What books are you reading right now?

Well written series but depressing as hell.
How he managed to create a world history that made the Nazi's look like a better alternative is pretty amazing.

 

No I haven't, thanks for the suggestion.

 

I've read a few books recently, but unfortunately the screen on our notebook died I'm not liking posting from my phone.

The Hubbard novel was fast read, but I have no desire to read the other nine novels

 

Best Served Cold by Joe Abecrombe

He really take the piss out of the warrior fantasy novel.
This one is a woman mercenary, very badass.

 

A catch-up post.

I read two of the five David Goodis "noir" novels, Dark Passage and Street of No Return. They were not very good, but they were short and fast reads. The first reminded me of some of the B Grade noir movies. In fact, if you're familiar with such movies, chances are you've seen Goodis' name in some of the credits.

Old Black by Doug Briggs. I'm pretty sure that this was privately printed, i.e. the author paid for it. It reads like a 'Family Entertainment' movie. Even though it rated a 9 on The Hokey Scale, for some inexpicable reason I had to finish it.

Farewell, A Memoir of a Texas Childhhod by Horton Foote. Foote's writing credentials are impressive, but this memoir is a bit boring. In one way it reminds me of Clapton's autobiography--interesting stories that lack the zing to make them really interesting.

 

Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson

 

It seems that my posting from my phone works intermittenly.

I'm about 38 pages into Saucerful Of Secrets The Pink Floyd Odyssey (Delta, 1992) by Nicholas Schaffner. So far it's a bit of a yawner, but Shaffner has been thorough in the history of how The Pink Floyd evolved. From the start Shaffner is honest about not personally interviewing Syd Barrett (author's choice out of respect for SB's decision to be a recluse, and his delicate mental state) and Roger Waters (RW's choice, even after being told that many negative comments were made about him).

Interesting note, if true: Roger Waters in tone deaf.

 

I've read it, and thought it was interesting overall. A better Pink Floyd book is Nick Mason's "Inside Out". You get an inside look at the band's history, but from someone who was neutral in the Gilmour vs. Waters in-fighting. Plus, Mason has a very dry, British sense of humor that is quite endearing. Bonus: hundreds of personal photos from Mason's collection

 

A bunch of chick-lit galleys for work. Bring on summer!

Authors include

Mary Kay Andrews
Jackie Collins
Jane Green

 

The insider perspective usually makes for good reading. I very much enjoyed Helm's This Wheel's On Fire although there certainly is a sour grapes factor; one of these days I'm going to read Across The Great Divide.

 

Woo hoo! Today I was looking at books at Goodwill, and got distracted by an employee putting out more books. I lost my place and started back at the top of the shelf where I had already looked. And I found.....

Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick, which is the inspiration for the movie Blade Runner.

It's a recent paperback, not a hardback 1st edition (which are extremely rare).

 

Re-reading the Abel Jones mysteries by Owen Parry (the pen name of Ralph Peters). They are a series of mysteries set during the Civil War, with the investigator being a Welsh former British Army seargent turned Union Army officer. They are extremely cleverly written, with wonderful character work, and superb historical accuracy. The first is called A Faded Coat of Blue.

Totally 110% worth the read, although I have been dismayed to find (outside the books, not as part of them) that the author, a former US Army colonel, has conservative political opinions that place him on the military-political spectrum somewhere between Douglas MacArthur and Attila the Hun (though, oddly, moderate social opinions that seem to fall somewhere around Harry Truman or LBJ, which seems like a strange confluence).

 

I put Shaffner aside in order to concentrate on some Dick .

I have more Dick jokes.

 

Hey, at least I just have to read them, not correct them.

 

Words cannot express my joy.