OT: What did you read this summer?
This is typically an OT topic that comes out every summer, but I don't remember seeing it this year.
I'm currently reading The Brothers Karamazov for the very first time.
I read:
The Devil in the White City by Eric Larson which was very... eh. An Eric Larson book I would recommend is In the Garden of Beasts.
The New Right by Michael Malice. I thoroughly enjoyed this book but won't delve into since it's politics.
When Pride Still Mattered: A Life Of Vince Lombardi by David Maraniss. This is one of my favorite biographies/football books I've read. Lombardi is truly brought to life in this book; I found him to be a fascinating person and not just because of his football successes. The football content is still very good as well.
What did you read this summer?
August 21st, 2019 at 1:48 AM ^
Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson
The African Queen by C.S. Forester
(reread) Galapogos by Kurt Vonnegut
All were worthwhile to say the least.
August 21st, 2019 at 2:17 AM ^
The Silmarillion. J.R.R. Tolkien
August 21st, 2019 at 8:43 AM ^
did you get through it? I am a huge LOTR fan, and i really enjoy the lore/world building, but ive only ever been able to get through about halfway because its such a dense/dry read.
August 29th, 2019 at 10:07 AM ^
In the same boat. I'm trying to read it now, but it's tough sledding.
August 21st, 2019 at 3:16 AM ^
I read “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.” It has tales of an upjumped hedge knight (Ser Duncan the Tall) and orphan boy Egg, who is actually Aegon of House Targaryen, affecting the future of Westeros.
August 21st, 2019 at 4:45 AM ^
I made it through a bunch of things I'd Kickstartered, mostly short story collections.
My favorite new series so far is the Murderbot Diaries, by Martha Wells. The second one, Artificial Condition, just won the Best Novella Hugo:
https://www.marthawells.com/murderbot.htm
August 21st, 2019 at 7:52 AM ^
Didn't get much reading done this summer but I did get around to reading The Nick Adams Stories by Hemingway.
August 21st, 2019 at 8:17 AM ^
I read them this summer, too! Loved 'em. Hemingway knows how to kick the reader's ass all over the place. And it's cool 'cause the world Nick inhabits - the woods, shores, and streams of Northern Michigan - were my playground too,and I still fish the Boardman every summer.
Also got halfway through For Whom the Bell Tolls,required if you're interested in Hemingway and the Spanish Civil War.
Edit: this is meant as a reply to Artie and the Nick Adams Stories
August 21st, 2019 at 7:52 AM ^
Didn't get much reading done this summer but I did get around to reading The Nick Adams Stories by Hemingway.
August 21st, 2019 at 8:47 AM ^
"House of Leaves"- Mark z. Danielewski. Probably one of the top 5 reads in my life/i highly recommend to anyone who enjoys existential horror.
August 21st, 2019 at 9:10 AM ^
Big fan of Michael Malice. Still need to purchase his new book as well as Dear Reader.
Looking forward to the podcast he recorded with Hotep Jesus yesterday.
August 21st, 2019 at 11:48 AM ^
Dreamland by Sam Quinines - It’s the macro view of the same area as JD Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy. Interesting and sad.
First Lead Yourself by Raymond Kethledge (UM Law) and Michael Erwin - The value of solitude in a leader’s life.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - Why not.
August 21st, 2019 at 3:09 PM ^
One Good Deed by David Baldacci, a new intriguing character with the normal awesome writing. Currently reading C.J Box's latest, Bitter Roots and as usual another good Box Wyoming/Montana story.
August 21st, 2019 at 11:01 PM ^
Homegoing. -one If best I have ever read
Sarah’s Key
Washington Black
In the Woods
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