ajarwithaheavylid Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 My therapist wants me to read this: Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 this is decent...I read a review of that. Sounded kinda crazy...right up my alley. Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted May 24, 2006 Author Share Posted May 24, 2006 another southern fiction book of short stories And a novel Link to post Share on other sites
Albert Tatlock Posted May 26, 2006 Share Posted May 26, 2006 Just to see how much I agree with. The hardback bestseller now in paperback: 'An entertaining and clever book. Do read it.' - In WATCHING THE ENGLISH anthropologist Kate Fox takes a revealing look at the quirks, habits and foibles of the English people. She puts the English national character under her anthropological microscope, and finds a strange and fascinating culture, governed by complex sets of unspoken rules and byzantine codes of behaviour. The rules of weather-speak. The ironicgnome rule. The reflex apology rule. The paranoid-pantomime rule. Class indicators and class anxiety tests. The money-talk taboo and many more...Through a mixture of anthropological analysis and her own unorthodox experiments (using herself as a reluctant guinea-pig), Kate Fox discovers what these unwritten behaviour codes tell us about Englishness. Link to post Share on other sites
ms. yvon Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 for the third time... think i'm in the verge of a michael chabon bender. might have to find a copy of mysteries of pittsburgh... Link to post Share on other sites
WildMercurySound Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 for the third time... think i'm in the verge of a michael chabon bender. might have to find a copy of mysteries of pittsburgh... I need to read that- I loved the film and Kavalier & Clay. NR: Jonathan Franzen - The Corrections Link to post Share on other sites
Welsh Rich Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 NR: Jonathan Franzen - The Corrections That's a really great book and shook me out of my post-Uni not reading rut I'd found myself in. Really impressive writing. Link to post Share on other sites
m_thomp Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 I thought this was going a bit of a 'I was there' yawn-fest but it's surprisingly detailed and informative so far. Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 Will I ever finish The Virgin Suicides?? Link to post Share on other sites
la* Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 I'm a huge fan of his books, but this one is a bit muddled at times (so far..) Link to post Share on other sites
M. (hristine Posted June 1, 2006 Share Posted June 1, 2006 I'm beginning my summer reading with this book. Not sure that it's the ideal book to read poolside, but his language is lyrical and rhythmic. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Laminated Kat Posted June 1, 2006 Share Posted June 1, 2006 How We Are Hungry-Dave Eggers Link to post Share on other sites
jahilia Posted June 1, 2006 Share Posted June 1, 2006 Just finished What a book! I read it in about three hours. I think I'll read it again, just to wallow in the sick depravity. It's hard to believe this book was published in the 30's. I'm looking forward to reading Miss Lonelyhearts soon. Just started Not bad, but after spending a week or two with Flannery O'Connor and Nathaniel West, I keep waiting for something horrible to happen... Link to post Share on other sites
bobbob1313 Posted June 1, 2006 Share Posted June 1, 2006 In preparation for my road trip. Bryson is my favorite author, no doubt. I've loved every single book of his (I think I have all of them but one). I'm gonna read Angela's Ashes next. Link to post Share on other sites
kikos_ndakwa Posted June 1, 2006 Share Posted June 1, 2006 In preparation for my road trip. Bryson is my favorite author, no doubt. I've loved every single book of his (I think I have all of them but one). I'm gonna read Angela's Ashes next. You should read "Blue Highways" by William Least Heat Moon. It's wonderful. Perfect for road trip preparation. Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted June 2, 2006 Share Posted June 2, 2006 Cities of the Red Night William BurroughsandBlue Note Records A biography....good stuff. LouieB Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted June 2, 2006 Share Posted June 2, 2006 (edited) I'm on a "classics" kick. Just started these two: And have this on the "next up" list I'll be bringing on vacation next week: Edited June 2, 2006 by Lammycat Link to post Share on other sites
M. (hristine Posted June 2, 2006 Share Posted June 2, 2006 You should read "Blue Highways" by William Least Heat Moon. It's wonderful. Perfect for road trip preparation. Link to post Share on other sites
WildMercurySound Posted June 2, 2006 Share Posted June 2, 2006 That's a really great book and shook me out of my post-Uni not reading rut I'd found myself in. Really impressive writing. I'm in the same rut right now, i thouyght i'd through myseld into something meaty to get myself out it. Next up is Coupland's new one, then after that I'm not sure...might go for some classics, some Graham Green maybe. Link to post Share on other sites
Dreamin' Posted June 3, 2006 Share Posted June 3, 2006 Next up is Coupland's new oneI really enjoyed it. It's kind of like a nihilistic Microserfs. It's also a wicked satire of various Vancouver subcultures. (You'll have to come visit us someday so I can give you the Coupland tour. ... I actually work across the street from Electronic Arts, in Burnaby.) Coupland unlocks levels in a game called life Link to post Share on other sites
Alisa Posted June 3, 2006 Share Posted June 3, 2006 (edited) for the third time...think i'm in the verge of a michael chabon bender. might have to find a copy of mysteries of pittsburgh...Wonder Boys has to be my favorite book. I picked up Mysteries Of Pittsburgh a year ago started it and never finished it. I decided to read it and finish it in one sitting yesterday. It has to be one of the oddest books I read. I am not very familiar with Chabon Edited June 3, 2006 by AlisaB Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted June 3, 2006 Share Posted June 3, 2006 ...another book I didn Link to post Share on other sites
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