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Byrnzie

Peter Hessler - 'Strange Stones: Dispatches from East and West'



'Over the last decade, as a staff writer for The New Yorker and the author of three books, Peter Hessler has lived in Asia and the United States, writing as both native and knowledgeable outsider in these two very different regions. This unusual perspective distinguishes Strange Stones, which showcases Hessler’s unmatched range as a storyteller. “Wild Flavor” invites readers along on a taste test between two rat restaurants in South China. One story profiles Yao Ming, basketball star and China’s most beloved export, another David Spindler, an obsessive and passionate historian of the Great Wall. In “Dr. Don,” Hessler writes movingly about a small-town pharmacist and his relationship with the people he serves.

While Hessler’s subjects and locations vary, subtle but deeply important thematic links bind these pieces—the strength of local traditions, the surprising overlap between apparently opposing cultures, and the powerful lessons drawn from individuals who straddle different worlds.'

intodeep

I finally started reading again!
Neil Gaimen's Neverwhere.
SO GOOD SO FAR (25% done)

F Me In The Brain

intodeep wrote:

I finally started reading again!
Neil Gaimen's Neverwhere.
SO GOOD SO FAR (25% done)

Good book I like it.
If you have not read American Gods by NG it is a strong recommendation.

whispering hands

Inside Out a personal history if Pink Floyd.








I love apartment clean outs!!!

LukinFan

I just finished Divergent. What a great book. The Graveyard Book is next.

kw18

F Me In The Brain wrote:

intodeep wrote:

I finally started reading again!
Neil Gaimen's Neverwhere.
SO GOOD SO FAR (25% done)

Good book I like it.
If you have not read American Gods by NG it is a strong recommendation.

I've never read any of his prose work, but I've always wanted to. He's on my list ...

Due to some house projects I want to finish up, I haven't read in more than a week. My brain is starting to turn to mush. :?

johnmc1976

The Servant by James C. Hunter

EZ1221C

Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls- David Sedaris. Finally finished the Neil Young autobiography too.

dankind

kw18 wrote:

F Me In The Brain wrote:

intodeep wrote:

I finally started reading again!
Neil Gaimen's Neverwhere.
SO GOOD SO FAR (25% done)

Good book I like it.
If you have not read American Gods by NG it is a strong recommendation.

I've never read any of his prose work, but I've always wanted to. He's on my list ...

Due to some house projects I want to finish up, I haven't read in more than a week. My brain is starting to turn to mush. :?

American Gods is just awesome. HBO show should kick much ass, seeing as how Gaiman is reported to be heavily involved.

Also, Good Omens (written with Terry Pratchett) is a good time (and another doomed Terry Gilliam project).

F Me In The Brain

Holy shit! HBO is doing American Gods? WOW.

I also loved Good Omens.

Pjzepp67

Sad to say I'm just starting The Quarry by the late Iain Banks, one of Scotland's finest ever writers that we recently lost to cancer. Poignantly the book revolves around a man dying of cancer, of which the author himself was only diagnosed when he was 80,000 words in.
So sad, missed by the whole nation...the BBC produced a great documentary in his honour which showed his indomitable spirit to the surprisingly and shockingly quick end.

intodeep

Yes i've been following the American Gods HBO news and i'm excited about it. I think Neil is done writing the pilot. I'm hoping there will be an anouncment at comic con about it

I've read American Gods and His Sandman Graphic novels and enjoyed both. Really enjoying Neverwhere 55% done now

intodeep

LukinFan wrote:

I just finished Divergent. What a great book. The Graveyard Book is next.

i heard this was good. A movie is coming out for Divergent i think??

Dr. Delight

Upcoming tv ad for Stephen Kings sequel to "The Shining"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... smyZGrS91A

Newch91

peacefrompaul

Nothing right now

I think I'm going to pick up American Psycho

F Me In The Brain

Wish I could go back and re-read for the first time. KV spoke to us when I was in college and it was a fascinating hour -- that dude was extremely bright and extremely weird.

If you enjoy there are a haul of short reads from KV that are great. Cat's Cradle and The Sirens of Titan were two of my all time favorites.

Newch91 wrote:

F Me In The Brain

Just started last night:

Newch91

F Me In The Brain wrote:

Wish I could go back and re-read for the first time. KV spoke to us when I was in college and it was a fascinating hour -- that dude was extremely bright and extremely weird.

If you enjoy there are a haul of short reads from KV that are great. Cat's Cradle and The Sirens of Titan were two of my all time favorites.

Newch91 wrote:

That's awesome! I also have "Breakfast of Champions" that I may end up reading after "Slaughterhouse." I started yesterday and read the first two chapters. Couldn't put it down.

Leezestarr313

Caved in and got a tablet because German books are easier and cheaper to get for me in e-form. My first purchase is "In times of diminishing light" by Eugen Ruge.



From a review:
"In terms of novel writing, Ruge is a latecomer. He was 57 years old when he published the story of his own life, which is also the story of the decline of a model socialist family. The book describes fifty years, four generations, of communist life in Mexico, Russia and East Germany. With sentences such as “Communism is like the faith of the ancient Aztecs: It guzzles blood”, Ruge shows his distance to the political system. He narrates the life, actions and motivation of the characters with condensed intensity."

It's pretty good so far.