Sir Stewart Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 I finished A Long Way Down about a week ago, and it's aging pretty nicely in my...heart? Link to post Share on other sites
ms. yvon Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 re-reading to help wean myself off my late"jeeves and wooster" binge. witty, hysterical and touching. but not in a bad-touch way. Link to post Share on other sites
lizish Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 yeah me too. Tis most excellent. Link to post Share on other sites
nurfherder Posted October 26, 2005 Share Posted October 26, 2005 I don't know much about 80s politics, let alone clandestine Republican politics from that time, so this is an interesting read. Only about 60 pages into it so far. Link to post Share on other sites
lindsey Posted October 26, 2005 Share Posted October 26, 2005 (edited) & Edited October 26, 2005 by lindsey Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted October 26, 2005 Author Share Posted October 26, 2005 Killing Yourself to Live : 85% of a True Story - Chuck Klosterman. I love this book - he disses punk rock and admits to buying all the Kiss albums three times. Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted October 26, 2005 Author Share Posted October 26, 2005 The mayor of MacDougal Street : a memoir -- Van Ronk, Dave Link to post Share on other sites
ms. yvon Posted October 26, 2005 Share Posted October 26, 2005 a certified hoot!why hasn't this been made into a movie?i've heard rumblings that attempts at adapting this have been made in the past. however, i know that stephen fry has been working on an adaptation of it in recent years. (wooot!) phillip seymour hoffman! nice idea! Link to post Share on other sites
Guest gsteinb Posted October 26, 2005 Share Posted October 26, 2005 Link to post Share on other sites
IATTBYB Posted October 26, 2005 Share Posted October 26, 2005 Picked this up last night from the library. An excellent follow-up to Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Link to post Share on other sites
the_ashtray_says Posted October 26, 2005 Share Posted October 26, 2005 i've heard rumblings that attempts at adapting this have been made in the past. however, i know that stephen fry has been working on an adaptation of it in recent years. (wooot!) phillip seymour hoffman! nice idea! the last i heard will farrell was going to play the role. Link to post Share on other sites
ms. yvon Posted October 26, 2005 Share Posted October 26, 2005 the last i heard will farrell was going to play the role."my valve!" Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted October 26, 2005 Share Posted October 26, 2005 Killing Yourself to Live : 85% of a True Story - Chuck Klosterman. I love this book - he disses punk rock and admits to buying all the Kiss albums three times.Any book that uses a Sabbath song title as its title is at least worth a look, I suppose. Link to post Share on other sites
nurfherder Posted October 27, 2005 Share Posted October 27, 2005 My favourite Shakespeare play. Love all the off-shoots like 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead!' and the various retellings.My alias as a college DJ was Rosencrantz even. Link to post Share on other sites
oatmealblizzard Posted October 27, 2005 Share Posted October 27, 2005 I have a big stack o' books I've been meaning to read awaiting me. Now reading (and loving): Next up (probably): Link to post Share on other sites
Wilcology Posted October 28, 2005 Share Posted October 28, 2005 Very good. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest gsteinb Posted October 28, 2005 Share Posted October 28, 2005 Link to post Share on other sites
ms. yvon Posted October 29, 2005 Share Posted October 29, 2005 top shelf comedy. highlights include: "My Beard, Reviewed" and the unused DVD commentary for Lord of the Rings, Fellowship of the Ring by Noam Chomsky. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest carlos Posted October 29, 2005 Share Posted October 29, 2005 top shelf comedy. highlights include: "My Beard, Reviewed" and the unused DVD commentary for Lord of the Rings, Fellowship of the Ring by Noam Chomsky. that was really a good read. Link to post Share on other sites
ms. yvon Posted October 29, 2005 Share Posted October 29, 2005 i loved the list of words that would be good names for children if they weren't inappropriate.--Calorie--Dyslexia--Bench and the "Circumstances Under Which i Would Have Sex With My Fellow Jurors". spectacular. Link to post Share on other sites
gogo Posted October 29, 2005 Share Posted October 29, 2005 Two of my favorite books mentioned in the previous posts! Evonne: "teamsta rap". I still giggle every time I think of it. And KevFlynn, I got to meet Michael MacDonald and his two youngest brothers when he did a reading out here a couple of years ago. He was an incredibly friendly, down-to-earth guy, but talking to him was very strange (particularly when the talk turned to his family), almost as if characters in a novel had escaped the page and turned up in real life. Fabulous book. Link to post Share on other sites
bobbob1313 Posted October 29, 2005 Share Posted October 29, 2005 top shelf comedy. highlights include: "My Beard, Reviewed" and the unused DVD commentary for Lord of the Rings, Fellowship of the Ring by Noam Chomsky. I am reading this now. It is really too funny. People at school were looking at me weird as I just laughed my ass off. The Noam Chomsky thing is hilarious. Also the "How events of my life would be different if I had been shot in the stomache two times" and The newest jokes thing killed me. Actually, too many good things in there to list any specific ones. They all had me rolling. Link to post Share on other sites
Scalzunfield Posted October 29, 2005 Share Posted October 29, 2005 I've been working on this book for a couple months now. It's almost 1100 pages long, but it's brilliant historical fiction about a archaeologist dig in the '60s where they uncover artifacts dating back to caveman days. Each artifact is then explained with a separate story. All the stories work together to show the reader a complete history of the site of the dig. It's really a fascinating concept and brilliantly written. Link to post Share on other sites
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