The audio version of the Beastie Boys book is amazing, and you don't have to be a huge fan of the band to enjoy it - it has a great cast. I also really liked Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro and The Nix by Nathan Hill.
I don't want to repeat my previous recommendations, but i just ordered "I, Fatty" by Jerry Stahl, which is a novel presented as an autobiography of Fatty Arbuckle. I'm looking forward to it, I think it'll be good reading.
Also ordered a Stevie Nicks bio, "Gold Dust Woman".
No one can go wrong at anytime by reading any of the 'Flashman' novels. Especially if you like a take on 19th century history.
Or Terry Pratchett's discworld books if you like a bit of fantasy. Not all of them are good, a few aren't, but there's over thirty of them and far more hits than misses. And when they do hit they're bullseye's.
I particularly recommend the 'city guard', 'death' and 'Tiffany Aching' discworld novels. It's a crime there hasn't been a major Discworld movie. Especially the City Guards or of the young shepherdess Tiffany Aching and her tiny psychotic blue fairy bodyguards.
I never seem to stop reading. I've been buying up almost anything I can find from Parker Press, though I think I have enough to keep reading for the next 18 months at this point.
On vacation, I will probably choose some classic comic book. Last year I took John Byrne's Man of Steel on vacation with me and it was great.
This year I think I will take Jim Starlin's Cosmic Odyssey or one of his other collections I picked up at HPB.
I also have Pet Semintary on Audible but I haven't been as interested in listening to books of late.
@Flashy my brother loves the Flashman series and has been trying to get me to read them. Maybe I will give it a go. My current book is 2 months old and I’m only up topage 155. Time is an issue and when I do read in bed, I am asleep within five minutes.
I'd recommend Flashman at the Charge - his claimed involvement in the Charge of the Light Brigade and it's aftermath.
Flash for Freedom - where after being framed for cheating at cards he both runs slaves into New Orleans on a slaver and smuggles them to freedom with the underground railroad. Neither of those voluntarily or with any enthusiasm.
Flashman and the Great Game - sent by the prime minister to India to thwart the Great Mutiny, he fails utterly.
Flashman and the Dragon - while smuggling opium into China he get extremely reluctantly involved in the insane Taiping Rebellion (second most bloody conflict in human history after WW2, and all because a young drunk failed his civil service entrance exam, took the head staggers as a result and thought he was the younger brother of Jesus. All of that is fucking true. A few year's later? 30m dead) and becomes the male concubine to the young sadistic Empress of China.
All of the books allude to past books but the legendary footnote and historical detail mean that all the books are perfect stand alone reads.
Where do you think the Flashy in Flashy Vic comes from?
“On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous”, by Ocean Vuong. Beautifully written, heartbreakingly sad, and finally, redemptive as all get out. I loved this book.
My beach read this year was Where the Crawdads Sing - Delia Owens. I think hubby would enjoy the Flashman Series. Thanks for that recommendation, Flashy.
I just finished Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate. A fictional story surrounding the real life horror of child abduction, pedophilia and murder at the hands of Georgia Tann. She was the woman who was in charge of the Tennessee Children's Home Society, and reportedly kidnapped 1000's of children over 30 years to sell to rich people. While she was considered by many (including Eleanor Roosevelt) to be the mother of adoption, she was HORRIBLE! Many children who were not "perfect" were murdered; others were molested and abused. The POS was never prosecuted because she died of cancer. This is such a heartbreaking story.
The Mueller Report!
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Intriguing read!
Martin Gardner.
ReplyDeletePretty Girls....Don't let the title fool you, it's very dark but it will hold your attention.
ReplyDeleteI have a huge stack of Stephen King's. Last summer I read It and The Shining.
ReplyDeleteThe audio version of the Beastie Boys book is amazing, and you don't have to be a huge fan of the band to enjoy it - it has a great cast. I also really liked Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro and The Nix by Nathan Hill.
ReplyDeleteI don't want to repeat my previous recommendations, but i just ordered "I, Fatty" by Jerry Stahl, which is a novel presented as an autobiography of Fatty Arbuckle. I'm looking forward to it, I think it'll be good reading.
ReplyDeleteAlso ordered a Stevie Nicks bio, "Gold Dust Woman".
Oh and Mrs. Fletcher by Tom Perotta which is going to be an HBO series.
ReplyDeleteGood Omens. Great miniseries and an excellent book.
ReplyDeleteNo one can go wrong at anytime by reading any of the 'Flashman' novels. Especially if you like a take on 19th century history.
ReplyDeleteOr Terry Pratchett's discworld books if you like a bit of fantasy. Not all of them are good, a few aren't, but there's over thirty of them and far more hits than misses. And when they do hit they're bullseye's.
I particularly recommend the 'city guard', 'death' and 'Tiffany Aching' discworld novels. It's a crime there hasn't been a major Discworld movie. Especially the City Guards or of the young shepherdess Tiffany Aching and her tiny psychotic blue fairy bodyguards.
I wish I had a solid three week block in which all I had to do was sit on a beach or by a pool and catch up on my reading.
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DeleteThe Splintered Empires: The Eastern Front 1917-21 by Prit Buttar
ReplyDeleteLol! That's actually the last book I finished.
Hah Riffer! I've actually read that!😎
ReplyDeleteThe Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle.
ReplyDeleteI never seem to stop reading. I've been buying up almost anything I can find from Parker Press, though I think I have enough to keep reading for the next 18 months at this point.
ReplyDeleteOn vacation, I will probably choose some classic comic book. Last year I took John Byrne's Man of Steel on vacation with me and it was great.
This year I think I will take Jim Starlin's Cosmic Odyssey or one of his other collections I picked up at HPB.
I also have Pet Semintary on Audible but I haven't been as interested in listening to books of late.
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ReplyDeleteI've read The Power of Now twice and listened to the audio book probably twenty times! It's helpful.
If you're into 60's/70's classic rock...
ReplyDeleteWeird Scenes Inside the Canyon - David McGowan
@Flashy my brother loves the Flashman series and has been trying to get me to read them. Maybe I will give it a go. My current book is 2 months old and I’m only up topage 155. Time is an issue and when I do read in bed, I am asleep within five minutes.
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ReplyDeleteI'd recommend Flashman at the Charge - his claimed involvement in the Charge of the Light Brigade and it's aftermath.
Flash for Freedom - where after being framed for cheating at cards he both runs slaves into New Orleans on a slaver and smuggles them to freedom with the underground railroad. Neither of those voluntarily or with any enthusiasm.
Flashman and the Great Game - sent by the prime minister to India to thwart the Great Mutiny, he fails utterly.
Flashman and the Dragon - while smuggling opium into China he get extremely reluctantly involved in the insane Taiping Rebellion (second most bloody conflict in human history after WW2, and all because a young drunk failed his civil service entrance exam, took the head staggers as a result and thought he was the younger brother of Jesus. All of that is fucking true. A few year's later? 30m dead) and becomes the male concubine to the young sadistic Empress of China.
All of the books allude to past books but the legendary footnote and historical detail mean that all the books are perfect stand alone reads.
Where do you think the Flashy in Flashy Vic comes from?
“On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous”, by Ocean Vuong. Beautifully written, heartbreakingly sad, and finally, redemptive as all get out. I loved this book.
ReplyDeleteWho the fuck has time to read books anymore?
ReplyDeleteScenes from laurel canyon by Dave McGowan
ReplyDeleteThe Adam and Eve Story: a history of cataclysm's by chance thomas
My beach read this year was Where the Crawdads Sing - Delia Owens. I think hubby would enjoy the Flashman Series. Thanks for that recommendation, Flashy.
ReplyDeleteI always recommend A Confederacy of Dunces. It’s not a “summer read”, but it’s a great book. It is laugh out loud funny..
ReplyDeleteOmg Confederacy of Dunces is one of my all-time faves! I laugh out loud every time I re-read it like it's the first time all over again. :)
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ReplyDeleteWhere'd you go Bernadette by Maria Semple is great! You can read it before the movie with Cate Blacnhett and Kristen Wiig comes out!
ReplyDeleteI just finished Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate. A fictional story surrounding the real life horror of child abduction, pedophilia and murder at the hands of Georgia Tann. She was the woman who was in charge of the Tennessee Children's Home Society, and reportedly kidnapped 1000's of children over 30 years to sell to rich people. While she was considered by many (including Eleanor Roosevelt) to be the mother of adoption, she was HORRIBLE! Many children who were not "perfect" were murdered; others were molested and abused. The POS was never prosecuted because she died of cancer. This is such a heartbreaking story.
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Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.
ReplyDeleteAnimal Farm by George Orwell.
Woke: A Guide to Social Justice by Titania McGrath.
Phillip K. Dick anything and everything
ReplyDeleteMetro 2033 series is a trip
Richard Dolan: AD After Disclosure
ReplyDeleteScott Ramsey: Aztec UFO Incident
Annie Jacobsen: Area 51 An Uncensored History