Welsh Rich Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 I'm going to start this book tonight (assuming I can keep my eyes open long enough). I saw an interview with the author, an autistic savant, on 60 Minutes or something similar a week or so ago and the guy was pretty fascinating. I'm not sure how he is as a writer, but it's worth a shot: My girlfriend picked that up last weekend but hasn't started it yet... sounded really interesting... Link to post Share on other sites
caliber66 Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 i have that in my pile of books to read. i can't wait. i loved You Shall Know Us By Our VelocityLikewise. I think The Satanic Verses is next for me, though. Link to post Share on other sites
jahilia Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 I think The Satanic Verses is next for me, though. Great book - it's where I got my username. Midnight's Children is also very good, maybe even better than Satanic Verses. Just started:About Yeats and his fascination with the occult. Really interesting so far. Link to post Share on other sites
rwrkb Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 i'm just about to start this:my girlfriend sent it to me, anyone else read it? Link to post Share on other sites
Somnambulist Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 I just finished this. It's this year's winner of the Printz Award, a kind of hipper,older Newbery Award. I'm a school librarian so I kind of had to read it but that aside, it was a really touching, hilarious story about how tough it is to be who you really are. I'm looking forward to the new Michael Chabon book in a month or so. Link to post Share on other sites
rwrkb Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 I'm looking forward to the new Michael Chabon book in a month or so. me too! Chabon. and a book set in my homeland = awesome i'm also psyched to read the new Jonathan Lethem novel. Link to post Share on other sites
kathyp Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 I almost bought the Lethem novel today. Instead I picked up Jon Sellers's Perfect From Now On: How Indie Rock Saved My Life. Link to post Share on other sites
rwrkb Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 I almost bought the Lethem novel today. i'm waiting for my pre-order to arrive. (so much for the pre-order concept). my girlfriend has read it though and she loved it. Link to post Share on other sites
Preferred B Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Great book - it's where I got my username. Midnight's Children is also very good, maybe even better than Satanic Verses. I actually haven't read Satanic Verses, but I loved Midnight's Children. I'm about 100 pages into: I'm enjoying it, but I've been busy and it's slow going for me. Add that to the fact that you can only check out new books for 14 days at a time from our libraries, with no renewals ... and I really don't know how it's going to get finished. It was due on Tuesday. Link to post Share on other sites
TheMaker Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 I just bought What Is the What yesterday, and since everybody's reading it, I won't bother posting yet another picture of the cover. I only started reading it last night, but boy, what a departure for Eggers. The narrative is still pretty, um, flitty, for lack of a better word, but he's no longer writing on what feels like a crank-high of pure emotion. The restraint is doing him good so far, I think, although I'm only about 50 pages in at this point. Other stuff I've read or started to read this week: Delisle is an idol of mine, a French-Canadian animator and cartoonist whose two major works are comics travelogues of his time spent working on television cartoons produced in Asia. Pyongyang, a rare and uncommonly droll outsider's look at North Korea, was my favourite book of 2005, illustrated or otherwise. I've lost track of how many folks I've recommended it to. Shenzhen is a little more scattershot as these things go, but it was still charming as hell. UHH. This is different. I bought it only because I'm Bobsessive, and it's no Beautiful Losers, I'll say that. As one who appreciates Dylan's mid-Sixties liner notes, though, I'm enjoying certain passages more than it behooves me to admit. Link to post Share on other sites
TheMaker Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 And Lammy, thanks for sharing that Daniel Tammet book with us. I saw that 60 Minutes broadcast too, and I couldn't stop gaping. I'll have to check this out. Link to post Share on other sites
rwrkb Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 i find that book utterly delightful. Link to post Share on other sites
austrya Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Just started this today: I read it in high school, but that was because I HAD to. Now I'm reading it because I want to. Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 So that's why my wife always calls our neighborhood Italian restaurant "My Antonia's" instead of "Antonia's" (its name). Huh. Link to post Share on other sites
la* Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 Great book - it's where I got my username. Midnight's Children is also very good, maybe even better than Satanic Verses. I went to an event last week at the Chicago Public Library last week that featured Salman Rushdie and Jonathan Lethem. They were supposed to be talking about "Process and Place" but they ended up just answering questions and talking about a range of things. It was wonderful. I'd never seen Rushdie speak before and he was very, very funny. Just finished this and really liked it: I'm now reading this and enjoying it thus far: Link to post Share on other sites
gogo Posted March 18, 2007 Author Share Posted March 18, 2007 Old college friends popping up in the strangest places... http://www.livinontheledge.com/main.html Saw this the other day; Ivor was always interesting and had a great dry wit, so I'm definitely going to pick it up. Link to post Share on other sites
Basil II Posted March 18, 2007 Share Posted March 18, 2007 Just started this today: I read it in high school, but that was because I HAD to. Now I'm reading it because I want to. Definately one of my favorite classics....... -Robert Link to post Share on other sites
rwrkb Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 reading this so i can return it to my sister. then it's on to the new Lethem! Link to post Share on other sites
austrya Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 Finished My Antonia this morning. Started this a few hours ago: Link to post Share on other sites
rwrkb Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 i have a signed copy of that, but it's the only of his books i've never had the desire to read Link to post Share on other sites
austrya Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 I loved Kavalier & Clay. Jay and I picked up 2 books of his short stories today at a book sale. I'm only about 20 pages into Summerland, but so far it's pretty good. I'm hoping my son will like it too. Link to post Share on other sites
rwrkb Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 I'm only about 20 pages into Summerland, but so far it's pretty good. I'm hoping my son will like it too. my girlfriend and her son enjoyed it. Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 Magical Mystery Tours: My Life with the BeatlesTony Bramwell It occurs to me that I have been reading Beatle books since I was 12 years old. This guy worked for them - but I don't think Alice Cooper was hanging out with The Beatles in 1965/1966. Link to post Share on other sites
ction Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 Old college friends popping up in the strangest places... http://www.livinontheledge.com/main.html Saw this the other day; Ivor was always interesting and had a great dry wit, so I'm definitely going to pick it up. You went to school with Ivor Hanson!?!? Link to post Share on other sites
gogo Posted March 20, 2007 Author Share Posted March 20, 2007 You went to school with Ivor Hanson!?!?Um... yes? He was a very sweet guy. Link to post Share on other sites
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