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Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Wed July 07, 2021 3:59 pm
by epilogue
Yeah, Girl on the Train isn't a great book. It's breezy and it's a mystery so it fits this conversation. But I don't normally recommend it to folks. I liked it more than I thought I would and that was a pleasant surprise. And I thought the "who done it" was going to be wildly different based on the previews for the movie. I still haven't seen the movie but I saw the previews before reading the book and I was certain based on those ads that it would go differently.
Also, the book was totally free. One of those books on a stoop. So I grabbed it with no cost or commitment. All those factors helped me like it more than I probably should have.
Some of those others I mentioned are awesome, though. I really love Hawley's Before the Fall.
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Wed July 07, 2021 4:08 pm
by wease
epilogue wrote:wease wrote:I do
What's the last great mystery/thriller you read?
Road Dogs by Elmore Leonard. Before that one, you know the answer.
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Wed July 07, 2021 4:14 pm
by epilogue
wease wrote:epilogue wrote:wease wrote:I do
What's the last great mystery/thriller you read?
Road Dogs by Elmore Leonard. Before that one, you know the answer.
What's your favorite Elmore Leonard?
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Wed July 07, 2021 4:17 pm
by Mickey
I don't even post my intellectual books in this thread! This is my breezy reading!
But I would welcome any mystery recs.
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Wed July 07, 2021 4:23 pm
by wease
epilogue wrote:wease wrote:epilogue wrote:wease wrote:I do
What's the last great mystery/thriller you read?
Road Dogs by Elmore Leonard. Before that one, you know the answer.
What's your favorite Elmore Leonard?
I’m really just getting started with him. Of what I’ve read, the ones with Raylan Givens are probably my favorites but I loved the tv show so damn much, I’m biased. Pronto, Riding the Rap, Raylan and Fire in the Hole.
I’ve also read Out of Sight, Road Dogs, the When the Women Come Out to Dance collection and a few of his westerns. Up next is Get Shorty, Be Cool and Rum Punch.
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Wed July 07, 2021 4:24 pm
by wease
Mickey wrote:I don't even post my intellectual books in this thread! This is my breezy reading!
But I would welcome any mystery recs.
Do you like crime stories?
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Wed July 07, 2021 4:24 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Wed July 07, 2021 4:25 pm
by Mickey
wease wrote:Mickey wrote:I don't even post my intellectual books in this thread! This is my breezy reading!
But I would welcome any mystery recs.
Do you like crime stories?
Detective stories yes, true crime not so much.
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Wed July 07, 2021 4:37 pm
by wease
Mickey wrote:wease wrote:Mickey wrote:I don't even post my intellectual books in this thread! This is my breezy reading!
But I would welcome any mystery recs.
Do you like crime stories?
Detective stories yes, true crime not so much.
The Mike Hammer stories by Mickey Spillane are great fun. They’re not high-brow whodunnits by any stretch but they’re fun. And probably a palette cleanser for you.
Im also a HUGE fan of the Richard Stark Parker series. While formulaic, I enjoy them immensely.
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Wed July 07, 2021 4:51 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Wed July 07, 2021 4:55 pm
by B
I'm reading Andy Weir's new book Project Hail Mary. About halfway through. He is a damn enjoyable read.
I don't know if this is better than The Martian, it's certainly very similar, but it's definitely better than Artemis.
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Wed July 07, 2021 6:09 pm
by wease
tragabigzanda wrote:I listen to a lot of classic Sherlock Holmes stories as I’m drifting off to sleep
I’ve read all those. They’re fun too. Some are even outstandingly great.
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Wed July 07, 2021 7:06 pm
by 4/5
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Wed July 07, 2021 7:25 pm
by epilogue
oh boy
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Sat July 10, 2021 11:16 pm
by lennytheweedwhacker
Middlesex
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Sat July 10, 2021 11:17 pm
by Simple Torture
Oh...boy?
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Sat July 10, 2021 11:29 pm
by lennytheweedwhacker
Simple Torture wrote:Oh...boy?
really good one
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Sun July 11, 2021 12:07 am
by dad
tepidsex
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Thu July 15, 2021 3:14 am
by Simple Torture
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Thu July 15, 2021 1:26 pm
by 4/5
