So what are we reading? Right now, I'm mostly reading whatever @BradStevens tells me to read, which is currently A Confederacy of Dunces. But I've also got Ellis Peters A Morbid Taste for Bones queued up, which is the first of his Brother Cadfael medieval murder mysteries.
Why We Love Baseball - A History in 50 Moments — Joe Posnanski
Can anyone here play this game?
I mostly read junk nowadays. Read all the good stuff as a younger guy. Right now, I'm halfway through Never Flinch by Stephen King, and just started Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir, mainly because I came across the trailer for the movie based on it, starring Ryan Gosling.
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@bulk-vh Hail Mary is good, lots of technical stuff I kind of skimmed. I’m reading Playworld, a coming of age story of a Jewish child actor growing up in NYC. Quote from a review: A gorgeous cats cradle of a book. The swirling vapors of Holden Caulfield are present in Playworld, but also Lolita, Willy Logan, Garp.
Conferedacy of Dunces is one of my favorites.
Yep, @BradStevens book taste is really deep. That suggests to me a huge void someplace in his upbringing. I put it down under the healthy aging file. Next up Dostoevsky.
But I’m behind on Lucas Davenport and my appetite for him is becoming irresistible.
@bulk-vh My son is reading Project Hail Mary for his summer reading. He's really liking it. Hopefully, this leads to other science fiction for him.
Summer reading time. I'm reading Rum Punch, Elmore Leonard. The book one of my favorite movies, Jackie Brown, is based on.
@goat He is. The Martian was a example A1 - the movie was better than the book.
@kkott There's an argument to be made that Jackie Brown is Tarantino's 2nd best film behind PF.
Maybe even the best. It's close.
@larsiu I'd make an argument for the best. I loved Pulp Fiction, or the first 2 hours anyway. I think QT gets carried away with fantastical endings and it overshadows the story. Thought it happened with PF and Once Upon A Time in Hollywood. Jackie Brown was understated, but a much more complete story, without bordering on the outrageous.
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