jimmyjimmy Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 Meh.. Link to post Share on other sites
M. (hristine Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 Hands down one of my favorite reads...Good to know.My problem is, I'm reading a book that I don't really want to finish because it is so good. I eschewd another book to start this one, and if I start the Chabon, that will be three books going at the same time, and, and... Link to post Share on other sites
viatroy Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 Why I Can Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 Started this last night: Link to post Share on other sites
M. (hristine Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 Link to post Share on other sites
Atticus Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 Good to know.My problem is, I'm reading a book that I don't really want to finish because it is so good. I eschewd another book to start this one, and if I start the Chabon, that will be three books going at the same time, and, and... I'm always the same way. I've got 2 books in the car at all times (right now it's "Fiasco" and some Parker mystery fluff novel) and one at home... Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 Started this last night: Excellent read. I finished it last spring. My first Roth book and very enjoyable. I started this last night. Somebody around here went to a Roger Kahn signing a few months back... Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 Link to post Share on other sites
Preferred B Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 20th Century Ghosts ~ Joe Hill. Very spooky book of short stories. After all Halloween is on the way. P.S. ~ Joe Hill was eventually outed AFTER the glowing reviews. He's Joe Hill King. Stephen's son. Oh, neat. I read a book of short stories by Owen King a few months ago, and it was pretty good. Link to post Share on other sites
Beltmann Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 At Risk had been sitting on my shelf for years, but for some reason I never got around to reading it until yesterday. The subject matter isn't typical Hoffman--it's a straight-forward drama about what happens to a family when their 11-year-old daughter contracts AIDS--but there's something vital about it, perhaps because it was published in 1988. I'm a Hoffman fan, and this one ranks pretty high among my favorites. Link to post Share on other sites
awatt Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 Definitely going to go out and get this one... 's are always a good read. Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 Excellent read. I finished it last spring. My first Roth book and very enjoyable. I started this last night. Somebody around here went to a Roger Kahn signing a few months back... Don't know about the signing, but he stopped by our office the other day. Nice guy. Link to post Share on other sites
wheelco Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 just starting Link to post Share on other sites
bobbob1313 Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 Fargo Rock City. Link to post Share on other sites
Azzurri Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 "The mummied dead everywhere. The flesh cloven along the bones, the ligaments dried to tug and taut as wires. Shriveled and drawn like latterday bogfolk, their faces of boiled sheeting, the yellowed palings of their teeth. They were discarded to a man like pilgrims of some common order for all their shoes were long stolen. Link to post Share on other sites
awatt Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 "The mummied dead everywhere. The flesh cloven along the bones, the ligaments dried to tug and taut as wires. Shriveled and drawn like latterday bogfolk, their faces of boiled sheeting, the yellowed palings of their teeth. They were discarded to a man like pilgrims of some common order for all their shoes were long stolen. Link to post Share on other sites
jahilia Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 (edited) Someone recommended this to me, decribing it as "a hoot", and I'm still waiting for it to get interesting. Edited September 27, 2006 by jahilia Link to post Share on other sites
gogo Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 Amazing! This is the third time I've read it, and it just gets more interesting every time.Jahilia, I'm finally into this one. I don't think I'm getting all of it, but maybe by the third time through... Link to post Share on other sites
OOO Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 sigh... Link to post Share on other sites
jahilia Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 (edited) Jahilia, I'm finally into this one. I don't think I'm getting all of it, but maybe by the third time through... Yeah, the first time I "read" it, I mostly skimmed the main parts and paid the most attention to the dialogues (Achilles & Tortoise) and those wonderful Escher drawings. Second time, I read the chapters a little more closely. Third time, it all came together. I think this book is a lot like a record (or at least the way I listen to records).. scan it at first, but keep it on the shelf. Sometime 8 or 10 months from now (or a year, depending on your reading habits...and your bookshelf) it'll hit you. I really think it's $30 well spent. He doesn't call it "the eternal golden braid" for nothing...everything from biology to computer programming to symbolic logic to Bach all tied up into one book. Good stuff. Edited September 28, 2006 by jahilia Link to post Share on other sites
gogo Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 I sat down with the kids last night to show them the Eschers. They loved them! Link to post Share on other sites
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