TonyDown Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies a memoir by Michael Ausiello. Was recommended when it came out. Finally reading it. Poignant, clever, funny, sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike carey Posted January 2, 2023 Share Posted January 2, 2023 I would like to thank all the members who have posted so many entries that should inspire those like me who read less often than we think we should. So many good ideas. On the same theme, the ABC has been interviewing politicians on what's on their holiday (or longer term) reading lists. Here is what one of the local Canberra members of the House of Reps is reading, or in his case listening to while he is running marathons. A varied and non-political list from a man of wide interests. https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/breakfast/what-andrew-leigh-is-reading-this-summer/101816384 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Hagen Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 This gay book got a very good review today: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/03/books/review/the-new-life-tom-crewe.html cany10011 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Lucky Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 The Guardian newspaper reviews The Shards, mentioned favorably here in earlier posts. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jan/04/the-shards-by-bret-easton-ellis-review-a-triumphant-return-to-form Rod Hagen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ WilliamM Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 Like A Rolling Stone A Memoir b Y Jann Wenner Her own story, after biio by publisher of Rolling Stone Magazine. Some name dropping We sample: Jackie Onassis, Bob Dylan, Judy Garland, Mick Jagger, Bruce Springsteen, Annie Leibowitz, Ethel Kennedy, JFKJJunior to to And his late in life husband - hunk Matt Nye + Just Sayin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Charlie Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 3 hours ago, WilliamM said: Like A Rolling Stone A Memoir b Y Jann Wenner Her own story, after biio by publisher of Rolling Stone Magazine. Some name dropping We sample: Jackie Onassis, Bob Dylan, Judy Garland, Mick Jagger, Bruce Springsteen, Annie Leibowitz, Ethel Kennedy, JFKJJunior to to And his late in life husband - hunk Matt Nye Umm, William, Jann Wenner is a man, and I don't think the pronoun is "her." + Lucky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ WilliamM Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 Yes I did read the book all the way through, every page. A spell check error Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ glennnnn Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 The Dream of Scipio by Iain Pears Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Charlie Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 I have just finished Polk's Folly: An American Family History, by William K. Polk, a retired history professor (Harvard and Chicago) and member of the State Department in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. He tells the story of America through the history of his own family, whose seminal ancestor was Robert Bruce Pollok, a Scottish soldier in Oliver Cromwell's army who emigrated to the British colony of Maryland in the 17th century. Robert Pollok/Polk's piece of land on Chesapeake Bay was called "Polk's Folly" because it was not very promising financially, and later generations spread out over America, producing many prominent politicians and military men, including James K. Polk, President of the United States from 1845 to 1849. Polk family members played roles in the Revolution, the Civil War, and World Wars One and Two, everything from foot soldiers and fighter pilots to major generals and senior diplomats. Polk uses their experiences, based on troves of family documents as well as official papers, to tell a history of America as well as of his family, and he tells it extremely well, even though it becomes hard at times to keep track of how individuals are related to one another. What I found most interesting was his explanations of the sociology of the South during the 18th and 19th centuries, which was much more complex than a simple tale of heroes and villains. His perspective on 20th century world history, in which he and his immediate family were political and diplomatic insiders, is also fascinating. He ends the book with the mysterious murder of his brother George Polk, a well known international political journalist, in Greece during the Greek civil war following World War Two, a subject about which few Americans know very much. It made me want to move on to more sources about that messy post-war period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyDown Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 Rod Hagen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterhumphries Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 I'm currently reading "Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World." Great writing style and a lot of food for thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 Surprised this one is already mentioned, I'm currently reading "The Deviant's War: The Homosexual vs. the United States of America" by Dr. Eric Cervini (super handsome too). I'm about half-way through and absolutely love it and recommend for anyone interested in US queer history. I've laughed, cried and never felt so proud to be gay (and grateful for those that paved the way). https://shopqueer.co/products/the-deviants-war Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Hagen Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 15 minutes ago, heydavida said: Surprised this one is already mentioned, I'm currently reading "The Deviant's War: The Homosexual vs. the United States of America" by Dr. Eric Cervini (super handsome too). I'm about half-way through and absolutely love it and recommend for anyone interested in US queer history. I've laughed, cried and never felt so proud to be gay (and grateful for those that paved the way). https://shopqueer.co/products/the-deviants-war Read it. Loved it. Enjoy! + Just Sayin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ WilliamM Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 Tonio Kruger Thomas Mann Collected Stores Danny-Darko and + Just Sayin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Lucky Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 Yesterday I read the very gay novel Just By Looking At Him, by Ryan O'Connell. It's about a TV script writer, Elliott, who has cerebral palsy.. He is in a 5 year relationship with Gus, who seems to be an ideal partner. But Elliott begins seeing a sex worker, River, who is hot and handsome and adept at his work. (Did I mention that there is a lot of sex in this novel?) Eventually the Gus and Elliott relationship takes a turn and the novel changes direction. For me, it was downhill from there. The sex worker stuff in the novel made me wonder if the author is a poster here. + Charlie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanDean Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 @Lucky: have you seen Ryan O'Connell's netflix series, Special? + Just Sayin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Lucky Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 @RyanDean No, I have not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanDean Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 It's brief, engaging & very funny. There is a sex worker storyline in it as well. Ryan O'Connell stars. + Lucky and + Just Sayin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ WilliamM Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 Spare by Price Harry Harry writes as if he is really in love. Seems like a really nice man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Lucky Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 On 1/3/2023 at 10:31 AM, Rod Hagen said: This gay book got a very good review today: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/03/books/review/the-new-life-tom-crewe.html I am reading it now. It's fascinating! + Just Sayin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Hagen Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 2 hours ago, Lucky said: I am reading it now. It's fascinating! I'm glad to hear, I forgot all about it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Suraci Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 On 1/17/2023 at 12:28 AM, TonyDown said: I listened to this one in audio format. Very good. Some real heartbreaking stuff in there. Love the Scottish accents and phrases. Rod Hagen and + Just Sayin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Suraci Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 On 2/14/2023 at 7:25 PM, RyanDean said: It's brief, engaging & very funny. There is a sex worker storyline in it as well. Ryan O'Connell stars. Agree. Special is a must see show. Very well done, endearing, funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim_n_NYC Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 Now on Children of Henry VIII - Alison Weir. Her book on the Life of Elizabeth I is next up. + Charlie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ poolboy48220 Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 I'm re-reading George RR Martin's collaborative series "Wild Cards". He and a group of writers were intrigued by superheroes and all the various powers. They set up a premise of a virus, developed by aliens to give them wild powers, and released on Earth for testing purposes. It kills 90% of the people infected, 9% get horrible deformities, but 1% get some type of superpowers. It's gone into dozens of books, with chapters written by different authors. The first 10 or so are the ones I like best. Wild Cards - Wikipedia EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG Simon Suraci and JourneysEnd 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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