ction Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 Dude...he was in Embrace! And The Faith!!! Link to post Share on other sites
gogo Posted March 20, 2007 Author Share Posted March 20, 2007 I know!!! Link to post Share on other sites
ction Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 But seriously...Embrace! Â I just checked and my library does not carry this title. Link to post Share on other sites
gogo Posted March 20, 2007 Author Share Posted March 20, 2007 Order it: http://shop.twodollarradio.com/Â It's an indie publisher so they can use the money, and also... it's Ivor! He was in Embrace! Link to post Share on other sites
bobbob1313 Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 Â Â This dude is my hero. He's made a career out of fictional, tongue in cheek zombie books. Sweet. Link to post Share on other sites
tugmoose Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 "To Live's To Fly: The Ballad Of The Late, Great Townes Van Zandt" by John Kruth. Suck on this tasty morsel on songwriting from Guy Clark: "It's more like how close can you cut it to your own bone? Did you break your own heart? Did you scare the shit out of yourself? That's what matters." Link to post Share on other sites
bobbob1313 Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 This dude is my hero. He's made a career out of fictional, tongue in cheek zombie books. Sweet. Seriously, he needs to release a new book like, every other day. I just finished this one (took me less than a day...) and it's awesome. Actually a really well written book. Link to post Share on other sites
bobbob1313 Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 Â He's probably my favorite writer, and I think I've read all of his books but that one. I need to pick it up. He's everything I wish I could be as a writer. Link to post Share on other sites
caliber66 Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 I'm a big fan of Bill Bryson, too, but I just started reading his stuff. Link to post Share on other sites
Jay Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 That's the only Bill Bryson book I've read and I really enjoyed it. Link to post Share on other sites
kathyp Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 The World According to Mimi Smartypants The whole "blog into book" thing fascinates me. Mostly because I have one (blog, that is) and can't ever imagine parlaying it into a book deal. Link to post Share on other sites
bobbob1313 Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 I'm a big fan of Bill Bryson, too, but I just started reading his stuff.  That's the only Bill Bryson book I've read and I really enjoyed it. I've read almost everything he's released (the only ones I haven't that are available at my Barnes and Noble are Sunburned Country and Walk In The Woods), and he's great. I reccomend I'm A Stranger Here Myself, Mother Tongue (I think you'll enjoy that one, especially, Liverwhurst. It's all about the history of the English language, and language in general), A Short History of Nearly Everything, and The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir. Link to post Share on other sites
caliber66 Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 I've read I'm a Stranger Here Myself, and I have Made in America on the pile at home (currently somewhere behind The Satanic Verses and, perhaps, The Decameron). I'm looking forward to it, and will definitely be picking up The Mother Tongue soon. Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 The World According to Mimi SmartypantsI'm in shock from how annoying that title is (doubly so considering it's apparently a printed out blog). Link to post Share on other sites
redeyedndblue Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 The Blind Side by Michael Lewis. Â No Country for Old Med by Cormac McCarthy. Link to post Share on other sites
Willkoman Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy.   Did anyone see where Oprah put her name on this fantastic read by Cormac McCarthy? I haven't read any other Oprah Club picks but I highly recommend this one. I'm kind of surprised at this pick but it really is a good read. How is No Country For Old Men? Or any other McCarthy?  I'm currently finishing up "Dance Of Death" an Aloysius X.L. Pendergast novel by Preston & Child. The best so far in an incredible string of books. Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 I've been re-reading this the past week. Nice, short, often very humorous, sometimes morose takes on the nature of both sports and politics, which were almost one-in-the-same for HST:Â Â Â And started this one last night. Krakauer is a good storyteller and I like how he writes, stylistically (I've read both Into the Wild and Into Thin Air):Â Link to post Share on other sites
mountain bed Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 I've been re-reading this the past week. Nice, short, often very humorous, sometimes morose takes on the nature of both sports and politics, which were almost one-in-the-same for HST:Shit, I don't have that! Note to self: get to the coddamned bookstore pronto! Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 Shit, I don't have that! Note to self: get to the coddamned bookstore pronto!You'll really enjoy it. It's all pieces from when he wrote for espn Page 2 from 2000-20004. They're short but listed chronologically so you get a real flavor of what was going on in The Casa Blanca/politics overall as well as in the sports world. Link to post Share on other sites
kathyp Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 I'm in shock from how annoying that title is (doubly so considering it's apparently a printed out blog).  The book isn't really any less annoying than the title. I can handle that level of self-deprecation-slash-sarcasm online, or at least I expect it, but as a book it got old quickly.  Right now I'm sort of finishing the Jonathan Lethem book everyone's talking about -- I had really high hopes for it, but it's, er...sort of bad, and starting Bobbie Ann Mason's new one. Link to post Share on other sites
TheMaker Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 No Country for Old Med by Cormac McCarthy. Soon to be a movie starring Tommy Lee Jones that will (hopefully) rejuvenate the Coen Brothers' badly stalled film career! McCarthy + Joel Coen = holy shit. I can't wait for this one. Link to post Share on other sites
aricandover Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 Â you can't beat a good 1000 page comic book. Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 Is that Pogo? Link to post Share on other sites
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