMT -7
I am rereading the Children of Violence series by Doris Lessing.
In order: Martha Quest, A Proper Marriage, A Ripple from the Storm, Landlocked, and The Four-Gated City.
I've cleared the first 3 and am 120 pages into Landlocked.
An important series of books to me personally. The first four are set in Zimbabwe (though it was Rhodesia at the time, and she fictionalizes the country's name to be Zambesia), and I originally read them all in 1996 and 1997. I had no idea at the time that the Peace Corps would land me in Zimbabwe for the years of 1998-2000. That these were already five of my all-time favorite novels just rendered it all very serendipitous.
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Post by lordkundalini on Nov 7, 2019 9:37:17 GMT -7
Me: the Elton John Bio is pretty solid.
such a crazy life
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Post by deadphishbiscuits on Nov 7, 2019 9:58:03 GMT -7
Me: the Elton John Bio is pretty solid. such a crazy life Grabbing for hermosita for xxxmas |
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Post by bear on Nov 18, 2019 17:48:10 GMT -7
The Demon-Haunted World
Science as a Candle in the Dark
by Carl Sagan
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Nov 19, 2019 14:44:31 GMT -7
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Post by bear on Nov 19, 2019 14:44:31 GMT -7
I just read the first 33 pages of A Warning by Anonymous and it's way worse than I thought. I'm terrified by this picture of what's really going on in the White House.
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Post by deadphishbiscuits on Nov 19, 2019 15:56:16 GMT -7
I just read the first 33 pages of A Warning by Anonymous and it's way worse than I thought. I'm terrified by this picture of what's really going on in the White House. Some blow and McDonald's cheese burgers with hot foreign chicks? It's just like back stage at a mule show , minus the hot foreign chicks I.e. not thaaaat bad |
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Post by bear on Nov 19, 2019 16:12:56 GMT -7
It's seriously appalling.
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Nov 29, 2019 10:04:59 GMT -7
Post by saulgoodman on Nov 29, 2019 10:04:59 GMT -7
Finished the Children of Violence. am now reading A Room with a View by E.M. Forster. It's okay, but I think it is going to be my least favorite Forster. More than his others I've read, ARWAV seems to heavily rely on what I think of as Victorian themes (though it's best typified by Jane Austen who is pre-Victorian): essentially, romance sought, thwarted, and then found again with the struggle along the way being mostly a class struggle between the larger family brands involved. It ain't bad. funny at times.
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Post by saulgoodman on Dec 11, 2019 15:14:56 GMT -7
Read "Scoop" by Evelyn Waugh. Funny at times, more toward the end, but the story was not all that interesting overall.
Almost finished with Great Jones Street by Don Delillo. Not bad. trippy but without overdoing it. don't get me wrong; it's silly; it's whackey! but it's still pretty clever in its postmodern way of making everything look like its making fun of every other thing. Bucky Wunderlick is a great name for a protagonist rock star too.
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