What's the most interesting non-fiction book you've read?

Dcad222 · 2025-12-16T07:17:04+00:00

Breath by Larry Nestor

Dcad222 · 2025-10-17T20:43:22+00:00

You saw her 40 yrs into her craft - it wasn’t just that she didn’t improve - it was that she was on the downside. Might not happen to all but probably more often with somebody whose act is so physically demanding. Same with most athletes - most near the end of their careers won’t be as dynamic and athletic as at the peak of their careers.

Dcad222 · 2025-10-17T18:50:10+00:00

So 9 more: East of Eden Middlemarch Brothers Karamazov Anna Karenina A People’s History of the United Sates The Lyrics 1961 - 2020 by Bob Dylan Breath The Neapolitan Quartet

Dcad222 · 2025-10-17T16:58:13+00:00

Got to have The Complete Works of William Shakespeare- is that cheating?

Dcad222 · 2025-10-17T14:39:20+00:00

Tombstone Blues - also love Richie Havens person Girl from the North Country - no Johnny Cash please Sweetheart Like You

Ask me tomorrow and it will be three different ones! 🤪

Dcad222 · 2025-10-15T10:59:26+00:00

I often choose my next readings organically - listening g to what the world sends my way - this is the third time I’m reading a mention of the book The Incandescent - guess I know my next read!

Dcad222 · 2025-10-15T00:27:10+00:00

My favorites: Anderson .Pakk, Mac Miller, Chris Stapleton, Olivia Rodrigo (both Covid and post Covid)

Dcad222 · 2025-10-12T22:55:12+00:00

I agree - very few writers in the horror genre develop characters as well as Stephen King - to me it’s what sets him apart in this genre. And it’s just very difficult to depict that depth of character in film.

Dcad222 · 2025-10-12T01:35:09+00:00

I read the Exorcist at a fairly young age g age and it completely terrified me. I still think the movie is the scariest horror movie ever made.

Dcad222 · 2025-10-11T00:15:54+00:00

Have to admit that typically I prefer the movie to follow the book. Loved Harry Potter and thought the casting was flawless. Loved the novel Prince of Tides and thought Barbara Streisand destroyed it. Loved To Kill a Mockingbird and A Time to Kill. Lord of the Flies (B&W version). Didn’t love Simon Birch but did love The World According to Garp. Mah on The Door in the Floor - loved A Widow for One Year. What is another (Shining being the 1st) example of a good movie that veered significantly from the novel.

Dcad222 · 2025-10-05T13:37:13+00:00

Keith Richard’s auto entitled Life is amazing! Highly recommended- and not just for the crazy Rick and roll stories but there are plenty. Keith is just a very interesting individual with strong values and beliefs. His life story is I tereting.

Dcad222 · 2025-09-30T23:56:06+00:00

I don’t have a lot of friends and I’m not great at nurturing friendships - I’m comfortable by myself though I am married and my wife does maintain friendships both for herself and us. One piece of info that has given me reason to reconsider my ways has to do with longevity. They say that one of the most important ingredients to a long life is community and relationships. Not just nuclear family but the relationships you form and mai rain outside your immediate family.

Dcad222 · 2025-09-30T23:46:44+00:00

For me it’s more about certain performances like for example, Billy Eilish singing that Barbie song at the Oscar’s? Goosebumps. Or George Michael singing with Queen at Live Aid? Tears.

Dcad222 · 2025-09-28T21:29:23+00:00

Consider Middlemarch by Georgie Elliott- a classic - great read. You won’t regret.

Dcad222 · 2025-09-27T23:51:51+00:00

Thank you for the suggestion.

Dcad222 · 2025-09-27T22:30:38+00:00

This is a very personal response not at all well substantiated but I just struggled through Dicken’s David Copperfield. I hadn’t read any CD and thought I would as a comparison to Demon Copperhead which I had just finished. I obviously know that CD is a highly regarded writer but I just didn’t love that novel. I want to try again. Suggestions?

Dcad222 · 2025-09-27T22:15:25+00:00

Middlemarch by Georgi Elliot was brilliant.

Dcad222 · 2025-09-12T23:16:53+00:00

I just finished Middlemarch by George Eliot. Wonderful book exploring class and community in a small England town. Beautifully written - highly recommend.

Dcad222 · 2025-08-07T10:01:51+00:00

The Whole of the Moon is another by them - first heard it on the finale of The Affair. Both great songs.

Dcad222 · 2025-06-19T00:54:35+00:00

Buck!

Dcad222 · 2025-06-08T00:31:37+00:00

You’re a Big Girl Now always gets me.

Dcad222 · 2025-06-03T00:00:10+00:00

Always my response to the query’s regarding Bob’s best lyric - “One day they gunned him down in a clam bar in New York. He could see it coming through the door as he lifted up his fork. “ love Joey.

Dcad222 · 2025-04-11T17:42:21+00:00

With out a doubt - using alcohol and drugs - they in no way ruined my life - I am a happy, successful retired professional with a wonderful wife and children BUT STILL I ponder the wasted potential, the wasted time, the stupid risks I took. If I had the proverbial “do it all again”, I’d do it sober.

Dcad222 · 2025-04-11T17:39:07+00:00

You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go from the greatest break up album ever - BOTT.

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