What Are You Reading?

[not_nadine]

Thanks! Good idea - they will both fit in my purse

Let us know how you made out, Neese. They did not say anything about a book to me.
But I will be sure to put one in there, now. I have not read Blaze either, and don't have it, just on computer. I have to report tomorrow as well.

I have Wolves of the Calla, nice illustrated large PB next to me - I will put that in there.
Never can read Wolves too many times.

Good luck.

 

[Neesy]

Let us know how you made out, Neese. They did not say anything about a book to me.
But I will be sure to put one in there, now. I have not read Blaze either, and don't have it, just on computer. I have to report tomorrow as well.

I have Wolves of the Calla, nice illustrated large PB next to me - I will put that in there.
Never can read Wolves too many times.

Good luck.

Good luck to you too (fingers crossed)

 

[MadBoJangles]

I finished the Blade Runner book "Edge of Human" and was really disappointed with it.
Seriously struggling to think of any redeeming features for it...at all...

Started Darkness Comes by Koontz, seems okay so far.
Also picked up a copy of WOOL by High Howey to read next

 

[Tery]

Just downloaded Phil Collins' memoir, Not Dead Yet. He has a dark sense of humour. So glad he's come back to performing. Just some dates in Europe for now. Hope he comes to my neck of the woods.

 

[Walter Oobleck]

a book.

 

[Kurben]

Saw the Circle yesterday which inspired me to read the book again (the third time actually) . Written by Mats Strandberg and Sara Bergmark Elfgren. Very competent YA. It manages to be very realistic and at the same time be filled with magic and horror. Very difficult balance. I never thought Harry Potter managed that act for example. It is also darker than the usual YA which only makes it better in my view. It is the first of a trilogy (the other parts being Fire and The Key). If you feel like a good such trilogy i can honestly recommend this one.

 

[carrie's younger brother]

I'm about halfway through Swamplandia! This is a book that has been on my radar since it was first published in 2011. Having just read a wonderful short story by the author, Karen Russell, I decided it was finally time to read this novel. As a few others on this board have said, it's good but just not as good as I thought it would be. I'm hoping the second half picks up a bit and ties a lot of it together. Right now it seems like a series of vignettes with some of them being much stronger than others. All in all though, her writing is quite good and there are some sentences and passages that blow me away.

 

[kingricefan]

a book.

....with words or pictures?

 

[kingricefan]

After another reading slump after finishing The Girl On The Train I started Mad Dog Summer by Joe Lansdale (hisownself!). It's another collection of stories, some of which I've already read and the rest are new to me. Man, ol' Joe can just suck you right into the story!

 

[shaitan]

a book.

Nice. I didn't know you could read.

 

[shaitan]

I'm finishing up H.P. Lovecraft's "Supernatural Horror in Literature" essay. Has anyone else read it? It's very clear that it influenced "Danse Macabre" to some degree, but it'd be very interesting to know just how much. Was it used as a reference material?!

 

[RichardX]

"Al Capone" by Deirdre Bair. Interesting to read a book about the gangster written from a female perspective. Typically baseball players, astronauts and gangsters are the stuff of male interest. A focus on old Al's family and the conflict between the doting father/husband figure and the cold blooded killer.

Al Capone by Deirdre Bair | PenguinRandomHouse.com

 

[KJ Norrbotten]

Still at The City of Mirrors, almost there. I think this makes a fine conclusion to the series.
I wonder if it's just me, but I find that in most trilogies the second book is an "interlude". It's kind of a point of downshifting the action. Thus, I rarely like the concept of a trilogy. Why not a solid novel in two volumes?

 

[80sFan]

"Al Capone" by Deirdre Bair. Interesting to read a book about the gangster written from a female perspective. Typically baseball players, astronauts and gangsters are the stuff of male interest. A focus on old Al's family and the conflict between the doting father/husband figure and the cold blooded killer.

Al Capone by Deirdre Bair | PenguinRandomHouse.com

Mostly everything I "know" about Capone comes from how he was portrayed in Boardwalk Empire.
I'm sure that the charater was highly dramatized, but there was mention of his son being deaf and Capone being very sensitive about that.

 

[Doc Creed]

a book.

Not reading palms anymore, Walt?

 

[Doc Creed]

I'm about halfway through Swamplandia! This is a book that has been on my radar since it was first published in 2011. Having just read a wonderful short story by the author, Karen Russell, I decided it was finally time to read this novel. As a few others on this board have said, it's good but just not as good as I thought it would be. I'm hoping the second half picks up a bit and ties a lot of it together. Right now it seems like a series of vignettes with some of them being much stronger than others. All in all though, her writing is quite good and there are some sentences and passages that blow me away.

When it was first published I was telling everyone about it. I have only read this novel, though, and not her stories. I know they exist and have noticed you, DJ, and 80sFan liked them. She's just one of those writers that are refreshing and has a way to revive a reader's interest in the magic of books. I will definitely pursue her story collections, soon.

 

[ghost19]

"Al Capone" by Deirdre Bair. Interesting to read a book about the gangster written from a female perspective. Typically baseball players, astronauts and gangsters are the stuff of male interest. A focus on old Al's family and the conflict between the doting father/husband figure and the cold blooded killer.

Al Capone by Deirdre Bair | PenguinRandomHouse.com

I can't remember what the book I read was called about Hot Springs, Arkansas, it was many years ago. Al Capone apparently frequented the town quite a bit. It was reported to be a save haven back during prohibition for big time gangsters. One of the stories documented that Capone rented out the whole 4th floor of the Arlington Hotel for him and his entourage. Upon learning that Bugs Moran, Capone's nemesis, was also in town for vacation at the same time and had set up shop at another hotel, he had word sent to Moran requesting a truce while they were both in town so they could enjoy time with their families. The story went on to say that Moran very willingly agreed and that neither gang caused any problems whatsoever while they were both vacationing. I thought that was interesting....

 

[Tery]

I'm two chapters into Not Dead Yet and loving it. Collins has an easy style, very friendly. He uses a lot of Britishisms, some of which only old folk would get. For example, he talks about visiting a psychic with his first wife. He refers to the lady as Madam Arcati, which I loved because Blithe Spirit was my first play.

I've read several "rock star" memoirs and this one is way up there in terms of being fun to read.

 

[AToyStoryInCali]

I recently read Caroline Kepnes' Hidden Bodies (and the book that comes right before it, You.) The fact that Stephen King recommended it caught my attention.

Now I am re-reading Needful Things.

 

[RichardX]

Mostly everything I "know" about Capone comes from how he was portrayed in Boardwalk Empire.
I'm sure that the charater was highly dramatized, but there was mention of his son being deaf and Capone being very sensitive about that.

Great show and the actor who played Capone was fantastic. Ironically his son's health issues were the product of syphilis. Capone contracted the disease and passed it to his son via his mother. By all accounts Capone was a great father which is one of the interesting anomalies of his character. How he was a good family man but also a monster.