Preferred B Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 Currently: a lightweight froth of all the Jane Austens, while I watch the Masterpiece adaptations. Damn it! Am I missing Masterpiece adaptations of Jane Austens? I'm currently reading Sense & Sensibility for the first time (only my second Austen ever) and I loved the recent Masterpiece version of Jane Eyre ... which I missed the second part of and then had to wait about a month to track down on Netflix/at the library. Am I destined to forever just be a little too slow for these? Link to post Share on other sites
PopTodd Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 As soon as my wife finishes with it: Link to post Share on other sites
watch me fall Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 Just started reading this last night and hope to be finished tonight. Link to post Share on other sites
gogo Posted January 28, 2008 Author Share Posted January 28, 2008 Damn it! Am I missing Masterpiece adaptations of Jane Austens? I'm currently reading Sense & Sensibility for the first time (only my second Austen ever) and I loved the recent Masterpiece version of Jane Eyre ... which I missed the second part of and then had to wait about a month to track down on Netflix/at the library. Am I destined to forever just be a little too slow for these?This should totally be in Now Watching, but: yes! So far you've missed Persuasion (no big loss, rent the movie with Ciaran Hinds instead), Northanger Abbey (a decent adaptation, but my least favorite JA), and last night was Mansfield Park, which I haven't seen yet, it's sitting on my Tivo, but from the previews, I don't know how I feel about the casting. They're re-running them too (Wednesday nights here), so check with your local station. Emma is going to be the one from a few years ago, with Kate Beckinsale, and P&P is the Colin Firth multi-night extravaganza. Link to post Share on other sites
Reni Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 I really can't stress enough how good this Edwidge Danticat book is...... Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 Just started reading this last night and hope to be finished tonight.You hope to be finished because it is that good or that bad? Link to post Share on other sites
watch me fall Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 You hope to be finished because it is that good or that bad? Oh, sorry. It's good! A very easy read even with the heavy subject matter. Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 Oh, sorry. It's good! A very easy read even with the heavy subject matter.Yeah, it's a pretty entertaining book and a very easy/quick read. Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 It's like sitting & talking with the guy, I think that helps it go by so quickly. Link to post Share on other sites
poppydawn Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 Just started reading this last night and hope to be finished tonight. I really liked this one. I've always liked Rob Sheffield's stuff in Rolling Stone, and I was thrilled to see that he could carry a full book. Last week I got the CD-ROM set with every issue of Rolling Stone from the first 40 years. I keep looking up his pieces. He's just an enjoyable writer. Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 Last week I got the CD-ROM set with every issue of Rolling Stone from the first 40 years. I keep looking up his pieces. He's just an enjoyable writer. Oh - I'd like to have that - 150 bucks at barnes & noble. Link to post Share on other sites
poppydawn Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 Oh - I'd like to have that - 150 bucks at barnes & noble. They just marked them down to $25 last week. It's fab! I have a hard time pulling myself away from it. Link to post Share on other sites
watch me fall Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 I really liked this one. I've always liked Rob Sheffield's stuff in Rolling Stone, and I was thrilled to see that he could carry a full book. Last week I got the CD-ROM set with every issue of Rolling Stone from the first 40 years. I keep looking up his pieces. He's just an enjoyable writer. I totally want to do that, just to see if I've read any of his articles. I'm sure I have. Anyone know if he ever remarried? Link to post Share on other sites
kimcatch22 Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 I love The Things They Carried. He wrote a piece that was in GQ in the mid-80s, I only bought it because it was the comedy issue, and I'm a comedy junkie. I have no idea how that piece ended up in the "comedy issue" of anything, because it was heartbreaking. But on the basis of that, I heard him speak at a symposium at my college on Vietnam, and went on to read absolutely everything he's every written. I haven't liked his recent stuff as much, but The Things They Carried (the GQ thing was an excerpt) and Going After Cacciato are brilliant.Do you remember what was in the GQ? I've heard him speak twice, I think he's kind of a tool, but that really doesn't belong in this thread. He's got some damn good books, even if it is only 2 or 3 of his full catalog that are the good ones. Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 I totally want to do that, just to see if I've read any of his articles. I'm sure I have. Anyone know if he ever remarried? Yup."Charlottesville's pull on Sheffield wasn't limited to literary abstract. Soon after moving to New York, he returned to Charlottesville to visit friends and met another WTJU DJ whom he first heard on the air doing a Pixies marathon. "DJ Astrogrrrl" was Ally Polak, a UVA astrophysicist, and on December 30, 2006, she and Sheffield married in New York. " The Hook Link to post Share on other sites
watch me fall Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 Yay! That makes me happy. Now I will definitely finish the book tonight. Link to post Share on other sites
gogo Posted January 28, 2008 Author Share Posted January 28, 2008 Do you remember what was in the GQ? I've heard him speak twice, I think he's kind of a tool, but that really doesn't belong in this thread. He's got some damn good books, even if it is only 2 or 3 of his full catalog that are the good ones.I don't remember exactly, although I know I still have the magazine somewhere. His talk, which I believe used portions of the same story, was about how something can be "true", but that doesn't necessarily mean that it actually happened. I still have snippets of it in my head, I can picture exactly what I was picturing 20 years ago, as he was describing scenes from his childhood, and from Vietnam. I thought he was amazing. I heard him speak again maybe 10 years ago, and I had one of those totally lame moments while waiting in line to have him sign my book, where I decided that I was really going to tell him how much his books have meant to me. And then when I got to the front of the line, a woman from my office was standing next to him, she moonlights as a book tour escort, and I completely chickened out. Link to post Share on other sites
Lynch Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 About 30 pages into this one and I am hooked. Link to post Share on other sites
poppydawn Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 I totally want to do that, just to see if I've read any of his articles. I'm sure I have. He writes the "Pop Life" column in every issue, which is always smart and funny. In the last issue (not the one with Johnny Depp on the cover; the one before that) he had a feature article about a hair metal festival in Oklahoma called Rocklahoma. It was funny, but he also dealt with these washed-up musicians with a lot of dignity and respect. If you ever watch any of the VH1 "I Love the ___'s" or "100 Greatest..." shows, you might have seen him doing commentary. Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 They just marked them down to $25 last week. It's fab! I have a hard time pulling myself away from it. Really - that's crazy. It's $78.75 (125 list) at amazon. If you happen to see another one for that price - grab it for me - if you feel like it. Link to post Share on other sites
jahilia Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 A couple years ago someone here recommended A Secret History and I read it twice in a row. I just started this one yesterday and am loving it as much, if not more, than her previous book. I'm probably just a sucker for offbeat coming of age stories, but the best fiction I've read in the past year have all been in line with this theme...Lethem's Fortress of Solitude, Atwood's Cats Eye and now this one. Link to post Share on other sites
poppydawn Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Really - that's crazy. It's $78.75 (125 list) at amazon. If you happen to see another one for that price - grab it for me - if you feel like it. Sure thing. I'll be at Barnes & Noble on Thursday, if not sooner. Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Yup."Charlottesville's pull on Sheffield wasn't limited to literary abstract. Soon after moving to New York, he returned to Charlottesville to visit friends and met another WTJU DJ whom he first heard on the air doing a Pixies marathon. "DJ Astrogrrrl" was Ally Polak, a UVA astrophysicist, and on December 30, 2006, she and Sheffield married in New York. " The HookI've met the both of them - she's very cool. Link to post Share on other sites
bobbob1313 Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Just started reading this last night and hope to be finished tonight. That's a damn fine read. Kicked my ass emotionally, though. Link to post Share on other sites
watch me fall Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 He writes the "Pop Life" column in every issue, which is always smart and funny. In the last issue (not the one with Johnny Depp on the cover; the one before that) he had a feature article about a hair metal festival in Oklahoma called Rocklahoma. It was funny, but he also dealt with these washed-up musicians with a lot of dignity and respect. If you ever watch any of the VH1 "I Love the ___'s" or "100 Greatest..." shows, you might have seen him doing commentary. You know, I thought he looked familiar! I'm sure I've seen him. Oh and I finished the book last night. When I got to the chapter about her death, I had to prepare myself. Turned off tv/radio/other distractions, got in bed and just bawled. Link to post Share on other sites
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