tugmoose Posted June 4, 2006 Share Posted June 4, 2006 Just the Othello chapter right now. I'm sort of watching/reading the plays, then reading Bloom's commentary. Link to post Share on other sites
wheelco Posted June 4, 2006 Share Posted June 4, 2006 National Geographic Link to post Share on other sites
quarter23cd Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 700 pages and a century of music is a lot to chew on, but I'm really digging this. Link to post Share on other sites
jahilia Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 This is my fourth time reading this book, and I continue to be amazed. I just read that David Cronenberg is directing a film version of this, with the screenplay written by Amis...It could be worse, but I think it will be next to impossible to cast. Especially Keith Talent. next up It's a shame none of his other books are as good as these two (except for his memoir). But then again, if they were, all I would ever read is Martin Amis and Nabokov. Link to post Share on other sites
IATTBYB Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 How do you like this one? I read The Dante Club and thought it was fantastic. I am waiting for my local library to get this one. Link to post Share on other sites
Attack With Love Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 And have this on the "next up" list I'll be bringing on vacation next week: that's on my next up list too, and i will also be bringing it with me on vacation next week! whoa!! i just started:it's actually the first i've read from Sedaris. i dunno, i love the way it reads (it's so easy and entertaining), but i don't know how hilarious it is. either way, perfect for a bored night at home, i'll prolly even end up finishing it tonight or tomorrow. Link to post Share on other sites
ms. yvon Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 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 Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted June 6, 2006 Author Share Posted June 6, 2006 The Bread of Time : Toward an Autobiography by Philip Levine Condition Of The Spirit: The Life And Work Of Larry Levis by Christopher Buckley (Editor), Alexander Long (Editor) Ate It Anyway: Stories by Edward Allen Compression Scars by Kellie Wells How Far She Went by Mary Hood Link to post Share on other sites
quarter23cd Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 NR:Rule of the Bone--Russel Banks Russell Banks is one of my favorites. When you finish Bone, by all means pick up Continental Drift. Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 700 pages and a century of music is a lot to chew on, but I'm really digging this. Gary is an excellent writer and this book has always been one I wanted to read. He is really one of the premier and certainly living jazz writers. Good stuff. I have read other books and articles by him. LouieB Link to post Share on other sites
quarter23cd Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 Gary is an excellent writer and this book has always been one I wanted to read. He is really one of the premier and certainly living jazz writers. Good stuff. I have read other books and articles by him. LouieBIts a huge book and a lot to swallow all at once, but I think the way he has broken it up--in a series of like 70 profiles that read like articles--makes it easier to take. So far I'm burning through it in linear fashion, but you could just as easily "hop around" because its arranged somewhat like a reference book. The more I learn about jazz, the more I learn that I've got a lot to learn. Great book! Link to post Share on other sites
Attack With Love Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 about to start this on my trip tomorrowTom Robbins- Still Life With Woodpecker Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Speed Racer Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 Just finished: Started this last night: Link to post Share on other sites
ms. yvon Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 Russell Banks is one of my favorites. When you finish Bone, by all means pick up Continental Drift. thanks! i'll likely pick it up an an airport tomorrow as i've got a long trip, and i'll have finished my current book by then:nr:nick hornby--a long way down Link to post Share on other sites
M. (hristine Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 Mr. Harrison is untwisting my mind. Link to post Share on other sites
Welsh Rich Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 Jean De Florette and Manon Des Sources by Marcel Pagnol Not sure about this... Link to post Share on other sites
lovecontagious Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 Before I left for the summer, my teaching mentor gave me her set of the series All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot. BBC turned it into a series. I've only just started, but the first few chapters were interesting. Link to post Share on other sites
foolnrain97 Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 That coffee stain is on the cover of Corymb by Boom Bip. In case anyone was curious. Link to post Share on other sites
M. (hristine Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 I have two fine gentlemen of VC to thank for this, one for piqueing my curiosity, and one for lending me the (autographed!) book. You know who you are. Delicious so far. Thanks guys! Link to post Share on other sites
wheelco Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 about to start: Link to post Share on other sites
wheelco Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 I'm gonna put that on my list love Bryson Link to post Share on other sites
bobbob1313 Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 I'm gonna put that on my list love Bryson I think I've read all of his books except the one about Australia, and the one about walking the Appalachian trail. I've loved all of them. Link to post Share on other sites
austrya Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 Not usually my type of book, but I just finished this one yesterday: It was quite good, actually, even had an Uncle Tupelo reference in it. Just started this one today: I'm about 1/2 way through it and so far, so good Link to post Share on other sites
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