Agree on "Garden of Eden." I have  a first edition hardback I bought when the book was first published.
Where the Hemingway should have stopped was with that god-awful "True at First Light" from 1999. I couldn't make it through the first 100 pages without tossing it aside. I've never been interested in revisiting it…

Actually, I am finding it the weakest of the "Fire and Ice" books so far. The story lines are not engaging me like in the first three, and frankly not a lot is happening. There are some sections, like with Arya and Jamie, that hold my attention, but then there are others like the behind the scenes political jockeying…

Just finished Glenn Frankel's book on "The Searchers;" getting close to finishing "Black Hills" by Dan Simmons, and "A Feast for Crows" by G.R.R. Martin.
Next up is a re-read of "The Killer Angels" and a book on the battle of Gettysburg, because, you know, 150th anniversary and all…

Neko Case. * sigh*

This was probably the first Ramones song I ever heard, thanks to WXRT in Chicago back when that station was still relevant. And yes, it is a great song.

This brings joy to this old Italian stereotype's heart.

Agree. Kennedy is the most over-rated president of the 20th Century.
Seen as a peace maker yet he expanded the war in SE Asia.
Seen as a civil rights champion yet if he and Robert Kennedy had their way there never would have been a March on Washington in 1963.
But he did set us on the path to the get to the moon…

I've met Landis as well. I mentioned about how people in Chicago still talk about all the police cars he smashed up in "The Blues Brothers."
His response?
"It really wasn't that many."

Read this book last year, which had me revisit the movie for the first time it was in the theaters. I found it…blah. And, yes, Landis did get away with murder.

I read "The Time Machine Did It" early in the year. Wasn't all that impressed but am willing to give another title a try if there are any recommendations.

If you haven't already read it, check out "Daughter of Time," a novel about an English police detective who reinvestigates Richard III's usurping the throne and allegedly killing his nephews - and done while in a hospital bed recovering from a broken leg.

Just finishing up "A Storm of Swords" aka season 3 of Game of Thrones.
Next up - "How to Write: Advice and Reflections" by Richard Rhodes, and "A Blistered Kind of Love."

"Campaign Trail '72) is Thompson's best book.
My favorite, however, remains "Hell's Angels."

"11/22/63" was the first Stephen King book I've enjoyed in many years….

Went to a book signing for "Destination: Morgue" in 2004, I think it was.
Yes, I got the nickname, Shark, because it rhymes with my name. Ellroy even drew a cartoon shark in the book.

Yes, he does say that at his appearances.
I am convinced that a lot of his public persona is just an act he puts on because that is how people expect him to be.

While "Yellow Submarine" is the first album I bought (1978), it was the second - "Abbey Road" - that I would consider essential listening.

"The Last Waltz" was the album that made me appreciate the brilliance of Van Morrison - the version of "Caravan" is tremendous.

Interesting that the reviewer would say that John Lennon was " on friendly ground" at the time of the December 1980 interview for Rolling Stone.
Lennon in fact delayed giving an interview to RS during the media push on "Double Fantasy."
And why? Because he was still pissed at RS publisher Jann Wenner for having…

"When the Tigers Broke Free" was released as a single b/w the movie version of "Bring the Boys Back Home." Yes, I have a copy (and a button with the marching hammer symbol.)