Thought I'd start an analogous thread to the one about songs...mine is Imperfect Bliss by Susan Fales-Hill. What about you?
Thought I'd start an analogous thread to the one about songs...mine is Imperfect Bliss by Susan Fales-Hill. What about you?
Once upon a time there were three...[umm never mind]!!!
'The Goldfinch' by Donna Tartt, the 'big novel' of 2014, and it's sublime.
The Goldfinch drove me nuts for being pretty slow.
I'm reading Motown: The Sound of Young America by Adam White is it?, with Barney Ales and a forward by Andrew Oldham.
I'm surprised how few fans on here appeared to read it. It is like a Motown Bible - but it doesn't have any of the crap about group members whining about lead singer and it has none of the gossip. But it has some fairly harsh facts that not all the fans would like to hear. And a lot about Motown's white staff vs. black staff, all presented very matter of factly. And a lot about how crappy it was after Berry went to Los Angeles and how they went through Presidents, some of whom weren't well regarded - like Ewart Abner??
Believing in magic-cookie johnson.
'The Story of Edgar Sawtell"....http://www.edgarsawtelle.com/. Actually, it's a re-read. One of my favorites. Just finished "Bettyville". 5 big stars for that one.
I'm Never Write My Memories - Grace Jones
Ok duufuss,for the tenth time...see jane run...opps wrong post!!
Finally tackling MARY WELLS by Soulful Detroit's own Peter Benjaminson. Very excited!
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/482430.Echoes_of_a_Haunting
Just finished 'Echoes of a Haunting". Love the paranormal and esp. stories of real haunted houses. Some are ultra sensational and bordering on the ridiculous.....but, this one appears to be the real deal.
I'm loving it, lakeside. I'm learning a lot that I didn't know about Ms. Wells. Mr. Benjaminson really outdid himself with this.
Today, I started reading a novel entitled Mr. Fox by Helen Oyeyemi. It's about a novelist who creates a character who comes to life, wreaking havoc in his marriage. Interesting stuff!
I'll have to put that on my reading list. Love Helen's
work;she's quite an interesting person herself. Nigerian
descent,born and bred Brit, now living I'm told in Germany. What's Not Yours is Not Yours was a great read...Right now I'm reading A Pure Solar World about
Sun Ra...
Dang, how fortunate for you!...John Szwed's book was fabulous. A Pure Solar World by Paul Youngquist is not strictly a biography per se
but more about Sun Ra's musical ideas and approaches. In fact Paul
cites Szwed's book as the definitive bio on Ra and I agree with him.
I wish some of our classic soul artists bios were as well researched
and written...I have to read Mr Fox...BTW, here's a link about Paul's
book, real quick. I'm sure you can find better ones...
https://utpress.utexas.edu/books/you...re-solar-world
Excellent! Much obliged. This looks like a must. I'm very interested in Afrofuturism as a concept.
Have you had the opportunity to read Szwed's recent Billie Holiday book? He manages a fresh approach to Lady that I didn't think was possible, given the boatloads of Holiday scholarship over the years. Professor Szwed's a really personable guy as well; he was one of my favorite instructors.
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Yes, sans, I thoroughly enjoyed reading Szwed's book on Billie. As a
rule I read musicians and singers bios and auto-bios all year round and
for some artists I'll read every take I come across. Billie, Coltrane, Louie, Miles and James Brown are all in that club for me. The recent bio
of James Brown did something most authors overlooked, actually
going to the people who knew JB personaly. Novel idea or what?....
MCC "Laws of Cricket"
Ha! Just started The Promise: President Obama, Year One by Jonathan Alter. A bittersweet read in today's climate if there ever was one.
And now...THE REAL T by Eddy Hampton Armani. Popcorn at the ready.
I just finished-after the dance by jan gaye..and i'm onto-charlton heston.
I just finish[the fifty year mission]the history of star trek...beam me up scotty!!
'Destined for War: Can America Escape China's Thucydides Trap' by Graham Allison. Excellent & recommended.
My check book.
The Conclave. Going to Catholic schools got me all into Vatican intrigue [[God help me but a fairly good read)
Grace's book turned out to be fantastic! Up next...Beverly Johnson's THE FACE THAT CHANGED IT ALL [[noticing a theme here?). 😄
Moved on to Italian Folktales translated by Italo Calvino.
Under orders to read Dora Bruder before the next school term
I'm on to Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem.
waiting for delivery of "The Last days of Detroit"
"Divine Right's Trip" by Gurney Norman
When the original Whole Earth Catalog came out, Stewart Brand thought it should be, besides an "Access To Tools", it should also have some entertainment value, thus "Divine Right's Trip" was published inside the catalog, on the lower right portion of each page. It's a great little novel about a couple of "hippies", D.R. and Estelle, and their VW Bus, Urge. If your curious, this is the first page.....
http://www.wholeearth.com/issue/1170...ght's.trip
"The Grip of It"
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/books/
THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE HER by Junot Diaz
Just started the novel Your Face in Mine by Jess Row. It's got a fascinating premise: A white, Jewish man undergoes a surgical procedure to become Black. Mayhem ensues. Grabbing the popcorn!
Just started ASSUMPTION by Percival Everett.
Just in time for October...."This House is Haunted"....about the Enfield hauntings in England in the 1970's. Love the paranormal genre any time of year. Anyone have any recommendations? I think I've read most....but, am always looking.
http://whitecrowbooks.com/books/page...d_poltergeist/
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