I just finished a series by Harlan Coben featuring Myron Bolitar. He usually solves some kind of mystery but the books have so many funny parts, sayings, and other characters!
i'm reading Nowhere to Run by C.J. Box. apparently its a whole series...this is the first one i'm reading. i'm really enjoying it! could see it being a movie. its about a game warden in montana. i plan on reading all of them, in order going forward!
All of the books featuring Joe Pickett, the game warden are great. It’s good to read them in order. The series is good but a little different from the books.
Good Morning! With all the frigid temps in Northern VA, I've spent quite a bit of time catching up on my stack of books.
Currently, I am reading 4 different books: Hockey in Seattle by Jeff Obermeyer (the history of professional hockey in Seattle - the first American team to win the Stanley Cup (1917); Edison by Edmund Morris - an excellent biography of TAE; At The Abyss by Thomas C. Reed - An insider's history of the Cold War (Reed was a former Secretary of the AF); and Madhouse at the End of the Earth by Julian Sancton - an account of a disastrous journey to Antarctica.
Oh wow -- these all sound really interesting, Kenneth. Especially the Antarctica book! (I have one about Ernest Shackleton's voyage there on my bookshelf that I haven't yet read... it looks amazing too.)
The City and its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami A man, a girl, missing shadows, dying Unicorns and a drab walled city. Strange? Very much so. Also, another listed book, Lost and Found, by Kathryn Schulz, is one of the two or best books I have ever read.
I absolutely love Kathryn Schulz -- her writing style is one of those I find just magical, and her subject matter... just wow. Have you ever read her big story from a few years back in the New Yorker, "The Really Big One"?
I just finished Be your future self now by Dr Benjamin Hardy and am reading, Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse which is one of those that I am wondering why I didn't read this in my 20s, excellent self reflection novel.
Louise Penny or Tana French if you like twisty mysteries . Spring will see me opening writing craft books, but winter is for coffee, a warm fire and a good novel.
One of the great hip hop producers and MCs of his time. Had a hand in MANY classic hip hop albums and tracks but passed very young in his early 30s. Chances are, you’ve heard something he’s made.
Oh cool! I'll make sure to watch this. I think I'll only have his African travel diary and I'll have read all of his long works (I'm not a big fan of short stories in general)
I have no idea what prompted this on my part, but have been rereading Ray Bradbury lately. So far The Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated Man, Something Wicked This Way Comes. Next up Dandelion Wine. After that I will finely get to The Dutch House by Ann Patchett which I picked up yesterday.
You caught me when I didn't have a new book in hand! Been working outdoors, but it's supposed to be rainy and warm this weekend. . . Atmospheric River in the NW.
Last book I finished was Katie Arnold's "Brief Flashings in a Phenomenal World" about her run in Leadville, though she says she is working on a new one and "Ultra Running for Normal People" (makes me think I could do it again!)
Been playing with the Insta-Pot. Have a couple of new books on cooking. My daughter loves the insta-pot with all the fancy buttons. I'll go back to my regular cooking and the old-fashioned pressure cooker any day! Cherry pie coming up tomorrow. . . gotta finish up the cherries we picked last summer Washington's Birthday!
Yay! it was tradition in our house since I was a little kid! We could count on rain in the valley and a Custard pie with cherry topping! Ah, fond memories. . . I even have my mom's handwritten recipe.
Insta-pot is great. . .I have to get used to it and the buttons, though I've found that some of my older ways of cooking are faster! And we don't eat meat, where it is supposed to shine! :)
Gonna plow through the audiobook version of "Agent Running in the Field." I enjoyed the opening chapters and I"m looking forward to bingeing it this weekend.
I just finished a series by Harlan Coben featuring Myron Bolitar. He usually solves some kind of mystery but the books have so many funny parts, sayings, and other characters!
i'm reading Nowhere to Run by C.J. Box. apparently its a whole series...this is the first one i'm reading. i'm really enjoying it! could see it being a movie. its about a game warden in montana. i plan on reading all of them, in order going forward!
All of the books featuring Joe Pickett, the game warden are great. It’s good to read them in order. The series is good but a little different from the books.
Oh so there's a TV series based on them too?
Okay I've definitely heard of/seen C.J. Box's books before -- just googled this one and it looks really good... 🤔
Good Morning! With all the frigid temps in Northern VA, I've spent quite a bit of time catching up on my stack of books.
Currently, I am reading 4 different books: Hockey in Seattle by Jeff Obermeyer (the history of professional hockey in Seattle - the first American team to win the Stanley Cup (1917); Edison by Edmund Morris - an excellent biography of TAE; At The Abyss by Thomas C. Reed - An insider's history of the Cold War (Reed was a former Secretary of the AF); and Madhouse at the End of the Earth by Julian Sancton - an account of a disastrous journey to Antarctica.
Oh wow -- these all sound really interesting, Kenneth. Especially the Antarctica book! (I have one about Ernest Shackleton's voyage there on my bookshelf that I haven't yet read... it looks amazing too.)
Yes, I've read about Shackleton's voyage but I had not heard about the steamship Belgica's voyage and disaster from Antwerp to Antarctica.
The City and its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami A man, a girl, missing shadows, dying Unicorns and a drab walled city. Strange? Very much so. Also, another listed book, Lost and Found, by Kathryn Schulz, is one of the two or best books I have ever read.
I absolutely love Kathryn Schulz -- her writing style is one of those I find just magical, and her subject matter... just wow. Have you ever read her big story from a few years back in the New Yorker, "The Really Big One"?
not yet, and "You might be wrong"
Loved Murakami’s The City and Its Uncertain Walls. He’s a great world builder.
I just finished Be your future self now by Dr Benjamin Hardy and am reading, Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse which is one of those that I am wondering why I didn't read this in my 20s, excellent self reflection novel.
Good morning!
It snowed *twice* in NC this week - I'm in heaven. also - ready for spring!
anyway, I'm reading 'the Three Marriages: reimagining work, self, and relationship' by the poet David Whyte. I'm a huge fan.
https://www.amazon.com/Three-Marriages-Reimagining-Work-Relationship/dp/159448435X
David Whyte's Substack... (he's amazing)
https://davidwhyte.substack.com/
I've gotta check that out!
winter is for fiction :)
Louise Penny or Tana French if you like twisty mysteries . Spring will see me opening writing craft books, but winter is for coffee, a warm fire and a good novel.
I actually just listened to a podcast with Louise Penny the other day -- I can't believe I've never read anything by her! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/friends-fiction-with-louise-penny/id1531367495?i=1000679509446
Do you have a favorite of hers?
Tana French!!! YES, one of the best mystery/crime writers living today.
“Dilla Time” by Dan Charnas - a celebration of J Dilla’s life, warts and all. Great read.
Interesting! (Who is J. Dilla, btw?)
One of the great hip hop producers and MCs of his time. Had a hand in MANY classic hip hop albums and tracks but passed very young in his early 30s. Chances are, you’ve heard something he’s made.
A moveable feast - Ernest Hemingway.
Kevin, did you happen to catch the Ken Burns documentary on Hemingway from a couple of years ago? SO good: https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/hemingway/
Oh cool! I'll make sure to watch this. I think I'll only have his African travel diary and I'll have read all of his long works (I'm not a big fan of short stories in general)
I have no idea what prompted this on my part, but have been rereading Ray Bradbury lately. So far The Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated Man, Something Wicked This Way Comes. Next up Dandelion Wine. After that I will finely get to The Dutch House by Ann Patchett which I picked up yesterday.
"Something Wicked This Way Comes" -- love that title. I have never read Bradbury, though no idea why. I need to check him out!
You caught me when I didn't have a new book in hand! Been working outdoors, but it's supposed to be rainy and warm this weekend. . . Atmospheric River in the NW.
Last book I finished was Katie Arnold's "Brief Flashings in a Phenomenal World" about her run in Leadville, though she says she is working on a new one and "Ultra Running for Normal People" (makes me think I could do it again!)
Been playing with the Insta-Pot. Have a couple of new books on cooking. My daughter loves the insta-pot with all the fancy buttons. I'll go back to my regular cooking and the old-fashioned pressure cooker any day! Cherry pie coming up tomorrow. . . gotta finish up the cherries we picked last summer Washington's Birthday!
We actually just celebrated his birthday too, here -- with cherry pie! LOVE the instapot, btw!
Yay! it was tradition in our house since I was a little kid! We could count on rain in the valley and a Custard pie with cherry topping! Ah, fond memories. . . I even have my mom's handwritten recipe.
Insta-pot is great. . .I have to get used to it and the buttons, though I've found that some of my older ways of cooking are faster! And we don't eat meat, where it is supposed to shine! :)
I love to listen to nonfiction- just finished Griffin Dunne’s Friday Afternoon Club. So interesting
Ooooh, interesting -- can I get it on Apple Podcasts?
It’s a book
I got it on Audible
I've been on a different kind of direction with my reading lately. Right now, I'm reading Twelve Ordinary Men by John MacArthur
That looks interesting too!
Real Tigers by Mick Herron, which is the third book in the Slow Horses series. The Slow Horses are the MI-5 spies who are failures… Very Brit novels.
Reading "How to Change " ... by Kathy Milkman and Angela Duckworth
Gonna plow through the audiobook version of "Agent Running in the Field." I enjoyed the opening chapters and I"m looking forward to bingeing it this weekend.
I definitely want to dig more into Le Carre, especially after what you've written about it -- that one sounds really interesting.