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Bright Shiny Morning by James Frey

AmentsChickAmentsChick Posts: 6,969
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Who else is going to check it out? I'm a huge JF fan!

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This is the greatest band in the world -- Ben Harper

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  • AmentsChickAmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    Fine! I guess I'm the only one then. :p
    This is the greatest band in the world -- Ben Harper

  • TrixieCatTrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?t=284731&highlight=james+frey+fans

    You will notice the astute comments that followed.
    :p
    Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
    And I don't feel right when you're gone away
  • GraySaturdayGraySaturday Posts: 2,878
    I honestly didn't know he had a new book. I enjoyed A Million Little Pieces, even if Oprah spanked him over it.

    I might just have to check it out, and then get off this board to have time to read it :p
  • AmentsChickAmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    TrixieCat wrote:
    http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?t=284731&highlight=james+frey+fans

    You will notice the astute comments that followed.
    :p

    Thanks for that! Sorry, Trix, I should've done a search.


    It really frustrates me that people judge him and don't even know the details. Yes, he made up some stuff ... but it's not as thought the entire book was a fabrication...small things were changed (i.e. the amount of time he was in jail).

    He's a damn good writer and I wish people would learn the truth behind his "lies".
    This is the greatest band in the world -- Ben Harper

  • TrixieCatTrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    AmentsChick wrote:
    Thanks for that! Sorry, Trix, I should've done a search.


    It really frustrates me that people judge him and don't even know the details. Yes, he made up some stuff ... but it's not as thought the entire book was a fabrication...small things were changed (i.e. the amount of time he was in jail).

    He's a damn good writer and I wish people would learn the truth behind his "lies".
    Follow the link on that link (lol) to the Vanity Fair article. It is pretty awesome.
    Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
    And I don't feel right when you're gone away
  • AmentsChickAmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    GraySaturday wrote:
    I honestly didn't know he had a new book. I enjoyed A Million Little Pieces, even if Oprah spanked him over it.

    I might just have to check it out, and then get off this board to have time to read it :p

    I personally thought that My Friend Leonard was a hundred times better than AMLP...and, a big part of it takes place in Chicago (where he lived)...you'll recognize alot of the places (i.e. Taco #2 or something)
    This is the greatest band in the world -- Ben Harper

  • AmentsChickAmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    TrixieCat wrote:
    Follow the link on that link (lol) to the Vanity Fair article. It is pretty awesome.

    I looked...couldn't find it. HELP ME!! :(
    This is the greatest band in the world -- Ben Harper

  • TrixieCatTrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    AmentsChick wrote:
    I personally thought that My Friend Leonard was a hundred times better than AMLP...and, a big part of it takes place in Chicago (where he lived)...you'll recognize alot of the places (i.e. Taco #2 or something)
    We read both in my book club and am planning on doing the latest.
    I loved My Friend Leonard. I was so pleased that he continued his story.
    I gave her a lambasting after that show. I was so mad at her whole "How dare anyone cross the Oprah" attitude.
    Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
    And I don't feel right when you're gone away
  • TrixieCatTrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    AmentsChick wrote:
    I looked...couldn't find it. HELP ME!! :(
    http://bigjimindustries.com/wordpress/index.php/2008/05/vanity-fair-interview-with-james-frey/


    Sorry, it was a couple of different clicks.
    I realize you are the best speller on here, but not necessarily the best web navigator. ;):p
    Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
    And I don't feel right when you're gone away
  • _Crazy_Mary__Crazy_Mary_ Posts: 1,299
    Can anybody give me a synopsis on this new book?
    I really screwed that up. I really Schruted it.
  • AmentsChickAmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    TrixieCat wrote:
    We read both in my book club and am planning on doing the latest.
    I loved My Friend Leonard. I was so pleased that he continued his story.
    I gave her a lambasting after that show. I was so mad at her whole "How dare anyone cross the Oprah" attitude.

    I *HATE* Oprah...and not solely because of this. She thinks she's the boss of the world. Did you dig MFL more than AMLP? And...how much did you love that he mentioned Maya (his wife)?

    P.S. My friend lives in NYC and walks dogs in "Jim's" building. They talk books and he thinks JF is a great guy. Makes me like JF even more!
    This is the greatest band in the world -- Ben Harper

  • GraySaturdayGraySaturday Posts: 2,878
    AmentsChick wrote:
    I personally thought that My Friend Leonard was a hundred times better than AMLP...and, a big part of it takes place in Chicago (where he lived)...you'll recognize alot of the places (i.e. Taco #2 or something)


    really? Oh I will go get that this weekend! (While I'm birthday shopping for Josh, gotta get myself a present too!)

    thanks M!
  • AmentsChickAmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    GraySaturday wrote:
    really? Oh I will go get that this weekend! (While I'm birthday shopping for Josh, gotta get myself a present too!)

    thanks M!

    I'd send you my copy but I already passed it on. I think you'll love it! I finished it in 2 days.
    This is the greatest band in the world -- Ben Harper

  • CollinCollin Posts: 4,931
    AmentsChick wrote:
    Thanks for that! Sorry, Trix, I should've done a search.


    It really frustrates me that people judge him and don't even know the details. Yes, he made up some stuff ... but it's not as thought the entire book was a fabrication...small things were changed (i.e. the amount of time he was in jail).

    He's a damn good writer and I wish people would learn the truth behind his "lies".

    I just bought A Million Little Pieces. I haven't read it yet, but already read the first chapter. I don't care whether he made the whole thing up and sold it as truth or only "lied" about a few details. I think he's a great writer, and that's what counts for me.

    Of course, as I've said, I've only read the first chapter. So who knows, I might hate it.
    THANK YOU, LOSTDAWG!


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  • AmentsChickAmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    Collin wrote:
    I just bought A Million Little Pieces. I haven't read it yet, but already read the first chapter. I don't care whether he made the whole thing up and sold it as truth or only "lied" about a few details. I think he's a great writer, and that's what counts for me.

    Of course, as I've said, I've only read the first chapter. So who knows, I might hate it.

    No, you'll love it. Seriously. It's awesome. He has a way with words. And be sure to pick up MFL straight away when you're done.
    This is the greatest band in the world -- Ben Harper

  • CollinCollin Posts: 4,931
    AmentsChick wrote:
    No, you'll love it. Seriously. It's awesome. He has a way with words. And be sure to pick up MFL straight away when you're done.

    It might take a while before I actually read it. I have at least eight other books I need to read first. I will get to it eventually.
    THANK YOU, LOSTDAWG!


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  • AmentsChickAmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    Collin wrote:
    It might take a while before I actually read it. I have at least eight other books I need to read first. I will get to it eventually.
    HAHAHA. I know how that goes! You'll breeze through it though.
    This is the greatest band in the world -- Ben Harper

  • CollinCollin Posts: 4,931
    AmentsChick wrote:
    HAHAHA. I know how that goes! You'll breeze through it though.

    And the pile is getting bigger and bigger... :D
    THANK YOU, LOSTDAWG!


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  • AmentsChickAmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    Collin wrote:
    And the pile is getting bigger and bigger... :D

    Off topic for a second: I found a used bookstore that has $1.00 books. I bought 7 new ones. LOL. My bookshelf is out of room.
    This is the greatest band in the world -- Ben Harper

  • _Crazy_Mary__Crazy_Mary_ Posts: 1,299
    Dozens of characters pass across the reader's sight lines—some never to be seen again—but James Frey lingers on a handful of LA's lost souls and captures the dramatic narrative of their lives: a bright, ambitious young Mexican-American woman who allows her future to be undone by a moment of searing humiliation; a supremely narcissistic action-movie star whose passion for the unattainable object of his affection nearly destroys him; a couple, both nineteen years old, who flee their suffocating hometown and struggle to survive on the fringes of the great city; and an aging Venice Beach alcoholic whose life is turned upside down when a meth-addled teenage girl shows up half-dead outside the restroom he calls home.

    Throughout this strikingly powerful novel there is the relentless drumbeat of the millions of other stories that, taken as a whole, describe a city, a culture, and an age. A dazzling tour de force, Bright Shiny Morning illuminates the joys, horrors, and unexpected fortunes of life and death in Los Angeles
    I really screwed that up. I really Schruted it.
  • AmentsChickAmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    _Crazy_Mary_ wrote:
    Dozens of characters pass across the reader's sight lines—some never to be seen again—but James Frey lingers on a handful of LA's lost souls and captures the dramatic narrative of their lives: a bright, ambitious young Mexican-American woman who allows her future to be undone by a moment of searing humiliation; a supremely narcissistic action-movie star whose passion for the unattainable object of his affection nearly destroys him; a couple, both nineteen years old, who flee their suffocating hometown and struggle to survive on the fringes of the great city; and an aging Venice Beach alcoholic whose life is turned upside down when a meth-addled teenage girl shows up half-dead outside the restroom he calls home.

    Throughout this strikingly powerful novel there is the relentless drumbeat of the millions of other stories that, taken as a whole, describe a city, a culture, and an age. A dazzling tour de force, Bright Shiny Morning illuminates the joys, horrors, and unexpected fortunes of life and death in Los Angeles
    HAHAHAH...Sorry!!! I didn't even know what the synopsis was...just know I want to read it no matter what.
    This is the greatest band in the world -- Ben Harper

  • TrixieCatTrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    _Crazy_Mary_ wrote:
    Dozens of characters pass across the reader's sight lines—some never to be seen again—but James Frey lingers on a handful of LA's lost souls and captures the dramatic narrative of their lives: a bright, ambitious young Mexican-American woman who allows her future to be undone by a moment of searing humiliation; a supremely narcissistic action-movie star whose passion for the unattainable object of his affection nearly destroys him; a couple, both nineteen years old, who flee their suffocating hometown and struggle to survive on the fringes of the great city; and an aging Venice Beach alcoholic whose life is turned upside down when a meth-addled teenage girl shows up half-dead outside the restroom he calls home.

    Throughout this strikingly powerful novel there is the relentless drumbeat of the millions of other stories that, taken as a whole, describe a city, a culture, and an age. A dazzling tour de force, Bright Shiny Morning illuminates the joys, horrors, and unexpected fortunes of life and death in Los Angeles
    :p
    Thanks Crazy.
    Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
    And I don't feel right when you're gone away
  • AmentsChickAmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    Anyone read it? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
    This is the greatest band in the world -- Ben Harper

  • libragirllibragirl Posts: 4,632
    I plan on reading it..eventually..I have a lot of books lined up right now. :) I need to finish "New earth" then I will be on a Tolstoy kick.
    These cuts are leaving creases. Trace the scars to fit the pieces, to tell the story, you don't need to say a word.
  • AmentsChickAmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    libragirl wrote:
    I plan on reading it..eventually..I have a lot of books lined up right now. :) I need to finish "New earth" then I will be on a Tolstoy kick.

    I finished it yesterday. GREAT freaking book (I LOOOOOOOOOVE JF)...but being that it's 501 pages, it took awhile.
    This is the greatest band in the world -- Ben Harper

  • kcherubkcherub Posts: 961
    I loved MLP and MFL. I didn't care either if MLP wasn't a total non-fiction. I think the majority of people didn't care either. Isn't is usually the pissed off that are most vocal anyway?

    I can't wait to pick up the new one. I just might treat myself this week!

    BTW...when I start caring what Oprah does or says, I'll let ya' know. ;)

    Take care,
    I still want you all to "take care"--I am just damn tired of typing it.

    http://www.youtube.com/user/kcherub#p/a/u/0/N-UQprRqSwo
  • libragirllibragirl Posts: 4,632
    AmentsChick wrote:
    I finished it yesterday. GREAT freaking book (I LOOOOOOOOOVE JF)...but being that it's 501 pages, it took awhile.

    awesome...yeah it's definitely on reading list. I do enjoy his writing. :)
    These cuts are leaving creases. Trace the scars to fit the pieces, to tell the story, you don't need to say a word.
  • AmentsChickAmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    kcherub wrote:
    I loved MLP and MFL. I didn't care either if MLP wasn't a total non-fiction. I think the majority of people didn't care either. Isn't is usually the pissed off that are most vocal anyway?

    I can't wait to pick up the new one. I just might treat myself this week!

    BTW...when I start caring what Oprah does or says, I'll let ya' know. ;)

    Take care,

    WOW! Well said!! And, I know I've said it more than once on here...but JF got a bad rap on the whole Oprah thing. I think many people don't realize that the majority of 'memoirs' have various things added for creative purposes. And, let's be honest, it's not like he made up the entire book...

    BSM is alot different than AMLP and MFL. It's about the city of Los Angeles...and various people who live there.
    This is the greatest band in the world -- Ben Harper

  • kcherubkcherub Posts: 961
    [quote BSM is alot different than AMLP and MFL. It's about the city of Los Angeles...and various people who live there.[/quote]

    Yes, I think I read a summary of it somewhere. Maybe in the VF article? I know I have read a summary, and I know I read the VF article, just having a hard time remembering if they were one in the same!

    Will let you know when I am done with it. I pretty much sit down to read a book and only come up for air to feed my child or shower. LOL

    Take care,
    I still want you all to "take care"--I am just damn tired of typing it.

    http://www.youtube.com/user/kcherub#p/a/u/0/N-UQprRqSwo
  • AmentsChickAmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    kcherub wrote:
    Yes, I think I read a summary of it somewhere. Maybe in the VF article? I know I have read a summary, and I know I read the VF article, just having a hard time remembering if they were one in the same!

    Will let you know when I am done with it. I pretty much sit down to read a book and only come up for air to feed my child or shower. LOL

    Take care,

    Sounds like me...and I don't even have kids.
    This is the greatest band in the world -- Ben Harper

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