Spawn's dad Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 The Wishing Year by Noelle Oxenhandler is the non fictional account of an experiment in desire. Oxenhandler takes one year to explore the act of wishing- think birthday candles, genies in a bottle, a wishing well. She focuses her desires on 3 very different wishes- a house (after years of house rental), a man (after the end of a long marriage), and spiritual healing (after a painful separation from her spiritual community). She decides to try Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 That seems really interesting to me, gary. I may need to pick it up. Link to post Share on other sites
Spawn's dad Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 How old were you when you realized you were a chick? fixed it Will report back. Just read the intro. I've had this one earmarked for vacation for several months. Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 fixed it Will report back. Just read the intro. I've had this one earmarked for vacation for several months.Naw, that stuff's right up my alley. I've already reserved a copy at the library. Link to post Share on other sites
NightOfJoy Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 Just started "Garcia" by Blair Jackson. Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 Just started "Garcia" by Blair Jackson.One of only a few good reads on Garcia/the band. Link to post Share on other sites
austrya Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 I'm reading Fast Food Nation, but I'm just not in the mood for nonfiction. I think I need to go to the library... Link to post Share on other sites
Doug Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 Emily Raboteau's The Professor's Daughter is a pretty darn good novel. I've been reading and re-reading a bunch of Stewart O'Nan lately. That guy is one hell of a writer. I highly recommend The Names of the Dead, Wish You Were Here, and especially Snow Angels but all of his stuff is flat-out wonderful. A good non-fiction book to look forward to later this year is John Lennon: The Life, by Philip Norman. It's 800 pages long, but it's fascinating. Lots and lots of pre-Beatles and post-Beatles stuff, along with the usual 1961-1970 coverage. Norman digs up some good dirt about John's relationships with his parents. Let's just say there was more than a bit of Oedipal stuff going on with Julia. I'm now reading Crisis of Empire: Britain and America in the Eighteenth Century and it's boring as hell. All you history buffs should stay far away from this one. Ya know, sometimes, being a book reviewer is a real drag... Link to post Share on other sites
markosis Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 Holy hell this is some great stuff. I know I like a book when it makes me laugh out loud at the sheer ridiculous-ness. Link to post Share on other sites
Spawn's dad Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 Naw, that stuff's right up my alley. I've already reserved a copy at the library. It's tremendous. I'm already trying to conserve pages. Link to post Share on other sites
keeprockalive88 Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 Holy hell this is some great stuff. I know I like a book when it makes me laugh out loud at the sheer ridiculous-ness. I just started that recently as well. After just finishing David Sedaris' "naked" and "when engulfed in flames" Link to post Share on other sites
lovecontagious Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 Just started "Garcia" by Blair Jackson. Have you read "Living with the Dead" by Rock Scully? I loved this account of the band, especially Garcia. It's out of print now, but I think you can still find it through Harvest Book Search. Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 Have you read "Living with the Dead" by Rock Scully? I loved this account of the band, especially Garcia. It's out of print now, but I think you can still find it through Harvest Book Search. Not so much an account, as a dark comedy. Link to post Share on other sites
the carlos Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 The History of Fort Whipple by Phillip D. Yoder Link to post Share on other sites
austrya Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 I read "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller the other day and am currently reading: Next up is Romeo and Juliet and The Scarlett Letter. I've been going to the library instead of buying books because I spend so much money on books, it's crazy. Our library is dinky and doesn't have hardly any newer books unless they are by Janet Evanovich or Danielle Steele, so I'm stuck with the classics. Link to post Share on other sites
NightOfJoy Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 Not so much an account, as a dark comedy. After finishing that book, I felt like I needed to shower. Link to post Share on other sites
aricandover Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 tear jerker Link to post Share on other sites
you ever seen a ghost? Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 Tom Wolfe - A Man In Full -justin Link to post Share on other sites
MattZ Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 I just finished the 33 1/3 book on Music from Big Pink and I was pretty disappointed. Oh well. Link to post Share on other sites
kimcatch22 Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 I just finished the 33 1/3 book on Music from Big Pink and I was pretty disappointed. Oh well.I've tried three or four from that series and none have impressed me. Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 I just finished the 33 1/3 book on Music from Big Pink and I was pretty disappointed. Oh well.Nothing you didn't already know? Link to post Share on other sites
MattZ Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 Nothing you didn't already know? Not even. It's weird. I think the series usually explores albums and goes into the making of the album or the influence or impact of the album, etc. Not this one. This one was "faction" (as described on the back cover). Basically, it traces the fictional life of a 20-something drug dealer who moves up to Woodstock for the summer and ends up being a casual friend of a few members of the band, and supplies them with some drugs. The book explores the kid's life -- including a trip home to visit his Dad when his Mom dies, and his crush on a gal, etc. -- and ends up becoming a biography of this ficitonal guy instead of a book about the album. Richard Manuel and Rick Danko are prominently involved, and Dylan makes a couple of appearances (at parties), but there is little to no exploration of the album except through this kid's eyes, and even then, it's only briefly. This one left me scratching my head. Link to post Share on other sites
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