What's everyone reading?
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Yeah I am enjoying it a lot. Finding it very funny, dark, and lots of violence. The author also hits a lot of nostalgia with some pop culture refrences from my childhood.
Are you reading them in the order they came out or in chronological order? I read the first ~7 books in the order they came out and am thinking about changing to chronological order because I think I would like that more.
I have all of them as physical books except book 14. That I did as an audio book when I first joined Audible. I've actually been trying to track down a physical version of book 14 that matches the rest that I have. They are all paperbacks, except I have book 11 and A New Spring in hardback. I have swung back to preferring physical reads for my longer books. I have been forcing myself to unplug from things and focus on a single thing at a time for a little bit. If I want noise while doing tasks, it's podcasts or music.
I think the farthest I have gotten in that book is "Call me Ishmael."
I'm reading them in order. I started with the very 1st one and followed them in order
The Cloudbuster Nine is the best "sports book" I've ever read. That is, if you are interested in history as well.
I thought there were some really cool parts of that series but some of the sexualization got pretty tiresome. Like I don't need to hear about every woman's breasts. Felt sometimes like a horny teenager was writing it.
Just got the third book for John Gwynnes Shadow of the Gods series. Enjoyed the first 2. Agree on Joe Abercrombie love the books of his that I've read.
Usually I'm reading one fiction book and a couple nonfiction books.
Right now that's the following.
Neuromancer by William Gibson
The Fourth Turning is Here by Neil Howe
The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World by Iain McGilchrist
Repetition of phrases seems to happen in a lot of Japanese writing when it gets translated to English. I don't know if it's a cultural thing, due to the translation, or a combination of the two.
Right now that's the following.
Neuromancer by William Gibson
The Fourth Turning is Here by Neil Howe
The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World by Iain McGilchrist
I'm partially through Shogun as well. It got put on the back burner when I finished book 2 out of 6 of that novel's divisions. Some different sci-fi and fantasy books pulled my attention hard, and I've been waiting and watching for something to draw me back to Shogun.
I read through this one earlier this year. The repeating of the rules was a bit tiresome, but it was an overall positive book for me.
Repetition of phrases seems to happen in a lot of Japanese writing when it gets translated to English. I don't know if it's a cultural thing, due to the translation, or a combination of the two.
Thanks for that. Just ordered. Favorite books are ones that intertwine sports and historical events. Sounds perfect. The Real All Americans probably favorite book I have ever read.
Really liking the Reacher books. I just finished Enemy today, it goes back to his days as an MP in 1990. It's around book #8, so I have some catching up do. I didn't realize there were so many novels in the Reacher series Before Reacher I read most of MIchael Connelly's Bosch books.
I have Merchants of Doubt on my side table. Keep saying I'll get started- but having to much fun with Reacher.
Interesting that you talk about translation. I'm reading it in French since a Belgian friend lent his copy to me when I visited Brussels last month. I'm surprised by the number of English expressions that are used in it. Fascinating to see languages evolve and gravitate towards English more and more.
As for the repetition of rules (or even plot points), that is very Japanese. Not all cultures follow the A -> B -> C development in writing that we use here in North America.
The French translation that I'm reading has a very definite Japanese "flavor", so I would say kudos to the translator. I'll have to dig up a copy in English sometime and see how the two versions compare.
Freedom to Win by Ethan Scheiner is a great mix of sports, Cold War politics, and history.
I have not read it but have friends who did. What I've heard the most is that it takes these very long, very unnecessary missives about whales. I've heard it described as a book about whales with an occasional story mixed in.
I'm assuming you've read Unbroken? That one is a good mix of sports/history.
In line with your avatar: I started Eleven Rings by Phil Jackson this winter. I decided to shift to fiction but not because I wasn't enjoying it.
Albert Speers. Inside the third Reich.
To me, the two best current biographers are John Meacham and Walter Isaacson if you're looking for something outside of sports bios (not sure from your post). Isaacson's books on Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, Einstein and da Vinci are terrific.
For sports bios, The Last Boy (about Mickey Mantle) by Jane Leavy and Leigh Montville's book on Ted Williams are two of my favorites.
