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    What are you reading now?

    Continued discussion from previous thread.

    Right now I'm reading Baja Oklahoma by Dan Jenkins, One Very Hot Day by David Halberstam and Epic Rivalry: The Inside Story of the Soviet and American Space Race by Von Hardesty
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    Re: What are you reading now?

    General Lee's Army: From Victory to Collapse by Joseph Glatthaar

    I've just started it in the last week or so and it's really good so far. I can tell he did a LOT of research, including on the demographics of those who jointed this army early on, even before Lee took charge of it. I really look forward to the rest of it. I have some time off work today & tomorrow & hope to spend a lot of time reading this. It is very readable and enjoyable

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    Re: What are you reading now?

    nikki sixx books

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    I have been wanting to get "The Passage", by Justin Cronin, the new weird zombie vampire book, that is supposed to be part of a trilogy that is also being made into a movie. It appears to be something that Stephen King really digs. Has anybody read this?
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    I actually just finished it LoganBuck. I thought it was good for the most part. I wouldn't say it's anything groundbreaking or new for the genre but it's well executed and I finished it in just a couple of days because I was pretty hooked.

    It's tough to pass full judgment also, since it's a trilogy, there are a couple of small criticisms I could make but it's possible they'll be fixed or answered in future volumes.

    I think the movie is probably going to be a huge success.
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    Cool, thanks!
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    Re: What are you reading now?

    I just finished James Hirsch's biography of Willie Mays. Very good baseball read.

    I'm reading the Blind Side now; even better than the movie (which I really enjoyed).
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    I loved "The Blind Side." I have just started John Feinstein's "Living on the Black."
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    Re: What are you reading now?

    Quote Originally Posted by Chip R View Post
    Continued discussion from previous thread.

    Right now I'm reading Baja Oklahoma by Dan Jenkins...
    Loved Dan Jenkins' stuff. Jeez, I read this back in the early '80's. This is Juanita Hutchins, right? I always wished I could be as witty as these books.

    Also recommend "Semi-Tough" and "Life Its Ownself".
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    Re: What are you reading now?

    Quote Originally Posted by Roy Tucker View Post
    Loved Dan Jenkins' stuff. Jeez, I read this back in the early '80's. This is Juanita Hutchins, right? I always wished I could be as witty as these books.
    Yeah. He's really funny. I didn't enjoy this as much as I liked some of his other stuff.

    Also recommend "Semi-Tough" and "Life Its Ownself".
    I don't think I've read those yet. I've read Dead Solid Perfect; You Call It Sports, But I Say It's a Jungle Out There and Fast Copy.
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    Re: What are you reading now?

    Quote Originally Posted by Chip R View Post

    I don't think I've read those yet. I've read Dead Solid Perfect; You Call It Sports, But I Say It's a Jungle Out There and Fast Copy.
    You Gotta Play Hurt is another pretty good one by Jenkins.
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    I've been kind of stressed with work lately, so I've just relaxed the last couple of nights with Zits and Get Fuzzy comic-strip collections.

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    You Gotta Play Hurt is another pretty good one by Jenkins.
    That one is absolutely hilarious.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chip R View Post
    I don't think I've read those yet. I've read Dead Solid Perfect; You Call It Sports, But I Say It's a Jungle Out There and Fast Copy.
    About 1978, I think all the boys at Harding Jr. High School in Hamilton, even those who weren't regular readers, read that book. I still vividly remember the scene in the TV truck.
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    Re: What are you reading now?

    Ballad of the Whiskey Robber: A True Story of Bank Heists, Ice Hockey, Transylvanian Pelt Smuggling, Moonlighting Detectives, and Broken Hearts
    by Julian Rubinstein

    About a quarter of the way through. Like it a lot so far.
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    Re: What are you reading now?

    Quote Originally Posted by pedro View Post
    Ballad of the Whiskey Robber: A True Story of Bank Heists, Ice Hockey, Transylvanian Pelt Smuggling, Moonlighting Detectives, and Broken Hearts
    by Julian Rubinstein

    About a quarter of the way through. Like it a lot so far.
    WHAT is that about?? I'm intrigued.

    I am reading Lost Souls by Nikolai Gogol. It's very funny at times, but I wouldn't exactly call it a barnburner of a book.
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