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books about America's wars against Indians really eff with the notion of American exceptionalism
Quote from: michigancat on June 09, 2015, 01:32:21 PMbooks about America's wars against Indians really eff with the notion of American exceptionalismMaybe we just didn't become exceptional until after we slaughtered all of the natives.
Quote from: Dub on April 15, 2015, 05:15:13 PMI'm about 1/3 the way through 1Q84 and I'm still not quite sure wtf is going on but it has my balls.I am at the same place, but I know what is going on and it is only cupping my balls right now.
I'm about 1/3 the way through 1Q84 and I'm still not quite sure wtf is going on but it has my balls.
Quote from: Fedor on April 16, 2015, 10:23:52 AMQuote from: Dub on April 15, 2015, 05:15:13 PMI'm about 1/3 the way through 1Q84 and I'm still not quite sure wtf is going on but it has my balls.I am at the same place, but I know what is going on and it is only cupping my balls right now.Did you finish it yet? Is it worth continuing on?
The Rick Perlstein Reagan book is great as expected. Glad he picked up on the end of Nixon that he kind of glossed over at the end of Nixonland
Nixon was amazing. On the RR childhood, you can tell Perlstein doesn't like Reagan, and I appreciate that he doesn't try to hide it. I tried to find the comic of RR as a lifeguard in his HS yearbook but couldn't find it.
Anyone read any of the wayward pines books? If so please let me know if they are any good. TIA.
Just started reading We Are Not Good People.only about 1/4 of the way in and it is interesting. Fantasy about ppl that can perform magic. The premise is that magic can only be done in the presence of blood. The stronger the magic, the more blood needed. I am not far enough to see if Sommers delivers with the book, but the idea is an interesting twist, imo.
Quote from: michigancat on June 10, 2015, 10:31:02 AMThe Rick Perlstein Reagan book is great as expected. Glad he picked up on the end of Nixon that he kind of glossed over at the end of NixonlandThe first half of the book is 60-40 Nixon to Reagan stuff. The RR childhood stuff is fascinating, but the Nixon trial. My God. It just makes the Clinton fiasco look so trivial by comparison.
Quote from: Kat Kid on June 10, 2015, 11:27:20 AMQuote from: michigancat on June 10, 2015, 10:31:02 AMThe Rick Perlstein Reagan book is great as expected. Glad he picked up on the end of Nixon that he kind of glossed over at the end of NixonlandThe first half of the book is 60-40 Nixon to Reagan stuff. The RR childhood stuff is fascinating, but the Nixon trial. My God. It just makes the Clinton fiasco look so trivial by comparison.weird thing about this book: I've never read a book where I've caught so many wacky-esque typos. example: using "roll" where "role" should be used. It's kind of distracting.
Quote from: michigancat on June 24, 2015, 07:50:42 AMQuote from: Kat Kid on June 10, 2015, 11:27:20 AMQuote from: michigancat on June 10, 2015, 10:31:02 AMThe Rick Perlstein Reagan book is great as expected. Glad he picked up on the end of Nixon that he kind of glossed over at the end of NixonlandThe first half of the book is 60-40 Nixon to Reagan stuff. The RR childhood stuff is fascinating, but the Nixon trial. My God. It just makes the Clinton fiasco look so trivial by comparison.weird thing about this book: I've never read a book where I've caught so many wacky-esque typos. example: using "roll" where "role" should be used. It's kind of distracting.In other rick Perlstein news his Twitter account was taken over by a teenager a couple weeks ago and it still has be blue check mark. Super weird.
I am STILL furious at this thread for recommending Dirty White Boys. So terrible.Wool, Sand and pretty much everything that Howley writes, that I've read, have been good. I'm not a big fan of sci-fi stuff, but he's clever. I hope the movies have a gritty Aliens type vibe to them.
