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I'm a chain reader. Books are about the only thing I am snobbish about, but I like them extremely well-written. An engrossing tale is not enough. Just finished one that passed with flying colors. It may be the best I'll read this year. At the least it will be very hard to top: Patrick McGrath's Port Mungo.
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Hey Spock, yes, I read Revival 2 years ago. Very good book with an amazing ending. I was almost done the book when it struck me how much the writing, especially those last few dozen pages, reminded me of another great author. I won't spoil it for you but afterwards when I googled it I was correct.
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Power of the Dog by Don Winslow. It’s a dense and convincing read, but about half way through I’m getting a bit jaded by the sadistic violence. I quite often feel like this about depictions of gangsters. Never liked mob films really. He’s a good writer though. Will have to try his non cartel stuff.
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Just finishing Vincent Van Gogh biography by Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith. Very detailed and not a light read (the authors are both Harvard Grad attorneys) but very interesting.
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Because we work with artists. we've learned a different way to interact. The public, the promoters, and the producers, are busy doing the fame and fan thing. The technical professionals have to be able to cut through the artist/fan barrier so we act like nobody and treat the artist like a normal Joe. No pictures are shot, no glad-handing is expected. Everyone is able to let down their hair, including the artists. You'll see 'em cranked back in a chair and relaxed. You talk about what they want to talk about. I think we talked about the mountains. He owned a property on a mountain river in the west and I used to live just outside the Great Smoky Mountains. Bob
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Bob, Very interesting. Thank you for that - I do genuinely appreciate it.
Tim PS I clicked on your link and looked around your site. Very very cool and a ton of great information there, some of which I actually understood. Ha Ha |
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I must confess I don't like reading novels but I do enjoy writing. I think I've written more books than I've read (none worth publishing). However, reading through everyone's comments has filled me with a sense of envy and realisation.
Whilst I will read through manuals and articles that can be dipped in and out of I find it very difficult to sit down and concentrate on a 'book'. The envy results from a sense I may be missing out on something special as I read through your comments but as yet it fails to grab my interest. The realisation is that for years I have found it very difficult to understand people who claim they have no interest in Music yet, compared to all the avid readers here I feel that is me. Although I don't share the passion it is good to know that books still have an important place in the world. Perhaps one day I will find it. Enjoy it everyone. |
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In line with this thread, although I can't really recommend any good reads, I always remember my wife being very moved by reading Terry Waite's 'Taken on Trust' so if I were to get stuck into a book, that's probably where I would go first. Fred. |
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I just started this - the seventh installment of the great Shardlake series.
As I officially retired yesterday, it seemed like a great time to tackle an 800+ page novel
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I'm about halfway through "The Lights of Marfa" - an autobiography of Doyle Dykes. One of the best reads in years...
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Just finished his "The Reversal" and now onto "The Narrows." Love every book of his I've read, which is a lot!
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