What book are you reading?

[Beave]

I just finished Adrian Mckinty's most recent Sean Duffy novel call "Hang on St. Christopher". The whole series is great if you like your Bosch type cop working in Belfast in the 80's and early 90's.

Just started The Cold Cold Ground, first of that series, based on this recommendation.

I don't know anything about this author, but it appears he likes Tom Waits, as both those titles are the names of songs written by Tom Waits.

And a Google search shows that several of his other novels also borrow titles from songs written by Tom Waits.

 

[Short38]

Thomas Pynchon’s Shadow Ticket. A trip without drugs.

 

[Robin L]

Thomas Pynchon’s Shadow Ticket. A trip without drugs.

A very useful review:

Using the Night | Mark Iosifescu

Maybe you know the drill: metahistorical intrigue and antiauthoritarian politics; several deep benches’ worth of quirky characters toting loudly emblematic affectations and not-strictly-probable names; song-and-dance numbers with rhythmically typeset lyrics and toy instrument arrangements, plus...

www.nplusonemag.com

 

[DavidEdwinAston]

Sally Carson's Crooked Cross. A chilling insight into the rise of Hitler in 1933 Germany.

 

[AdrianusG]

Currently

Jack Reacher No6, Without Fail

 

[nad2315]

Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey

 

[Berwhale]

Anybody else ever read like this?

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Yes, my 'game' was to find items that had all the letters of the alphabet or the numbers 0-9 printed on them (which was somewhat spoiled when bar coded items became the norm).

 

[Barrelhouse Solly]

Slow Horses by Mick Herron, a bit verbose but still entertaining.

 

[Short38]

A very useful review:

Using the Night | Mark Iosifescu

Maybe you know the drill: metahistorical intrigue and antiauthoritarian politics; several deep benches’ worth of quirky characters toting loudly emblematic affectations and not-strictly-probable names; song-and-dance numbers with rhythmically typeset lyrics and toy instrument arrangements, plus...

www.nplusonemag.com

Thank you for the review link. Pynchonesque. After Crying, V, and Gravity’s Rainbow I lost the thread. Shadow Ticket to me picks up where Baby Bulb left off plus Wisconsin and cheese are perfect.

 

[GD Fan]

This will almost certainly be more than I need on the topic, but it is a rather fascinating topic.

 

[DavidEdwinAston]

This will almost certainly be more than I need on the topic, but it is a rather fascinating topic.

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Spooky, I'm reading The Rise and fall of the Third Reich!

 

[GK.]

On that theme, I recommend:

The Good Old Days - Klee, Dressen & Riess.
Masters of Death - Richard Rhodes.
Ordinary Men - Christopher Browning.

Some food for though for even the most deluded Pollyanna. People in general, at a base level, are basically shit - the extent to which this is expressed or not expressed is just a matter of circumstance.

 

[DavidEdwinAston]

GK. I am very worried that we are headed back towards the mindset which allowed the rise of the Nazi's. Our species doesn't seem to learn from it's mistakes.
Thank God for, Stranger Things, for an accurate and stress free view of today.

 

[Somafunk]

This will almost certainly be more than I need on the topic, but it is a rather fascinating topic.

It’s a good read, he has another good read or audiobook listen titled “Atoms & Ashes”.

“Eric Schlosser - Command & Control” is a book you may enjoy/be alarmed at (audiobook/paper book)

“Annie Jacobsen - Nuclear War : A Scenario” is a very sobering read and reminds me of what I felt growing up in the 1980’s living within 50 miles of the trident nuclear submarine bases here in Scotland.

 

[Robin L]

"White Bicycles—Making Music in the 1960's" by Joe Boyd.

Those familiar with Fairport Convention, Nick Drake and the Incredible String Band have seen the name Joe Boyd on their record/CD jackets. This memoir of his years as a record producer covers Blues, Jazz and some "World Music" before throwing us into the heart of the 1960s, with Pink Floyd, the UFO Club and the 1965 Newport Folk Festival, which Bob Dylan strategically blew up with an explosion of volume. Joe Boyd was running the soundboard at that event. Great stuff, and one of the best books on the rise and fall of the hippie movement:

 

[GD Fan]

I splurged ($51.50) and bought this, which arrived today. I had no idea it is the size of an encyclopedia!

 

[JeffS7444]

The Solitary Gourmet.

"The book in which nothing happens but everything is consumed.
Like an exquisite meal, this book should be savored over and over again."

Release of the English-language edition was repeatedly postponed, finally becoming available late in 2025, nearly 2-1/2 years behind schedule.

 

[Gringoaudio1]

American Prometheus.

 

[unmutual]

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(Finnegans Wake, by James Joyce)

 

[jimmyjames8]