books: what are you currently reading?

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Quote from: Silence Dogood on May 11, 2018, 01:34:07 PM
GUITAR: AN AMERICAN LIFE by Tim Brookes.
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A good read.  I'd love to try one of his guitars.  The process he describes is very interesting

Finished this one.  Enjoyed but found the writer a bit long-winded with all the history and commentary.  Maybe he needed a word count for the publisher.  Not awful but I wish there had been more about the building process and less of everything else.   I want to reread St John's CLAPTON'S GUITAR now, a much better book that focuses more on the build and shop dynamics.

Quote from: NotRevGDavis on October 28, 2009, 11:02:53 AM
Kitchen Confidential, Anthony Bourdain. I finally got around to reading this book after seeing No Reservations. Having worked in the food industry as a pearl diver (dishwasher), sous chef, back up line cook and bacon cooker (hundreds of 2'x3' sheets every day from 11pm to 7am all day, every day at a large casino) and all that before my 17th bday I really had no desire to read about food service but Anthony Bourdain is a fantastic guide through the food industry.
I recently bought Stiff but haven't started it yet.
Well, as most everyone knows now, we lost Anthony Bourdain recently.
Here's a video I saw on another forum recently that you guitar lovers might enjoy.
Raw Craft with Anthony Bourdain



"Make Mine Music" by Bruce Swedien
2000 L-03-E
2012 Epiphone Nighthawk Custom Reissue
1985 Peavey Milestone
2004 SX SPJ-62 Bass
2008 Valencia Solid Cedar Top Classical
2015 Taylor 414ce - won in drawing
2016 Ibanez SR655BBF
???? Mitchell MDJ-10 3/4 scale dread
???? Squier Danocaster

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"The Thundering Herd" by Zane Grey. My brother found a couple of old Zane Grey books in PA and gave them to me.
Thank you. Tom


Just read my first Louis L'amour - Hondo - fun read - enjoyed. Will read some more by him. Recommendations  :?
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Quote from: JOYCEfromNS on July 11, 2018, 05:45:06 PM
Just read my first Louis L'amour - Hondo - fun read - enjoyed. Will read some more by him. Recommendations  :?

I've read a lot of Louis L'amour books over the years, haven't read a bad one. Some that come to mind are "The Broken Gun", "Haunted Mesa", "Crossfire Trail", "The Outlaws of Mesquite" and many more. He wrote a bunch of books around a fictional family named "The Sacketts", kind of a series. Several of his books were made into movies in the 70s and 80s, starring Sam Elliott, Tom Selleck, and Ben Johnson, etc...
Thank you. Tom

Quote from: JOYCEfromNS on July 11, 2018, 05:45:06 PM
Just read my first Louis L'amour - Hondo - fun read - enjoyed. Will read some more by him. Recommendations  :?

His westerns are good stories. If westerns aren't your cup,  The Walking Drum is set in around 1100AD. And Last of the Breed is modern time (1960's). Both great stories.
A couple others are Sacketts Land, and To the Far Blue Mountains, which take place in early to mid 1700's.
A Hebrew, under the Spell
Pain is a good thing

Ohmigawd my father in law has every Loius Lamour book ever written. Is he as good as McMurtry? Lonesome Dove is one of my favorite novels ever. 

Quote from: ducktrapper on July 11, 2018, 10:23:22 PM
Ohmigawd my father in law has every Loius Lamour book ever written. Is he as good as McMurtry? Lonesome Dove is one of my favorite novels ever. 

Never read McMurtry  stuff.
A Hebrew, under the Spell
Pain is a good thing

I've been reading The Dhimmi, by Bat Ye'or....when I find time.
A Hebrew, under the Spell
Pain is a good thing

I'm reading the "official" biography of Roy Orbison, written by Roy's sons and Jeff Slate.   I'm about done with it and have to admit it's pretty dull, but the info is surely there. 

Soft Machine; Out Bloody Rageous.  An account of the band, and it's members from before its beginnings.

It's amazing how many books there are on music and musicians, from biographies (including autobios) to the music business, like accounts of The Wrecking Crew and the like.  I've been burning through these books for the past half year or so.

Ed

Quote from: broKen on July 12, 2018, 05:45:48 AM
Never read McMurtry  stuff.

If you like westerns or even if you don't, Lonesome Dove is very good as are most of LM's novels. Also James Lee Burke. I'm reading his House of the Rising Sun right now and enjoying it a lot.  


Two, actually....
12 Rules for Life by Jordan Peterson. It's kinda cool.
Haynes Repair Manual - Chevrolet Silverado 1999 thru 2001. With almost 267k on it (I bought it new), always a good idea to brush up.
Mike
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12 Rules for Life...Jordan Peterson delivers a fascinating perspective about life.  His youtube content is so impressively delivered. 

Quote from: mike in lytle on August 25, 2018, 01:10:38 PM

Haynes Repair Manual - Chevrolet Silverado 1999 thru 2001. With almost 267k on it.
Mike

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Quote from: ryler on August 25, 2018, 01:28:49 PM
12 Rules for Life...Jordan Peterson delivers a fascinating perspective about life.  His youtube content is so impressively delivered. 

Peterson is fantastic. He gives some people immense clarity and other's ... the vapors.    :laughin:

Quote from: JOYCEfromNS on August 25, 2018, 06:08:34 PM
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Yeah, should been 427km, almost 267,000 miles.
Geez. I should not have mentioned it. It is just an old truck.
But I did mention it, and I am looking forward to the 300,000 mile tune up.
Mike
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