What are you reading?

dark_crystal · 10-27-2019, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by bright_arrow

In the middle of Stephen King's "The Outsider"

Finished his "Elevate" and "The Institute" these last two weeks. Next is the free one I received for being a Amazon Prime member - Janelle Harris "Under Lying"

I am reading Cujo right now for one of my book clubs. I hadn't read any Stephen King since the 90s but i plowed through the first half without even looking up.

For many years i was a snob about genre fiction and horror fiction especially, but King is finding whole new generations of readers now and everything you read about him as a person is just so wonderful. I may read a whole bunch more!

RebelDyke · 10-27-2019, 10:35 AM

The Body Keeps the Score

bright_arrow · 10-27-2019, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by dark_crystal

I am reading Cujo right now for one of my book clubs. I hadn't read any Stephen King since the 90s but i plowed through the first half without even looking up.

For many years i was a snob about genre fiction and horror fiction especially, but King is finding whole new generations of readers now and everything you read about him as a person is just so wonderful. I may read a whole bunch more!

I love King and have been reading him for 20 years!

Kätzchen · 10-31-2019, 10:29 PM

Before I go see Edward Norton's movie Motherless Brooklyn, I am going to read a 1974 classic biography written by Robert Caro: The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York.

It's biographic account of Robert Moses' life and how his prejudice toward people of color was baked into the fabric of structure of bridges and road ways of the surrounding NYC area. It's an period piece which examines how corruption can harm cities. I am on the wait list for the book and hope to read it soon.

Vincent · 11-01-2019, 12:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Kätzchen

Before I go see Edward Norton's movie Motherless Brooklyn, I am going to read a 1974 classic biography written by Robert Caro: The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York.

It's biographic account of Robert Moses' life and how his prejudice toward people of color was baked into the fabric of structure of bridges and road ways of the surrounding NYC area. It's an period piece which examines how corruption can harm cities. I am on the wait list for the book and hope to read it soon.

Democracy now ,had a special on the fires deliberatly lit in the South Bronx,to rid the area of the poor and POC,and the resistance and resil;iance of the community.

I'm reading an Australian classic AB facey-A fortunate life

Orema · 11-03-2019, 06:47 AM

Am reading about colorism around the world (part of the Shades of Black series) at The Guardian found at this link: https://www.theguardian.com/membersh...ies-race-issue. The series is very good

Unlike mainstream media outlets in the states, The Guardian has articles on race and its effect everyday. https://www.theguardian.com/world/race. Lucky me to have stumbled on it.

Kätzchen · 11-23-2019, 03:55 PM

Here's a book review of Native Realm: A Search for Self Definition (1968) tendered by The Guardian (LINK).

Martina · 12-05-2019, 09:00 AM

I usually don't have a big stack. In fact I can't understand people who are constantly reading 8 books or something. I usually have A book. It's MY book. If I misplace it, there's panic. It's like an essential item of comfort and security until I'm finished. Then it's just a book again. That said, I have a stack right now.

Roman Myths by Michael Grant
Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen by Larry McMurtry
The Fifth Head of Cerberus by Gene Wolf
The Diabetes Code by Dr. Jason Fung
Rusty Brown by Chris Ware
The Oxford Book of Classical Verse in Translation
Spanish Ballads translated by W.S. Merwin
The Homeric Hymns translated by
Diane Rayor

The problem with this is that I have coming in the mail:

The Club: Johnson, Boswell, and the Friends who Shaped an Age by Leo Damrosch
Fortunes of War: The Balkan Trilogy by Olivia Manning
Ale, Beer, and Brewsters in England: Women's Work in a Changing World 1300-1600 by Janet
Bennett
The Lost Man by Jane Harper
Roumeli: Travels in Northern Greece by Patrick Lee Fermor

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Martina Senior Member How Do You Identify?: * Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: * Posts: 4,999 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 13,409 Thanked 18,286 Times in 4,167 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	I usually don't have a big stack. In fact I can't understand people who are constantly reading 8 books or something. I usually have A book. It's MY book. If I misplace it, there's panic. It's like an essential item of comfort and security until I'm finished. Then it's just a book again. That said, I have a stack right now. Roman Myths by Michael Grant Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen by Larry McMurtry The Fifth Head of Cerberus by Gene Wolf The Diabetes Code by Dr. Jason Fung Rusty Brown by Chris Ware The Oxford Book of Classical Verse in Translation Spanish Ballads translated by W.S. Merwin The Homeric Hymns translated by Diane Rayor The problem with this is that I have coming in the mail: The Club: Johnson, Boswell, and the Friends who Shaped an Age by Leo Damrosch Fortunes of War: The Balkan Trilogy by Olivia Manning Ale, Beer, and Brewsters in England: Women's Work in a Changing World 1300-1600 by Janet Bennett The Lost Man by Jane Harper Roumeli: Travels in Northern Greece by Patrick Lee Fermor __________________ "No matter how cynical I get, I just can't keep up" - Lily Tomlin

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