What book are you currently reading?

Quote from: Shank Asu on March 02, 2021, 02:27:40 PM

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.

Iggy's got the perfect voice for this. He ought to do some narration.

So I finished In Cold Blood tonight... really outstanding read. I was enjoying it very much as it was, but the final third of the book covers the killers' capture and the ensuing litigation in a way that delves even more deeply into their psychology. If you're in the mood for something like it, you should definitely bring it to the front of the queue.

I'm getting into Oscar Wilde right now. I just read The Importance of Being Earnest, and the collection I have includes four other plays; I'll surely finished those quite quickly, with Earnest being perhaps the funniest thing I've ever read. His influence on Morrissey's lyrics is obvious. There are many sharp remarks in here worth keeping in mind.

I'm getting into Oscar Wilde right now. I just read The Importance of Being Earnest, and the collection I have includes four other plays; I'll surely finished those quite quickly, with Earnest being perhaps the funniest thing I've ever read. His influence on Morrissey's lyrics is obvious. There are many sharp remarks in here worth keeping in mind.

Haven't read any of his stuff since uni but Dorian Gray was good i recall.

Quote from: WookieeWarrior on March 06, 2021, 07:01:45 PM

I'm getting into Oscar Wilde right now. I just read The Importance of Being Earnest, and the collection I have includes four other plays; I'll surely finished those quite quickly, with Earnest being perhaps the funniest thing I've ever read. His influence on Morrissey's lyrics is obvious. There are many sharp remarks in here worth keeping in mind.

Haven't read any of his stuff since uni but Dorian Gray was good i recall.

Yeah, it's not the kind of stuff one reads for pleasure.

The Spy Who Loved Me by Ian Fleming
Book 9 of 14 in the original 007 series.  Pretty short and pretty bad.  Told through the first person narrative of a young Canadian women the first half of the book is about her past love life and how men have used and abused her good nature.  Bond doesn't appear the final third of the book and he struggles to take down two mob members at an empty motor court in the woods of upstate NY.  I understand the Fleming was getting bored with Bond and was trying to mix things up by changing things around, but this just doesn't feel like a Bond story and the character doesn't feel like Bond.  I hear this is the worst of the Fleming novels.  Glad it got past it and can move on to the rest.

Under The Dome, Stephen King

The Spy Who Loved Me by Ian Fleming
Book 9 of 14 in the original 007 series.  Pretty short and pretty bad.  Told through the first person narrative of a young Canadian women the first half of the book is about her past love life and how men have used and abused her good nature.  Bond doesn't appear the final third of the book and he struggles to take down two mob members at an empty motor court in the woods of upstate NY.  I understand the Fleming was getting bored with Bond and was trying to mix things up by changing things around, but this just doesn't feel like a Bond story and the character doesn't feel like Bond.  I hear this is the worst of the Fleming novels.  Glad it got past it and can move on to the rest.

Back in the day when I read all the Fleming Bond novels, I gave up reading this when I realised it wasn't written in the style of the typical Bond novel.

Quote from: Shank Asu on March 23, 2021, 06:44:34 PM

The Spy Who Loved Me by Ian Fleming
Book 9 of 14 in the original 007 series.  Pretty short and pretty bad.  Told through the first person narrative of a young Canadian women the first half of the book is about her past love life and how men have used and abused her good nature.  Bond doesn't appear the final third of the book and he struggles to take down two mob members at an empty motor court in the woods of upstate NY.  I understand the Fleming was getting bored with Bond and was trying to mix things up by changing things around, but this just doesn't feel like a Bond story and the character doesn't feel like Bond.  I hear this is the worst of the Fleming novels.  Glad it got past it and can move on to the rest.

Back in the day when I read all the Fleming Bond novels, I gave up reading this when I realised it wasn't written in the style of the typical Bond novel.

I might've done the same if it wasn't also the shortest of the books.  Finished this last night and it was a quick two day read.  Some of the lines in the book would've cancelled Fleming today (if the language regarding POC in Live And Let Die wouldn't have done it already in book 2) where the woman character says Bond is almost forcing himself on her but that all women secretly have a rape fantasy- and them she falls in love with him, even though he is gone with the morning and leaves a note behind.

ha- those first few seconds! and as for the rest of the scene, that disco influenced score is so bad but the final jump is so great.

To a God Unknown by Steinbeck
So far so good.  This is an earlier novel of Steinbeck's and is another religious parable set in central coastal valley California.

The Emanated Scripture of Manjushri by Shabkar Tsogdruk Rangdrol
Reading this slowly with my Buddhist study group.  Meditation instructions in alternating forms of hymns and commentary on the Tibetan Dzogchen tradition from the 17th century teacher.

The Pitards by Georges Simenon
Another quick and enjoyable read by Simenon whose books (other than his Inspector Maigret series) are difficult to find.

On Her Majesty's Secret Service by Ian Fleming
One of the better books in the series I've read so far.  Getting close to finishing the series now.