What Are You Reading Now?

[Jeff Lebowski]

The movie is a legitimate classic. MF's externals were shot in the Tenderloin district of San Francisco, a district that now features open-air drug markets, human excreta, semi-organized homelessness, stray needles, and trash.

Ha. You just described most of SF.

[Walter Sobchak]

Wow. Anthony Doerr wins for All the Light We Cannot See.

Fiction:

Winner- All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

an imaginative and intricate novel inspired by the horrors of World War II and written in short, elegant chapters that explore human nature and the contradictory power of technology.

Started this last Thu on the plane and finished yesterday. Incredible. Makes everything else I've read in the last year or so seem like trash in comparison. The final chapter hit me like a ton of bricks.

[chrisrenrut]

Started this last Thu on the plane and finished yesterday. Incredible. Makes everything else I've read in the last year or so seem like trash in comparison. The final chapter hit me like a ton of bricks.

Still one of my favorites, and most recommended. I've re-listened to it a time or two when I run out of Audible credits.

[Pelado]

Would All the Light We Cannot See be appropriate for younger readers - 12 or 15 years old?

[Donuthole]

Would All the Light We Cannot See be appropriate for younger readers - 12 or 15 years old?

I seem to remember one character with a particular affinity for the f word. He is not a main character, but he does appear a handful of times throughout the book.

[Pelado]

I seem to remember one character with a particular affinity for the f word. He is not a main character, but he does appear a handful of times throughout the book.

Are we talking like 5 f-bombs, or closer to 500?

[Scott R Nelson]

Currently reading Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World by Anand Giridharadas.

He had appeared in several YouTube videos, as Ted Talks, guests on various late night and talks shows, and in some political discussions. I mostly agree with what he had to say, but he kept referring to his book. I checked the ebooks at my local library and it was available, so I grabbed it. He has an interesting take on how to fix the world. But you can get most of the details from any of the YouTube videos he's in that are just over an hour in length, because he seems to have a standard presentation.

But it's worth reading the additional details if you're interested in his philosophy, even if you disagree with it.

[Donuthole]

What Are You Reading Now?

Are we talking like 5 f-bombs, or closer to 500?

Probably close to 5. I don’t think they even would have registered with me, but when I read it I was considering the book for my then-12-year-old, so I was on high alert for that stuff.

Oh, and I think there’s a rape scene, though it’s not particularly graphic.

[CardiacCoug]

Started this last Thu on the plane and finished yesterday. Incredible. Makes everything else I've read in the last year or so seem like trash in comparison. The final chapter hit me like a ton of bricks.

Dude you are 5 years late to the party! Definitely one of my faves.

I read this one years ago, about 6 months after my wife read it. I liked it so much I was honestly kind of ticked at my wife, “Why didn’t you tell me I HAVE TO read this book immediately?!”

[Jeff Lebowski]

Dude you are 5 years late to the party! Definitely one of my faves.

I read this one years ago, about 6 months after my wife read it. I liked it so much I was honestly kind of ticked at my wife, “Why didn’t you tell me I HAVE TO read this book immediately?!”

Wasn’t there supposed to be a big screen version?

[Walter Sobchak]

I read this one years ago, about 6 months after my wife read it. I liked it so much I was honestly kind of ticked at my wife, “Why didn’t you tell me I HAVE TO read this book immediately?!”

My wife only reads the scriptures.

[Scott R Nelson]

Currently reading Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World by Anand Giridharadas.

Just finished this book. I has changed my way of thinking.

Now I need to find another non-fiction book to shift my thinking back toward raw capitalism.

[Pelado]

I'm over 100 pages in now. Haven't noticed any f-bombs or rapes yet.

[BigPiney]

I finished The End of October, by Lawrence Wright. This book is really notable because it came out at the end of April but the book is about a global pandemic. Very well researched as I would expect from Wright. His book about Scientology was great. But I am not so sure about his fiction writing. Also it has a little too much climate change porn for my liking, it got old.

[clackamascoug]

Thanks to you gentlemen - I will download All the Light.... right now and listen to it.