Here it is... the book thread!

[Ulrich]

Garry Disher's latest book release "The way it is now" / "Stunde der Flut" (in Germany, I hastily wanna add) was an excellent read:

https://garrydisher.com/crime-novels/novels/

Twenty years ago Charlie Deravin's mother went missing near the family beach shack – believed murdered; body never found. His father has lived under a cloud of suspicion ever since. Now Charlie's back living in the shack in Menlo Beach, on disciplinary leave from his job with the police sex-crimes unit, and on permanent leave from his marriage. After two decades worrying away at the mystery of his mother's disappearance, he's run out of leads. Then the skeletal remains of two people are found in the excavation of a new building site—and the past comes crashing in on Charlie.

[Ulrich]

After having read 2 of Tony Parsons' books (cheapo editions I found by coincidence), I dediced to get more, just reading this one (which is part 4 of the DC Max Wolfe series):

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33295198-die-last

"It's a brilliant crime novel, a thrilling procedural. Max Wolfe is a wonderfully endearing character, smart and tough and vulnerable, and with Scout (and Stan too) Tony has created so much warmth and tenderness, in a world, a genre, so often devoid of it. His research is wide, deep, impeccable - from forensics to the psychology, procedure to protocol. And boy does he know how to create suspense, and convincing plot lines, which snake and weave, and surprise right until the very end. This is a complex, shocking, very contemporary story, told with utter conviction and authority. I was hooked from page one. Crime writing has a brilliant new star" (Henry Sutton)

'Story-telling as hard-hitting as a leather sap, dialogue that packs all the punch of Wolfe's favourite triple expresso ... and an affection for London that makes this crime writing to die for' - GQ

There are some series that become so special for you that the characters feel like old friends. The Max Wolfe series by Tony Parsons is one of them for me. Now, it has been a while since I read the previous book in the series, but it didn't take me long to get back into the life of Max and his daughter Scout and of course their dog Sam.

[Ulrich]

Bought this book from a musician, will see if or how much I'll enjoy it...

Seit Jan Bratenstein 1990 im Alter von null Jahren auf die Welt kam, ist er konstant gealtert. Nichtsdestotrotz hat er sich eine kindliche Sicht auf die Welt behalten: Sein Kopf wurde geformt von Comics, Filmen, Musik und durch die treue Schiebermütze. Mittlerweile lebt er den Traum vom nicht gesicherten Einkommen als Musiker, vor allem mit seinem Solo-Antifolk-Projekt »The Black Elephant Band« und dem räudigen Songwriterkollektiv »Folk's Worst Nightmare«. Da das Leben als Musiker finanziell noch nicht unsicher genug ist, verfolgt er, immer wenn Gitarrensaiten reißen, auch eine Karriere als Autor von Comics, Drehbüchern für Webserien und Büchern. Sein Debütroman »Der Mann ohne Piano« erschien 2018 im Carpathia Verlag.

https://www.lovelybooks.de/autor/Jan-Bratenstein/

[MeltingMan]

Seit Jan Bratenstein 1990 im Alter von null Jahren (...)

I can't help but think of Sergej Brutalinski.   I'm reading La Torche renversée, a novel from 1925 that Péladan never published in his lifetime. I wonder what else is slumbering in the archives...

[MeltingMan]

We have validated your order. You have chosen the economy rate corresponding to a "Book and Brochure" shipment. We draw your attention to the fact that this method of sending does not offer any follow-up or insurance, no recourse is possible in the event of a problem (which happens very very very rarely) neither with La Poste, nor with us, bookseller.

From a certain distance/weight, registered mail should actually be a matter of course and should not have to be requested by the customer. After all, a used textbook was offered here for well below its value, which is no less careless than thoughtless. It's time to standardize book shipping within the EU. 😡

[Ulrich]

I've been reading above mentioned book by J. Bratenstein (quite entertaining), while I was also re-reading an older book by Ulrich Ritzel.

Next up will be a collection of stories by Flannery O'Connor.
https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/literatur/flannery-o-connor-keiner-menschenseele-kann-man-noch-trauen-storys-wieder-aufgelegt-a-1192648.html

Plus I've been reading some issues of "Time" magazine (my mother knows a lady who's married to an American, so he gave those to her for me to read... which is nice)!

[Ulrich]

Could be interesting...
https://www.brooklynvegan.com/thurston-moore-announces-memoir-sonic-life/

Thurston Moore is releasing a memoir, Sonic Life, on October 24 via Doubleday Books in the US and Faber & Faber in the UK. He's also partnered with Books & Books on a limited number of signed copies, which you can pre-order now. Thurston writes:

Sonic Life tells the story of my childhood and teenage years as I fell in love with music (for the most part unbridled rock 'n' roll) and how it drove me to New York City, where I would co-found Sonic Youth. It's an adventure that would take me around the globe throughout the 1980s, 90s and onward, engaging with the magic music of visionaries, artists, and wild angels turning the world on its ear.

This book has been ages in the making, the product of intensive research and deep dives into my memories and emotions. I believe I've been able to capture the whirlwind of experiences that being in Sonic Youth entailed, as well as the creative communities that we found ourselves a part of, first in New York's punk and no wave scenes, and later in the world of underground and alternative rock and the universe of music- beyond- category. In some ways it barely scrapes the surface, but I'm proud of it and anxious to hear what everyone thinks.