book recommendations

[michigancat]

I read 100 years of solitude. Eh, not my favorite.

[Fedor]

I read 100 years of solitude. Eh, not my favorite.

Yeah, that was my take as well.

Rereading Dune right now.

[Cire]

I pretty much only read History/Biography

How can I get into more fiction?  It seems so wide open, what if you start reading and aren't interested?  With history/bio I pick stuff that I know I'll be interested in.

What gives

[Mrs. Gooch]

I pretty much only read History/Biography

How can I get into more fiction?  It seems so wide open, what if you start reading and aren't interested?  With history/bio I pick stuff that I know I'll be interested in.

What gives

I pretty much only read fiction. But I do like some historical fiction, so maybe start there. I really like Ken Follett but some of his books are pretty long.

[Kat Kid]

which two would be best for reading on the way to hawaii and in hawaii on a beach?

Probably none of those. "Fortune Smiles" is the most "feel comfortable in public while reading" of those books, though it will still make you mildly uncomfortable.

Went with this and his North Korea novel (hopefully as good as steve dave's!) I will try the Ocean Vuong, but I am nearing $150 in book purchases on Amazon the last week.

My Hawaii reading list:

Mythology  Edith Hamilton
The Prophet Khalil Gibran
The Old Man and the Sea Papa Bear (read it every summer)

will also take Fortune Smiles

[Cire]

I pretty much only read History/Biography

How can I get into more fiction?  It seems so wide open, what if you start reading and aren't interested?  With history/bio I pick stuff that I know I'll be interested in.

What gives

I pretty much only read fiction. But I do like some historical fiction, so maybe start there. I really like Ken Follett but some of his books are pretty long.

Read and liked pillars but was not interested enough to read any others.

Thinking about Custers trials. Pulitzer and such

[michigancat]

which two would be best for reading on the way to hawaii and in hawaii on a beach?

Probably none of those. "Fortune Smiles" is the most "feel comfortable in public while reading" of those books, though it will still make you mildly uncomfortable.

Went with this and his North Korea novel (hopefully as good as steve dave's!) I will try the Ocean Vuong, but I am nearing $150 in book purchases on Amazon the last week.

My Hawaii reading list:

Mythology  Edith Hamilton
The Prophet Khalil Gibran
The Old Man and the Sea Papa Bear (read it every summer)

will also take Fortune Smiles

Orphan Master's Son is pretty absurd but would be a great beach read.

[Kat Kid]

ok may sub that in

[Mrs. Gooch]

I pretty much only read History/Biography

How can I get into more fiction?  It seems so wide open, what if you start reading and aren't interested?  With history/bio I pick stuff that I know I'll be interested in.

What gives

I pretty much only read fiction. But I do like some historical fiction, so maybe start there. I really like Ken Follett but some of his books are pretty long.

Read and liked pillars but was not interested enough to read any others.

Thinking about Custers trials. Pulitzer and such

Follett's Century Trilogy is really good. Fall of Giants happens during WWI, Winter of the World during WWII, and Edge of Eternity during the civil rights movement. I rated them all 5 stars on Goodreads.

[michigancat]

Cloudsplitter (a chingon recommendation) is probably my favorite historical fiction.

[pvegs]

Just finished Drinking: A Love Story last night. Pretty damn good memoir. Definitely called attention to some troubling personality traits of mine.

Damn, man, that's a good memoir. She died, too, years ago, from lung cancer. You can fact check me, but pretty certain. RIP, Ms. Knapp.

[pvegs]

which two would be best for reading on the way to hawaii and in hawaii on a beach?

Probably none of those. "Fortune Smiles" is the most "feel comfortable in public while reading" of those books, though it will still make you mildly uncomfortable.

Went with this and his North Korea novel (hopefully as good as steve dave's!) I will try the Ocean Vuong, but I am nearing $150 in book purchases on Amazon the last week.

My Hawaii reading list:

Mythology  Edith Hamilton
The Prophet Khalil Gibran
The Old Man and the Sea Papa Bear (read it every summer)

will also take Fortune Smiles

Holy Smokes, KK Hope you like FS.

[pvegs]

I read 100 years of solitude. Eh, not my favorite.

Yeah, I don't got the hype, Mich. It's one of those books everyone is forced to read in high school, like The Fountainhead or something (obviously Marquez is not as awful as AR, just an analogy), and you just look back on your 17 year-old self that liked it at the time and 

[pvegs]

which two would be best for reading on the way to hawaii and in hawaii on a beach?

Probably none of those. "Fortune Smiles" is the most "feel comfortable in public while reading" of those books, though it will still make you mildly uncomfortable.

Went with this and his North Korea novel (hopefully as good as steve dave's!) I will try the Ocean Vuong, but I am nearing $150 in book purchases on Amazon the last week.

My Hawaii reading list:

Mythology  Edith Hamilton
The Prophet Khalil Gibran
The Old Man and the Sea Papa Bear (read it every summer)

will also take Fortune Smiles

Orphan Master's Son is pretty absurd but would be a great beach read.

Man, Mich is killing it in this thread. That's def a good one too, but for my money, FS tops it. Taste and aesthetic, tho, it's all subjective.

[Asteriskhead]

Just finished Drinking: A Love Story last night. Pretty damn good memoir. Definitely called attention to some troubling personality traits of mine.

Damn, man, that's a good memoir. She died, too, years ago, from lung cancer. You can fact check me, but pretty certain. RIP, Ms. Knapp.

I really enjoyed it. You are correct, she passed in 2002 from lung cancer.

I moved on to I Am Not Myself These Days by Josh Kilmer-Purcell, and I'm enjoying it even more.

[Cire]

Reading the girl on the train

Good.  Perfect for vacation reading


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[Asteriskhead]

I finished On the Road and And the Hippos within the last week. I had never read any of the beats before. I don't really feel strongly one way or the other. I suppose I'll read a few more from these guys, probably at least Howl and Naked Lunch, so I can laugh some more over what people considered obscene back then, and move on to something else.

[Kat Kid]

Orphan Master's Son was incredible. 

I haven't started Fortune Smiles and won't until after the 4th of July as I am going to be pretty bogged down with some work, but July will be some great reading time for ole KK.

[ChiComCat]

Orphan Master's Son was incredible. 

I haven't started Fortune Smiles and won't until after the 4th of July as I am going to be pretty bogged down with some work, but July will be some great reading time for ole KK.

I have been enjoying sitting by the neighborhood pool with ice cold beers and my kindle

[Pete]

I miss bread.  A lot.

[michigancat]

I miss bread.  A lot.

Should I read dune?

[Pete]

I miss bread.  A lot.

Should I read dune?

I've never read it.

[michigancat]

I bought it for the kindle.

[sys]

Should I read dune?

no.

[michigancat]

Should I read dune?

no.

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