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  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    Just finished Blaze-by Stephen King

    Now reading "I am Legend" by Richard Matheson.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • Enkidu
    Enkidu So Cal Posts: 2,996
    I just finished Redemption Song, about Joe Strummer. Very dense, but interesting.

    Just started Diana Chronicles because it's summer and it's a perfect beach book.
  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    AmentsChick wrote:
    OMG! That whole Oprah scandal thing is a bunch of absolute PISS! "They" act like the entire book is a fabrication...it's not. YOu can go on smokinggun.com and find out exactly what is real and what's not. Anyways, YES YES YES! READ IT! He is AMMMMMMAZING! My Friend Leonard is in my top 5 favorite books!

    just so long as you're aware that in terms of an accurate portrait of addiction it's a complete crock of shit. stylistically... yeah, he's not a bad writer.

    im reading 'the black dahlia' now. im on a hard-boiled kick again.
  • Solat13
    Solat13 Posts: 6,996
    AmentsChick wrote:
    Yeah, it's really really really good. I still don't think it's as good as Kite Runner, but definitely a recommended. I haven't finished it as I haven't had alot of time to read lately.

    Now that I've finally finished The Kite Runner, I'm going to have to discuss it with you and nfanel at some point. ;)

    Thanks for the myspace bulletin about Into the Wild. The trailer looks amazing.

    It's now next on my reading list.

    Coincidentally on amazon.com if you put the title in, it says users also bought The Kite Runner so I'm excited to get my hands on it.
    - Busted down the pretext
    - 8/28/98
    - 9/2/00
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  • releaselauren
    releaselauren Posts: 384
    Solat13 wrote:
    Now that I've finally finished The Kite Runner, I'm going to have to discuss it with you and nfanel at some point. ;)

    Thanks for the myspace bulletin about Into the Wild. The trailer looks amazing.

    It's now next on my reading list.

    Coincidentally on amazon.com if you put the title in, it says users also bought The Kite Runner so I'm excited to get my hands on it.

    "The Kite Runner" was an *excellent* book. It moved me to tears...and, trust me, that rarely happens when I read a book.

    Lately, I haven't had much time to sit down and read a novel. The most reading I've done recently is flipping through "The Book of Stones" to learn about the different properties of healing crystals.
    "you shall be released" ~ EV
  • nfanel
    nfanel Posts: 2,558
    hippiemom wrote:
    I'd have to agree that it wasn't quite as good as The Kite Runner, at least it didn't take my breath away to the same degree, but I still enjoyed it a lot. My daughter is reading it now and really likes it. She never read Kite Runner, but when I told her it was even better she decided that she's going to read it next.
    ok, i finished splendid suns this weekend. you described it personally. definitely one of the better books i've read, but not QUITE as moving as the kite runner. still fantastic, though.

    few books move me to tears and the kite runner was one of them. i wish he would write more books!
  • nfanel
    nfanel Posts: 2,558
    releaselauren wrote:
    "The Kite Runner" was an *excellent* book. It moved me to tears...and, trust me, that rarely happens when I read a book.
    oops, i should've caught up with this whole thread before posting. i just said the same thing! :)
  • shaggy15
    shaggy15 Posts: 190
    Im reading Shoeless Joe. It is for class but it is a good book
    like a dog chasing a car, I do not know what i would do with it if i caught it----Joker

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  • Ms. Haiku
    Ms. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,376
    Just finished Divisadero by Michael Ondaatje. His writing is incredible! I didn't want it to end. I never thought that about a book before. I just wanted more information on the characters, and more information on the surroundings, and more information on the histories just because what was presented was written so well already. It became a craving of words.

    Onward to Suite Francaise, and Sextants of China for different bookclubs.
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  • Hartydog
    Hartydog Posts: 2,060
    the Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
    Boston 9-28-04, 5-24-06, 5-25-06, 5-17-10, 8-5-16, 8-7-16, 9-2-18, 9-4-18
    Ft Worth 9-15-23
    Hartford 5-13-06, 6-27-08, 10-25-13
    Mansfield, MA 6-30-08, 6-28-08, 7-2-03, 7-3-03, 7-11-03, 8-29-00, 8-30-00, 9-15-98, 9-16-98
    Worcester 10-15-13, 10-16-13
  • Solat13
    Solat13 Posts: 6,996
    releaselauren wrote:
    "The Kite Runner" was an *excellent* book. It moved me to tears...and, trust me, that rarely happens when I read a book.

    Yep, it really was an excellent book. Definitely a lot of emotional parts.

    The reason it took me a little while to get through it was for the 80 or so pages I just couldn't get over Amir and how he treated Hassan. It just made me angry and I really didn't read a story where I was furious with the protagonist - even if he was still a boy at the time.

    But I plowed through it over the weekend and the redemption and the circular path of his life made it all worthwhile.

    This was the first book I'd read that focused on Muslim culture I had read since my Religion in Literature class in college and well worth it. Plus it was interesting to read a male author write about his culture as the two previous books I had read were by female authors.
    - Busted down the pretext
    - 8/28/98
    - 9/2/00
    - 4/28/03, 5/3/03, 7/3/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 7/9/03, 7/11/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03
    - 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 10/2/04
    - 9/11/05, 9/12/05, 9/13/05, 9/30/05, 10/1/05, 10/3/05
    - 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 5/30/06, 6/1/06, 6/3/06, 6/23/06, 7/22/06, 7/23/06, 12/2/06, 12/9/06
    - 8/2/07, 8/5/07
    - 6/19/08, 6/20/08, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 7/1/08
    - 8/23/09, 8/24/09, 9/21/09, 9/22/09, 10/27/09, 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09
    - 5/15/10, 5/17/10, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 10/23/10, 10/24/10
    - 9/11/11, 9/12/11
    - 10/18/13, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 11/30/13, 12/4/13
  • xavier mcdaniel
    xavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,440
    i just finished reading tim kurkijan's (sp) new book, isn't this a great game. He's one of the ESPN baseball tonight analysts and his book has a lot of hysterical antedotes on his 25 years covering baseball.
    Reading 2004
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    Chicago 2007
    Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
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    Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
    Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
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    Fenway 2, 2018
    MSG 2022
    St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023
    MSG 2024, MSG 2024
    Philadelphia 2024
    "I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
    Things happen in the game. Nothing you
    can do. I don't go and say,
    "I'm gonna beat this guy up."
  • elmer
    elmer Posts: 1,683
    Finished Lunar Park (bret easton ellis) last week. The first half is hilarious but as with his others before gets confusing,,,,,,the ending seemed similar in a sense to Houllebecq' Platform.
  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    Teacher man by Frank McCourt
  • nfanel
    nfanel Posts: 2,558
    Byrnzie wrote:
    Teacher man by Frank McCourt
    i read that....good, but nowhere near the level of angela's ashes.
  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    nfanel wrote:
    i read that....good, but nowhere near the level of angela's ashes.

    Yeah, it seems a bit...frivolous.
  • Porchsitter
    Porchsitter Loganville, GA Posts: 1,091
    Right now, I'm reading "Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires." Very interesting so far.

    After that, I am going to read "Dishwasher" by Pete Jordan. His stories were chronicled on the radio show "This American Life" (huge fan of the show) about how he attempted to wash dishes in 50 states.
    We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.--Bill Hicks
  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    soulsinging wrote:
    just so long as you're aware that in terms of an accurate portrait of addiction it's a complete crock of shit. stylistically... yeah, he's not a bad writer.

    im reading 'the black dahlia' now. im on a hard-boiled kick again.

    Why is "A million little pieces" not an accurate portrait of addiction? I'm really curious because I've never taken drugs. I enjoyed the book and his style.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • AmentsChick
    AmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    rrivers wrote:
    Why is "A million little pieces" not an accurate portrait of addiction? I'm really curious because I've never taken drugs. I enjoyed the book and his style.

    Because Frey doesn't go about dealing with temptation the way he's told to in his recovery 'classes'. For example, as soon as he got out of rehab, he went straightaway to a bar, bought a beer, and just tested his strength with it sitting in front of him. Also, he never got into the whole "higher power" thing...he thought it was a load of horseshit.
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  • he still stands
    he still stands Posts: 2,835
    Roadside Attraction -- Tom Robbins

    My wife got me into this book and I read through about half of it on a flight home this past weekend.

    I have to say... it is phenomenal. Its like a psychodelic trip without the drugs. Tom Robbins is clearly speaking from experience in his descriptions of drug inspired hallucinations and such. DEFINITELY would recommend this one.

    Scooby-Doo,

    Paul
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