I'm TRYING to read "Marley & Me" (The World's Worst Dog) by John Grogan. However - my job keeps getting in the way! What I've read so far - I would definitley recommend!
I loved that book, it was so funny! Have you seen marley's film debut? It's on youtube somewhere - I'll dig it out for you if it's still there.
"We have to change the concept of patriotism to one of “matriotism” — love of humanity that transcends war. A matriarch would never send her own children off to wars that kill other people’s children." Cindy Sheehan --- London, Brixton, 14 July 1993 London, Wembley, 1996 London, Wembley, 18 June 2007 London, O2, 18 August 2009 London, Hammersmith Apollo (Ed solo), 31 July 2012 Milton Keynes Bowl, 11 July 2014
London, Hammersmith Apollo (Ed solo), 06 June 2017
I've just finished reading The Other Boleyn Girl (though I haven't seen the movie yet). Really good read. I feel like I've learnt tons about Tudor england, even all of henry VIII's wives and what happened to them. I didn't know all that much before! So much scheming and backstabbing went on back then lol.
Now I'm starting to read the next book, The Boleyn Inheritance, which is proving just as good. What's wierd to me that while everyone knows of evil historical people like Hitler and Rasputin, no-one really thinks of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk who was just a complete twisted bastard to his family, lol.
My wife read that and really liked it. I think she read the Inheritance too. I know she read another one. She said she wasn't that big a fan of the movie, that it was a lot different from the book.
My wife read that and really liked it. I think she read the Inheritance too. I know she read another one. She said she wasn't that big a fan of the movie, that it was a lot different from the book.
Was it Queen's Fool? I've got that one lined up after this, which I think is about mary and elizabeth 1st and their rivalry.
I still have to see the film when it comes out on dvd. I know they changed the ending somewhat but as long as there isn't some big happy hollywood ending where Anne doesn't end up losing head in the end then I guess I can deal with it!
"We have to change the concept of patriotism to one of “matriotism” — love of humanity that transcends war. A matriarch would never send her own children off to wars that kill other people’s children." Cindy Sheehan --- London, Brixton, 14 July 1993 London, Wembley, 1996 London, Wembley, 18 June 2007 London, O2, 18 August 2009 London, Hammersmith Apollo (Ed solo), 31 July 2012 Milton Keynes Bowl, 11 July 2014
London, Hammersmith Apollo (Ed solo), 06 June 2017
Was it Queen's Fool? I've got that one lined up after this, which I think is about mary and elizabeth 1st and their rivalry.
I still have to see the film when it comes out on dvd. I know they changed the ending somewhat but as long as there isn't some big happy hollywood ending where Anne doesn't end up losing head in the end then I guess I can deal with it!
No it wasn't Queen's Fool, it definitely had Boleyn in the title, so I think it was the Inheritance one you mentioned. She really liked it.
I don't think they made it a Hollywood ending. She said it was really bloody. She went with some friends who were grossed out.
Landscape Turned Red: The Battle of Antietam by Stephen W. Sears
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I thought the world...Turns out the world thought me
I'm about halfway through On the Road by Jack Kerouac.
Figured since I was heading West for the EV shows, it would be appropriate reading while on the plane and traveling back and forth from Santa Barbara to LA.
LOL! You're totally welcome! Funny we're AGAIN reading the same book at the same time. How far into it are you? I just started it...again.
i'm up to april and the know-it-alls. problem is that i just want to drink wine while reading it.
and not funny/ironic so much as i just like to copy you.
i'm up to april and the know-it-alls. problem is that i just want to drink wine while reading it.
and not funny/ironic so much as i just like to copy you.
LOL! I like you! I gots to go now...Eddie awaits!
This is the greatest band in the world -- Ben Harper
I just took out Player Piano and The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut and A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick. I'll be reading those three over the next week or two.
“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 smack dab in the middle of 'bag of bones' by stephen king right now. since the beginning of february, i've read 'from a buick 8', 'it', 'the tommyknockers', 'gerald's game', 'the long walk', 'the girl who loved tom gordon', and a handful of the stories from 'everything's eventual'...all by king (except for 'the long walk'.....which is still a king novel, but written under the name richard bachman).
finished "you can't be neutral on a moving train" on my trip to philly a little over a week ago...howard zinn has had such a facinating life!!
i'm trying to finish up "a heartbreaking work of staggering genius" by dave eggers. just realized that it is a memoir...it's a really great read, quite funny too given some of the circumstances. i found myself laughing out loud while reading it on the plane to/from san fran last week.
just bought "killing yourself to live" by chuch klosterman...FINALLY! i'll probably start that tonight
yes...i do feel like a human. i do not feel like a tree.
Did you buy it or get it from the library?
Can I borrow it?
I bought an autographed copy when I took my new friend out to his restaurant. They do not charge extra for the autograph!! How cool is that?!? And yes, of course you can borrow it when I'm done which should be tomorrow on my flight home!
"The leads are weak!"
"The leads are weak? Fuckin' leads are weak? You're Weak! I've Been in this business 15 years"
Old and New Wars. yeah, I decided to do the pre reading list before grad school. i never read during my undergrad. i just finished reading persepolis 2 though. the series is really good. it's a great adult "comic book" about persia. it's actually just a book, with pictures.
Don't let the world bring you down, not everyone here is that fucked up and cold. Remember why you came and while you're alive, experience the warmth before you grow old.
Best two days of my life: Oasis at MSG and Pearl Jam at the Gorge.
i'm smack dab in the middle of 'bag of bones' by stephen king right now. since the beginning of february, i've read 'from a buick 8', 'it', 'the tommyknockers', 'gerald's game', 'the long walk', 'the girl who loved tom gordon', and a handful of the stories from 'everything's eventual'...all by king (except for 'the long walk'.....which is still a king novel, but written under the name richard bachman).
King rules!
Not reading, but I saw The Mist a couple of weeks ago and really enjoyed it. Darabont should be the only director allowed to adapt King.
Not reading, but I saw The Mist a couple of weeks ago and really enjoyed it. Darabont should be the only director allowed to adapt King.
i've been a huge king fan since.....8th grade?? somewhere around there, which would make it.......23 years ago. i just finished up 'bag of bones' last night and went out and got 'dolores claiborne' today. i've seen the movie but haven't read the book yet. i took a break from reading a while back, and have recently got back into it.
i've been a huge king fan since.....8th grade?? somewhere around there, which would make it.......23 years ago. i just finished up 'bag of bones' last night and went out and got 'dolores claiborne' today. i've seen the movie but haven't read the book yet. i took a break from reading a while back, and have recently got back into it.
I really liked "Dolores Claiborne" and I found the movie pretty true to it. Have you read "Gerald's Game"? I love King. Brilliant.
I really liked "Dolores Claiborne" and I found the movie pretty true to it. Have you read "Gerald's Game"? I love King. Brilliant.
yeah, just got done re-reading it a couple weeks ago. 'gerald's game', 'the tommyknockers', 'it', and 'the long walk' were all re-reads for me. all the others i listed were new to me.
i think my favorite king novel was 'the stand'. probably because it was the first king novel i read.
yeah, just got done re-reading it a couple weeks ago. 'gerald's game', 'the tommyknockers', 'it', and 'the long walk' were all re-reads for me. all the others i listed were new to me.
i think my favorite king novel was 'the stand'. probably because it was the first king novel i read.
I think 'It' is in my top five of his books. "The Stand" is great, have you read both versions? I have both copies and I think I read them both but years ago and all my books are back home *sniff* I miss them
I re read "The Green Mile" a month or so again.. I love IT. I re-read most of his books.. excecp "The Tommyknockers" but it has been a bit since I read it.
i've been a huge king fan since.....8th grade?? somewhere around there, which would make it.......23 years ago. i just finished up 'bag of bones' last night and went out and got 'dolores claiborne' today. i've seen the movie but haven't read the book yet. i took a break from reading a while back, and have recently got back into it.
Yeah I've been a King fan since 8th grade too. 15 years ago for me. Cujo was the first book of his that I read.
Reading "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
Really good and tragic story that the author committed suicide. But it won the Pulitzer
I read that last year and enjoyed it. Yeah the author commited suicide and his mom found the novel and had it published after his death. He went to Tulane where I went!
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I loved that book, it was so funny! Have you seen marley's film debut? It's on youtube somewhere - I'll dig it out for you if it's still there.
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London, Brixton, 14 July 1993
London, Wembley, 1996
London, Wembley, 18 June 2007
London, O2, 18 August 2009
London, Hammersmith Apollo (Ed solo), 31 July 2012
Milton Keynes Bowl, 11 July 2014
My wife read that and really liked it. I think she read the Inheritance too. I know she read another one. She said she wasn't that big a fan of the movie, that it was a lot different from the book.
That's next on my "must read" list!! LOOOOOOOOOVE Tony!
Was it Queen's Fool? I've got that one lined up after this, which I think is about mary and elizabeth 1st and their rivalry.
I still have to see the film when it comes out on dvd. I know they changed the ending somewhat but as long as there isn't some big happy hollywood ending where Anne doesn't end up losing head in the end then I guess I can deal with it!
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London, Brixton, 14 July 1993
London, Wembley, 1996
London, Wembley, 18 June 2007
London, O2, 18 August 2009
London, Hammersmith Apollo (Ed solo), 31 July 2012
Milton Keynes Bowl, 11 July 2014
Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk
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No it wasn't Queen's Fool, it definitely had Boleyn in the title, so I think it was the Inheritance one you mentioned. She really liked it.
I don't think they made it a Hollywood ending. She said it was really bloody. She went with some friends who were grossed out.
I thought the world...Turns out the world thought me
Figured since I was heading West for the EV shows, it would be appropriate reading while on the plane and traveling back and forth from Santa Barbara to LA.
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Can I borrow it?
And I don't feel right when you're gone away
thanks, mer!
LOL! You're totally welcome! Funny we're AGAIN reading the same book at the same time. How far into it are you? I just started it...again.
and not funny/ironic so much as i just like to copy you.
LOL! I like you! I gots to go now...Eddie awaits!
~D.K.S.
i'm trying to finish up "a heartbreaking work of staggering genius" by dave eggers. just realized that it is a memoir...it's a really great read, quite funny too given some of the circumstances. i found myself laughing out loud while reading it on the plane to/from san fran last week.
just bought "killing yourself to live" by chuch klosterman...FINALLY! i'll probably start that tonight
"The leads are weak? Fuckin' leads are weak? You're Weak! I've Been in this business 15 years"
"What's your name?"
"FUCK YOU! THAT"S MY NAME!"
Best two days of my life: Oasis at MSG and Pearl Jam at the Gorge.
King rules!
Not reading, but I saw The Mist a couple of weeks ago and really enjoyed it. Darabont should be the only director allowed to adapt King.
i've been a huge king fan since.....8th grade?? somewhere around there, which would make it.......23 years ago. i just finished up 'bag of bones' last night and went out and got 'dolores claiborne' today. i've seen the movie but haven't read the book yet. i took a break from reading a while back, and have recently got back into it.
~D.K.S.
I really liked "Dolores Claiborne" and I found the movie pretty true to it. Have you read "Gerald's Game"? I love King. Brilliant.
yeah, just got done re-reading it a couple weeks ago. 'gerald's game', 'the tommyknockers', 'it', and 'the long walk' were all re-reads for me. all the others i listed were new to me.
i think my favorite king novel was 'the stand'. probably because it was the first king novel i read.
~D.K.S.
I think 'It' is in my top five of his books. "The Stand" is great, have you read both versions? I have both copies and I think I read them both but years ago and all my books are back home *sniff* I miss them
I re read "The Green Mile" a month or so again.. I love IT. I re-read most of his books.. excecp "The Tommyknockers" but it has been a bit since I read it.
Yeah I've been a King fan since 8th grade too. 15 years ago for me. Cujo was the first book of his that I read.
Really good and tragic story that the author committed suicide. But it won the Pulitzer
I read that last year and enjoyed it. Yeah the author commited suicide and his mom found the novel and had it published after his death. He went to Tulane where I went!
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