What Are You Reading

[Mario]

How do you find it? I found that one and the last one (White Jazz) to be my least favorites of the LA Quartet. The two middle ones were my favorites.

I find it a good read but since it's my first Ellroy and the first of the LA Quartet I have no comparison yet. I'll let you know as soon as I'm through and done with the other three books.

 

[John Boyer]

"The Seven Mysteries of Life: An Exploration of Science and Philosophy" by Guy Murchie
"C.G. Jung on Nature Technology & Modern Life" Edited by Meredith Sabini

 

[Flicka]

The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope. I'm on a classics roll!

 

[Giftmacher]

I don't suppose anyone here can read it, but have someone heard about mentioned "Soda" Sherill? Should have been one of the best pilots the USA. At the end of story is notice "narrative by Colonel Robert L. Scott" which is somewhat famous.
http://www.imageno.com/9ru6f4x2th4jpic.html

 

[Miss Golightly]

Double Indemnity by James M. Cain

 

[Tomasso]

The House That Ate the Hamptons

 

[Mark B.]

Not vintage but a fun read....Blinded, by Stephen White.

 

[HadleyH]

I just finished my 6th Modigliani bio .. verrrry nice as I thought it would be!

and last night i started and finished a book on Pascin...very disappointed very little bio on the man too little on his death his suicide his writing on a wall with his blood Good Bye Lucie(his lover) .... thats what I wanted to read not about his pictures...... it was all photos ... I don't give a fig about photos of pictures he painted ... give me photos of the person and his homes and loves and all that ... very little bio of the man.


I am giving an arm an a leg for a proper bio on Pascin. Anybody can help? Thank You.

 

[HadleyH]

Does anybody among the 25,617 members of Fedora Lounge knows of a good biography of Jules Pascin?

I thank you.

 

[Harp]

Does anybody among the 25,617 members of Fedora Lounge knows of a good biography of Jules Pascin?

I thank you.

"Jules Pascin and The Demons of Chance" by Elaine Snyderman.

..mon plazir belle.

 

[cw3pa]

Just finished "The Cold Dish" by Craig Johnson. The first in the Walt Longmire mystery series. And have started "Death Without Company". Not bad if you like a murder mystery with a contemporary western flair and a bit of old Cheyenne lore thrown in. Similar to Tony Hillerman.

 

[HadleyH]

"Jules Pascin and The Demons of Chance" by Elaine Snyderman.

..mon plazir belle.

Thank you very much for your help!! I am going to get that book! I do appreciate it Harp

 

[Derek Cavin]

Bill Bruford - The Autobiography

 

[DameWhoDrinks]

I read about three or four books at once. Right now, im finishing up Memoirs of a Muppet Writer by Joseph Bailey, very funny, so sweet. Im about to start Harpo Speaks! and probably The lady's room. For school, i'm reading Sophie's World and Grendel. Oy. There is also a book of story versions of episodes of Are you being served that I might add to my purse.

 

[Murphy]

Currently reading Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck

Two books waiting are

Brighton Rock by Graham Greene
The Power-House by John Buchan

after that what I can find in the library

 

[Widebrim]

Read The Big Sleep again. My second favorite Chandler novel after Farewell, My Lovely.

 

[Katzenjammer]

The Way Some People Die by Ross MacDonald.

 

[AmateisGal]

The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt by Caroline Preston. A wonderfully charming novel told in scrapbook format - full of vintage images from the 1920s. A brilliant concept that really worked.

 

[DavidJones]

I'm reading a 1931 edition of Horice Kephart's book "Camping and Woodcraft." Originally published in 1917.

 

[Mayor La Trivia]

I've recently gotten on a Zane Grey kick. Just finished "The U.P. Trail". Great book.