BOOKS THREAD

Working on "Scratch Beginnings" by Adam Shepard. He doesn't prove his point nearly as well as he thinks he does, but it's an entertaining read.

 

I am in the middle of Mike Dash's "The First Family," it is abasolutely fantastic. I personally wasnt a huge fan of Satan's Cricus, but this book is a real treat. The amount of research and dedication that Dash puts into his books is really honorable, it seems as though his books are planned with such precision. Anyway enjoy the book and I will now look into Puppetmasters, but I still have the Big Book of Basketball coming today

 

I'm fascinated with the death penalty and all that stuff. And with the execution of the DC sniper set for tonight, I was hoping some of you folks could help me find a good book about the subject.

I've searched on Amazon and found a few books written by people on death row, memoir style, I suppose. Have any of you read any of these books? Or any other books that I might enjoy?

Grassy ass.

 

dre,

You'll crush "Slaughterhouse Five" in no-time. Beside the fact that it's short, it's an easy read. Entertaining too.

 

I'm looking forward to it. I finished "Far Afield" in four days and it was really good. I could relate with a bunch of Price's feelings on family and being in Europe as an American and that made the book hit home for me.

I'm now 90 pages into "Three Bricks Shy of a Load." It's already one of the funniest books I've ever read. There's times I've been on the subway and come very close to just completely losing it.

 

I got my copy today of BASW 2009. Still very psyched.

 

Does anyone else shy away from long books?

Was just looking at a few biographies on Amazon and passed when I saw they were over 800 pages.

 

Not me. Reading the new Stephen King (over 1,000 pages) and have "An Infinite Jest" waiting for when that's done.

And the Stephen King is really good. Best he's written in years IMO.

 

My honey has been talking up this book after she saw a thing on Colbert. It's about native intelligence, its usefulness and how it is of very little worth in this society. I'm going to dig in when I get some free time.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/07/books/review/Fukuyama-t.html

 

These came from B&N via UPS yesterday. Hoping to dive into one tonight. I'm overwhelmed at work right now and have two freelance stories I'm working on, so I feel guilty when I sit down to read, but I'll probably start at least one of them tonight.

 

I just finished the Monk book, Wednesday.

Was a little worried, early on . . .but once it got going, was carried right along.

The detail IS exhaustive.

Am a longtime Monk fan, but there were still a few anecdotes new to me which
made me laugh out loud, including one about the NYC subway that all who
have experienced that conveyence will appreciate.

 

Just picked up "Under the Dome" from the library today. I have two weeks to get through as much as I can because I'm not allowed to renew due to high demand. [/fingerscrossed]

Luckily, I have a copy on reserve at another library. I'm 33rd on the list. I read The Stand last summer, and it took me somewhere between two to three weeks to get through 1,100ish pages.