The Deuce: Instablam *

Fun Summer Reads go here! - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 11:50:45

Not "fun summer reads" but I've recently finished Stoner by John Williams. - Tuscy Today, 7:53:40
- I’ll probably read that at some point this year - DT Today, 9:28:50
I have a bunch of (Philip K) Dick to get through if I find some down time* - ghost_of_clt Yesterday, 15:17:24
- word on the street is you're quite efficient at plowing through Dick* - Sammich Yesterday, 15:57:57
  - Everyone knows I'm a big Dick fan. Once I get started on some Dick, I don't want to stop* - ghost_of_clt Yesterday, 19:01:18
    - positively Dickmatized* - Sammich Yesterday, 19:29:23
    - Can’t get your Phil?* - DT Yesterday, 19:03:21
Best recent history I read was A Nervous Splendor about Vienna in 1882-83 - DT Yesterday, 15:00:51
- On the fiction side, recently finished Orlando by Virginia Woolf - DT Yesterday, 16:45:08
  - Currently reading the most recent Dungeon Crawler Carl book - DT Yesterday, 18:35:14
    - Listening to the first one on the way to work on the insistence of my kids. - Tuscy Today, 7:36:37
    - I read (well, audiobooked) them all twice, and moved on to 'He Who Fights With Monsters' - assassin Yesterday, 18:41:50
      - The combo of humor and SF-action reminds me of Terry Pratchett a bit - DT Yesterday, 18:45:27
Sidejack on my own thread: One thing I learned in this book that I never knew about... - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 14:45:40
Currently reading Three Bags Full, the book on which Sheep Detectives is based. - larue33 Yesterday, 14:30:36
- Oooh, me me me me me!* - Jackie Yesterday, 14:34:00
- I suggest skipping the sheep sequel then, as it's much weaker than the first IMO* - Potomac Yesterday, 14:33:53
also, do any of you use the good reads app, or how do you keep track of past/future reads?* - lcubed Yesterday, 14:17:25
- I’ve been using Goodreads since 2012. It’s great.* - DT Yesterday, 16:47:56
- Yes. Been using Goodreads for years * - bjl63 Yesterday, 15:51:21
- Calibre. It’s awesome to keep your library and list of books read in it. * - harb Yesterday, 15:10:12
- Spreadsheet with 800+ entries tabbed by year or group of years + future tab - Potomac Yesterday, 14:30:33
- I DO! I love it. I picked up reading as a hobby last year and I use it to track all my read books - DiamondDazzle Yesterday, 14:21:29
Also, rereading Catch-22 and Something Wicked This Way Comes currently - reggiedunlop Yesterday, 13:53:46
- Catch-22 is my white whale. Everything about it suggests I should love it. - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 14:22:17
- I've been told a reread of 1984 and Animal Farm hits pretty hard in 2026* - Sounder Yesterday, 13:54:59
Just gave out these five history recs (more basic style) - reggiedunlop Yesterday, 13:52:17
Been on a WWII era kick lately - bjl63 Yesterday, 13:32:02
I just heard an author interview on NPR for a new book - Sounder Yesterday, 12:51:00
- When I don't feel old enough, I remember that having a military GPS unit in the mid 90s - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 13:06:33
  - That one on the top (AN/PSN-10 Small Lightweight GPS Receiver).... - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 14:30:52
    - Individual GPS are down to cell phone size now - illiniranger Yesterday, 17:52:11
      - Instablam * - DT Yesterday, 18:28:49
  - That's pretty badass - Sounder Yesterday, 13:34:15
if you enjoyed that, check out Somewhere There is Still a Sun by Michael Gruenbaum - lcubed Yesterday, 12:15:54
- Thanks for the Reccy!* - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 12:58:51

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