OT: What are you reading?

[Stony Curtis]

Finished re-reading "A Prayer for Owen Meaney" by John Irving, and now I'm starting "Children of Time" by Adrian Tchaikovsky. It's taking me a while to get into it, but it comes highly recommended so I'll stick with it.

Another Stephen King non-fiction book that I'll vouch for is "Danse Macabre." The history of horror in the different mediums...print, radio, tv, film etc....What scares us, why it scares us and what that says about society. Pretty fascinating imho.

Just saw that @Bondurant picked it up. Hope you enjoy!

 

[Ricelund]

"Listen, Liberal" by Thomas Frank - I've been meaning to read this for a few years and have finally gotten around to it. It's great so far.

"Turbulence" by David Szalay - I almost never read fiction. I'm really enjoying this one. Very quick read.

Overall, I've done a lot less reading than I expected to during COVID.

 

[GettingYourMoms]

Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson 1st book of high fantasy series Malazan Book of the Fallen. Whole series of 10 books has 3m 327k words in it for comparison LOTR series has 473k words. It has tons of interesting characters, no good and evil, everyone with their own interest, very brutal and epic world full of magic.

 

[TheOtherOne]

I'm reading Crime and Punishment as an excuse to feel pretentious but actually it's a pretty easy read and kinda f***in funny.

 

[Bench]

I'm reading Crime and Punishment as an excuse to feel pretentious but actually it's a pretty easy read and kinda f***in funny.

Oh boy, nothing like Russian literature to help lift your mood through troubling times.

 

[Vector Cereal]

Just finished Debt: The first 5000 years by David Graeber and it was fantastic. Highly recommend for anyone who likes history/anthropology.

 

[Bondurant]

I'm reading Crime and Punishment as an excuse to feel pretentious but actually it's a pretty easy read and kinda f***in funny.

The classics are not for me. I've had two cracks at Crime and Punishment and could not bring myself to finish either time. Also ducked out early on War and Peace. I can only take so many aristocratic balls and detailed descriptions of the fancy dress each guest is wearing. I want more of the drunken students with the dancing bear!

On a football kick as of late. Right now I am reading Belichick by Ian O'Connor. His pre-Patriots history is interesting and I love his Cleveland days and feud with Parcells and the Jets. Recommended for Lions fans. Not on for the Belichick connection but Matt Patricia makes so much more sense now. Patricia borrowed the tactics but he did not have the brains nor resources to pull it off.

 

[Bondurant]

Logged into Goodreads for the first time years about 2 weeks ago. My intent was to establish contact with an old colleague that I knew was on there but neither of us uses Facebook anymore so I had no way to reach out. Decided to log my COVID reading while I was at it. When all was said and done I read 27 books in 2020. Possibly an annual record for me. Might even be a few more that I forgot about but used a "read pile" as my source.

At the time of this posting I am currently reading Caddyshack: The Making of a Hollywood Cinderella Story by Chris Nashawaty. This came to my attention earlier this year on Spittin Chiclets, RA recommended it. Breezed through half thus far (book is only 300 pages). Title is misleading as at the halfway point the Caddyshack section is just getting into gear. It is more of a hybrid National Lampoon/Caddyshack book which is fine by me. Damn good read thus far.

My friend scored 2 boxes of National Lampoon magazines some years back (including the infamous Death Issue) for $15. Multiple years worth that are now selling for nice chunks of change on E-Bay. This guy always finds the cool shit like that. He also scored 2 unopened talking Pee Wee Herman dolls on the same run. I never get a haul like that on a garage sale day!

 

[Go Wings]

I read Ken Dryden's book about Scotty Bowman. I highly recommend for all hockey fans it was excellent and I learned a lot.

 

[Bondurant]

I read Ken Dryden's book about Scotty Bowman. I highly recommend for all hockey fans it was excellent and I learned a lot.

An unpopular opinion of mine is The Game is a boring affair. Dryden's classic, often touted as the best hockey book and on of the best sports book, was a tedious read for a book of its length. Took a crack at it twice.

I would, however, recommend Game Change: The Life and Death of Steve Montador and the Future of Hockey. His book about Bowman is on my ever expanding "to read" list.

 

[Mount Suribachi]

I'm reading Crime and Punishment as an excuse to feel pretentious but actually it's a pretty easy read and kinda f***in funny.

Funny? I had to put it down half way through as it's description of mind-numbing, soul crushing poverty was just too much for me to take.

Just finished Arnhem by Antony Beevor and I started re-reading The Right Stuff after Chuck Yeager died.

 

[Retire91]

I read Tough Guy the story about Bob Probert. I just wanted to understand more about him and that was also where I first learned about Sheldon Kennedy who went through some horrific abuse experiences. For a while I was attracted to non fiction books about people who survived extraordinary life circumstances. I switched gears into some self help and read books like the body keeps the score by dr. van der kolk and No Future Without Forgiveness by Desmond Tutu and currently reading unlocking the healing power of the vagus nerve by Stanley Rosenberg to understand how some child hood experiences carried into my later life like for example how I can take a sports team's management decisions so personal lol. I am a big advocate of looking inward whenever someone can find the space to do so.

 

[Retire91]

I read Ken Dryden's book about Scotty Bowman. I highly recommend for all hockey fans it was excellent and I learned a lot.

I wish people like Scotty would do a youtube blog where they break down plays and systems in their own words just to gain some insight into how they see the game. I know it wouldn't be worth someone like him to put all that effort in he should just be enjoying the successful life he has but man that would be awesome.

 

[Go Wings]

An unpopular opinion of mine is The Game is a boring affair. Dryden's classic, often touted as the best hockey book and on of the best sports book, was a tedious read for a book of its length. Took a crack at it twice.

I would, however, recommend Game Change: The Life and Death of Steve Montador and the Future of Hockey. His book about Bowman is on my ever expanding "to read" list.

Thanks for the information I have never read the game before. Okay I will check out the Steve Montador one.

 

[Go Wings]

I wish people like Scotty would do a youtube blog where they break down plays and systems in their own words just to gain some insight into how they see the game. I know it wouldn't be worth someone like him to put all that effort in he should just be enjoying the successful life he has but man that would be awesome.

Oh man that would be amazing, he has sooo much to teach us for sure.

 

[14ari13]

Bible, and bible only.

 

[TheOtherOne]

I'm reading the Communist Manifesto now.

 

[14ari13]

I'm reading the Communist Manifesto now.

Is it true?

I was joking about the bible.

 

[TheOtherOne]

Is it true?

I was joking about the bible.

Yea baby, I've been hearing my whole life how socialism is Dumb and Evil from people who don't know the definition of the word, so I figured I better see what Marx himself has to say about it.

 

[heyfolks]

August Snow
Different, Escaping The Competitive Herd


One for leisure (AS is a solid read for those with ties to Detroit).
Different - It starts with a quick reference to her son's rote learning and, still on the first page provides an analogy to her work at Harvard. "While a commitment to rehearsal will almost always produce competency,it will almost always produce a kind of automaticity, too. < It is not only a provocative look at business and the strategies it may have some applicability to coaching, say hockey. (One could argue the game has lost it's creativity for the sake of competency. )

 

[Vector Cereal]

Yea baby, I've been hearing my whole life how socialism is Dumb and Evil from people who don't know the definition of the word, so I figured I better see what Marx himself has to say about it.

If you find that informative I recommend his Critique of the Gotha Programme.

 

[Hammettf2b]

Just finished Ready Player One and started Ready Player Two. The first one was great. Hope the second lives up to it.

 

[BStinson]

A Random Walk Down Wall Street

Next will be The Boglehead's Guide to Retirement Planning

Yeah, I like finance books.

 

[Bondurant]

The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels and the History of American Comedy by Kliph Nesteroff

Ignore the obnoxious spelling of Cliff. This book is fantastic. It was randomly plugged by Jackie Martling on a podcast I was listening to. Took a look on Amazon and knew it would be up my alley. Comedy is covered from the vaudeville circuit to the modern stand-up era.

 

[RayMoonDoh]

Just ordered Rick Steve’s memoir of a life spent traveling Europe.