Finished Ender's Game, started The Way of Kings last night. Its pretty good so far.
Finished Ender's Game, started The Way of Kings last night. Its pretty good so far.
Reading "The Flamethrowers" by Rachel Kushner. I like it.
She used to wake me up with coffee ever morning
Just finished Andre Agassi's book, really enjoyed it.
Got a Kindle, finally, for Christmas. Have been reading some Kindle singles which is fun, I love short stories. Anyone have any standout recommendations? Have been reading Stephen King and Joe Hill so far.
Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Based on a recommendation on here, I just started Leigh Montville's biography of Ted Williams. Really enjoying it so far.
In addition to Joyland by Stephen King, I am reading Practicing Sabermetrics: Putting the Science of Baseball Statistics to Work by Costa, Huber, and Saccoman. It is not as good as their first publication Understanding Sabermetrics, but it is pretty good.
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"I am your child from the future. I'm sorry I didn't tell you this earlier." - Dylan Easton
I am finishing a great baseball book called The PItch that Killed by Mike Sowell. It is about the only on field fatality in MLB history. The beaning and death of Ray Chapman in 1920. It goes into good depth of the events leading up to that moment and the aftermath of it. Good character studies of Chapman and Carl Mays the pitcher who hit him. If you like baseball history you should check this one out.
Reds Fan Since 1971
I finished Joyland and have started John Grisham's Calico Joe.
I am a little more than halfway through it. It is historical fiction set in 1973 and about a rookie baseball player called up to the Cubs. The kid has a phenomenal start to his career and becomes a national hero.
Calico Joe's baseball exploits are hard to believe, but at this halfway point in the book, the plot is developing an interesting twist.
"I am your child from the future. I'm sorry I didn't tell you this earlier." - Dylan Easton
[QUOTE]Originally Posted by Degenerate39 View Post
Can anyone recommend some good westerns? [QUOTE]
Winding Stair by Douglas C. Jones is a really good read by a really good writer.
Finished H.G. Wells' "The Invisible Man" recently. I'd place it behind "The War of the Worlds" and "The Time Machine", but I still enjoyed it.
"I can make all the stadiums rock."
-Air Supply
Started reading The Wolf of Wall Street. So far I like the movie better.
Read Tom Clancy's last novel "Command Authority".
Disturbingly close to what is happening to Ukraine and Russia now. I'm a little scared to see how it ends.
She used to wake me up with coffee ever morning
Kavalier and Clay. Just terrific. Feels like a grown-up version of books that I used to get lost in as a kid.
There is no such thing as a pitching prospect.
Something about the sentence construction is what takes me back to books I loved as a kid. I can't put my finger on it but I think it just has to do with a sense of straightforward, old-fashioned storytelling, heightened by knack for language.
The funny thing is that the first Chabon book I read was his ACTUAL children's book, Summerland, which I was't crazy about. Which, baseball and imaginary lands and fairies, HELLO. Maybe my expectations were too high.
There is no such thing as a pitching prospect.
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