What are you currently reading?

[Ken B]

took a break from the jazz book to knock off this quick read:

Is it good? I've only read Fear& Loathing, but it was screamingly funny.

[SimonNZ]

Is it good? I've only read Fear& Loathing, but it was screamingly funny.

Its more straightforward less wild than his later style. Its a light fun read nevertheless and captures a time and place well (Puerto Rico in the late 1950s). I'd recommend it, but its by no means essential reading.

I was curious after seeing the movie which does kind of vaguely follow the book, but exaggerates the Thompson character's excesses so they're more in line with Fear and Loathing.

[Jaakko Keskinen]

Today I read "A Scandal in Bohemia". What a great story, Irene Adler is such an amazing character! Outsmarting Sherlock Holmes is an admirable achievement. It's too bad Doyle never used her again, although I can see why she is often portrayed as a love interest of Holmes in other media.

[vandermolen]

Today I read "A Scandal in Bohemia". What a great story, Irene Adler is such an amazing character! Outsmarting Sherlock Holmes is an admirable achievement. It's too bad Doyle never used her again, although I can see why she is often portrayed as a love interest of Holmes in other media.

Yes, that's a great story. Charles Augustus Milverton is another one I like very much.

[Ken B]

Yes, that's a great story. Charles Augustus Milverton is another one I like very much.

Yes that's one of the best.

[SonicMan46]

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Boy, I read that book years ago and still in my collection (inserted above w/ different cover) - from the late 1970s - never updated, I believe?

I've read Collier's bios on Armstrong, Goodman, and Ellington, although in my current collection I have other newer books on these jazz greats which seem to be better (BUT, hard to say w/o doing back-to-back comparisons) - hope that you enjoy!  For 'general' jazz books, I've like Gary Giddins' more recent books.  Dave

[Karl Henning]

Yesterday, I finally finished reading:

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A book so good, I shall write up a proper review.  The final chapter, "Aftermath," is heartrending in its relentless description of the butchery and "sausage-making" of the network "preparing" the show for syndication.  Folks, if you have not watched Rod Serling's Night Gallery as reissued on DVD, you have only watched a mangled facsimile of the show.

[Ken B]

Twain's essay on James Fennimore Cooper.

Also rereading Winter, by Len Deighton.

[MN Dave]

Also rereading Winter, by Len Deighton.

I thought that was a good book back when I read it.

[MN Dave]

Ghost Music by Graham Masterton (horror)
The Shores of Space by Richard Matheson (short genre stories)
Various sequential art stories at all times.

[Sergeant Rock]

Currently reading (almost finished with) We Were Soldiers Too: The Second Korean War--The DMZ Conflict. It covers an almost completely unknown period of US military history and the first book I've ever seen recording it. It's the experiences and recollections of seven infantry soldiers who served on the DMZ in Korea between 1966 and 1969 when the North Koreans were at their most aggressive. I was there too, in that hostile fire zone, although my experience was considerably different than these grunts who patrolled the perimeter. Still, there are enough similarities and places mentioned to bring back memories, both good and bad.



Sarge

[NikF]

Currently reading (almost finished with) We Were Soldiers Too: The Second Korean War--The DMZ Conflict. It covers an almost completely unknown period of US military history and the first book I've ever seen recording it. It's the experiences and recollections of seven infantry soldiers who served on the DMZ in Korea between 1966 and 1969 when the North Koreans were at their most aggressive. I was there too, in that hostile fire zone, although my experience was considerably different than these grunts who patrolled the perimeter. Still, there are enough similarities and places mentioned to bring back memories, both good and bad.



Sarge

I've never had reason to ask you about your service. And it's none of my business anyway. But in this instance I'd like to ask if reading such histories is something you often do, that you seek out.
I hope it doesn't seem I'm prying.

[Sergeant Rock]

I've never had reason to ask you about your service. And it's none of my business anyway. But in this instance I'd like to ask if reading such histories is something you often do, that you seek out.
I hope it doesn't seem I'm prying.

I do seek out the histories (Korea, Vietnam, the Gulf War) trying to make sense of not only my own history, but my country's. It's often not easy reading but most of these books have come out decades after the fact and that makes them somewhat easier to digest.

Sarge

[NikF]

I do seek out the histories (Korea, Vietnam, the Gulf War) trying to make sense of not only my own history, but my country's. It's often not easy reading but most of these books have come out decades after the fact and that makes them somewhat easier to digest.

Sarge

Cheers, Sarge.
I can't imagine any of that. But i can imagine a desire to make sense of it.

[Karl Henning]

Thanks, Sarge. Deeply appreciate your sharing.

[SimonNZ]

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[NikF]

Not for the faint of heart, paid per word Miller (and/or Caresse Crosby) shocks for the sake of shocking, but imparted with enough wit to get away with it.

[vandermolen]

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KGB book looks interesting.

[Draško]

Not for the faint of heart, paid per word Miller (and/or Caresse Crosby) shocks for the sake of shocking, but imparted with enough wit to get away with it.

Interesting, I didn't know about that book. Recently have re-read Tropic of Cancer and it has put me in the mood for more of his Europe based novels. I was considering Quiet Days in Clichy or The Colossus of Maroussi, but this one looks very tempting.

[NikF]

Interesting, I didn't know about that book. Recently have re-read Tropic of Cancer and it has put me in the mood for more of his Europe based novels. I was considering Quiet Days in Clichy or The Colossus of Maroussi, but this one looks very tempting.

Tropic of Cancer was cool, whereas this one is so cheap and so grubby that the ink will come off on your fingers, even if read as an eBook.