Preferred B Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 I read that one. There was some funny stuff about cranky old people, if I recall correctly. I got this for Christmas - totally forgot it existed or I would have picked it up sooner: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
explodo Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 I read that one. There was some funny stuff about cranky old people, if I recall correctly. I will admit that the very beginning bits where he is describing Des Moines are pretty great. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
austrya Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Hi Maudie!! Isn't it a great cover?! I love that photo. The book is about a group of women at the Atlit Internment Camip in Palestine, following WWII. While the narrative is set within actual historical events, at the heart of the book are the stories of the women and the development of their relationships. I loved The Red Tent so much, so I wanted to give it a go. It isn't as good as The Red Tent, but it's certainly worth a read. I have Diamant's other fictional book The Last Days of Dogtown on my reading list for 2010. I'm definitely going to have to check this book out. I don't know that another book could live up to The Red Tent, that's still at the top of my list. So far I've read:I have to admit that I didn't read the entire book. There were sections that I totally skipped concerning the revolution, the history of slang, and other parts that didn't add to the story. I had read this book when I was a kid and loved it then. I still love it. Now reading: So far so good... Hopefully I'll be able to finish this one before school starts on Monday. After that I'll be reading 20th century American Lit until May. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BreezyGrass Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Tackling Infinite Jest. And some book by Bill Bryson that is about him driving around America. Super whiny and stupid so far. I don't need 300 pages of, "Went to Indiana. It was boring, so I left." Did you read a "Walk in the Woods"? Classic read and Bryson at his best I think. I laughed out loud throughout the book! Fully recommend it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The High Heat Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Did you read a "Walk in the Woods"? Classic read and Bryson at his best I think. I laughed out loud throughout the book! Fully recommend it.Seconded. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mountain bed Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Since Then - David Crosby and Carl Gottlieb The follow-up to Long Time Gone, this one is extremely sad. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Julie Powell's Cleaving, for the food column. Liked it; will post the review later this week. http://www.ulsterpublishing.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=article&articleID=504894 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Preferred B Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 I just got Cleaving from the library. I didn't read Julie and Julia until a month or so ago. (I haven't seen the movie.) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Reni Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 Amazing. Should be mandatory reading for all. and.....sod it....I am reading this one next: I am so in love. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
isadorah Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SarahC Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 i am going to look for that one today. wrestling with Infinite Jest currently. Tried to start it back in September and failed miserably. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GtrPlyr Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 I quite liked his previous book "Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence." I'm about halfway through and so far I'd say this is as equally funny and honest--to a sometimes painful degree--as the first one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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GtrPlyr Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 I've been reading this one in between bouts with other books. It didn't really grip me at first but now I'm getting more into it as it nears the end. Far from an essential rock bio, but not without its merits. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gogo Posted January 26, 2010 Author Share Posted January 26, 2010 Recently finished: (How often does a book by a bona fide registered VCer get posted in here?? And yes, there is a Wilco mention, towards the end...) Almost done with What is the What, and yes, it's great, so you can all stop bugging me about it now. Next up: and for the long train ride home from Vancouver next month: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tugmoose Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Thank goodness nothing like this can ever happen again! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Maddie Hope Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 I just finished 'the waiting time' by Eugenia Price. It was her last book she wrote, I love reading her books.Also a couple small books about Savannah... Now 'Georgia's Land of The Golden Isles' by Burnette VanstoryNext... 'The Lost Legacy of Georgia's Golden Isles' by Betsy Fancher'Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838-1839' by Fanny Kemble'South' by Eugenia Price I love going to the library getting older books about Georgia, Florida, Carolina's, then take a road trip to visit these places and think what it was like back then. I hope in March to do a run up the Eastern coast and end up in Savannah for Wilco, then the ATL... I did a coast run 3 Christmas's ago, Florida to Savannah. Reading over all the books everyone is reading has made my list longer. Happy Reading... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 and for the long train ride home from Vancouver next month: Good luck with that, I'm still smarting from my attempt at Gravity's rainbow. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Sir Stewart Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 I've just been doing a lot of NY Times crosswords lately while waiting for either Eating Animals or the new Paul Auster to show up for me at the library. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gogo Posted January 26, 2010 Author Share Posted January 26, 2010 I've just been doing a lot of NY Times crosswords lately while waiting for either Eating Animals or the new Paul Auster to show up for me at the library.bbop had a great laugh one day, when we were waiting in line for a show and doing NYT crosswords, and I told him that "Sunday is just a big Thursday". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gogo Posted January 26, 2010 Author Share Posted January 26, 2010 Good luck with that, I'm still smarting from my attempt at Gravity's rainbow.I forgot to reply to this earlier. I think Ulysses is do-able. Now, Finnegans Wake, no way I'm sticking a toe into that pool... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scalzunfield Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 I've been on a TOTAL reading kick in the new year. I jokingly set a "resolution" to read 10,000 pages this year (even though I'm sure I eclipsed that by a bit last year) and already find myself right around 2,500. Read so far this year: Currently Reading: Next up:and I may read Neal Stephenson's entire fiction novels set in chronological order after that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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