What's the last/best book you read?

[Gyp Rosetti]

He's not insane, just a bit snarky. I understand where he probably gets it from.

Sadly, my father. Whenever I'm around him, I want to slap his face for his dumbassedness.

 

[YB85]

I'm just finishing up "Dream Team" by Jack McCallum. It's decent but could use a little less "I" from the writer and a lot more "Karl Malone".

 

[Dr. Jones]

It's rare but they can...on occasion.

And nightmare, rep me up. Bitz.

Bitz? I just pictured you holding a frozen drink with fruit and a little umbrella.

 

[Dr. Jones]

I tried - You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Wes Mantooth again.

 

[nightmare3983]

I tried - You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Wes Mantooth again.

But he got a whopping 3 rep points from me.

 

[Dr. Jones]

But he got a whopping 3 rep points from me.

Tried again. You have given out too much Reputation in the last 24 hours, try again later.

 

[Boondocksaint27]

I'm just finishing up "Dream Team" by Jack McCallum. It's decent but could use a little less "I" from the writer and a lot more "Karl Malone".

Was that the one I was hearing Clyde Drexler made some controversial comments about Magic Johnson in? McCallum and King tend to be a little full of themselves at times. Pretty good sports writers, but King put Otto Graham ahead of Joe Montana in his 50 Greatest QB's of All Time book and the reason was "because I can."

 

[Deleted member 848]

Love Chekhov. I teach "The Bet" every year.

What an amazing ****ing coincidence. I just finished editing a script based on Chekov's 'The Bet' for a screenwriter friend.

I'm seriously not kidding when I say this, but I was going to post the Bet as a recommendation for PKM to start on when I was talking about Russian lit to him. Weird.




I suppose Dostoyevsky CAN be rather dense, and I find his stud harder to read than some of Tolstoy's stuff. I still think its bloody Brilliant though.

 

[Duck Rodgers]

I'm just finishing up "Dream Team" by Jack McCallum. It's decent but could use a little less "I" from the writer and a lot more "Karl Malone".

Holy ****, that guy is obsessed with Isiah Thomas. His whole Stockton side was basically about Thomas. Thomas. Thomas. Thomas. Thomas is amazing. Thomas is better than Stockton. Thomas should've been there. Isiah Thomas gives the best head, etc. Not a bad book though.

I've been on a bio kick lately. A Beautiful Mind(I need to watch the movie now), Born to Run, and Can I Keep My Jersey? All different styles, but all pretty good.

 

[YB85]

Was that the one I was hearing Clyde Drexler made some controversial comments about Magic Johnson in? McCallum and King tend to be a little full of themselves at times. Pretty good sports writers, but King put Otto Graham ahead of Joe Montana in his 50 Greatest QB's of All Time book and the reason was "because I can."

Yeah, Drexler said that Magic was on the team (and the All-Star team) because everyone felt sorry for him and were expecting him to die.

 

[YB85]

Holy ****, that guy is obsessed with Isiah Thomas. His whole Stockton side was basically about Thomas. Thomas. Thomas. Thomas. Thomas is amazing. Thomas is better than Stockton. Thomas should've been there. Isiah Thomas gives the best head, etc. Not a bad book though.

And if he wasn't fluffing Isiah, he was knobbing Charles. He compared Charles vs. Malone and gave the edge to Charles because Charles was better. Really? How? I'm reading it through Jazz colored glasses, admittedly, but I try to stay away from the "They Hate Us" slant. It's hard while reading this book because he hates us.

 

[Rubashov]

bump.

Just re-read Richard Winters autobiography and chunks of Koestler's Scum of the Earth and Spanish Testament. Bout to start on Garcia Marquez's 100 Years of Solitude.