New! Reading Anything Thread 2.0

[Rev. Powell]

not to judge a book by a book on its cover, but... 'comedy'. not really a plot is it?

Yes, according to the book all "comedies" have the same basic plot structure with details changed. (I haven't gotten there yet, but that is indeed his thesis).

[zombie no.one]

he must be having a laugh

[Rev. Powell]

New bathroom reading:

[Sitting Duck]

Fun Fact: The publishers BearManor Media were one of the Madvertisement sponsors for Season 13 of MST3K.

[Rev. Powell]

Fun Fact: The publishers BearManor Media were one of the Madvertisement sponsors for Season 13 of MST3K.

True. Bear Manor also published me and when I brought up the MST3K commercials, he said I was the first person who ever mentioned them.

[ER]

Last Rites by Ozzy Osbourne is not an edifying read. Ten-thousand stories he could have told his ghost writer to put in and instead he delivered a book-length tell-all of medical problems and constant suffering. Ever sat by an old person on a flight who tells you nothing but how his prostate is and his knee and how he depends on laxatives, and talks about nothing else while you're trapped there? That was the tone of this memoir.

[lester1/2jr]

I've been getting really in to the Book of Jonah in The Bible.

[Alex]

Last Rites by Ozzy Osbourne is not an edifying read. Ten-thousand stories he could have told his ghost writer to put in and instead he delivered a book-length tell-all of medical problems and constant suffering. Ever sat by an old person on a flight who tells you nothing but how his prostate is and his knee and how he depends on laxatives, and talks about nothing else while you're trapped there? That was the tone of this memoir.

Funnily enough I was asked if I wanted that one as a present and said hell no as I had no wish to read about his declining health. If you want, I can give you a couple of much more light-hearted and enjoyable books about him filled with his misadventures.

[lester1/2jr]

Re-reading "The Vampire Economy" about Hitler's demented attempt at a national socialist economy.

[Rev. Powell]

A short one I picked up years ago to read while I wait for the book I really want, coming from Amazon.

[Jim H]

I finished Joe Abercrombie's recent book, The Devils.  It's good and quite entertaining, but doesn't stack up to his best novels like the Age of Madness series.  It's much like a dark fantasy medieval version of the Suicide Squad.  Fun characters, generally good world building, it's pretty funny, his usually terrific action scenes.  James Cameron bought the film rights, and it'd make a cracking film for sure if done right.