Been trying to get into this game as well. I'm not talking about becoming a wikipedia wizard or a article assassin but the book game. The book game is something that I have had a feigning interest in for a few years now, but I'm trying to follow through with it and make it one of my main interests. You ask what my other interests are? We'll save that for another day. But the task at hand is that I want to become a learn-ed well read man.
Book I just finished? Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. Real talk - this book was better than the movie. For many reasons. Top being I have never seen the movie. But I feel safe saying the layered imagery, character development, and overall depth of inquiry into the sequence of events was far and away superior to anything a director could try to replicate in an hour and a half of screen time. The book delved into the aura and allure that is the city of Savannah, Georgia. It was set in the present day but it crossed all time zones - past, present, and east coast/west coast divides. This book had gays, drag queens, straights, and blacks and whites and so it really appeals to the modern man who is trying to find out about the world beyond his backyard (no homo). Jim Williams is the most uppity American alive and showed that a man can still have class, be gay, and be kind of european in modern day america. Other subjects such as the American justice system and drugs and gay prostitutes were addressed but all around this isn't a book that garners a top rating from my metric. I give it like a 2.5 stars because it was entertaining and did not have alot of big words etc.
This brings me to last night. I started a new book and I was trying to conquer a major impediment to me not reading more: I fall asleep. There are many confounding issues here but one I realized is that I am always laying down. So I tried something new. Last night I read standing up for about three and a half hours. I am not joking or using the literary technique known as hyperbole. And do you know what? I did not fall asleep. Every once in a while I paced from the kitchen into the living room and maybe leaned against a wall. Other times I shifted from one foot to the other. A few times I put the book on the kitchen counter. Did some calf raises. Put my head against the door and leaned. Leaned against the couch. But I did not sit down for 3-16/32 hours. And I read alot more pages that I would otherwise. For this I think I accomplished something of note.
What are yalls reading strats?
Book I just finished? Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. Real talk - this book was better than the movie. For many reasons. Top being I have never seen the movie. But I feel safe saying the layered imagery, character development, and overall depth of inquiry into the sequence of events was far and away superior to anything a director could try to replicate in an hour and a half of screen time. The book delved into the aura and allure that is the city of Savannah, Georgia. It was set in the present day but it crossed all time zones - past, present, and east coast/west coast divides. This book had gays, drag queens, straights, and blacks and whites and so it really appeals to the modern man who is trying to find out about the world beyond his backyard (no homo). Jim Williams is the most uppity American alive and showed that a man can still have class, be gay, and be kind of european in modern day america. Other subjects such as the American justice system and drugs and gay prostitutes were addressed but all around this isn't a book that garners a top rating from my metric. I give it like a 2.5 stars because it was entertaining and did not have alot of big words etc.
This brings me to last night. I started a new book and I was trying to conquer a major impediment to me not reading more: I fall asleep. There are many confounding issues here but one I realized is that I am always laying down. So I tried something new. Last night I read standing up for about three and a half hours. I am not joking or using the literary technique known as hyperbole. And do you know what? I did not fall asleep. Every once in a while I paced from the kitchen into the living room and maybe leaned against a wall. Other times I shifted from one foot to the other. A few times I put the book on the kitchen counter. Did some calf raises. Put my head against the door and leaned. Leaned against the couch. But I did not sit down for 3-16/32 hours. And I read alot more pages that I would otherwise. For this I think I accomplished something of note.
What are yalls reading strats?
I've never tried reading standing up, seems very intimidating. I usually read TO fall asleep. I've been reading a thriller novel by a Swede National. "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo", maybe you've heard of it. Haven't seen the movie, nor finished the book, but can say assuredly that the book is way better than the movie.
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