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PokPok
2 yrs ago
One of the original Disneyland "Imagineers" and ultimately headed the Imagineering team. I'm only a few pages in. He authored it in about 2009 (as memory serves) but it feels a bit dated. Not in an offensive way, but in …
PokPok
2 yrs ago
When I'm almost done - like last 10 pages, but not actually done - with my current read, I pick my next. I look at my stack, and typically about 4 stick out, and then I choose one. It usually doesn't take more than 15 mi…
PokPok
2 yrs ago
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... at times I can't do 50 pages.
This year was notable because I had an instance (Mexican Gothic) where I powered through the book until about 3/4s of the way, when it jumped the shark. Then I did a super heavy skim…
PokPok
2 yrs ago
I bought this slim (200 pages) book a decade ago or more when I was at Monticello. I'm not certain why I chose that particular book when I was there, but I was inspired to pick it up now after seeing Hamilton. Of course …
PokPok
2 yrs ago
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In the book, you never know the second wife's name. :)
PokPok
PokPok
2 yrs ago
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It is rare that I start very engaged with a novel and ultimately move half way through to an "extremely" high level skim. As in, "last 100 pages looked at in 20 minutes". I enjoyed bits of the atmosphere and the slow se…
PokPok
2 yrs ago
This is the second in his robot detective series. I enjoyed I, Robot and the first in the robot detective series, and am enjoying this. The premise is interesting - no one physically sees anyone anymore. Each person liv…
PokPok
2 yrs ago
I am in that rare space of "finished a book 3 days ago, still thinking about it, haven't started another". That doesn't happen often. In fact, I have a ritual where I'm 25ish pages from completing a book, I choose the ne…
PokPok
2 yrs ago
...the rare instances I do, its set one completely aside and pick up the other until I'm through. Its virtually always so that I don't have to travel with a thousand page book. I did do it recently when a friend asked m…
PokPok
2 yrs ago
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I am also an 80s child and enjoyed RPO (and RPT) but the plot jumped the shark for me and the references were too fast and furious. I felt toyed with, having 4-6 plus on a page. it was just too much. One thing I liked …
PokPok
2 yrs ago
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Thanks for the detailed response!! I suppose I wasn't overly clear in what I meant by aged.... I'll just share the example. In Ellery Queen I read, (the very overrated "Greek Coffin Mystery" which is supposed to be one o…
PokPok
2 yrs ago
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I devoured this in a few hours this weekend. I found it similar to Ready Player One without the nonstop references and not taking itself quite so seriously. (Not that Mr. P was "realistic" but it didn't jump the shark li…
PokPok
2 yrs ago
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Freeman Wills Crofts is one of the only "golden age" mystery authors I've not tried. I read most of the golden age from my teens to late twenties, but have a good hundred on my bookshelf that I wind my way through, mostl…
PokPok
2 yrs ago
I devoured "Mr. Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore" which I've had on TBR forever. Not great literature, but delightfully fun. I loved the "solution" and the last sentence is fantastic.
Went from there directly to The Rook…
PokPok
2 yrs ago
...in May I set aside my biography of William Kunstler, to pivot to a book I needed immediately in my personal life. I just finished that, so am going to finish up the last 75 pages or so of the bio. Interesting read. As…
PokPok
2 yrs ago
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In 1994 when I was married in LA county, that was absolutely true. I don't remember getting a certificate until I requested it, I certainly didn't have anything that night. Then if you assume that you go on honeym…
PokPok
3 yrs ago
I've had it on my bookshelf for probably a decade (It was published about 2000), but with the discussion around Sorkin's movie, I decided to pick up. I did not realize he was a civil rights lawyer prior to (and after) be…
PokPok
3 yrs ago
I just started a biography on William Kunstler. I have read bios / autobios of nearly all the Chicago 8, but have had this on TBR forever. With all the press regarding the Sorkin movie, I figured it was time to pick it u…
PokPok
3 yrs ago
I needed a light read, so picked up an EQ I've had laying around, The Greek Coffin Mystery. Purportedly one of his (their?) best. I recognize when I read books like this, that there is a bit of "old time" verbiage, and I…
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PokPok
3 yrs ago
I'm reading Segregation by Design, for Black History Month. Its a textbook, extremely well researched (even for a text book, it is at least 50% citations) and is very dry. I want to finish it, but will allow myself this …
PokPok
3 yrs ago
I have about 25 pages left; it was tough to break to go to work today. I am fascinated on multiple levels. I knew the basic story, and have seen Heavenly Creatures. A few areas struck me:
` the Psychology of both Pau…
PokPok
3 yrs ago
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Of 28 books (26 plus 2 rereads), I had 16 that were 8 stars or higher.
My two ten stars were "The Dance of Anger" by Harriet Lerner and "Me" by Elton John. OMFG, I have rarely laughed as loud, as regularly, as I did …
PokPok
3 yrs ago
A History of Women's Friendships, by Marilyn Yalom (wife of Irvin Yalom).
Very good so far, as hers are. Tracing women's friendships, which must be assessed through the societal norms of the time. Started with Greco-…
PokPok
3 yrs ago
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>I don't think those cases are rare! It's a rare film that betters its source material.>
Agreed, Mojosmom! Early morning transposition typo. I edited my original post. (We didn't have that feature when I was hanging …
PokPok
3 yrs ago
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I watched the movie last night, and was blown away. It hit me very hard, as a movie that really seemed to understand my teen experience (vs. most "coming of age" movies that are, well, movies).
My question: Overall t…
