What book are you currently reading, or recommend?

[NFBuck]

David Foster Wallace most certainly isn't for everyone, I found "Infinite Jest" to be a slog to get through, but the man was definitely a unique/brilliant mind and could make even the most mundane sentence interesting with how he could turn a phrase. I picked this up about two years ago and it has sat on my bookshelf because after Infinite Jest, I was somewhat intimidated by he sheer density of DFW's writing. I finally dug into this following a YouTube video I saw on it, and even incomplete, I found it brilliant, funny, entertaining and clever. It's a shame we won't get anymore stories from that mind.

 

[NFBuck]

Been about 20 years, and well worth the re-read.

 

[ScriptOhio]

The Clemente book was definitely the best of the three.

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

First Go:

Rereading:

 

[ExpatAkronite]

Been about 20 years, and well worth the re-read.

A good time to revisit that tale although there are some very dangerous ideas . My favorite Steinbeck was always Cannery Row (when I tended bar in the 80s we were sometimes able to sell off the spill pitchers--which of course went right into the tip jar. Always reminded me of the spill they brought back to the camp). Some things to add to the winter reading list along with Patti Smith's M Train.

 

[cjmik_75]

Not bad a read for this time of year. Especially for those of us who can’t afford to have their heads surgically removed from their anal cavity.(think of @Oh8ch ’s avatar)

 

[NFBuck]

Engaging, if often disorienting read. My third Pynchon novel (Crying of Lot 49, Against the Day), and, for me, the most interesting. Plan to get into 'Gravity's Rainbow' at some point in 2019.

 

[Jaxbuck]

"How to lose games and annoy the fuck out of people" by Jim Harbaugh

 

[NFBuck]

"How to lose games and annoy the fuck out of people" by Jim Harbaugh

I tried to read that, but it was written in ALL CAPS in crayon and appeared to have apple juice spilled on it.

 

[Fungo Squiggly]

A couple from Westerville resident and sometimes Dispatch reporter Robin Yocum.

Maybe the second or third book that has brought me to tears. I can't express just how good this book was.....

Equally as enjoyable although perhaps not as emotionally touching.

Both of these really hit the feeling of the Ohio Valley.....

 

[NFBuck]

Not a "feel good" novel, by any means, but captures the feel of NE Ohio and the rust belt in general. As a native of NE Ohio, i could picture so much of this as I was reading.

 

[BayBuck]

"Killers of the Flower Moon: the Osage Murders and the birth of the FBI"
I saw that this is going to be Scorsese and DiCaprio's next movie together, and I had never heard of this story, which it turns out is one of the most terrible chapters in American history. I assume Leo will play Tom White, the Texas Ranger hired by J. Edgar Hoover to investigate the killing-off of the oil-rich Osage Indians in Oklahoma throughout the 1920s, and it should make for a good flick. This is a fast-paced and powerful read.

 

[gmen6981]

I tried to read that, but it was written in ALL CAPS in crayon and appeared to have WHOLE MILK spilled on it.

FIFY

 

[BayBuck]

John Le Carre - A Legacy of Spies

I have had this one on my nightstand for over a year, but waited for the right time so that I could really savor the true Last Smiley Novel... and it was so good! I suspect this would not be the case for even a casual Le Carre reader, much less for someone new to his work, as it does rely on a deep knowledge of The Spy Who Came in From the Cold and the Smiley Trilogy. This one has some of JLC's most "mannered" writing, especially since it's told in the voice of Peter Guillam, but it's great to finally see such a familiar old characters from the inside. Smiley is actually not directly involved in much of the book at all, but we do get to see what eventually became of him, and it's perfect. After this and his recent memoir, this could very well be the last book from Le Carre.

 

[ExpatAkronite]

American guy backpacking Europe joins a caravan running supplies into the siege of Sarajevo. Ends up staying 6 months and during that time convinces U2 to do satellite uplinks from Sarajevo to the screens of the Zooropa tour concerts. Bono ends up producing his documentary and writing a song for it--Miss Sarajevo. Fascinating look at how the people dealt with the siege.