Comments on: Much like summer loving, summer reading will be a blast

By: david

david — Wed, 28 May 2008 02:36:23 +0000

I liked the Greenlaw book much better than Sheffield’s, but I am probably in the minority. The Sclichter & Trynin books are easy reads, entertaining in spots, and surprisingly well-written.

I mentioned your opinion that few decent music books were writen by women to an editor at Farrar, Strauss & Giroux, and she recommended Amanda Petrusich’s upcoming book, It Still Moves: Lost Songs, Lost Highways, and the Search for the Next American Music (and send me a couple of ARCs). I’ll drop one in the mail tomorrow.

By: RJ

RJ — Wed, 28 May 2008 00:49:35 +0000

The Trynin and the Slichter are good reads. Be prepared to view the underbelly of the music industry. The Greenlaw looks promising but I think I’d pass on that last one.

You can find Lewis Shiner’s “Say Goodbye” on amazon for under two bucks; his “Glimpses” is not as girly but still some of the best Rock & Roll fiction I’ve ever read.

By: Peabo

Peabo — Tue, 27 May 2008 05:03:02 +0000

Please go get a job and stop being so damn organized. You’re making the rest of us look bad.

By: christa

christa — Tue, 27 May 2008 03:42:25 +0000

oh and there is a book called “how soon is never” that is a fictional account of trying to get the smiths back together … but i think you said you hate morrissey so maybe not.

By: christa

christa — Tue, 27 May 2008 01:39:43 +0000

great! can’t wait to see what you think of the semisonic book. i read it a few years ago and loved parts and dragged through parts, but it has forever changed my listening to the song “closing time.”

aside from that, i’ve also recently wondered what college you went to. so thanks for answering that.

oh, and i read part of that jen trynin book a few years ago also. i don’t remember much except that “better than nothing” was stuck in my head for the duration.