I have a penpal in England that sends me books; we are both into solving murder mysteries and piecing together events. I just sent him the history of New Orleans burial system; and he just sent me the A to Z Encyclopedia of Serial Killers by Harold Schechter and David Everitt. I wonder if I will get dirty looks if I take it to the beauty shop today?
What book are you reading now?
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D_Gunther Snotpole
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It's one of the most readable of Hem's books, I think.
You know most of it was written in the 1920s, stored in a trunk in the basement of the Ritz Hotel, and thought lost during the Second World War. Ol' Hem only got it back in the 1950s, I believe.
He touched it up before his death, and then Mary Hemingway extensively edited it. Some say she botched it a bit, removing, among other things, a lengthy apology to his first wife, Hadley, who's fairly central in the book.
Yeah, Ah luvs me my ol' Hem.
I think it was his last truly good book.
The rest are sometimes interesting but very self-indulgent.
TKMB was a good little book, dc. Did you ever see the movie?
For you, I recommend Purple Cow by Seth Godin, it's a bovine's page turner.
I'm reading Philip Roth's American Pastoral. Actually, I had to put it down for quite a while, but not because it wasn't enjoyable.
It's one of Roth's Nathan Zukerman books, and it tells the story of Swede Levov, a gifted and charistmatic high school athlete who goes on to live what from the outside appears quite a good life, but there are complications no one knows about, and a fatal day when everything is turned on its head.
Roth's fluency is amazing.
I remember one scene where Zukerman attends a high school reunion. Everyone is in their seventies, and when Roth gives flashbacks of their lives and recounts their stories of their more recent pasts, the use of detail is just amazing.
I wish Canadian writers had as much will to just plain entertain.
Most of them are a little straight-laced, like they're writing in Sunday School.
Really? I liked it... it does get a bit tedious, but I enjoyed the exploration of love in all it's forms. Marquez's prose is wonderful and although it's not my favorite by him, but I still liked it.
I've never seen the moovie. Oooh! Purple cow :smile: I must read it!
I might rent it... but the movies don't usually live up to the book. Images that I create in my head are different to what is shown on film. I think books are able to get into the character's heads, wheras that is harder to do so in movies.
Nothing too high-brow, I'm afraid.
I've just begun James Herbert's Sepulchre but haven't yet delved far enough to discover anything that the synopsis did not already tell me.
Pablos Neruda's The Captain's Verses is on my nightstand and I try to read a page every night before falling asleep. It makes the separation from my loved one easier.
I've just begun James Herbert's Sepulchre but haven't yet delved far enough to discover anything that the synopsis did not already tell me.
Pablos Neruda's The Captain's Verses is on my nightstand and I try to read a page every night before falling asleep. It makes the separation from my loved one easier.
D_Chaumbrelayne_Copprehead
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The movie of TKAM is different from the book ... there's so much in the book that you couldn't put it all in the movie ... but if you can suspend judgment long enough to watch the movie, I think it's a timeless chestnut of a film.
kalipygian
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Usually have several books going at once.
Presently reading 'Barcelona' by Robert Hughes. Also in progress 'Skin, a Natural History', by Nina J. Jablonsky.
On hand but not yet started:
'John Salter, Mariner', by William Tibbets Salter, MCM. (the subject was my 7x great uncle)
Recently finished:
'In Exile from the Land of the Snows, the first full account of the Dalai Lama and Tibet since the Chinese conquest', John F. Avedon (1984).
'Diversity in the Rain Forest' Terborgh (Scientific American)
'Travels in Alaska' by John Muir.
'Blanc de Chine, the great Porcelain of De Hua', Robert H. blumenfeld.
'Pioneer in Tibet, the Life and Perils of Dr. Albert Shelton', Douglas A. Wissing.
I have on order:
'The Open Road, the Global Journey of the 14th Dalai Lama', by Pico Iyer.
'The Austrian Court in the Nineteenth Century', sir Horace Rumbold.
'Portrait of a Dalai Lama, the Life and Times of the Great Thirteenth, by sir Charles Bell. (1946) He was the political representative of the Raj in Sikkim, Bhutan and Lhasa between 1901 and 1920, it is coming from Delhi.
Presently reading 'Barcelona' by Robert Hughes. Also in progress 'Skin, a Natural History', by Nina J. Jablonsky.
On hand but not yet started:
'John Salter, Mariner', by William Tibbets Salter, MCM. (the subject was my 7x great uncle)
Recently finished:
'In Exile from the Land of the Snows, the first full account of the Dalai Lama and Tibet since the Chinese conquest', John F. Avedon (1984).
'Diversity in the Rain Forest' Terborgh (Scientific American)
'Travels in Alaska' by John Muir.
'Blanc de Chine, the great Porcelain of De Hua', Robert H. blumenfeld.
'Pioneer in Tibet, the Life and Perils of Dr. Albert Shelton', Douglas A. Wissing.
I have on order:
'The Open Road, the Global Journey of the 14th Dalai Lama', by Pico Iyer.
'The Austrian Court in the Nineteenth Century', sir Horace Rumbold.
'Portrait of a Dalai Lama, the Life and Times of the Great Thirteenth, by sir Charles Bell. (1946) He was the political representative of the Raj in Sikkim, Bhutan and Lhasa between 1901 and 1920, it is coming from Delhi.
D_Gunther Snotpole
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Aren't they great, N_S?
I've pretty much stopped reading poetry, but those ones I could pick up happily.
You know why you're seperated ... she can't stand lil' peeps who cna't sepell.
unique_exposure
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Cracked open and revisited Jean-Paul Sartre's No Exit last night after a long spell of internet reading. Couldn't figure out how to increase the font size, though. All of those tiny, little words...
I usually have several going at once too. Currently:
"Our First Revolution" by Michael Barone - really fascinating account of the Glorious Revolution. If you're a history buff I highly recommend it.
"Watchmen" by Alan Moore - this is a re-read but I've been feeling the tug, probably because I'm terrified the film is going to suck.
"City of Tiny Lights" by Patrick Neate - a comedic thriller set in modern London with lots of cunning socio-economic commentary.
"What Happens Next" by Marc Norman - the history of American screenwriting by the guy who co-wrote Shakespeare in Love.
"Our First Revolution" by Michael Barone - really fascinating account of the Glorious Revolution. If you're a history buff I highly recommend it.
"Watchmen" by Alan Moore - this is a re-read but I've been feeling the tug, probably because I'm terrified the film is going to suck.
"City of Tiny Lights" by Patrick Neate - a comedic thriller set in modern London with lots of cunning socio-economic commentary.
"What Happens Next" by Marc Norman - the history of American screenwriting by the guy who co-wrote Shakespeare in Love.
I'm currently bouncing back and forth between two books.
One is Apocalypse 2012 by Lawrence E Joseph. It's an analysis of current events to see if 2012 could be a devastating year for earth. The Mayan calender ended at that point and some believe the Mayans, who were extremely mathematical and kept meticulous records on universal and earthly cycles, may have thought something dire would be due. Current cycles such as our sun's sunspots (scientists now believe 2012 is going to be record breaking in sunspot activity), and Yellowstone's underground supervolcano (which is overdue to erupt again and could be very devastating to earth), and earth's developing of a massive crack in it's magnetic field protection, and our solar system which is currently entering an energetically hostile part of the galaxy (which could have a tremendous effect on our sun) are some of the major current events analyzed to try and discern the level of danger to see if something could be indeed going to happen to us in 2012.
The other is The World's Greatest Gambling Scams by Richard Marcus. It's true stories about the top 10 gambling scams of all time pulled on casinos.
One is Apocalypse 2012 by Lawrence E Joseph. It's an analysis of current events to see if 2012 could be a devastating year for earth. The Mayan calender ended at that point and some believe the Mayans, who were extremely mathematical and kept meticulous records on universal and earthly cycles, may have thought something dire would be due. Current cycles such as our sun's sunspots (scientists now believe 2012 is going to be record breaking in sunspot activity), and Yellowstone's underground supervolcano (which is overdue to erupt again and could be very devastating to earth), and earth's developing of a massive crack in it's magnetic field protection, and our solar system which is currently entering an energetically hostile part of the galaxy (which could have a tremendous effect on our sun) are some of the major current events analyzed to try and discern the level of danger to see if something could be indeed going to happen to us in 2012.
The other is The World's Greatest Gambling Scams by Richard Marcus. It's true stories about the top 10 gambling scams of all time pulled on casinos.
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Virtual Light by William Gibson. It was recommended to me by a friend and to be honest, it's hard to get into. I'm not much into science fictions but he lent it to me so...
I only read fiction and some funny books, like Steven Colbert.
I only read fiction and some funny books, like Steven Colbert.
"Parkers' Astrology, New Edition: The definitive guide to using astrology in every aspect of your life." by Julia & Derek Parker
I'm a sceptic. However I like to be an informed sceptic. So I'm learning it from the ground up. I'm learning to generate charts by hand and then I'll be learning to interpret them.
Book's Score: 10
Recommend: Highly if you don't mind math...
I'm a sceptic. However I like to be an informed sceptic. So I'm learning it from the ground up. I'm learning to generate charts by hand and then I'll be learning to interpret them.
Book's Score: 10
Recommend: Highly if you don't mind math...
I'm in the middle of Phillip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy, and i'm getting ready to read "The Subtle Knife", the second book in the series. the first one was pretty great, with a very provocative story.
and i'm also reading "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway. i've read it before on my own in the 10th grade or so, and can barely remember it but i knew i loved the ending....well, "loved" is an odd word to describe that ending.
and i'm also reading "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway. i've read it before on my own in the 10th grade or so, and can barely remember it but i knew i loved the ending....well, "loved" is an odd word to describe that ending.
Cracked open and revisited Jean-Paul Sartre's No Exit last night after a long spell of internet reading. Couldn't figure out how to increase the font size, though. All of those tiny, little words...
And all that pretense and dullness about his intellect, too.
my thoughts, exactly, Vince. it is a dense book, and gets a little tedious in some parts, but the many forms of love you see and feel in the book is wonderful. Florentino's love for Fermina may seem unrealistic to us, but Marquez makes us believe in it. i loved it when Florentino ate rose petals because he thought that was what Fermina tasted like, and how sick in love he was for it. totally swoon-worthy.
the ending didn't seem as satisfying for me because there was so much build-up to the epic love story of Florentino and Fermina, i just wanted it to be more....but the more think about it, the ending gets more and more reasonable.
plus, i got one my favorite quotes from this book.
"My God! this is longer than sorrow!"
-said by Fermina while she was watching a boring play or movie...
Drifterwood
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Just finished the User Manual for my new chainsaw. I wouldn't recommend it unless you buy a chainsaw.
