Chilling the debate for a second, I thought it would be fun to just talk about books. My high school Senior English teacher, the late Mrs. Theibert, insisted that we should read three books at a time - a play in class, a book on our own to be discussed in class, and a third book of our…
Originally posted Friday, July 8, 2011 (10 months ago)
I'm finally attempting to read James Joyce's Ulysses, but am having a hard time getting in to it. Has anyone read it? Any thoughts on whether it is worth attempting to finish (I'm only on page 16)?
Originally posted Monday, August 22, 2011 (8 months ago)
Have finished the gargantuan A Dance With Dragons by George RR Martin. Some fans have billed it as little less than A Feast for Crows part 2, warmed over, but I consider this to not only be more eventful, but far more satisfying. I won't spoil anything and simply say while it had shocks and socks to the proverbial gut, it wasn't anything on the level of say the Red Wedding, but then what is? I suppose that's where the source of all the fan complaints comes from. A Storm of Swords was just that good and we've been spoiled. Truth is however, there are plenty of pivotal, important moments and fans should be pleased.
Has anyone else finished this yet?
"I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would affront your intelligence." --William F. Buckley Jr.
Originally posted Tuesday, August 30, 2011 (8 months ago)
I wouldn't have shared my latest read except it mentions lindy hop a few times...
Ian Fleming's LIVE AND LET DIE!!
Totally wasn't expecting it, but his CIA buddy mentions how Harlem used to be all cool and you could go to the Savoy anad that he (the CIA buddy) is a big jazz fan so he starts talking about the various bands that played at the savoy and how you could just grab a girl and lindy hop. He also prefers swing bands led by a percussionist and thinks the clarinet led band is a joke...
Anyway, I picked the Bond books up as a good beach read and am quite enjoying them, much more than some of the older movies which I get bored watching.
Originally posted Sunday, January 29, 2012 (4 months ago)
I am in the middle of Operation Dark Heart by LT. COL. Anthony Shaffer. Shaffer was a Cold War era trained intelligence officer who finds himself in Afghanistan in 2003. It details his relationships with the personalities in the intelligence community, as what seems like initial victory turns into a long, protracted conflict.
Some of the details in this book were considered too sensitive for release. The Pentagon bought the first printrun of the book and redacted quite a bit of the content. Reading it in this format, does have an usual effect on the reader as one is left to ponder what could not be shared.
"I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would affront your intelligence." --William F. Buckley Jr.
Originally posted Wednesday, March 14, 2012 (2 months ago)
Just recently finished The World America Made by Robert Kagan. Kagan argues against U.S. decline. I found the book compelling and quick read at just over 130 pages. While his is a far sunnier outlook on the United States, it's not all total optimism, because he does go on to warn on the pending power vaccuum left over should the U.S. abdicate her position in the world.
I have recently started and Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010 by Charles Murray. Murray's findings thus far are largely cribbed from other works like David Brooks' Bobos in Paradise (2000), but as I didn't read that, I am finding this a fresh, sobering work on the affects of class division in the United States.
"I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would affront your intelligence." --William F. Buckley Jr.
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Chilling the debate for a second, I thought it would be fun to just talk about books. My high school Senior English teacher, the late Mrs. Theibert, insisted that we should read three books at a time - a play in class, a book on our own to be discussed in class, and a third book of our…
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I discovered yesterday that Terry Pratchett had published a book last year and I still didn't have it. So now I'm reading I shall wear midnight.
P.D. Why is everything bold in here? It seems to have started in this post
(edit: added)P.P.D. Ok, new page created and all solved, no more posts with full bold text :D
Swing in Barcelona
I'm finally attempting to read James Joyce's Ulysses, but am having a hard time getting in to it. Has anyone read it? Any thoughts on whether it is worth attempting to finish (I'm only on page 16)?
Have finished the gargantuan A Dance With Dragons by George RR Martin. Some fans have billed it as little less than A Feast for Crows part 2, warmed over, but I consider this to not only be more eventful, but far more satisfying. I won't spoil anything and simply say while it had shocks and socks to the proverbial gut, it wasn't anything on the level of say the Red Wedding, but then what is? I suppose that's where the source of all the fan complaints comes from. A Storm of Swords was just that good and we've been spoiled. Truth is however, there are plenty of pivotal, important moments and fans should be pleased.
Has anyone else finished this yet?
"I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would affront your intelligence." --William F. Buckley Jr.
The Fifth Witness.
Just Kids by Patti Smith (2011)
I wouldn't have shared my latest read except it mentions lindy hop a few times...
Ian Fleming's LIVE AND LET DIE!!
Totally wasn't expecting it, but his CIA buddy mentions how Harlem used to be all cool and you could go to the Savoy anad that he (the CIA buddy) is a big jazz fan so he starts talking about the various bands that played at the savoy and how you could just grab a girl and lindy hop. He also prefers swing bands led by a percussionist and thinks the clarinet led band is a joke...
Anyway, I picked the Bond books up as a good beach read and am quite enjoying them, much more than some of the older movies which I get bored watching.
Marlene (2011) Marlene Dietrich, A Personal Biography By Charlotte Chandler
http://books.simonandschuster.com/Marlene/Charlotte-Chandler/9781439188354
More Room In A Broken Heart: The True Adventures Of Carly Simon (2012) By Stephen Davis
I am in the middle of Operation Dark Heart by LT. COL. Anthony Shaffer. Shaffer was a Cold War era trained intelligence officer who finds himself in Afghanistan in 2003. It details his relationships with the personalities in the intelligence community, as what seems like initial victory turns into a long, protracted conflict.
Some of the details in this book were considered too sensitive for release. The Pentagon bought the first printrun of the book and redacted quite a bit of the content. Reading it in this format, does have an usual effect on the reader as one is left to ponder what could not be shared.
"I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would affront your intelligence." --William F. Buckley Jr.
The Night Circus.
Why It Took Me 13 Years to Learn the Big Apple • My hiphop crew Freeplay performing at the Dance-a-Rama (video).
Just recently finished The World America Made by Robert Kagan. Kagan argues against U.S. decline. I found the book compelling and quick read at just over 130 pages. While his is a far sunnier outlook on the United States, it's not all total optimism, because he does go on to warn on the pending power vaccuum left over should the U.S. abdicate her position in the world.
I have recently started and Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010 by Charles Murray. Murray's findings thus far are largely cribbed from other works like David Brooks' Bobos in Paradise (2000), but as I didn't read that, I am finding this a fresh, sobering work on the affects of class division in the United States.
"I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would affront your intelligence." --William F. Buckley Jr.
Re-reading A Storm of Swords , the British version of the book was broken into two parts: Part I is Steel and Snow. Part II is Blood and Gold.
"I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would affront your intelligence." --William F. Buckley Jr.
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