Murder City: Ciudad Juarez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fields
Only 50 or so pages in but it's insane.
That sounds like it could be a good read. Living in Texas, the border violence of the last few years has been mind blowing. I honestly don't know how people in the border towns can have anything close to a normal life anymore.
It's very good. It takes a little while to get adapted to his style of writing but once you get going it's great. Doesn't really sound like there is much of a normal life their anymore. Terribly sad. Does not portray the drug war the way our government and media do though.
That's why I'd like to learn more about what's really going on. I'm hundreds of miles from the border in North Texas but what goes on there has an effect on the whole state, including the politics. I've thought for a long time that we don't really get an accurate picture here. We're also removed enough from it that we can just say "Wow, that's bad" and never think about if there's anything that can be done to change it.
That's why I'd like to learn more about what's really going on. I'm hundreds of miles from the border in North Texas but what goes on there has an effect on the whole state, including the politics. I've thought for a long time that we don't really get an accurate picture here. We're also removed enough from it that we can just say "Wow, that's bad" and never think about if there's anything that can be done to change it.
Yeah, I would certainly imagine it has a huge impact on the entire state. So far it has only touched on the politics of the war but it makes it pretty clear in reality it is not the US/Mexican govenement against the cartel and that the Mexican government and army are clearly in bed with the cartels. I'll let you know what I think as I get further, would be happy to send the book your way when I'm done. Like I said, he has a very interesting style to his writing that you have to get in the flow of at first but it seems like a good book so far.
It is amazing how breathtaking are the words Pamuk uses to describe the season, the moment, the beyond human.
There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
Gumbo Tales, Finding My Place at the New Orleans Table by Sara Roahen
There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
I should re-read Bag Of Bones soon. I bought it when it forst came out and read, thought it was ok I think (I honestly don't rememebr too much about it though :? ) Now I heard they are gonna make a movie or tv mini series movie about it or something?
I also probably should get/read Girl With The Dragon Tattoo before the movie come out.
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I should re-read Bag Of Bones soon. I bought it when it forst came out and read, thought it was ok I think (I honestly don't rememebr too much about it though :? ) Now I heard they are gonna make a movie or tv mini series movie about it or something?
I also probably should get/read Girl With The Dragon Tattoo before the movie come out.
Yeah the mini-series is on this Sunday and Monday for Bag of Bones. I was like you, not a huge fan of it when I read it when it came out, but still plan on checking out the series.
ive decided itd be a good idea to finish those books i started and for some reason(probably distraction) put aside. then i can move on back to my unreads.
blackwood farm - anne rice.
hear my name
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
finishing up a bio on Don Mattingly and getting started on Where men Win Glory, which was written by Jon Krakauer who also wrote into the wild, and is about Pat Tillman
finishing up a bio on Don Mattingly and getting started on Where men Win Glory, which was written by Jon Krakauer who also wrote into the wild, and is about Pat Tillman
If you havent read 'Under The Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith' by Krakauer you should check that out too. It is a fascinating portrait of the Morman history and it does a good job of showing yet another seriously fucked attempt at mind control by a religious group.
Also, Into Thin Air is, IMHO, his best book. Love it!
finishing up a bio on Don Mattingly and getting started on Where men Win Glory, which was written by Jon Krakauer who also wrote into the wild, and is about Pat Tillman
If you havent read 'Under The Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith' by Krakauer you should check that out too. It is a fascinating portrait of the Morman history and it does a good job of showing yet another seriously fucked attempt at mind control by a religious group. Also, Into Thin Air is, IMHO, his best book. Love it!
this book made me cry. but i loved it also.
hear my name
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
I have Krakauer's Mormon book, In thin Air, the Tillman book, and Into the Wild. I've only read Into the Wild. I enjoyed it a lot, just haven't gotten around to the other ones yet.
not actually reading this book cause its a book of photographs neal took on the road with the cardinals... so im just looking at all the pretty pictures. some ive seen before, most i havent... turns out neal took my fave pic of ryan adams. :thumbup:
hear my name
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
I'm going to start Ender's Game on my kindle fire when i get it in a couple weeks :twisted:
Just finished Ender's Game. I read it for work, and was surprised by how much I enjoyed it.
I liked it a lot too!
I thought it worked really well as an enjoyable read, but he obviously had a message he was getting across too. Well written and it kept me excited to keep reading.
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For Whom the Bell Tolls - Ernest Hemmingway
Interesting side note: I borrowed this book from my mom and it was printed in the 40's and is censored.
That is crazy!
If I recall from when I read (some 20 years ago) they talk of 'moving the earth' during sex description. I wonder if those parts will be in your copy.
Papa wrote some great stuff!
For Whom the Bell Tolls - Ernest Hemmingway
Interesting side note: I borrowed this book from my mom and it was printed in the 40's and is censored.
That is crazy!
If I recall from when I read (some 20 years ago) they talk of 'moving the earth' during sex description. I wonder if those parts will be in your copy.
Papa wrote some great stuff!
It's funny, it uses words inserted into the text such as "un-namable" and "obscenely"...it also trys to add the same suffixes as the originally intended text too. It's quite wierd and caused me to double-take when I first noticed it. I just read through a sex scene, will have to go back and re-read it to see if catch anything.
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Yeah, I would certainly imagine it has a huge impact on the entire state. So far it has only touched on the politics of the war but it makes it pretty clear in reality it is not the US/Mexican govenement against the cartel and that the Mexican government and army are clearly in bed with the cartels. I'll let you know what I think as I get further, would be happy to send the book your way when I'm done. Like I said, he has a very interesting style to his writing that you have to get in the flow of at first but it seems like a good book so far.
Or you can come to terms and realize
You're the only one who can't forgive yourself
The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
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Here is the book narrated by Samuel Jackson
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"I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?"
-The Writer
I also probably should get/read Girl With The Dragon Tattoo before the movie come out.
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Yeah the mini-series is on this Sunday and Monday for Bag of Bones. I was like you, not a huge fan of it when I read it when it came out, but still plan on checking out the series.
blackwood farm - anne rice.
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
If you havent read 'Under The Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith' by Krakauer you should check that out too. It is a fascinating portrait of the Morman history and it does a good job of showing yet another seriously fucked attempt at mind control by a religious group.
Also, Into Thin Air is, IMHO, his best book. Love it!
this book made me cry. but i loved it also.
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
not actually reading this book cause its a book of photographs neal took on the road with the cardinals... so im just looking at all the pretty pictures. some ive seen before, most i havent... turns out neal took my fave pic of ryan adams. :thumbup:
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
I thought it worked really well as an enjoyable read, but he obviously had a message he was getting across too. Well written and it kept me excited to keep reading.
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When I see Bo Fowler's picture all I can think of is The Clashes "All Lost In the SuperMarket"
Why did you have to read it for work? Are you an English teacher?
Interesting side note: I borrowed this book from my mom and it was printed in the 40's and is censored.
That is crazy!
If I recall from when I read (some 20 years ago) they talk of 'moving the earth' during sex description. I wonder if those parts will be in your copy.
Papa wrote some great stuff!
I love these books. I didn't read them in order at first, I bet that helps a lot.
and now on to this:
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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