What are you all reading ??????

[Reciprocity]

I just knew either YOU or BOO would go there

Another thread in the gutter

Edited April 25, 2018 by reciprocity

[Doreensfree]

I'm sure my Boo Boo.,partner in crime will be here later...it can be our bed time story lol....

[Reciprocity]

4 hours ago, Doreensfree said:

I'm sure my Boo Boo.,partner in crime will be here later...it can be our bed time story lol....

Up ...up ..... See BOO go UP!! 

[Doreensfree]

 

You Betcha !!!!

[Boo]

9 hours ago, reciprocity said:

I just knew either YOU or BOO would go there

Another thread in the gutter

 

The gutter is an underrated place.  Me and Doorbell have a lot of fun down there.

 

9 hours ago, Doreensfree said:

I'm sure my Boo Boo.,partner in crime will be here later...it can be our bed time story lol....

 

I'll even spring for the extra cost of having the pages laminated.

 

Because I'm a gentleman.

[Reciprocity]

10 minutes ago, Boo said:

 

The gutter is an underrated place.  Me and Doorbell have a lot of fun down there.

 

 

I'll even spring for the extra cost of having the pages laminated.

 

Because I'm a gentleman.

And why would you need those pages laminated?

[Boo]

7 minutes ago, reciprocity said:

And why would you need those pages laminated?

 

Random fluids.

[Reciprocity]

44 minutes ago, Boo said:

 

Random fluids.

Oh ............. that's what they're called. I see ...................

[Doreensfree]

That will be my drooling....

[Boo]

Just getting ready to geek out on some history books by David McCullough.

 

Likely start with "Mornings on Horseback."  Because, you know...Teddy Roosevelt was a badass.  

 

Then, when I finish that one, start reading "The Wright Brothers."  Because, you know...Air travel and such.

[notsmokinjo]

Just finished The Famine Plot: England's Role in Ireland's Greatest Tragedy ... by Tim Pat Coogan (he has a funny name... tim pat ... sounds like it should be a lolly or something dodgy from a cow.)

 

Currently reading:

How the Irish Saved Civiliastion by Thomas Cahill 

Shattered by Dick Francis (I did confess elsewhere I have a problem)

The Happiest Refugee by Anh Do (cos I was feeling a woo is me and needed a reality check)

 

I usually have 2 or 3 on the go at any given time because can only read certain books at certain times.

[johnny5]

Author Tom Wolfe passed away today.  His book  The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test is definitely an interesting read.

 

 

[Boo]

21 hours ago, johnny5 said:

Author Tom Wolfe passed away today.  His book  The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test is definitely an interesting read.

 

"The Right Stuff" is one of my favorite books of all time.

 

I feel like, in spite of the commercial success and adulation, Tom Wolfe is still underrated as an author.

[PeaceTrain]

Just finished "Hunger, A Memoir of (my) Body" by Roxane Gay.  Brutally honest and impactful. 

[johnny5]

John Kennedy Toole's "A Confederacy of Dunces" is an entertaining read.

Edited June 11, 2018 by johnny5

[Sazerac]

1 hour ago, johnny5 said:

John Kennedy Toole's "A Confederacy of Dunces" is an entertaining read.

 

I re read this book every few years, johnny.  It is accurately true, authentic, New Orleans.

There are a quite a few bars that have similar characters in real life.

My best gfriend has been growing into Miss Trixie for years.

 

 

It is v. cool to see other folks dig this book.  I think it's hilarious.

 

 

[johnny5]

18 minutes ago, Sazerac said:

 

I re read this book every few years, johnny.  It is accurately true, authentic, New Orleans.

There are a quite a few bars that have similar characters in real life.

My best gfriend has been growing into Miss Trixie for years.

 

 

It is v. cool to see other folks dig this book.  I think it's hilarious.

 

 

 

It was recommended to me by a friend a few years ago and I'm glad she told me about it.  I may have to read it again.

 

I've never been to New Orleans but I really should go.  

 

Ignatius J. Reilly was quite a memorable character. 

Edited June 12, 2018 by johnny5

[notsmokinjo]

Some book about a motorcycle club that is really just loosely disguised soft porn.

[notsmokinjo]

I wanna read Johnny5 & Sazerac's book so I can chat books with the big kids.

[Sirius]

Reading John D. Clark's Ignition!

 

Non-fictional work about the development of rocket fuels during the 1950's and 1960's.

 

The section on Chlorine trifluoride is hilarious...

 

"All this sounds fairly academic and innocuous, but when it is translated
into the problem of handling the stuff, the results are horrendous.
It is, of course, extremely toxic, but that's the least of the problem.
It is hypergolic with every known fuel, and so rapidly hypergolic
that no ignition delay has ever been measured. It is also hypergolic
with such things as cloth, wood, and test engineers, not to mention
asbestos, sand, and water —with which it reacts explosively. It can be
kept in some of the ordinary structural metals — steel, copper, aluminum,
etc. —because of the formation of a thin film of insoluble metal
fluoride which protects the bulk of the metal, just as the invisible coat
of oxide on aluminum keeps it from burning up in the atmosphere.
If, however, this coat is melted or scrubbed off, and has no chance to
reform, the operator is confronted with the problem of coping with a
metal-fluorine fire. For dealing with this situation, I have always recommended
a good pair of running shoes." 

Edited June 27, 2018 by Sirius
trifluoride not trofluoride

[Tammy]

Reading Sapiens currently, fascinating take on where mankind began, and where we are today. what established the world order, the social pecking order, and just about everything else there is...

 

[Sirius]

On 6/25/2018 at 6:24 AM, Tammy said:

Reading Sapiens currently, fascinating take on where mankind began, and where we are today. what established the world order, the social pecking order, and just about everything else there is...

 

That book was an awesome.   He really nailed our species use of various forms of fiction as social binders.

 

The author's future speculations of where we go as a species gets a bit sci-fiey but his perceptions on philosophical questions are thought provoking.

 

The difference between, "what do you want," and "what do you want to want?"  Heady stuff.

 

[Sirius]

On 4/22/2018 at 5:58 PM, Nancy said:

Oh for crying out loud!!  Am I the only one that will admit to reading something just for fun????

 

Ken  Follett

David Baldacci 

James Herriott

Jan Karon

I read Ken Follett's " World without End.

 

Thing I took away from that read was, don't be a surf.  Chapter 3, Surf get's smacked around.  Chapter 13 Surf continues to get smacked around.  Chapter 54 Yup, more smacking...

[notsmokinjo]

5 hours ago, Sirius said:

I read Ken Follett's " World without End.

 

Thing I took away from that read was, don't be a surf.  Chapter 3, Surf get's smacked around.  Chapter 13 Surf continues to get smacked around.  Chapter 54 Yup, more smacking...

 But maybe the Surf liked being smacked around.... and at least he wasn't a smurf... being blue all the time would just be sad

 

I liked Follett's Pillars of the Earth for a bit of reading that didn't need me to engage my brain.

[garry mhudson]

Thumbs up on the Guy Clark and George Will. Loved both of them. Boo, if you enjoy biographical books about musician/songwriters, you might try "I Scare Myself" by Dan Hicks or "The Band: Pioneers of American Music".