Reading the Passenger by Cormac McCarthy. Weird start but it gets just better and better and better. Some amazing scenes and of course, line to line writing. The dude has no business publishing novels this good at his age. The b*stard. Set along the Gulf Coast, very noir, very creepy, so many of you would like it.
anyone else like to go down the Wikipedia rabbit hole? one of my favorite things to do, so many topics, so little time
I just finished it. It is pretty good…solid B. Wanes a bit at the end but a good story and worth reading.
Yep. My brother was all toked up during the UT/TCU game last weekend and trying to tell me that TCU was a Baptist university. I says "nope". So I look it up on wiki and explain it to him, briefly. Left the tab open, and I learned waaaay more than I wanted about that particular Protestant denomination's history, which is a totally chill one, akin to the Methodists. My favorite part was the "famous adherents" (from memory, could be wrong): LBJ John Wooden Ronald Reagan Tom Selleck John Muir Ben Hogan J.William Fulbright John Stamos and... the Rev. Jim Jones
Great book. I'm on book 2 now, and it's a bit of a slog, which means I fall asleep after a few pages at night, not exactly a bad thing. I really do enjoy the prose, it's very different.
It’s very different. Like I said, it took a few tries to get into it but I couldn’t put it down after getting through the first part. I’ve been thinking about Book 2 but read negative things about the direction. I’ll still probably give it a shot.
I just finished a book called Dreams of Eldorado about the history of American westward expansion from Lewis and Clark to Teddy R. I'd recommend if you're interested in learning more about the L&C expedition, first settlers into Oregon (Oregon Trail is more than a video game), California gold rush, Mormans going to Utah, one-armed John Wesley Powell and 8 other dudes rafting down the Colorado River/Grand Canyon. It provides lots of detailed accounts that were pretty interesting to read. Could have had more about Texas, but I'm probably biased.
NICE! Will definitely check this out. Great teacher. Back in the 90's he was faculty at aTm and would do random semesters at UT, and I was lucky enough to get into one.
i remember him being at UT in the 90's when i was there. regretfully, i never took any classes from him. ive read a couple of his other books too...lone star nation (about texas revolution) and his andrew jackson bio.
Just finished Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do about It https://a.co/d/e4Nk76s Very highly recommend. Well researched and measured approach to a topic that is either totally ignored or is spoken of only in extremes ("feminists are killing men!" or "men are pieces of ****!"). Am now re-reading Blood Meridian. Got in the mood for it after hearing about Cormac's new books. PS - I always wanted to name my son Cormac, but finally had a son a little over a year ago and opted for a different name. So I now will just recommend to others out there to use Cormac for their sons; it's an awesome name.
I'll give this a read. I have the feeling that it just draws a box around what I believe anyway, but putting structure to my theories is always good because sometimes I miss big things.
