Books - what are you reading? (Official Book Thread)

[Trav]

I was like that with the Dark Tower series with how much negativity I heard about how it ended. Read it last year and I flew through it and I love it from beginning to end.
I know the Hodges trilogy has some elements and the antagonist in one of the books says the n-word quite a bit but I'm prepared for that.

Shyt, that just reminds me I got Gunslinger on sale for like 5.99 a while back and need to read that too but then Ima wanna commit and read that whole series too.

Lol there were a few moments like that in Different Seasons. In the lil nazi mass shooter in training story, it made sense. But there was one story where it was so mf random like, "well at least you're not a ______" and I'm like

 

[2 Up 2 Down]

Shyt, that just reminds me I got Gunslinger on sale for like 5.99 a while back and need to read that too but then Ima wanna commit and read that whole series too.

Lol there were a few moments like that in Different Seasons. In the lil nazi mass shooter in training story, it made sense. But there was one story where it was so mf random like, "well at least you're not a ______" and I'm like

I remember reading a comment on Reddit that mentioned that is how people talk in the place King grew up and I'm sure it was even worse in the 50s. It is a wonder he isn't MAGA

 

[Trav]

I remember reading a comment on Reddit that mentioned that is how people talk in the place King grew up and I'm sure it was even worse in the 50s. It is a wonder he isn't MAGA

That's one of the main reasons I don't look too much into it when he gettin' it off lol, cuz he actually seem solid fr

As opposed to sum of these other mf writers/directors who use "art" as an excuse to get their weirdo shyt off

 

[PoorAndDangerous]

about to crack open 'The Venture of Islam: Conscience and History in a World Civilization Part 1: The Classical Age of Islam' by Marshall G. S. Hodgson

 

[Trav]

Just finished Ride Like Hell, a short novella by SA Cosby. Pretty standard as far as what I've come to known as his trademark tension & thrills writing about Southern stories & redition, moral ambiguity, crime, etc. Some light noir that builds on me continuing to be a fan of his but doesn't necessarily make me wanna go checc out this entire Grifter's Song collection.

Prolly gonna be more of the same when he drops King of Ashes in a month or so too, which I'ma checc, but I do hope he further explores some of the stuff he was doing with All Sinners Bleed...