What books are you reading?

sigmoid · Post by **sigmoid** » Wed Dec 22, 2021 4:55 pm

Chuck Borris wrote: ↑Wed Dec 22, 2021 3:54 pm

Mick Jagger's inspiration for the Stones "Sympathy for the Devil".

Here's my impressive entry:

Chögyam Trungpa describes "crazy wisdom" as an innocent state of mind that has the quality of early morning — fresh, sparkling, and completely awake. This fascinating book examines the life of Padmasambhava, or Guru Rinpoche — the revered Indian teacher who brought Buddhism to Tibet — to illustrate the principle of crazy wisdom. Wowie zowie...

WillieW · Post by **WillieW** » Wed Dec 22, 2021 5:07 pm

Darkcel wrote: ↑Tue Dec 21, 2021 10:46 pm On the beach by Neville Shute

That's a book I read many years ago and never forgot.

SternAAlbifrons · Post by **SternAAlbifrons** » Wed Dec 22, 2021 5:09 pm

A Hippo Love Story (don't laugh)
- A woman's fight to save a hippo family (Don't snigger either!!)

Well, it's better than that stupid Cher elephant tv doco i endured last night. (the things you do out of patriotism)
A great story but one of those new style NatGeo type documentaries where every single thing has to be a fucking drama.
The truck is 30 seconds late.... subliminal hollywood creepy music, ad break.... instantly resolved because it was never an issue in the first place.
Dramatics, and dripping dumb sentimentality.

But like i say, a good story.
Of course the money could have been better spent for the preservation of elephants in the wild - but sometimes we need the personal touch from across the species divide.
I'm dripping with love for flocking hippopotamuses myself right now.

Pseudonomdeplume · Post by **Pseudonomdeplume** » Thu Dec 23, 2021 1:55 pm

Next chance I get to switch off again, I will re-read The AmerIcan Dream by David Windecher. I got lost in the pages but, due to distractions, kept getting snapped out of it. READ IT as a bucket list entry.

Regarding my current book, with other priorities to the fore, I have almost finished colouring it in.

Big Daikon · Post by **Big Daikon** » Thu Dec 23, 2021 2:41 pm

Ghostwriter wrote: ↑Tue Dec 21, 2021 11:36 pm That and awaiting the next Houellebecq, which everybody in the game is nervous about in France, because of his wit and his spot-on social analysis, every single book.
It's due for January 2, so, soon.

He is a fun read. Bleak, horny, nihilistic-very French.
Serotonin was predictably dark.

Submission was terrifyingly on the nose.

phuketrichard · Post by **phuketrichard** » Thu Dec 23, 2021 3:24 pm

will give submission a try, seems like he has written lots>
book i read a month ago and enjoyed

Big Daikon · Post by **Big Daikon** » Thu Dec 23, 2021 4:27 pm

phuketrichard wrote: ↑Thu Dec 23, 2021 3:24 pm will give submission a try, seems like he has written lots>
book i read a month ago and enjoyed

Platform is set in Thailand, if that swings your vote. Great French perspective.

Pseudonomdeplume · Post by **Pseudonomdeplume** » Thu Dec 23, 2021 11:38 pm

I only read non-fiction, and the two below are brilliant.

Know My Name
Serious stuff and 2019 Book of the Year by "everyone" -

Howard Stern
Not so much -

Ghostwriter · Post by **Ghostwriter** » Fri Dec 24, 2021 12:21 am

Big Daikon wrote: ↑Thu Dec 23, 2021 4:27 pm
phuketrichard wrote: ↑Thu Dec 23, 2021 3:24 pm will give submission a try, seems like he has written lots>
book i read a month ago and enjoyed
Platform is set in Thailand, if that swings your vote. Great French perspective.

I just got his new one (that i was awaiting for january) this morning, now page 176, great. The title is "Aneantir"which means Annihilate.
Plot unclear so far with elements of : hacking / hi-def animation / potential terrorism / a bit of French politics / economy / DGSI (our secret services), and of course some great insights about the evolution of our lifes through the last decades.
So many significant details and thoughts, it's like putting on some glasses, when reading about the country and the world i'm living in.

Khmu Nation · Post by **Khmu Nation** » Sat Dec 25, 2021 12:02 pm

The Real Anthony Fauci by RFK Jr

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