Dave Slusher - Books wants to read City of Bones (Harry Bosch) by Michael Connelly (Harry Bosch (8))
Definitely not as compelling as Just Kids.
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I read largely science fiction and comics with some non-fiction mixed in. I'm warming up to mystery with Bosch and the Slow Horses books.
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25% complete! Dave Slusher - Books has read 3 of 12 books.
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Dave Slusher - Books wants to read Little Book of Hygge by Meik Wiking
Little Book of Hygge by Meik Wiking, Meik Wiking
Denmark is often said to be the happiest country in the world. That's down to one thing: hygge.
'Hygge …
Dave Slusher - Books finished reading The Dragon in the Sword by Michael Moorcock
Dave Slusher - Books started reading The Dragon in the Sword by Michael Moorcock
Dave Slusher - Books finished reading M Train by Patti Smith
Dave Slusher - Books reviewed On some faraway beach by David Sheppard
Interesting Subject Written About in Ultraviolet Prose
3 stars
- Eno is clearly an interesting guy with a wide range of intriguing interests and projects.
- Behavior is described in this book with a wink and an elbow to the ribs and a "what an insouciant cut-up" that seems to be verging dangerously close to sex pest territory.
- David Sheppard knows a lot of big words and he wants you to know that. This lends his prose an obdurate opacity that renders the celerity of rendering cogition of his auctorial prowess a glacial mien. Now imagine 500 pages of that.
It was worth reading for the interesting subject matter. The prose style made me put it down for months at a time more than once. The first 20%, everything prior to meeting Bryan Ferry, bored me shitless.
- Eno is clearly an interesting guy with a wide range of intriguing interests and projects.
- Behavior is described in this book with a wink and an elbow to the ribs and a "what an insouciant cut-up" that seems to be verging dangerously close to sex pest territory.
- David Sheppard knows a lot of big words and he wants you to know that. This lends his prose an obdurate opacity that renders the celerity of rendering cogition of his auctorial prowess a glacial mien. Now imagine 500 pages of that.
It was worth reading for the interesting subject matter. The prose style made me put it down for months at a time more than once. The first 20%, everything prior to meeting Bryan Ferry, bored me shitless.
Dave Slusher - Books finished reading On some faraway beach by David Sheppard
This was kind of a slog. That it took 2.5 years to finish is a hint.
Dave Slusher - Books finished reading A darkness more than night by Michael Connelly
A darkness more than night by Michael Connelly
Terrence McCaleb is asked by the LAPD to help them investigate a series of murders that have them baffled. They …
Dave Slusher - Books reviewed Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman
The average human lifespan is absurdly, outrageously, insultingly brief: if you live to 80, you …
Be Generous to Yourself and Don't Measure Every Second of Your Life
5 stars
A good antidote to both "grind culture" and "enjoy every moment to the fullest" mindsets. Rather than opposites, these outlooks are almost the same. Put pressure on yourself to achieve specific outcomes at all times. Turns out this is not the recipe to happiness.
A good antidote to both "grind culture" and "enjoy every moment to the fullest" mindsets. Rather than opposites, these outlooks are almost the same. Put pressure on yourself to achieve specific outcomes at all times. Turns out this is not the recipe to happiness.
Dave Slusher - Books finished reading Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman
The average human lifespan is absurdly, outrageously, insultingly brief: if you live to 80, you …
Finished it in a hotel room in Las Vegas. Makes a weird sort of sense.
Lightning Struck Itself
4 stars
On the plane ride and during the downtime of this Las Vegas vacation I read the 33 1/3 book about Marquee Moon while listening to the album over and over. Most was history and background and just this morning did I get to the breakdown of the actual songs. That was the best part, reading the dissection while hearing the actual tunes. Book was kind of wanky but the experience was fun.
The biggest insight I took away was that Verlaine was a twin and that this album is full of doubling imagery. In the the title track he even repeats words
I was listening Listening to the rain But I was hearing Hearing something else
Much like Television itself the book is maybe a little too hip and cerebral for its own good but I did feel lifted by the experience. Elevation don't go to my …
On the plane ride and during the downtime of this Las Vegas vacation I read the 33 1/3 book about Marquee Moon while listening to the album over and over. Most was history and background and just this morning did I get to the breakdown of the actual songs. That was the best part, reading the dissection while hearing the actual tunes. Book was kind of wanky but the experience was fun.
The biggest insight I took away was that Verlaine was a twin and that this album is full of doubling imagery. In the the title track he even repeats words
I was listening Listening to the rain But I was hearing Hearing something else
Much like Television itself the book is maybe a little too hip and cerebral for its own good but I did feel lifted by the experience. Elevation don't go to my head.
Dave Slusher - Books finished reading Television's Marquee Moon by Bryan Waterman
Dave Slusher - Books started reading Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman
Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman
The average human lifespan is absurdly, outrageously, insultingly brief: if you live to 80, you have about four thousand weeks …
Dave Slusher - Books wants to read Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman
Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman
The average human lifespan is absurdly, outrageously, insultingly brief: if you live to 80, you have about four thousand weeks …
