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Just finished Geddy's memoir. One of the best music autobios I've read. I always figured him for a solid cat and the book bears it out.
Now reading: How To Survive In Medieval England by Toni...

I'm currently reading I'll Take Your Questions Now: What I Saw at the Trump White House by former Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham. Some of this stuff would scare Stephen King.

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I just finished The Good Lord Bird by James McBride, which is a fictionalized portrayal of 19th century abolitionist John Brown and his attack on Harper's Ferry, Virginia, as seen through the eyes of...

"Liberation Day" by George Saunders. One of my favorite fiction authors and one of the best short story writers ever.

Apparently the telegram Hendrix sent to Apple arrived after McCartney had vacated to his farm in Scotland and he never received it. What might have been, eh?

About 3/4 of the way through "And In The End: The Last Days of The Beatles" by Ken McNab, a month-by-month examination of the deterioration of the Beatles as a band. I thought after reading as many...

Much of this book is taken from the podcast the two did a couple of years ago. In addition to the guests they talk to their interaction with each other is very funny. Entertaining stuff if you're a...

This is the main drawback with the Paperwhite. Color photos etc. are in b/w and not good quality. So for biographies and other content with a lot of photos, something is definitely lost.

You must be reading my mail! :) My experience with the Kindle is very similar. I use the Paperwhite and it's fantastic. I can hardly read standard print any more so the adjustable font is a...

Just finished John Cleese's memoir "So Anyway...". Slightly disappointed that there wasn't more Python content, but his description of growing up in England in the 40s-50s is quite interesting. The...

Just completed another re-read of Jean Shepherd's Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories: And Other Disasters. Couldn't say how many times I've read this classic since 1971 but gotta be at least a...

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All the behind the scenes stories, the conflicts between the studio and the filmmaker, the filmmaker and the stars, the studio and the Italian-American Anti-Defamation League, the studio and...

About halfway through Lenny Kaye's "Lightning Striking: Ten Transformative Moments in Rock & Roll", in which he documents and offers his unique perspective on many pivotal events in rock history,...

The new Slow Horses series is excellent. The friction between Gary Oldman and Kristin Scott Thomas is worth the price of admission alone.

Patti Smith's memoir of her time with Robert Mapplethorpe, Just Kids. I'm a big Patti fan, of her music and other art and activism. She writes so honestly and expressively about that influential...

For Richard Thompson fans who are also Kindle users, Amazon has his memoir Beeswing: Losing My Way and Finding My Voice 1967-1975 on sale today 3/21 for just $2.99 USD.

For Kindle users, Amazon currently has Stephenson's Zodiac on sale for $1.99.

^ Just finished Woke Up.... If you listen to their podcast it appears that at least half of the interviews in the book are transcripts. Still quite interesting for fans of the Sopranos, and if you've...

My visit to the NY World's Fair in 1964 was a class trip with my elementary school from NJ. I remember the "It's A Small World" exhibit and the massive Unisphere, but the thing that made the greatest...

I'm about halfway through Lonesome Dove and I can't believe I've never read it before this. While I'm not a huge western fan, it's not your typical Zane Grey horse opera. What a marvelously written,...

Even though my Kindle queue is probably half a dozen deep, I'm re-reading Kliph Nesteroff's The Comedians. It's so deep and well-researched that I felt I needed to give it another read. If you're...

I'm rereading "The Catcher In The Rye" for the first time since I was probably about Caulfield's age. It's a completely different experience, but then I guess everything experienced at 16 and then...

I took a break from Lewisohn's "Tune In" Beatles bio to read Eric Idle's "Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life". While in parts it seemed to just be a list of his encounters with the rich and...

Just finished Phil Collins' autobio, which was a good read. I've always loved PC as a drummer and liked his early solo stuff. The book didn't have near enough detail of the Genesis years for a...

"Five Carat Soul" by James McBride, a collection of previously unpublished short stories. This is my first exposure to this author and he's kind of blown me out of my chair. I'm partial to the...

Re-reading "Goodbye Columbus" for the first time since back in the 70's. I'd forgotten how great Roth was.

Just finished "The Perfume Burned His Eyes" by Michael Imperioli (of Sopranos fame). A fictional coming-of-age story about a teenager who moves into the same Manhattan apartment building as Lou Reed...

I was a huge fan of the novels of Alistair MacLean in the 60's & 70's and now, through the magic of Kindle and my local public library, I am re-discovering them as an adult. A lot of his work seems...

Been on a bit of a musician auto-bio kick lately. Just finished in succession the Springsteen and Brian Wilson books, now about 1/4 of the way through Robbie Robertson. As a NJ native just a little...

The Whites by Richard Price. So good. I love all his stuff. It's cop opera, but so well written, so effortless and readable, and always a believable satisfying ending.

Been reading a lot of post-apocalyptic, dystopian fiction (as opposed to the post-apocalyptic non-fiction) lately. Currently in the middle of Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. A definite...

"The Financial Lives of the Poets" by Jess Walter, the funny, sharp novel about newspaper financial reporter who chucks it all to start a website dedicated to financial analysis and advice written in...

Just finished "Eminent Hipsters" by Donald Fagen. Hard to believe a "rock star" could be so goddamn unhappy.
Also, "American Rust" by Philipp Meyer. Excellent story of the meaning friendship and...

I'm embarrassed to admit that I just recently finished for the first time: "To Kill A Mockingbird" and "Flowers For Algernon". Insert "coulda hadda a V8" headslap here.

Just finished "Dancing Dogs" by Jon Katz (ironic, no?) A collection of short stories, all centered around our canine companions. If you're a dog lover like me, you'd like this one.

Just started...

Just finished "Dancing Dogs" by Jon Katz (ironic, no?) A collection of short stories, all centered around our canine companions. If you're a dog lover like me, you'd like this one.

Just started...

"The Salinger Contract" by Adam Langer. A rather outlandish premise with a weak payoff. Don't bother.

Not to re-direct the thread, but have also become a big Kindle fan. I'm one of those old farts who never thought I'd enjoy reading without having the book in my hands, but the benefits make up for...

As stated originally, Nash's book is a lot of the same old stuff, but his descriptions of David Crosby's battle/love affair with freebase is truly hair-raising.

Just finished Graham Nash's autobiography, "Wild Tales". I guess I've been reading too many old rockers' memoirs lately cause they all seem the same: English lad born in 40's/50's to lower/middle...

Just finished "Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption" by Laura Hillenbrand, the true story of Olympic miler Louis Zamperini who was shot down in the Pacific during...

Someone may have already mentioned "Tenth of December" by George Saunders. Some of the best short story writing I've ever read. In turns dark, amusing, disturbing, but always thought-provoking. ...

Just finished "The Dog Stars" by Peter Heller. Another post-apocalypse tale (no zombies or supernatural junk though, thank goodness). Unusual story, very well written. Really liked it. If you're...

Currently working on the Townsend bio and "Fall of Giants" by Ken Follett.
Received as Christmas gifts:
"The Trials of Lenny Bruce"
"The John Lennon Letters" which looks to be fascinating for a...

Currently splitting time between Pete Townshend's new biography, Charles Bukowski's "Ham On Rye" and "Sorry Please Thank You: Stories" by Charles Yu.

The Yu book is a collection of unusual short...