What Are You Reading Now?

[clackamascoug]

Just finished Innovators by Walter Isaacson. Lots of good information, centered around group communication and how we all feed off of each other to innovate. It was interesting when he spoke of online groups just like this one, and the dynamics that bring us together and keep us around. Turns out that one of the first things that happened when local networks were established that people started doing what we do.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Just finished all four Elmore Leonard books featuring the Raylan Givens character. Fantastic.

I am embarrassed to admit that these are the first Elmore Leonard books I have read. The good news is that there are 30 or so left to read.

[clackamascoug]

Just finished chapter one of Atlas Shrugged. Better later than never on a 50 year old book. At a 1,000 pages does it get any better?

[kccougar]

Just finished chapter one of Atlas Shrugged. Better later than never on a 50 year old book. At a 1,000 pages does it get any better?

You will end up skimming a lot, but I still enjoyed it.

[old_gregg]

Just finished chapter one of Atlas Shrugged. Better later than never on a 50 year old book. At a 1,000 pages does it get any better?

no. it's an infantile worldview for sociopaths.

[SteelBlue]

Just finished an impressive debut novel from M.O. Walsh, "My Sunshine Away". I'd classify it as literary fiction but it definitely has elements of a thriller or at least a page turner. Subject matter can be difficult, but overall an excellent read. I think this may end up being on a lot of best of 2015 lists.

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[Non Sequitur]

Just finished all four Elmore Leonard books featuring the Raylan Givens character. Fantastic.

I am embarrassed to admit that these are the first Elmore Leonard books I have read. The good news is that there are 30 or so left to read.

I've read most of them. My favorites:
Out of Sight
Get Shorty
Rum Punch
Killshot
Pagan Babies

I haven't read his western novels, but would like to get around to it sometime.

[SteelBlue]

Just finished "West of Sunset". Historical fiction about the latter part of F. Scott Fitzgerald's life after his wife Zelda had been committed to a mental health hospital and he headed to Hollywood as a screenwriter. Well written and interesting but mostly sad. The guy was fixing dialog on crappy movies and getting booted off of even those projects almost up until the time he died. One interesting note was that he actually worked on Gone With the Wind (uncredited, mostly he's remembered for tightening the script by eliminating lines than for anything he added).

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[Donuthole]

Summertime, and the readin's easy.

[TripletDaddy]

That summertime reading thread should have been placed in the Eddie jones board short thread.

[clackamascoug]

no. it's an infantile worldview for sociopaths.

I got 500 pages into Atlas, and old_gregg's words were haunting me the whole time. He's right. He killed it for me.

he's smart.

[PaloAltoCougar]

Just finished McCullough's The Wright Brothers. It's not a great book, but it's still a fun, quick (at least by McCullough standards, weighing in at around 270 pages) and interesting read. It gives one a much stronger appreciation for the Wright Brothers--the Wright family, actually--and how unassuming they were despite their celebrity. Perhaps the greatest compliment I can give the book is that it makes me want to visit Dayton (I am not making this up) as there are a few things there I'd now like to see.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Just finished McCullough's The Wright Brothers. It's not a great book, but it's still a fun, quick (at least by McCullough standards, weighing in at around 270 pages) and interesting read. It gives one a much stronger appreciation for the Wright Brothers--the Wright family, actually--and how unassuming they were despite their celebrity. Perhaps the greatest compliment I can give the book is that it makes me want to visit Dayton (I am not making this up) as there are a few things there I'd now like to see.

Can't wait to read this one. But I see the audio version is only $10. I might go that route and let McCullough read it to me.

[eldiente]

It's a good listen. McCullough is a good narrator.

[OceanBlue]

Just finished McCullough's The Wright Brothers. It's not a great book, but it's still a fun, quick (at least by McCullough standards, weighing in at around 270 pages) and interesting read. It gives one a much stronger appreciation for the Wright Brothers--the Wright family, actually--and how unassuming they were despite their celebrity. Perhaps the greatest compliment I can give the book is that it makes me want to visit Dayton (I am not making this up) as there are a few things there I'd now like to see.

My biking partner listened to the book and pointed out the house where the Wright Brothers stayed while in Kitty Hawk. We bike past it daily. It's pretty neat to think they walked part of the course that we bike. I heard an interview with the author on NPR and it was fascinating. On my summer reading list.