Bibliophile Thread

Postby **Gaucho** » Tue Jan 14, 2020 7:05 am

I've read and liked most of Chabon's work. This one I didn't read, but I loved The Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, The Yiddish Policemen's Union, Telegraph Avenue, and Moonglow.
I was going to pick up Yiddish Policeman's Union from the library tonight...good stuff?

Yes.

Postby **shafnutz05** » Tue Jan 14, 2020 7:12 am

Thanks. My brother-in-law recommended Kavalier and Clay too, so I really want to get into Chabon's work.

I finished Ludlum's Matarese Circle last night...I forgot how fun his books were.

Postby **Freddy Rumsen** » Tue Jan 14, 2020 7:48 am

What's it like? I have it to be read

It basically follows the lives of a family in Britain in the late 18th and through the 19th centuries. It's pretty entertaining and fascinating in the details of family life/struggles in that era.

Postby **dodint** » Tue Jan 14, 2020 9:49 am

A British version of Out of this Furnace?

Postby **eddy** » Tue Jan 14, 2020 1:20 pm

swung by the library and grabbed

The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers by Maxwell King
and
The River by Peter Heller

Postby **Freddy Rumsen** » Tue Jan 14, 2020 5:26 pm

A British version of Out of this Furnace?

Have not read that, but just bought it.

Postby **dodint** » Tue Jan 14, 2020 5:38 pm

It's very good. slappy doesn't get it, but that's his problem. I am due for a re-read.

Postby **Gaucho** » Tue Jan 21, 2020 10:06 am

Postby **nocera** » Tue Jan 21, 2020 10:08 am

I don't know why this bothers me so much.

Postby **LeopardLetang** » Tue Jan 21, 2020 11:41 am

I like it

Postby **Gaucho** » Tue Jan 21, 2020 11:57 am

Buy a kindle maybe?

Postby **Freddy Rumsen** » Tue Jan 21, 2020 1:15 pm

Fire this person into the sun.

Postby **Gaucho** » Sun Jan 26, 2020 6:01 am

Postby **DigitalGypsy66** » Sun Jan 26, 2020 11:54 am

Under Occupation, Alan Furst's latest novel, is not good. It's like he turned in an outline and the publisher printed that by mistake. Very underwhelming.

I highly recommend any of his other novels, but not this one.

Postby **shafnutz05** » Sun Jan 26, 2020 1:47 pm

I am about 70 pages into Kavalier and Klay. I am really trying and wanting to like this, but it just seems tremendously slow. I know it won a Pulitzer so I want to stick with it, but does the pacing change or is it like this the whole way through?

Postby **Gaucho** » Sun Jan 26, 2020 2:04 pm

The latter.

Postby **eddy** » Sun Jan 26, 2020 2:34 pm

Anyone ever read anything from the swedish author Karin Tidbeck? I have Jagannath on its way. Her stuff seems... interesting?

Postby **eddy** » Tue Jan 28, 2020 8:46 am

Source of the post Karin Tidbeck? I have Jagannath

well it's a bunch of short stories and the first one was about a guy and girl who were in love with a steam engine train and a blimp and their paths crossed and the lady had a child with the train and unfortunately the relationship with the blimp and guy turned very ugly. I like weird fiction, but wow, 15 pages in and I had to take a little breather and think about this. Going to be an interesting read.

Postby **dodint** » Tue Jan 28, 2020 2:11 pm

Should make for nice kindling this time of year, imo.

Postby **Gaucho** » Wed Feb 05, 2020 5:36 pm

Postby **eddy** » Sun Feb 16, 2020 8:39 am

Anyone ever read Dune? Worth giving it a go?

Postby **robbiestoupe** » Mon Feb 17, 2020 12:07 am

The first Dune is good imo. I read the next two and stopped. Tough reading

Postby **Gaucho** » Thu Feb 20, 2020 7:44 pm

Postby **shafnutz05** » Fri Feb 21, 2020 6:51 am

This is why I'm an ardent library patron. Walking through the endless rows of stacks...that's more relaxing than anything.

Postby **Troy Loney** » Fri Feb 21, 2020 8:09 am

Public library? Socialist.