I am currently reading:
In Hoffa's Shadow - Jack Goldsmith
Talking to Strangers - Malcolm Gladwell
Olive Again - Elizabeth Strout
Edit: So Hoffa's Shadow was an interesting book. Even though I was in labor relations I never heard the story of Jimmy Hoffa and his death, and I love true crime so it was right up my alley. On to "Olive Again" the sequel to "Olive Kittredge".
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- Sat Oct 19, 2019 11:14 am
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- Sat Jun 08, 2019 12:33 pm
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I loved it. I read the ending while flying to NY and I remember I felt like "wot just happened" - I was sitting on that plane and my eyes were spinning - it felt surreal. His other books haven't had that kind of impact on me but I just got his latest book, Machines Like Me, from the library.ColinIsCool wrote: ↑Sat May 25, 2019 11:33 am I thought it was tremendous. "Like" is a strong word maybe but I'm glad I read it. Haven't seen the movie.
- Sat May 25, 2019 10:23 am
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So Colin did you like Atonement or not like it? Also did you see the movie before you read the book?ColinIsCool wrote: ↑Sat May 25, 2019 10:05 am I have been reading a lot lately. On pace to finish my 20th book of the year today (I think I'm shooting for 52, but quality > quantity.)
Best ones lately:
John Darnielle - Wolf in White Van [read in one afternoon, super dark but very affecting]
Ian McEwan - Atonement [is "ooooof" a review?]
Stephen King - On Writing [obviously, he has some good advice]
- Sat Mar 30, 2019 1:02 pm
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I was about to start it and then I didn't but I plan to read it this week. Thanks for letting me know!ColinIsCool wrote: ↑Sat Mar 30, 2019 1:00 pmI just finished this! I liked it a lot, particularly as it went on. Some really wonderful passages and I laughed a good amount.
- Tue Feb 26, 2019 3:48 pm
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I'm about to start "Less" which won the Pulitzer last year for fiction but got mixed reviews from critics.
- Tue Feb 19, 2019 9:42 am
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Ok finished Women in the Window - great beach read, suspenseful and twisty all the way through.
Now I'm on to The Looming Tower, winner of the Pulitzer Prize a while back. Very interesting so far.
Now I'm on to The Looming Tower, winner of the Pulitzer Prize a while back. Very interesting so far.
- Sat Feb 16, 2019 5:50 pm
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I am reading The Woman in the Window. Good so far, suspenseful. I want to know what's coming next.
- Wed Mar 22, 2017 5:52 pm
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Quin you make me laugh!Quin wrote:I initially had to read the Iliad over the school holidays as a school assignment. It was the most boring thing I'd ever read, so I put it off until about a week before school started again. I picked it up again and for some reason this time I absolutely fell in love with it. I'd read the rest of his work if I ever had the patience to go look for it it in a book store.thellama73 wrote:I love the Iliad. I like the Odyssey. I didn't like Ulysses. I hope you do, though!Sloonei wrote:I started reading Ulysses, but felt like it had been too long since I last read The Odyssey, and then remembered I never finished The Iliad when I picked it up a few years ago. I've spent the weekend diving into Homer so that I can finally introduce myself to Joyce later.