Lone Survivor. Saw the movie, had to read the book.
I am not a reader. I usually read a page, page and a half and my mind wonders and I end up having to go back and re-read. Not this book. This thing has me hooked. Great read in my mind.
Could be the books you're reading. I've found that if a book can't keep my attention for more than a couple pages, it's not worth my time to continue reading. Sounds like you found a good one, though.
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^^ That is pretty cool. I would like to do w/music also...which she indicates she will do. Top 100 PJ songs!
Currently focusing on some classic reading/writers that I've missed. Just about finished with Steinbeck's To a God Unknown. Really love his take on the relationship between man and the land.
Are we getting something out of this all-encompassing trip?
Seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned...
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
Another awesome read from the great G.P. Also known for writing some episodes of The Wire and Treme.
Now there's an author I have been wanting to read, thanks for reminding me.
For now, my next stop is a contemporary American writer I am somewhat familiar with, a "laureate of American lowlife". The book being The Post Office, the man Charles Bukowski. It'll give me something to ponder and chew on as I approach middle age myself.
"It began as a mistake." By middle age, Henry Chinaski has lost more than twelve years of his life to the U.S. Postal Service. In a world where his three true, bitter pleasures are women, booze, and racetrack betting, he somehow drags his hangover out of bed every dawn to lug waterlogged mailbags up mud-soaked mountains, outsmart vicious guard dogs, and pray to survive the day-to-day trials of sadistic bosses and certifiable coworkers. This classic 1971 novel—the one that catapulted its author to national fame—is the perfect introduction to the grimly hysterical world of legendary writer, poet, and Dirty Old Man Charles Bukowski and his fictional alter ego, Chinaski.
"...bring it back someway bring it back, back, back... to the clean form, to the pure form..."
Set in New Orleans and the Southern Louisiana coast at the end of the nineteenth century, the plot centers on Edna Pontellier and her struggle to reconcile her increasingly unorthodox views on femininity and motherhood with the prevailing social attitudes of the turn-of-the-century South. It is one of the earliest American novels that focuses on women's issues without condescension. It is also widely seen as a landmark work of early feminism, generating mixed reaction from contemporary readers and criticism.
Are we getting something out of this all-encompassing trip?
Seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned...
Set in the Gulf Stream off the coast of Havana, Hemingway's magnificent fable is the story of an old man, a young boy and a giant fish. In a perfectly crafted story, which won for Hemingway the Nobel Prize for Literature, is a unique and timeless vision of the beauty and grief of man's challenge to the elements in which he lives.
"...bring it back someway bring it back, back, back... to the clean form, to the pure form..."
I read a long article about Rosalind Franklin a few years ago. I'd never heard of her. She was certainly cheated out of any credit for identifying DNA. Too bad she didn't get any recognition until after her death.
I read a long article about Rosalind Franklin a few years ago. I'd never heard of her. She was certainly cheated out of any credit for identifying DNA. Too bad she didn't get any recognition until after her death.
The only reason I had really heard of her before is because I'm in the science field...but yes it's a shame. I'm learning even more about the gender inequalities within the science field especially during her time. Apparently in the physics field was even worse...at...I believe it was Princeton, they wouldn't even let women in the physics building!!
Set in the Gulf Stream off the coast of Havana, Hemingway's magnificent fable is the story of an old man, a young boy and a giant fish. In a perfectly crafted story, which won for Hemingway the Nobel Prize for Literature, is a unique and timeless vision of the beauty and grief of man's challenge to the elements in which he lives.
Great book. I remember reading it in High School and loving it.
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
New work by Haruki Murakami, his latest: Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage. The Dutch version since the English translation will not hit the market till this summer.. .
"...bring it back someway bring it back, back, back... to the clean form, to the pure form..."
I'm reading An Officer and a Spy (sounds too much like Officer and a Gentleman) by Robert Harris. It's the Dreyfus Affair told as a novel. One review said it was great, one said it was slow. I can't put it down.
And I finally started posting about books/reading in a blog. Check it out if you'd like. And let me know if you have any suggestions for the blog or for books. Thanks!
And I finally started posting about books/reading in a blog. Check it out if you'd like. And let me know if you have any suggestions for the blog or for books. Thanks!
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"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
I'm going to keep the comic book-theme trend alive with this:
Finished this up over the weekend. For those TLDRers out there, the end result is, yes, one can become Batman. But you need money, a decent build to start with, have to start before you're in your 30s (Dang!) and you won't be able to do it for very long.
I just wish Zehr went into some of the other aspects, training and knowledge it would take to become Batman -- like detective, mechanic, flight and invention skills. Maybe that will be his next book?
Sticking with science, I'm currently reading this:
And I finally started posting about books/reading in a blog. Check it out if you'd like. And let me know if you have any suggestions for the blog or for books. Thanks!
Wow. Reading your blog has given me more titles to put on my "to read" list! )
A bunch of books in the blog will come from this thread. I want to write about King Leopold's Ghost, for example. Oh, and the Dreyfus Affair book is amazing. Amazing! (An Officer and a Spy.)
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Currently reading Ryszard Kapuscinski's Imperium. Fascinating! I'm going to want to read every that man wrote, for sure!
Also recently read Max Frisch's incredible Man in the Holocene. Thank you, Henry Rollins, for turning me on to the tow great writers!
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
Finished the Rosalind Franklin book over the weekend...definitely gives insight to the struggles that she faced as a female scientist in the 1950's. And yes she was totally robbed...and it's unfortunate that she died so young...she was such an asset to the scientific community. Even in the end, she was literally dragging herself up the stairs to work while suffering from ovarian cancer to continue her research.
Currently reading:
Show #13 was a lucky one for me....
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^^^ I remember reading that loooong ago when I was 14 or 15 and thinking what a crazy, wild, great little book it was. Had no idea it would become somewhat of a reality all of these years later.
^^^ I remember reading that loooong ago when I was 14 or 15 and thinking what a crazy, wild, great little book it was. Had no idea it would become somewhat of a reality all of these years later.
Ditto. Except most of the little $hits who hit up schools (or theaters, or ...) these day aren't doing it for the same reasons the main character in Rage did it. Nowhere close, even.
The Luminaries, by Eleanor Catton. I don't know what I was thinking taking on another long book (800+ pages) right after The Goldfinch. I blame the winter.
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"Let's check Idaho."
This is pretty cool. Figured this was a good place to share
Send a list of your favorite books, and a fingerprint, and she'll turn it into custom art.
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Seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned...
I AM MINE
The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
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Another awesome read from the great G.P.
Also known for writing some episodes of The Wire and Treme.
For now, my next stop is a contemporary American writer I am somewhat familiar with, a "laureate of American lowlife". The book being The Post Office, the man Charles Bukowski. It'll give me something to ponder and chew on as I approach middle age myself.
"It began as a mistake." By middle age, Henry Chinaski has lost more than twelve years of his life to the U.S. Postal Service. In a world where his three true, bitter pleasures are women, booze, and racetrack betting, he somehow drags his hangover out of bed every dawn to lug waterlogged mailbags up mud-soaked mountains, outsmart vicious guard dogs, and pray to survive the day-to-day trials of sadistic bosses and certifiable coworkers. This classic 1971 novel—the one that catapulted its author to national fame—is the perfect introduction to the grimly hysterical world of legendary writer, poet, and Dirty Old Man Charles Bukowski and his fictional alter ego, Chinaski.
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Set in New Orleans and the Southern Louisiana coast at the end of the nineteenth century, the plot centers on Edna Pontellier and her struggle to reconcile her increasingly unorthodox views on femininity and motherhood with the prevailing social attitudes of the turn-of-the-century South. It is one of the earliest American novels that focuses on women's issues without condescension. It is also widely seen as a landmark work of early feminism, generating mixed reaction from contemporary readers and criticism.
Seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned...
I AM MINE
Set in the Gulf Stream off the coast of Havana, Hemingway's magnificent fable is the story of an old man, a young boy and a giant fish. In a perfectly crafted story, which won for Hemingway the Nobel Prize for Literature, is a unique and timeless vision of the beauty and grief of man's challenge to the elements in which he lives.
My Fugazi Live Series ramblings and blog: anothersievefistedfind.tumblr.com
Theodore Roosevelt rules. This country needs another of him to lead us pronto.
And yes, we definitely need another TR!
Seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned...
I AM MINE
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"Let's check Idaho."
I'm going to keep the comic book-theme trend alive with this:
"Let's check Idaho."
The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
My Fugazi Live Series ramblings and blog: anothersievefistedfind.tumblr.com
And I finally started posting about books/reading in a blog. Check it out if you'd like. And let me know if you have any suggestions for the blog or for books. Thanks!
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I'm a sucker for these books.
"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
I just wish Zehr went into some of the other aspects, training and knowledge it would take to become Batman -- like detective, mechanic, flight and invention skills. Maybe that will be his next book?
Sticking with science, I'm currently reading this:
Gotta love some NDT.
"Let's check Idaho."
Also recently read Max Frisch's incredible Man in the Holocene. Thank you, Henry Rollins, for turning me on to the tow great writers!
Currently reading:
"Let's check Idaho."
I'm not very into politics, but all this behind the scenes stuff is very interesting...