Why don't you try some great fiction like the Natchez Burning trilogy by Greg Iles? Natchez Burning, The Bone Tree and Mississippi Blood are very long and very entertaining. If you can finish all three in two weeks, you're a better man than I am, GungaDin.
I just kicked off a two-week vacation. Since it's too dark and cold to go bicycling, I plan to read a lot. I'm currently working on Matthew Ruddick's FUNKIEST MAN ALIVE: RUFUS THOMAS AND MEMPHIS SOUL. After that it's R.J. Smith's CHUCK BERRY: ANAMERICAN LIFE.
Also in the queue:
THE COLUMBO PHILE: A CASEBOOK, Mark Dawidziak (Not about music, of course.)
FEEL LIKE GOING HOME, Peter Guralnick (Somehow, I've never read that one.)
LAST TRAIN TO MEMPHIS: THE RISE OF ELVIS PRESLEY, Peter Guralnick (Replacement copy)
RIP IT UP: THE SPECIALTY RECORDS STORY, Billy Vera
SIXTEEN TONS: THE MERLE TRAVIS STORY, Merle Travis with Deke Dickerson
WHAT WAS THE FIRST ROCK & ROLL RECORD?, Jim Dawson & Steve Propes (30th anniversary update of the 1992 original)
Those ought to keep me busy for a while!
If you can finish all three {books} in two weeks, you're a better man than I am, Gunga Din.
I do a lot of reading, though mostly crime fiction.
On Tuesday, November 28, 2023 at 8:59:45?AM UTC-5, Bill B wrote:
I do a lot of reading, though mostly crime fiction.
Yuk.
Don't know about Dean, but I have absolutely no interest at all in reading any fiction.
My favorite books of all time are the 2 Bill James Historical Abstracts
and several of the Joel Whitburn
and Galen Gart things.
When I went to libraries as a kid I headed straight to the reference section.
reading fiction can also help children develop their imagination, and
can be a great way for children to learn about different cultures and historical periods
I much enjoyed fiction as a child, but it has very low priority now.
reading fiction has many benefits for children; it makes us more
empathetic and broadens our horizons by introducing us to characters, concepts, and relationships beyond our everyday experiences;
reading fiction can also help children develop their imagination, and
can be a great way for children to learn about different cultures and historical periods
Here's a list of the 50 greatest fiction books of all time.
I do a lot of reading, though mostly crime fiction. But eight books in two weeks puts me to shame. I might read one a week.
On Tuesday, November 28, 2023 at 1:36:13?PM UTC-5, RWC wrote:
I much enjoyed fiction as a child, but it has very low priority now.
reading fiction has many benefits for children; it makes us more
empathetic and broadens our horizons by introducing us to characters,
concepts, and relationships beyond our everyday experiences;
reading fiction can also help children develop their imagination, and
can be a great way for children to learn about different cultures and
historical periods
Are you calling me a child?
I do a lot of reading, though mostly crime fiction.
On Tuesday, November 28, 2023 at 8:59:45 AM UTC-5, Bill B wrote:
I do a lot of reading, though mostly crime fiction.Modern, or the classics -- Chandler, Hammett, Cain, etc?
On Tuesday, November 28, 2023 at 8:50:15 PM UTC-5, Bob Roman wrote:
On Tuesday, November 28, 2023 at 8:59:45 AM UTC-5, Bill B wrote:
I do a lot of reading, though mostly crime fiction.
Modern, or the classics -- Chandler, Hammett, Cain, etc?
He reads the classics, Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, The Flash, and The Justice League Of America. He can read them fast because there are large pictures that take up a lot of the space on each page.
On Tuesday, November 28, 2023 at 8:59:45 AM UTC-5, Bill B wrote:
I do a lot of reading, though mostly crime fiction.Modern, or the classics -- Chandler, Hammett, Cain, etc?
On Tuesday, November 28, 2023 at 8:50:15 PM UTC-5, Bob Roman wrote:
On Tuesday, November 28, 2023 at 8:59:45 AM UTC-5, Bill B wrote:I'm past a smattering of classics and now read modern crime, and thrillers, including legal thrillers.
I do a lot of reading, though mostly crime fiction.Modern, or the classics -- Chandler, Hammett, Cain, etc?
Some of my favorites in random order are:
Dennis Lehane
Michael Connelly
CJ Box
Stephen King
James Lee Burke
JK Rowling
Andrea Camilleri
John Grisham
Nelson DeMille
Sheldon Siegal
Paul Levine
John Clancy
On Wednesday, November 29, 2023 at 5:44:21 AM UTC-5, Bill B wrote:
On Tuesday, November 28, 2023 at 8:50:15 PM UTC-5, Bob Roman wrote:
On Tuesday, November 28, 2023 at 8:59:45 AM UTC-5, Bill B wrote:I'm past a smattering of classics and now read modern crime, and thrillers, including legal thrillers.
I do a lot of reading, though mostly crime fiction.Modern, or the classics -- Chandler, Hammett, Cain, etc?
Some of my favorites in random order are:
Dennis LehaneI'll probably be thinking of others all day long. But let me add Walter Mosely now so I have at least one black author listed.
Michael Connelly
CJ Box
Stephen King
James Lee Burke
JK Rowling
Andrea Camilleri
John Grisham
Nelson DeMille
Sheldon Siegal
Paul Levine
John Clancy
On Wednesday, 29 November 2023 at 03:20:46 UTC, Bruce wrote:
On Tuesday, November 28, 2023 at 8:50:15 PM UTC-5, Bob Roman wrote:
On Tuesday, November 28, 2023 at 8:59:45 AM UTC-5, Bill B wrote:
I do a lot of reading, though mostly crime fiction.
Modern, or the classics -- Chandler, Hammett, Cain, etc?
He reads the classics, Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, The Flash, and The >> Justice League Of America. He can read them fast because there are large
pictures that take up a lot of the space on each page.
HAH! NOW YOU'RE TALKIN'!!!
As well as records my other big thing was comics and I still have a sizeable (and quite valuable) collection of the same going back to the late 50's.
I was always a DC man myself---never went overboard for Marvel (sorry Stan) like most others did or for the earlier Fawcett (Miller over here) titles like
Captain Marvel
And I absolutely adored those old hoary,gory (but great) old EC titles like "Tales From The Crypt" and "Vault Of Horror"
Happy days!!
On Wednesday, November 29, 2023 at 6:12:46 AM UTC-5, Bill B wrote:
On Wednesday, November 29, 2023 at 5:44:21 AM UTC-5, Bill B wrote:
On Tuesday, November 28, 2023 at 8:50:15 PM UTC-5, Bob Roman wrote:
On Tuesday, November 28, 2023 at 8:59:45 AM UTC-5, Bill B wrote:I'm past a smattering of classics and now read modern crime, and thrillers, including legal thrillers.
I do a lot of reading, though mostly crime fiction.Modern, or the classics -- Chandler, Hammett, Cain, etc?
Some of my favorites in random order are:
Dennis LehaneI'll probably be thinking of others all day long. But let me add Walter Mosely now so I have at least one black author listed.
Michael Connelly
CJ Box
Stephen King
James Lee Burke
JK Rowling
Andrea Camilleri
John Grisham
Nelson DeMille
Sheldon Siegal
Paul Levine
John Clancy
Don Winslow
On Nov 29, 2023 at 2:00:20 AM CST, "Roger Ford" <mari...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
On Wednesday, 29 November 2023 at 03:20:46 UTC, Bruce wrote:
On Tuesday, November 28, 2023 at 8:50:15 PM UTC-5, Bob Roman wrote:
On Tuesday, November 28, 2023 at 8:59:45 AM UTC-5, Bill B wrote:
I do a lot of reading, though mostly crime fiction.
Modern, or the classics -- Chandler, Hammett, Cain, etc?
He reads the classics, Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, The Flash, and The
Justice League Of America. He can read them fast because there are large >> pictures that take up a lot of the space on each page.
HAH! NOW YOU'RE TALKIN'!!!
As well as records my other big thing was comics and I still have a sizeable
(and quite valuable) collection of the same going back to the late 50's.
I was always a DC man myself---never went overboard for Marvel (sorry Stan)
like most others did or for the earlier Fawcett (Miller over here) titles like
Captain Marvel
And I absolutely adored those old hoary,gory (but great) old EC titles like
"Tales From The Crypt" and "Vault Of Horror"
Happy days!!Our taste in comics is nearly as similar as our taste in music. EC was was the
r'n'r of comics.
EC was off limits to me, but I always loved DC comics. As an adult I
enjoy "graphic novels" a/k/a book-length comics, many on very serious subjects like Art Spiegelman's "Maus" (parts 1 and 2), Will Eisner's
"The Plot," and Stan Mack's "Janet And Me." More recently I read the
most banned book in America, "Gender Queer" by Maia Kobabe. Needless to
say I don't think it should be banned.
On Nov 29, 2023 at 2:00:20 AM CST, "Roger Ford" <mariabus@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:------------
On Wednesday, 29 November 2023 at 03:20:46 UTC, Bruce wrote:
On Tuesday, November 28, 2023 at 8:50:15 PM UTC-5, Bob Roman wrote:
On Tuesday, November 28, 2023 at 8:59:45 AM UTC-5, Bill B wrote:
I do a lot of reading, though mostly crime fiction.
Modern, or the classics -- Chandler, Hammett, Cain, etc?
He reads the classics, Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, The Flash, and The >>> Justice League Of America. He can read them fast because there are large >>> pictures that take up a lot of the space on each page.
HAH! NOW YOU'RE TALKIN'!!!
As well as records my other big thing was comics and I still have a sizeable >> (and quite valuable) collection of the same going back to the late 50's.
I was always a DC man myself---never went overboard for Marvel (sorry Stan) >> like most others did or for the earlier Fawcett (Miller over here) titles like
Captain Marvel
And I absolutely adored those old hoary,gory (but great) old EC titles like >> "Tales From The Crypt" and "Vault Of Horror"
Happy days!!
Our taste in comics is nearly as similar as our taste in music. EC was was the
r'n'r of comics.
I loved comics......until I got to around 11 years old. Haven't touched one since.
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