Jay Posted April 28, 2007 Share Posted April 28, 2007 Me too.I have Summerland on deck following this one.Just noticed he has a new one coming out next month.... I am going to pick that up next week. New Haruki Murakami comes out in May too. Link to post Share on other sites
jimmyjimmy Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 now reading:Ooo..advance copy? How is it? I'll have to pick that up tomorrow.NR Link to post Share on other sites
rwrkb Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 Ooo..advance copy? How is it? yeah my preorder of it showed up to my fiancee's bookstore (she runs it for her mom who owns it) ten days early. i'm now about 1/2 way through it and i'm enjoying it quite a bit. his writing is different in it, but it is obviously to fit the story, and i love the characters and setting. Link to post Share on other sites
explodo Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 I am going to pick that up next week. New Haruki Murakami comes out in May too.And, I'm pretty sure, Don DeLillo has something out soon too. Should be a very good May for me. Link to post Share on other sites
jahilia Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 Now that Vonnegut's gone, I think Denis Johnson night be the greatest living American author (I'm basing this opinion on this book alone). This book is just amazing so far. Highly recommended. Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 Someone likes Edward Gorey! Link to post Share on other sites
Willkoman Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 Just picked this up Hippycat. Please let me know how it is. Amazon has it at 4.5 out of 5 by over 1400 reviews. Link to post Share on other sites
Jay Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 Someone likes Edward Gorey! Yeah, that's Carson Ellis who does the Decemberists artwork. Link to post Share on other sites
Attack With Love Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 Yeah, that's Carson Ellis who does the Decemberists artwork. yea was gonna say "or the decemberists...". anyways, what's the actual book about? any good? Link to post Share on other sites
Jay Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 yea was gonna say "or the decemberists...". anyways, what's the actual book about? any good? I only just started it so I'll report back later with how good it is. So for now the offical description of the book: ARE YOU A GIFTED CHILD LOOKING FOR SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES? Dozens of children respond to this peculiar ad in the newspaper and are then put through a series of mind-bending tests, which readers take along with them. Only four children-Reynie, Kate, Sticky, and Constance-succeed. Their challenge: to go on a secret mission that only the most intelligent and inventive children could complete. To accomplish it they will have to go undercover at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened, where the only rule is that there are no rules. But what they'll find in the hidden labyrinth of the school's underground tunnels is more than your average school supplies. First-time children's novelist Trenton Lee Stewart takes readers on an adventure that puts friends, family, and foe to the test. Are you up to the challenge? Link to post Share on other sites
a.miller Posted May 8, 2007 Share Posted May 8, 2007 I've been reading Tunesmith by Jimmy Webb. Pretty cool read so far, if you're into the whole songwriting thing. Link to post Share on other sites
Reni Posted May 8, 2007 Share Posted May 8, 2007 I am actually moving on to this one now.....good stuff. Link to post Share on other sites
caliber66 Posted May 8, 2007 Share Posted May 8, 2007 Everything I Need to Know about Marcus Garvey I Learned by Listening to Burning Spear Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted May 8, 2007 Share Posted May 8, 2007 I am actually moving on to this one now.....good stuff.I read that for a class awhile back. Fascinating, that guy. Link to post Share on other sites
rwrkb Posted May 9, 2007 Share Posted May 9, 2007 if you haven't read Jesus' Son yet do so. quick! Link to post Share on other sites
blindgonzo Posted May 9, 2007 Share Posted May 9, 2007 this summer i'm determined to get through a stack of books from christmas. these include Slaughterhouse 5, tropic of cancer and capricorn, and homer's the oddessy and the illiad Link to post Share on other sites
awatt Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 After a brief hiatus, back to more Moby Dick!! Favorite wisdom thus far and clearly the key to unlocking the mystery of the white whale: "But that same image [Narcissus looking at his own reflection], we ourselves see in all rivers and oceans. It is the image of the ungraspable phantom of life; and this is the key to it all." Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 Is that a signed copy? Working my way through this series (for the first time) in time for the final installment... Link to post Share on other sites
gogo Posted May 12, 2007 Author Share Posted May 12, 2007 Is that a signed copy? Working my way through this series (for the first time) in time for the final installment...Actually, truly, it is a signed copy. For reals. I keep telling myself I'm going to read all of the HPs again before the new one comes out. Maybe if I started now and did absolutely nothing else for the next two months...? Link to post Share on other sites
anodyne Posted May 12, 2007 Share Posted May 12, 2007 i'm re-reading sophie's world by jostein gaarder. i love his books. up next is a nonfiction survey of mythology by ken davis. Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted May 14, 2007 Share Posted May 14, 2007 Cormac McCarthy's The Road...again (Best Book of 2006): Good to see Mr. McCarthy won the Pulitzer for this one. So very dark, but with the ultimate hope never lost...the last 5 pages had me in tearsStarted this last night. It's pretty grim so far ... Link to post Share on other sites
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