just finished jim harrison's a good day to die. next in my queue is phillip k dick's do androids dream of electric sheep? i've been wanting to read it for quite some time.
Read about half of that one and then for some reason left it and moved on...
Reading 'No Destination' by Satish Kumar (autobiography)
At the age of nine, Satish Kumar renounced the world and became a wandering Jain monk. Leaving the monkhood when 18, he joined Vinoba Bhave's campaign for land reform, working to turn Gandhi's vision of a renewed India and a peaceful world into reality. He undertook an 8000-mile peace pilgrimage, walking from India to America without any money, through deserts, mountains, storms and snow. Since 1973 he has lived in Britain, taking on the editorship of "Resurgence" magazine, and becoming the guiding light behind a number of ecological, spiritual and educational ventures. Written with simplicity, this is an account of an extraordinary life.
Read about half of that one and then for some reason left it and moved on...
Reading 'No Destination' by Satish Kumar (autobiography)
At the age of nine, Satish Kumar renounced the world and became a wandering Jain monk. Leaving the monkhood when 18, he joined Vinoba Bhave's campaign for land reform, working to turn Gandhi's vision of a renewed India and a peaceful world into reality. He undertook an 8000-mile peace pilgrimage, walking from India to America without any money, through deserts, mountains, storms and snow. Since 1973 he has lived in Britain, taking on the editorship of "Resurgence" magazine, and becoming the guiding light behind a number of ecological, spiritual and educational ventures. Written with simplicity, this is an account of an extraordinary life.
and I'm reading it the third time....
You can spend your time alone, re-digesting past regrets,
Or you can come to terms and realize
You're the only one who can't forgive yourself
1998 ~ Barrie
2003 ~ Toronto
2005 ~ London, Toronto
2006 ~ Toronto
2008 ~ Hartford, Mansfied I,
2009 ~ Toronto, Chicago I, Chicago II
2010 ~ Cleveland, Buffalo
2011 ~ Toronto I, Toronto II, Ottawa, Hamilton
2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
I just finished "Dracula" and quite liked it. I'm a fan of Gothic lit, but with all the vampire craziness lately, I thought I might find it a bit overdone...even if it is the original. But I was pleasantly surprised!
2003: Toronto
2005: Kitchener/Hamilton/Toronto
2006: Toronto 1 & 2
2008: Hartford/EV Toronto 1 & 2
2009: Toronto/Philadelphia 3 & 4
2010: Buffalo
2011: Montreal/Toronto 1 & 2/Hamilton
2013: London/Buffalo/Vancouver/Seattle 2016: Toronto 1 & 2 2022: Hamilton/Toronto 2023: EV Seattle 1&2
Just got caught up on the Walking Dead comic books, which were very good. Normally I'm not one for Zombies either. Also reading Anthony Bourdain ~ Kitchen Confidential.
Next up, Cory Doctorow ~ For the Win
"You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.
Just got caught up on the Walking Dead comic books, which were very good. Normally I'm not one for Zombies either. Also reading Anthony Bourdain ~ Kitchen Confidential.
Next up, Cory Doctorow ~ For the Win
I'm really excited for the Walking Dead AMC show at the end of the month! My buddy has been reading it and loves them.
I like Anthony Bourdain's show never read his books.
I'm about 520 pages into George RR Martin's "AGame of Thrones"
It is getting pretty good.
Charlotte 00 Charlotte 03 Asheville 04 Atlanta 12 Greenville 16, Columbia 16 Seattle 18 Nashville 22
He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion.
— Unknown
'One day in August 1880, a shabbily dessed young Frenchman disembarks at Steamer Point, in the Arabian port of Aden. He carries a brown leather suitcase; he has a touch of fever.'
At the age of twenty-five, Arthur Rimbaud - the infamous author of 'A Season In Hell', the pioneer of modernism, the lover and destroyer of Verlaine, the "hoodlum poet" celebrated a century later by Bob Dylan and Jim Morrison - turned his back on poetry, France, and fame, for a life of wandering in East Africa. Following his fascinating journey, Charles Nicholl shows how Rimbaud lived out that mysterious pronouncement of his teenage years: "Je est un autre" - I is somebody else.'
I just received my copy of "Louis RIel & Gabrial Dumont" by Joseph Boyden, its hot off the presses and part of the "Great Canadian Series" by PEnguin books, really looking forward to reading it
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...a lover and a fighter.
"I'm at least half a bum" Rocky Balboa
That's a great pick ! I always go back to Hornby. Just started "Juliet, Naked". But High Fidelity is a classic :-) .
ive ummed and ahhed about high fidelity for years and last week i just needed to buy a book even though i couldnt really afford it and so knowing this penguin edition was $10 i decided it was time. imagine my joy when it rung up at $6. bargain!
locked in the arms of a crazy life - howard sounes
hear my name
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
ive ummed and ahhed about high fidelity for years and last week i just needed to buy a book even though i couldnt really afford it and so knowing this penguin edition was $10 i decided it was time. imagine my joy when it rung up at $6. bargain!
locked in the arms of a crazy life - howard sounes
Well, Bret Easton Ellis, Nick Hornby .... if you happen to enjoy reading Douglas Coupland as well, we might trade libraries ... that would be a bargain
ive ummed and ahhed about high fidelity for years and last week i just needed to buy a book even though i couldnt really afford it and so knowing this penguin edition was $10 i decided it was time. imagine my joy when it rung up at $6. bargain!
locked in the arms of a crazy life - howard sounes
Well, Bret Easton Ellis, Nick Hornby .... if you happen to enjoy reading Douglas Coupland as well, we might trade libraries ... that would be a bargain
OMG!!! holy fuckballs. ive read all ellis and all coupland. we could totally swap librares... if i didnt have a policy of lending my books out.
hear my name
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
Well, Bret Easton Ellis, Nick Hornby .... if you happen to enjoy reading Douglas Coupland as well, we might trade libraries ... that would be a bargain
OMG!!! holy fuckballs. ive read all ellis and all coupland. we could totally swap librares... if i didnt have a policy of lending my books out.
Now there's a way to dispense with the hassle to try and find a new author I might like.... I could just ask you Cool.
By the way .... you do have great taste when it comes to books
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Milan Kundera
Or you can come to terms and realize
You're the only one who can't forgive yourself
Read about half of that one and then for some reason left it and moved on...
Reading 'No Destination' by Satish Kumar (autobiography)
At the age of nine, Satish Kumar renounced the world and became a wandering Jain monk. Leaving the monkhood when 18, he joined Vinoba Bhave's campaign for land reform, working to turn Gandhi's vision of a renewed India and a peaceful world into reality. He undertook an 8000-mile peace pilgrimage, walking from India to America without any money, through deserts, mountains, storms and snow. Since 1973 he has lived in Britain, taking on the editorship of "Resurgence" magazine, and becoming the guiding light behind a number of ecological, spiritual and educational ventures. Written with simplicity, this is an account of an extraordinary life.
and I'm reading it the third time....
Or you can come to terms and realize
You're the only one who can't forgive yourself
2003 ~ Toronto
2005 ~ London, Toronto
2006 ~ Toronto
2008 ~ Hartford, Mansfied I,
2009 ~ Toronto, Chicago I, Chicago II
2010 ~ Cleveland, Buffalo
2011 ~ Toronto I, Toronto II, Ottawa, Hamilton
2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
I wanna race..with the sundown..I want a last breath..I don't let out...
Hartford 5-13-06, 6-27-08, 10-25-13
Mansfield, MA 6-30-08, 6-28-08, 7-2-03, 7-3-03, 7-11-03, 8-29-00, 8-30-00, 9-15-98, 9-16-98
Worcester 10-15-13, 10-16-13
ooh whats this one about???
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
2005: Kitchener/Hamilton/Toronto
2006: Toronto 1 & 2
2008: Hartford/EV Toronto 1 & 2
2009: Toronto/Philadelphia 3 & 4
2010: Buffalo
2011: Montreal/Toronto 1 & 2/Hamilton
2013: London/Buffalo/Vancouver/Seattle
2016: Toronto 1 & 2
2022: Hamilton/Toronto
2023: EV Seattle 1&2
Next up, Cory Doctorow ~ For the Win
http://www.last.fm/user/merkinball/
spotify:user:merkinball
I like Anthony Bourdain's show never read his books.
I'm about 520 pages into George RR Martin's "AGame of Thrones"
It is getting pretty good.
Charlotte 03
Asheville 04
Atlanta 12
Greenville 16, Columbia 16
Seattle 18
Nashville 22
It's a dog training book.
*May the Peace of the Wilderness be with YOU*
He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion.
— Unknown
Or you can come to terms and realize
You're the only one who can't forgive yourself
oh my what a heart stopper this book was for me.
high fidelity - nick hornby
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
Awesome book. Read that in 4 days.
I have two going
The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks and Giants of the Ocean by Susan Casey
Flawless: Inside the Largest Diamond Heist in History by Selby and Campbell
'One day in August 1880, a shabbily dessed young Frenchman disembarks at Steamer Point, in the Arabian port of Aden. He carries a brown leather suitcase; he has a touch of fever.'
At the age of twenty-five, Arthur Rimbaud - the infamous author of 'A Season In Hell', the pioneer of modernism, the lover and destroyer of Verlaine, the "hoodlum poet" celebrated a century later by Bob Dylan and Jim Morrison - turned his back on poetry, France, and fame, for a life of wandering in East Africa. Following his fascinating journey, Charles Nicholl shows how Rimbaud lived out that mysterious pronouncement of his teenage years: "Je est un autre" - I is somebody else.'
>
...a lover and a fighter.
"I'm at least half a bum" Rocky Balboa
http://www.videosift.com/video/Obamas-Message-To-American-Indians
Edmonton, AB. September 5th, 2005
Vancouver, BC. April 3rd, 2008
Calgary,AB. August 8th, 2009
next: Gravity's Rainbow by Pynchon
still my vocabulary is hillbilly
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
That's a great pick ! I always go back to Hornby. Just started "Juliet, Naked". But High Fidelity is a classic :-) .
ive ummed and ahhed about high fidelity for years and last week i just needed to buy a book even though i couldnt really afford it and so knowing this penguin edition was $10 i decided it was time. imagine my joy when it rung up at $6. bargain!
locked in the arms of a crazy life - howard sounes
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
Well, Bret Easton Ellis, Nick Hornby .... if you happen to enjoy reading Douglas Coupland as well, we might trade libraries ... that would be a bargain
OMG!!! holy fuckballs. ive read all ellis and all coupland. we could totally swap librares... if i didnt have a policy of lending my books out.
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
I'm also reading The Vampire Lestat...for the first time, really good.
Virginia Beach 6/17/08
Austin 10/4/09
San Diego 10/9/09
Dallas 11/15/12 (EV)
Dallas 11/15/13
Austin 10/5/14
Boston 8/7/16
Nashville 9/16/22
Fort Worth 9/15/23
Austin 9/18/23
Austin 9/19/23
what a brat.
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
Now there's a way to dispense with the hassle to try and find a new author I might like.... I could just ask you
By the way .... you do have great taste when it comes to books