For no particular reason, I had The Rooster Bar by John Grisham on my TBR and started reading it this week. I don't normally go for "airport books," but this one is a ton of fun. Now I remember why I read over a dozen of Grisham's books in the 90s and early 2000s. It's been a while since I picked him up... almost a couple decades, but I'm glad I did again.
FTR, The Rooster Bar has nothing to do with chickens. 😉
@dbsalk@bookstodon I felt the same way about those types of books for a loooooong time but I decided to go back and read through some and they're better than I anticipated. I've read like 5 of the Alex Cross's so far.
My heart aches for the children who will no longer have access to their local library because some arrogant assholes decided to be offended by books with new ideas and different perspectives.
This week I'm wrapping up the audio of Let The Great World Spin by Colum McCann. This is the second audiobook in a row for me with truly raw depictions of people just scraping by and trying to make the best of their situation. Tillie's narration is heartbreaking. Next audio read needs to be something not so heavy.
Related: now I feel like I should watch "The Walk" starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt. (not a bad thing)
This is turning out to be a book I'm not terribly excited about: The Dog Of The South by Charles Portis. The tone sort of reminds me of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, but set in Texas and Mexico and without the hardcore drugs. Parts are funny, but mostly it kind of drags and I'm not sure what the point is. If I wasn't already more than halfway through, I'd probably add it to the DNF pile. #FridayReads#AmReading#Books#Fiction#Bookstodon@bookstodon
Speaking of dealing with assholes, Is there a term for a person that insists on referring to the Washington #NFL franchise by their previous (and very racist) name?
I'll stipulate that "Washington Commanders" is terrible, but a significant improvement over what was in place before.
Listening to the audio of This Is Your Brain On Sports by L. Jon Wertheim and Sam Sommers.
I wish I had read it closer to its 2016 pub date. 8 years later, parts are a little outdated. Example: in a list of active QBs at the time, several had yet to reach their peak. Now they're seasoned veterans or retired.
Amusingly, when quoting PK Subban, the narrator gave him a French accent. Subban grew up in Toronto.
@dbsalk@bookstodon I guess because he played in Montreal before going to Nashville. Or maybe it's the way some Americans used to think that if you were Canadian you came from Quebec. Kind of like everyone south of the border is Mexican, eh?
Prove me wrong: the hype for the #NFLDraft exists so that Mel Kiper can justify his paycheck. Without the hype, he'd be selling paint at Home Depot. #NFL#Sports#Football#Draft#ESPN
I really need to start keeping notes on how/why I put a book to my TBR pile. The East Indian by Brinda Charry was added about a year ago, and I don't remember how I found out about it. A truly unique tale about an Indian boy winding up first in England and then Virginia during the 17th century efforts at colonization, for me this book is historical fiction at its absolute best. It might be one of the best books I pick up in 2024. #FridayReads#Fiction#AmReading#Books#Bookstodon@bookstodon
Not sure what attracted me to This Is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper. It's not what my wife would call a "David Book" - I don't read a lot of family dramedies. I liked it enough, though, to add One Last Thing Before I Go to my TBR. Finally got to it 12 years later, and am almost done. Not as great as TIWILY, but still good and very funny.
The movie adaptation of TIWILY featuring Jason Bateman and Jane Fonda is also quite good.
It's Pizza Bingo Night at my kids' school, which is a fundraiser where we (you guessed it) play bingo and eat pizza. The #pizza is from the local Papa John's. The only way I can tolerate Papa John's is with their garlic butter sauce. I suspect that won't be provided.
If you eat #FastFood, what chain will you draw the line at? (for quality/personal taste reasons, not ideological reasons like Chik-Fil-A giving $$ to anti-LGBTQ groups) For me, it's Papa John's, Subway, and Panera. #Food
Well, damn... I had been doing a pretty solid job of paring down my TBR list, which currently has enough books on it to last me until I die (not an exaggeration). I've been more selective about what I add, going from "Gee this seems interesting" to "Let me think for a moment about if I would actually ever read this." In Q1 2024, I added 5 books to my TBR.
I've added 6 books in just the first week of April. My self-control is faltering.
Today is the 159th anniversary of Ulysses Grant's defeat of the US secessionist slavery movement's paramilitary arm. Please celebrate accordingly. #History#CivilWar#Histodons