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  • MK1980
    MK1980 Nottingham, UK Posts: 291
    edited November 2010
    Blood's a Rover - James ellroy

    Re-reading this at monent, an amazing end to the underworld usa trilogy highly recomend all three books (American tabloid, the cold six thousand & Blood's a rover.)

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  • PilateOfTheStorm
    PilateOfTheStorm Posts: 4,319
    pride and prejudice :yawn: :yawn: :yawn:
    im finding it a bit of a bore, its taking me a while to get through it.
    the great gatsby next (again) :D
  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    Rimbaud - A Biography - Graham Robb

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    'Unknown beyond the avant-garde at the time of his death, Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891) has been one of the most destructive and liberating influences on twentieth-century culture. During his lifetime he wass a bourgeois-baiting visionary, and the list of his known crimes is longer than the list of his published poems. But his posthumous career is even more astonishing: saint to symbolists and surrealists, poster child for anarchy and drug use, gay pioneer, and a major influence on artists from Picasso to Bob Dylan'.
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    minor characters - joyce johnson
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  • PJFAN13
    PJFAN13 Posts: 1,422
    DECODED by Jay-Z

    Excellent read - dude's hella smart and business saavy...being a Jay-Z fan, twas cool to see the songs broken down...
    made me wish Ed would release a similiar read...
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    7.9.03~9.28.04~10.1.05~5.12.06~5.13.06~5.27.06~5.28.06
    8.5.08(EV)~10.9.09~5.21.10~6.20.11(EV)~7.5.11(EV)~7.9.11(EV)
    11.21.13~8.27.16(EV)~11.14.16(TOTD)~4.13.20~9.27.20~9.26.21~10.2.21
    2.15.22 (EV)~2.25.22 (EV)~2.27.22 (EV)~5.3.22~5.7.22~9.17.24~9.29.24
  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    rcs wrote:
    Just finished the Hunger Games Trilogy and have to say I was quite impressed. Not what I was expecting at all. Even though the books are aimed more at a young adult audience I found myself really drawn into the story and characters. There are some seriously gut wrenching moments throughout those books.

    Just started The World According to Garp by John Irving. Haven't read it since 2001 but it's such a great book I had to revisit it.

    I just read the first Hunger Games while I was on vacation. I enjoyed it a lot and was excited to read the next two, but don't know if I will now because it got a little too teen romance/Twilightesqce for me at the end. My wife read it yesterday from start to finish.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    I've been out of touch with this thread for awhile so sorry if this has been mentioned, but has anyone read "Full Dark, No Stars" by Stephen King. I finished it yesterday. I actually read the end of the 2nd story and then the last two all yesterday because it was a lazy day after putting up Christmas decorations! I remember there were quite a few King fans on this thread.

    I'm normally not affected by books, but I found it to be really creepy. It might be because I read it all at once, but even the first story which I read at the beginning of Nov. was creepy. This is not to say I didn't enjoy it.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • One Song Glory
    One Song Glory Posts: 710
    "Taxi!" by Helen Potrebenko. Sadly one of the first novels that has really blown me away this semester. Shitty course selection this time around. :(

    Although I'm sure I'll have lots of fascinating input for this thread next semester. Waaaay more up my alley. :)
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  • BhagavadGita
    BhagavadGita Posts: 1,748
    I'm reading a friend's journal at his request.
  • RYEzupSF
    RYEzupSF Posts: 6,003
    rrivers wrote:
    rcs wrote:
    Just finished the Hunger Games Trilogy and have to say I was quite impressed. Not what I was expecting at all. Even though the books are aimed more at a young adult audience I found myself really drawn into the story and characters. There are some seriously gut wrenching moments throughout those books.

    Just started The World According to Garp by John Irving. Haven't read it since 2001 but it's such a great book I had to revisit it.

    I just read the first Hunger Games while I was on vacation. I enjoyed it a lot and was excited to read the next two, but don't know if I will now because it got a little too teen romance/Twilightesqce for me at the end. My wife read it yesterday from start to finish.

    Love this trilogy! Third book was a bit disappointing compared tothe first two. Agree on the Twilight comment- also found it to be a bit too much like the Matrix, but overall really great. I am curious to see how they do the movies.
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  • RYEzupSF
    RYEzupSF Posts: 6,003
    The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks and Giants of the Ocean
    by Susan Casey

    If you love the ocean, fear it, surf it or care about it at all, I can't recommend this book enough. Totally fascinating- can not put it down.
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  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    RYEzupSF wrote:
    The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks and Giants of the Ocean
    by Susan Casey

    If you love the ocean, fear it, surf it or care about it at all, I can't recommend this book enough. Totally fascinating- can not put it down.

    I read her book "The Devil's Teeth" about Great White sharks that hang out on an island off the coast of SF. It was really good.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • RYEzupSF
    RYEzupSF Posts: 6,003
    rrivers wrote:
    RYEzupSF wrote:
    The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks and Giants of the Ocean
    by Susan Casey

    If you love the ocean, fear it, surf it or care about it at all, I can't recommend this book enough. Totally fascinating- can not put it down.

    I read her book "The Devil's Teeth" about Great White sharks that hang out on an island off the coast of SF. It was really good.

    I just ordered it. I am so blown away by The Wave, I can't wait to read "The Devil's Teeth".
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  • Ms. Haiku
    Ms. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,369
    Just finished Tinkers by Paul Harding. Onward to Savage Beauty by Nancy Milford.
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  • bigballsbilly
    bigballsbilly Posts: 67
    Decision Points by George W. Bush
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  • small town beck
    small town beck Posts: 6,691
    Bill Bryson's The Mother Tongue
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    the first third - neal cassady
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  • Jeanwah
    Jeanwah Posts: 6,363
    Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch by Henry Miller
  • unlost dogs
    unlost dogs Greater Boston Posts: 12,553
    small town beck wrote:
    Bill Bryson's The Mother Tongue

    Oooh! How is this? I love Bryson, just listened to his new one about the history of the home.
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  • chime
    chime Posts: 7,839
    Just finished The Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen Turner ... a good read on the Salem witch trials

    Just starting Tale of Two Cities
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