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29 August 2013
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The Avengers vs X-Men Companion.
Around 1,000 pages of comic book crazy.
Did I mention I read the Planetary Omnibus a few weeks back? Best comic I have ever read.
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8.50am
19 October 2016
Offline 130 pages into Mark Lewisohn’s Tune In. John just met Paul… Wish I could spend more hours of my day reading.
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11 November 2010
Offline I got started on this last night.
Junky by William S. Burroughs
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5.21am
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18 March 2013
Offline ^ Cool tell me how you find it, I have it on my shelf but still haven’t got around to it yet.
The last book I read was the first novel in The Chronicles of Narnia ‘The Magician’s Nephew’- I enjoyed it, after I heard such negative reviews from my friends. I was about halfway through it when I thought “Oh I don’t get why everyone is on about this being practically the Bible rewritten” and then Narnia was created by Aslan and Digory was tempted to eat a forbidden fruit and I just went “ahhhhhh ok”- not so subtle C.S Lewis.
Anyways now I’m onto the anti-Narnia book ‘The Golden Compass’ by Philip Pullman.
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8.20am
17 January 2016
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I’ve read a few in this series over the course of this year. Currently:
“She wasn't doing a thing that I could see, except standing there leaning on the balcony railing, holding the universe together.” - J.D. Salinger
8.29am
19 October 2016
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I got started on this last night.
Junky by William S. Burroughs
One of my favorites… Burroughs is somehow lumped in with the beats but to me he is in his own category.
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11 November 2010
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Alright. 2016 is ending soon and I don’t think I’ll be starting on any new books this year. So here is my annual list of books I’ve read in the past year:
History of The American Cinema: An Evening’s Entertainment: The Age of The Silent Feature Picture, 1915-1928 by Richard Koszarski (continued from 2015)
The Beatles: All These Years Volume 1: Tune in by Mark Lewisohn (currently reading)
My Autobiography by Charlie Chaplin
On The Road by Jack Kerouac
Theda Bara, My Mentor: Under The Wing of Hollywood’s First Femme Fatale by Joan Craig
Hellraiser: The Autobiography of the World’s Greatest Drummer by Ginger Baker
The Fear Babe: Shattering Vani Hari’s Glass House by Kavin Senapathy, Mark Alsip, and Marc Draco
The Chicago White Sox by Warren Brown (currently reading)
Brain Droppings by George Carlin
The 2,548 Best Things Anybody Ever Said compiled by Robert Byrne
Vamp: The Rise and Fall of Theda Bara by Eve Golden
Presto! How I Made Over 100 Pounds Disappear and Other Magical Tales by Penn Jillette
Junky by William S. Burroughs (currently reading)
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Currently reading The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi. Seems like a pretty good book so far, though I’m not very far in, so I can’t be too sure. Also, in my English class we’re reading Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli. Seems interesting, but kind of depressing.
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29 August 2013
Offline Marvel Onslaught Omnibus – around 1250 pages of comic goodness.
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4.23pm
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27 November 2016
Offline The Complete Recording Sessions – Mark Lewisohn. I know that is weird bedtime reading, but, hey, don’t judge me!
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14 February 2016
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Jack London’s Novels and Social Writings (it’s a volume). I’m right at the end of Martin Eden. Jack London is a brilliant writer, I wish he had lived longer.
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12.56am
31 July 2014
Offline “The Vanity of Duluoz” by Jack Kerouac, 1967. His last book actually written at the end of his life was the first one about his teens & early twenties. He joined the Merchant Marines in ’41 (for money & adventure). He loved the coast of Ireland. “…then we sailed down into the Irish Sea, laid anchor off Belfast, waited there for some British convoy boats, and crossed the Irish Sea that afternoon and night and straight for Liverpool. 1943. The year the Beatles were born there. ha ha ha.” (well close enough, my dear tenderhearted Jack)
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31 July 2014
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Jack London’s Novels and Social Writings (it’s a volume). I’m right at the end of Martin Eden. Jack London is a brilliant writer, I wish he had lived longer.
Funny thing about Martin Eden. I wasn’t aware that it was from the writings of Jack London. There’s a song by Tom Waits called Shiver Me Timbers wherein he sings, “And I know Martin Eden’s gonna be proud of me and may before me who’ve been called by the sea…”
One day, I was in an old book store and laying right on the counter was a copy of Martin Eden, which I bought & read immediately! Thanks for that memory!
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4.12am
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18 March 2013
Offline Quite a load of random things, I’ve been reading a load of non-fiction (essays and things) but at the minute I’m mixing the light-hearted with the heavy. Apologies for all the Doctor Who autobiographies, it’s just how it worked out.
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9.39am
26 January 2017
Offline Peter Ames Carlin’s Catch A Wave. Its a very well written account of Brian Wilson’s life.
"The pump don't work cause the vandals took the handles!"
-Bob Dylan, Subterranean Homesick Blues
"We could ride and surf together while our love would grow"
-Brian Wilson, Surfer Girl
12.32pm
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14 April 2010
Offline Two books ago:
The last one:
Currently:
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WeepingAtlasCedars, BeatlebugTo the fountain of perpetual mirth, let it roll for all its worth. And all the children boogie.
9.39am
19 October 2016
Offline I was given “Ringo: With A Little Help ” by Michael Seth Starr (no relation) for Christmas. My kids gave me that plus the Lego Yellow Submarine .
The Ringo book is OK so far, I think I have been spoiled by Lewisohn’s precision and clarity. I have definitely noticed some vagueness and weird sentence construction.
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Having read the first three chapters I haven’t been annoyed, wanting to throw it out the window, or bored senseless. Which is unique in most of which I have tried to read in the many months gone by.
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I got as far as chapter one of Norman’s Paul biography; it annoyed the very core of my being so I lost all interest and intent on it. Sorry but I have no interest at all in reading about visitors to Paul’s National Trust home. What a stupid way to start a book.
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13 November 2016
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Enjoying the book so far, for a relatively newer Beatles fan like myself it’s nice!
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20 August 2013
Offline ^ Is it your book or did you check it out of a library, @GardeningOctopus?
Is there a nifty little fact you’ve learned from the book that you can share with us? Just anything you didn’t already know…don’t worry if you think others may already know it. We all have to take our Beatles baby steps.
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