Shut Out: A Story of Race and Baseball in Boston by Howard Bryant
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I heard it was good. Was 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
I really like it so far. It puts life into perspective and creates a picture of appreciation as opposed to self-involvement. It's a reminder of the things that are truly important beyond the surface of what we put so much unnecessary energy into on a daily basis. Have you read it?
Yeah I just finished it over the weekend. I enjoyed it. I agree with what you said. I did have a problem with part of it, but I don't know how far you are into it so I won't tell you. It's nothing shocking just I hate to have books ruined for me.
I really enjoyed "Lisey's Story". King has a new book coming out next week. What do you think of "Lisey's Story"?
i'm only 60 pages into it.
the fact that scott is/was a writer is the reason i'm reading it. my nearly 10 year old son saw the thickness of the book and reckons that i won't finish before saturday(when it's due back at the library). i told him stephen king was an easy read generally so i'll have no problem with it taking me only a week to read.
i dont read king often, but sometimes i just get in a mood for him. i'm more a fan of his non horror. dolores claiborne, misery, the girl who loved tom gordon. though i did quite enjoy the dark half.
hear my name
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
Just about to start Everything is Illuminated by Johnathon Foer. Saw the movie and wanted to check out the book. I recommend the movie to everyone and especially to anyone who has Ukrainian and/or Jewish lineage.
“Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you’ve got about a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies — ‘God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.’” - Kurt Vonnegut
i'm only 60 pages into it.
the fact that scott is/was a writer is the reason i'm reading it. my nearly 10 year old son saw the thickness of the book and reckons that i won't finish before saturday(when it's due back at the library). i told him stephen king was an easy read generally so i'll have no problem with it taking me only a week to read.
i dont read king often, but sometimes i just get in a mood for him. i'm more a fan of his non horror. dolores claiborne, misery, the girl who loved tom gordon. though i did quite enjoy the dark half.
Yeah it is an easy read but it is still really long! Lisey's is really good.
"Absalom, Absalom" by Wm. Faulkner and "Ball Four" by Jim Bouton. Faulkner's incredibly long sentences kill me. Bouton does a good job of taking us into MLB.
"Almost all those politicians took money from Enron, and there they are holding hearings. That's like O.J. Simpson getting in the Rae Carruth jury pool." -- Charles Barkley
I started A Thousand Splendid Suns (by the author of Kite Runner) over the weekend. I'm about a 100 pages into it and it's really good so far (not nearly as good as KR though).
This is the greatest band in the world -- Ben Harper
this is my summer reading list... all books i have accumulated over the last few months and havent been able to read due to law school:
julian barnes- arthur and george
raymond chandler- complete works (ive read 3 of his novels, i wanna hit the rest)
wilkie collins- woman in white
fyodor dostoyevsky- brothers karamazov
james ellroy- black dahlia
jasper fforde- lost in a good book, well of lost plots, something rotten
gabriel garcia marquez- love in the time of cholera, 100 years of solitude
uzodinma iweala- beasts of no nation
ken kalfus- a disorder peculiar to the nation
chad klutgen- average american male
adam langer- crossing california
tim obrien- things they carried
steven pressfield- gates of fire
richard russo- straight man
ian samson- case of the missing books
dana spiotta- eat the document
oscar wilde- picture of dorian gray
howard zinn- people's history of the united state
20 books, plus however many novels i havent read in the chandler collection. ive got my work cut out for me
i finished 'woman who walked into doors' by roddy doyle last night. he's an amazing writer and that was a pretty gut-wrenching book.
Damn, that's impressive...I was two years out of law school before I wanted to read anything ever again! And I was an avid reader up until the time of the dreaded casebook.
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"But --you say that Dreams have no power here? Tell me, Lucifer Morningstar...Ask yourselves, all of you...What power would hell have if those here imprisoned were not able to Dream of Heaven?" Dream speaking to Lucifer as written by Neil Gaiman.
I wasn't a big fan of The Kite Runner. The first part is good, and the last part is good, but the time in the US is like a desert of thought between two areas of actions. It just kindof goes bland. That may reflect how the author wanted us to view the life of the main character and his dad; that the excitement was in their home country. In the US they had to start anew, but all the action up to that point just drained them, and all of the challenges in the new country added to the depression.
He wrote the events in the US as downtime, and that's what it read like.
I finished The Kite Runner last night. I liked the whole thing. I thought the parts in the US were still good, seeing his dad adapt to the new place and then him meeting his wife. Plus the whole time, it was suspenseful wondering what Rhalid Kham (sp?) told him.
I finished The Kite Runner last night. I liked the whole thing. I thought the parts in the US were still good, seeing his dad adapt to the new place and then him meeting his wife. Plus the whole time, it was suspenseful wondering what Rhalid Kham (sp?) told him.
Oh yeah, I LOOOOOVED Kite Runner!
This is the greatest band in the world -- Ben Harper
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Shut Out: A Story of Race and Baseball in Boston by Howard Bryant
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I heard it was good. Was it?
The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
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so... did you like it.
Take my hand, my child of love
Come step inside my tears
Swim the magic ocean,
I've been crying all these years
No, I haven't read My Friend Leonard. It is on my to read list though.
Yeah I just finished it over the weekend. I enjoyed it. I agree with what you said. I did have a problem with part of it, but I don't know how far you are into it so I won't tell you. It's nothing shocking just I hate to have books ruined for me.
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and Transcending Anger: Heart Path (or some crap like that.)
I chose it for my bookclub this month.
In my top 5 books.
And I don't feel right when you're gone away
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
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Another Goodkind fan, yay !!
Naked Empire was the weakest I thnk, Chainfire and Phantom are much , much better, hope the last one will be oot soon.
i'm now reading "not on my watch" by don cheadle and john prendergast
and "blink" by malcolm gladwell
BTW, does anybody own a paper back copy of "The Blade of Fortrui" that they are willing to sell? I can't find that book anywhere...
I loved the movie of 'The Name of the Rose' and have been meaning to read the book. How is it?
I really enjoyed "Lisey's Story". King has a new book coming out next week. What do you think of "Lisey's Story"?
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i'm only 60 pages into it.
the fact that scott is/was a writer is the reason i'm reading it. my nearly 10 year old son saw the thickness of the book and reckons that i won't finish before saturday(when it's due back at the library). i told him stephen king was an easy read generally so i'll have no problem with it taking me only a week to read.
i dont read king often, but sometimes i just get in a mood for him. i'm more a fan of his non horror. dolores claiborne, misery, the girl who loved tom gordon. though i did quite enjoy the dark half.
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
-Oscar Wilde
and into INTERRED WITH THIER BONES . story of Bill Miner the train robber
-Greg Dulli
Yeah it is an easy read but it is still really long! Lisey's is really good.
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Damn, that's impressive...I was two years out of law school before I wanted to read anything ever again! And I was an avid reader up until the time of the dreaded casebook.
"But --you say that Dreams have no power here? Tell me, Lucifer Morningstar...Ask yourselves, all of you...What power would hell have if those here imprisoned were not able to Dream of Heaven?" Dream speaking to Lucifer as written by Neil Gaiman.
I finished The Kite Runner last night. I liked the whole thing. I thought the parts in the US were still good, seeing his dad adapt to the new place and then him meeting his wife. Plus the whole time, it was suspenseful wondering what Rhalid Kham (sp?) told him.
Now I am reading "Positively Fifth St."
Oh yeah, I LOOOOOVED Kite Runner!
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