What book are you currently reading?

Dreamcatcher, Stephen King

Tbh not a fan of reading, but I had the purpose of reading the books some friends recommended and lend me... I just finished La rebelión de las ratas by Fernando Soto Aparicio, very nice book about revolution in a fictitious village here in Colombia

Ecstasy by Irvine Welsh (Trainspotting)
Three novellas by Welsh with his typical themes in all of them- drugs, violence, dance music.  Three of the Trainspotting characters have made a brief appearance in one of the stories so far.  Decent.

I am reading a book called Paddy's Lament about the Irish potato famine.

How to Think Like a Monk by Jay Shetty
I'd seen a few interviews/podcasts featuring him and he seemed interesting.  Enjoying his book so far.  He does seem to be the 'Hollywood Monk' which I have to question, but he does explain himself in his book pretty well.
Recommend.

The Rig Veda
Reading this alongside the aforementioned Jay Shetty book as it references the Vedas so much and I've always wanted to read them.  Have read other Hindu religious texts such as The Bhagavad Gita, The Upanishads and The Mahabharata but the Vedas are the earliest ones so maybe I should've started there all along.  Slow read as there's lots of notes to accompany each  each hymn so only managing about 10 pages a day, but a very interesting read.

One of the best sports books I’ve read, focusing on the 3 main contributors to the 20 year Patriot football dynasty; owner Robert Kraft, head coach Bill Belichick, and QB Tom Brady.

One of the best sports books I’ve read, focusing on the 3 main contributors to the 20 year Patriot football dynasty; owner Robert Kraft, head coach Bill Belichick, and QB Tom Brady.

3/4 of the book must be about all the cheating, right? 

Quote from: So Cruel on February 04, 2021, 02:12:55 AM

One of the best sports books I’ve read, focusing on the 3 main contributors to the 20 year Patriot football dynasty; owner Robert Kraft, head coach Bill Belichick, and QB Tom Brady.

3/4 of the book must be about all the cheating, right? 

If you’re a sports fan I highly recommend it, even if you loathe the Pats.

Interesting on many angles. The politics and angles Kraft had to manoeuvre through to buy the team and get the stadium built was fascinating. The inner workings of the NFL and the different owners. The issues between Kraft/Parcells and Parcells/Belichick. The relationships between Kraft/Belichick/Brady. How fragile the relationship between Bill and Tom has been the last decade. Brady’s competitiveness and work ethic.

If you like sports and wonder about the inner workings and deals this will keep you flipping the pages.

Quote from: MPare1966 on February 04, 2021, 07:04:52 AM

Quote from: So Cruel on February 04, 2021, 02:12:55 AM

One of the best sports books I’ve read, focusing on the 3 main contributors to the 20 year Patriot football dynasty; owner Robert Kraft, head coach Bill Belichick, and QB Tom Brady.

3/4 of the book must be about all the cheating, right? 

If you’re a sports fan I highly recommend it, even if you loathe the Pats.

Interesting on many angles. The politics and angles Kraft had to manoeuvre through to buy the team and get the stadium built was fascinating. The inner workings of the NFL and the different owners. The issues between Kraft/Parcells and Parcells/Belichick. The relationships between Kraft/Belichick/Brady. How fragile the relationship between Bill and Tom has been the last decade. Brady’s competitiveness and work ethic.

If you like sports and wonder about the inner workings and deals this will keep you flipping the pages.

Amazingly, I once watched a docu on TSN a few years back, it was about the Pats, more specifically the Brady/Belicheat relationship throughout a season. It was fascinating stuff, even if I hate the fucking bastards.

And of course I like sports, and this particular one even more, as I spend quite some time officiating it. 

Trip Trap by Jack Kerouac, Lew Welch and Albert Saijo
Horrible little book of 'poetry' that shows any garbage can be published if the right name is attached.  This is marketed as haikus written on a cross country drive from SF to NY.  There's about 40 pages of bad poetry that i'd be embarrassed to have my name associated and a few letters written from Saijo to Kerouac.
I've never known much about Saijo.  He was in the SF beat scene in the early 60's but hasn't published anything in his own right and Welch is another scenester hanger-on who had a few poems published in anthologies, none of which were any good, before he walked into the Sierra Nevadas with a gun and disapeared.
Even for Kerouac die-hards (like me) i wouldn't recommend.  No redeeming value here.

Lol I'm starting to think Shank has never read a piece of poetry he's liked.

I'm reading Capote's In Cold Blood at the moment. Stunning prose... I've haven't encountered storytelling this sharp in some time. I can see why it's heralded as the definitive true crime novel.

Lol I'm starting to think Shank has never read a piece of poetry he's liked.

I'm reading Capote's In Cold Blood at the moment. Stunning prose... I've haven't encountered storytelling this sharp in some time. I can see why it's heralded as the definitive true crime novel.

That book has been in a pile for me to read for over a year.  Let me know once you're done if it should jump to the front- but sounds like you're liking it.

Ha- there's LOADS of poetry i love, even some bad stuff that i enjoy, but seem to be on  a bad stretch lately.

Quote from: WookieeWarrior on March 01, 2021, 06:59:35 PM

Lol I'm starting to think Shank has never read a piece of poetry he's liked.

I'm reading Capote's In Cold Blood at the moment. Stunning prose... I've haven't encountered storytelling this sharp in some time. I can see why it's heralded as the definitive true crime novel.

That book has been in a pile for me to read for over a year.  Let me know once you're done if it should jump to the front- but sounds like you're liking it.

Ha- there's LOADS of poetry i love, even some bad stuff that i enjoy, but seem to be on  a bad stretch lately.

https://youtu.be/U-KkIlxOfHM
Here's one of my favorite Dylan Thomas poems as read by Iggy Pop.