Fritz Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 I love Patti Smith's writing. So clear and honest and beautiful. Link to post Share on other sites
Albert Tatlock Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 An inside glimpse of life under the Nazi regime and a personal tiny rebellion against it. Written just after the war by someone who lived through it himself and was both courted and persecuted by the Nazi administration, and based on a true story. Link to post Share on other sites
Fritz Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 Just because I've never read it. Link to post Share on other sites
anthony Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 Just because I've never read it. A few years back, I did the same thing It was not what I expected at all. You will learn a lot about whales/whaling. Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 People have been telling me to read this for years. I finally picked up a copy over the weekend and just started it - and it is great. Link to post Share on other sites
redpillbox Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 I almost quit reading it because it was getting too freaky. I've come to terms with the situation so its all good. It gets freakier, let me tell you...wait until you get to "the first colony"...whoa. Link to post Share on other sites
The High Heat Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 People have been telling me to read this for years. I finally picked up a copy over the weekend and just started it - and it is great. It's hilarious! Link to post Share on other sites
NoJ Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 It gets freakier, let me tell you...wait until you get to "the first colony"...whoa. Oh yeah....I finished it over the weekend....now reading Neils autobiography. Link to post Share on other sites
NoJ Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 "We Were Soldiers Once....and Young" by H. Moore Link to post Share on other sites
uncool2pillow Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 People have been telling me to read this for years.I finally picked up a copy over the weekend and just started it - and it is great.This post reminded me it had been quite some time since I read Bryson. Hilarious stuff so far. Love his description of Appalachian Hillbillies. Something like, "fueled by impure corn liquor and lots of un-Biblical sex". Link to post Share on other sites
Queen Amaranthine Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 People have been telling me to read this for years.I finally picked up a copy over the weekend and just started it - and it is great. Bryson is hilarious! Recently I started listening to the audio version of his "At Home: A Short History of Private Life" and, being a history-of-daily-life-details geek, am finding it riveting. He has a wonderful reading voice. Link to post Share on other sites
worldrecordplayer Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 People have been telling me to read this for years.I finally picked up a copy over the weekend and just started it - and it is great. He's written some of my favorite books, including Walk. My absolute favorite Bryson, and maybe all time favorite,is A Short History of Nearly Everything. Each chapter is a history of a different science subject. This book is outstanding. Link to post Share on other sites
jff Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Just got a Kindle and wanted to try it out with something short: Link to post Share on other sites
anthony Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 So far, really enjoyable (for a child of the 1980s). Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 I read that book. I've never played video games, but the story was sort of interesting. Link to post Share on other sites
smells like flowers Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 About to start this one. I really loved Cold Mountain so I'm hopeful that this will be an equally enchanting read. Link to post Share on other sites
Fritz Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 I don't like abandoning books so let's just say I'm putting down Moby Dick for a while. It is very detail-heavy and it's just not what my head needs right now. So I found this... Link to post Share on other sites
NoJ Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Just finished John Densmore's autobiography "Riders On The Storm". Wow, he really let Morrison's boozing get to him. Good book, some interesting stories on the times. Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 I don't like abandoning books so let's just say I'm putting down Moby Dick for a while. It is very detail-heavy and it's just not what my head needs right now. So I found this... I just brought up the below from my basement this past weekend. I read Ask the Dust ages ago...don't remember much about it. Link to post Share on other sites
dagwave Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 thanks for the recommendation- just ordered: Ask the DustTelegraph Avenue (pumped!!)- Chabonand Strong Motion - early Franzen i've been w/ out a book since The Art of Fielding, which i finished in early fall.like a relationship that ended, that book was so wonderful, I had to digest and savor prior to jumping into the next , ummmm......anyhoo, that probably comes off weird, but i bet some of you know what i mean.ready to jump back in the pool! Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Sequel to "The Passage" Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 I just brought up the below from my basement this past weekend. I read Ask the Dust ages ago...don't remember much about it. The third novel in the Bandini Quartet, as it's known. Great book. As is The Brotherhood of the Grape. Bukowski was a big Fante fan, as well. Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 The third novel in the Bandini Quartet, as it's known. Great book. As is The Brotherhood of the Grape. Bukowski was a big Fante fan, as well. That's who introduced him to me. Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 That's who introduced him to me.Ditto. Link to post Share on other sites
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