RainDogToo Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 I didn't care too much for that one. I found a lot of mistakes about Tom in there. Try reading this one it's a much better bio, IMO. Link to post Share on other sites
RainDogToo Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Also, I am rereading one of my favorite books for about the 50th time. It also happens to be a first edition version. I was lucky enough to have just come across this at an estate sale the other day. I bought it for $20. The only problem is it doesn't have its dust jacket. Still, I looked on ebay and I saw a couple first editions minus its dust jacket selling for hundreds of dollars. So, I am pretty lucky to have found this one in very good condtion! Also, it's pretty neat, on the first blank page there is a note from a mother to her son on graduation day that reads; " May you write something this great one day." I find this very interesting, makes me wonder about what the story behind what was written is all about. Link to post Share on other sites
Dreamin' Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 A cheery topic to start the new year. A good interview with the author Link to post Share on other sites
dondoboy Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 >I didn't care too much for that one. I found a lot of mistakes about Tom in there. Try reading this one it's a much better bio, IMO So far, I'd agree. I don't know that I've found mistakes,but it veers off into stuff I don't really care about. I'll try the other, thanks for the heads up. Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Also, it's pretty neat, on the first blank page there is a note from a mother to her son on graduation day that reads; " May you write something this great one day." I find this very interesting, makes me wonder about what the story behind what was written is all about.That's awesome - and it's Link to post Share on other sites
Three dollars and 63 cents Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 I'm trying to squeeze in as much reading as I can before I start teaching again next Wednesday. I finished the Collected Poems of Frank O'Hara this morning, after a solid month of reading some of it just about every day. After that I breezed through Frank Giampietro's first collection of poems, Begin Anywhere. I liked the conversational, accessible style, and the way he balances serious subjects with humor. I'd definitely recommend it. Now I'm working my way through Sascha Feinstein's memoir Black Pearls. There are a lot of layers, but he balances all of them perfectly. It deals with how he started trying to remember the year of his mother's death from cancer--a year he'd completely blocked out--and how both jazz and art (his parents were both artists) helped him to do that. He's primarily a jazz poet and scholar, and maybe I'm a bit biased because he was one of my first writing teachers, but so far I'm loving it. Link to post Share on other sites
gogo Posted January 13, 2009 Author Share Posted January 13, 2009 For Brianne, and any other fans of children's literature: Jacqueline Woodson Are you familiar with her? Interesting story about the Newbery Medals. Link to post Share on other sites
Preferred B Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Thanks, Maudie! I'll have to check out Feathers. Now reading: Believe it or not, it just hit me: Fern Arable. Oh, arable. (Well, I haven't read this since early elementary school.) Link to post Share on other sites
Elixir Sue Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 ^ That cover illustration was a blast from the past. Right now I'm trudging through: but I'm paying a lot more attention to: Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Hollinger. Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Link to post Share on other sites
gogo Posted January 13, 2009 Author Share Posted January 13, 2009 That one's in my to-read stack. Ooh, that looks good! Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 I started to re-read this book about a week ago, about 20 pages in I wanted to whack Holden Caulfield upside the head and I put the book back on my shelf. When I read the book in high school I loved it, now 20 years later I find Caulfield aggravating. Which I guess is Salinger's point. I should just plow through it, again. (That's great you found a first edition, no matter what shape it was in) I have reread The Great Gatsby a few weeks ago, a book I have not read since high school, and that book was a great as I remembered it being. Just started to reread Hesse's Steppenwolf, another book i thought was great back when I first read it. Looking forward to reading it again. Link to post Share on other sites
la* Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Now reading: Believe it or not, it just hit me: Fern Arable. Oh, arable. (Well, I haven't read this since early elementary school.)Oh how I love that book! The annotated version is wonderful, too. I think I had that same lightbulb moment about Arable a few years ago! Templeton might be my favorite character. His speech before they leave for the fair kills me every time. My recent reads: Read this last month and am still thinking about it a lot: I thought this was great (I wasn't sure I'd like it..): Link to post Share on other sites
Three dollars and 63 cents Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 I used that as a textbook for one of my classes a few years ago. We didn't read the whole thing, but some of the chapters we did read sparked great discussions. My students had a lot to say about the Britney Spears essay, for instance, and we talked about the McDonald's essays before and after we watched Super Size Me. Not my favorite Klosterman, but there are definitely some gems in there. Link to post Share on other sites
Mrs. Peel Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 I'm only 1/4 of the way through it, but I find I'm relaying portions of every story to whoever I happen to be near at the time. "Val Kilmer is a Scientologist!" I love Klosterman; Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs is phenomenal. Link to post Share on other sites
austrya Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Lady Susan, The Watsons, and Sandition by Jane Austen. I just finished Lady Susan. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Hollinger. Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 That one's in my to-read stack. Ooh, that looks good! It's a great read so far. Mike was a brilliant brilliant writer. Also, for anyone who cares -- Mr. Mike's Mondo Video got released on DVD today. It also contains all of the Mr. Mike's Least Loved Bedtime Stories sketches. I can't wait to upgrade my shitty bootleg VHS. Link to post Share on other sites
M. (hristine Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 In my neverending quest to understand aberrant psychology: Link to post Share on other sites
Duck-Billed Catechist Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 I heard on the radio that Bush supposedly read 40 books last year and over 100 the year before or something like that. Huh. Link to post Share on other sites
Good Old Neon Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 My recent reads: Read this last month and am still thinking about it a lot: I Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 The rest of the Tony Hillerman books I have not yet read:The Fallen ManThe First Eagle Hunting Badger The Wailing WindThe Sinister Pig Skeleton Man Aloha Magnum: Larry Manetti's Magnum, P.I. Memories-Larry Manetti The Cobra in the Barn: Great Stories of Automotive Archaeology The Hemi in the Barn: More Great Stories of Automotive Archaeology-Tom Cotter Link to post Share on other sites
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