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  • Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    rrivers wrote:
    I really enjoyed The Road. That was the first Cormac McCarthy book I've read. I didn't remember the ending being left that open.
    I thought it kinda was! I did enjoy it at the time but it was unfortunate for 'the road' that it was followed by papillon... blew it out of the water it did.
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • nfanelnfanel Posts: 2,558
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    it follows the theory that if you leave an ending open it's easy for the reader to keep the story in his/her mind cos I think it's human nature for some of us to want a definite ending. So for that reason, it stuck in my mind... I dunno if that makes a book great though :o .
    that's a good theory...and probably very true.......

    i may have to check out papillon!
  • Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    nfanel wrote:
    that's a good theory...and probably very true.......

    i may have to check out papillon!
    Please do... you will NOT regret papillon... fantastic adventure book :)

    I never thought of that theory before... there were so many books where I was convinced they were crap but couldn't get them out of my head... and other people suggested that that's what makes a book great. I'm not entirely sure!
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • rriversrrivers Posts: 3,696
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    Please do... you will NOT regret papillon... fantastic adventure book :)

    I never thought of that theory before... there were so many books where I was convinced they were crap but couldn't get them out of my head... and other people suggested that that's what makes a book great. I'm not entirely sure!

    What makes a book great is when you are reading it you can't wait to get back to it. This doesn't mean it has to be super fast paced, just a compelling read.

    Helen, check your pms.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • memememe Posts: 4,695
    I'm reading "Dreams from my father" by Barack Obama.

    It's pretty interesting. I really hope he makes it to the presidency.
    ... and the will to show I will always be better than before.
  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    The Case Against Israel - Michael Neumann

    http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article4690.shtml
  • vedder_soupvedder_soup Posts: 5,861
    just finished Breathe by Tim Winton

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Breath-Tim-Winton/dp/0330455710
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  • smarcheesmarchee Posts: 14,539
    Who Let The Dogs In ? Incredible Political Animals I Have Known by Molly Ivins.

    I enjoyed reading her columns and when I saw this book for $ 5 in the bargain bin, I picked it up. Essentially, a collection of her columns during different administrations from Reagan, Bush Sr, Clinton and the Scrub
    1998 ~ Barrie
    2003 ~ Toronto
    2005 ~ London, Toronto
    2006 ~ Toronto
    2008 ~ Hartford, Mansfied I,
    2009 ~ Toronto, Chicago I, Chicago II
    2010 ~ Cleveland, Buffalo
    2011 ~ Toronto I, Toronto II, Ottawa, Hamilton
    2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
    2014 - Detroit
    2019 - Chicago X 2
  • _Crazy_Mary__Crazy_Mary_ Posts: 1,299
    I just finished Night by Elie Wiesel. It's about his life in the concentration camps. Pretty heavy.

    So now I'm reading The Good Guy by Dean Koontz. It's the same as every other Koontz book. Creepy serial killer in Laguna Beach....
    I really screwed that up. I really Schruted it.
  • _Crazy_Mary__Crazy_Mary_ Posts: 1,299
    kh65 wrote:
    "Liberal Fascism" by Jonah Goldberg.

    Very eye opening! I would highly recommend it.


    Thank you, I think I'll read it next.
    I really screwed that up. I really Schruted it.
  • mookie9999mookie9999 Posts: 4,677
    Real Food: What to Eat and Why by Nina Planck. She was the first person to introduce farmers markets in England and writes on the benefits of eating natural foods regardless of fat content (whole milk, butter, meat, etc) to live the healthiest life possible. Quite an interesting read.
    "The leads are weak!"

    "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!"
  • Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    _Crazy_Mary_ wrote:
    I just finished Night by Elie Wiesel. It's about his life in the concentration camps. Pretty heavy.

    So now I'm reading The Good Guy by Dean Koontz. It's the same as every other Koontz book. Creepy serial killer in Laguna Beach....
    with a dog and a female accomplice who he'll fall in love with perhaps?
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • glasshouseglasshouse Posts: 1,762
    dylan on dylan : the essential interviwes
    Athens, Greece: 2006/09/30

    "Call me Ishmael. Some years ago- never mind how long precisely- having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world." Herman Melville : Moby Dick
  • rriversrrivers Posts: 3,696
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    with a dog and a female accomplice who he'll fall in love with perhaps?

    That's funny (and true).

    I just finished "The Flanders Panel", a mystery about a painting. Really well written and good right up to the end.

    I am finishing "Son of a Witch" by Gregory McGuire right now. It's ok.

    I am also reading Clapton's autobiography which is really good.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • _Crazy_Mary__Crazy_Mary_ Posts: 1,299
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    with a dog and a female accomplice who he'll fall in love with perhaps?


    :D Yes on the female accomplice. They are falling in love!
    I really screwed that up. I really Schruted it.
  • SENROCKSENROCK Posts: 10,736
    "As You Like It"-William Shakespeare
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  • xavier mcdanielxavier mcdaniel Posts: 9,294
    a book called queens noir, it's short fiction stories set in various neighborhoods. they also have titles set in bronx and brooklyn neighborhoods.
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  • elmerelmer Posts: 1,683
    Enduring Love - Ian McEwan
  • BetterThanYouBetterThanYou Posts: 853
    i'm almost done with 'salem's lot...got about 75 pages left. after that, i'm gonna read 'i know this much is true' by wally lamb, on a recommendation from a friend.
    "Have you ever.........pooped a balloon?"
    ~D.K.S.
  • sarah vesarah ve Posts: 43
    I am just about to finish "Lucky" by Alice Sebold it is a memoir. Next on my list is "The Diary of Laura Palmer" directly related to David Lynch's movie Twin Peaks : Fire Walk With Me.

    I love this thread, I am always looking for new books to read. I always have my nose in a book, now that I am out of school and actual able to read interesting stuff :)
    See you at the beach!! 6/17

    ~Those who believe absurdities will commit atrocities~
    -Voltaire
  • sarah vesarah ve Posts: 43
    elmer wrote:
    Enduring Love - Ian McEwan

    I love Ian Mcewan! His Book Saturday is wonderful!
    See you at the beach!! 6/17

    ~Those who believe absurdities will commit atrocities~
    -Voltaire
  • nocode23nocode23 Posts: 411
    All The Pretty Horses-Cormac McCarthy
  • small town becksmall town beck Posts: 6,691
    Reading "IT" for about the 20th time. Still gold.
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    elmer wrote:
    Enduring Love - Ian McEwan

    ooh... this one was interesting to say the least.
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • PearlJamaholicPearlJamaholic Posts: 2,018
    _Crazy_Mary_ wrote:
    I just finished Night by Elie Wiesel. It's about his life in the concentration camps. Pretty heavy.

    So now I'm reading The Good Guy by Dean Koontz. It's the same as every other Koontz book. Creepy serial killer in Laguna Beach....

    had to read 'night' for school last semester or something. one of the blandest books i ever read. the way he described the whole thing it just seemed so boring. i really didnt care about anything he mentioned. his story telling is about as deep as the paper its printed on.
    http://db.etree.org/PearlJamaholic
  • gleemonexgleemonex Posts: 848
    PearlJamaholic wrote:
    had to read 'night' for school last semester or something. one of the blandest books i ever read. the way he described the whole thing it just seemed so boring. i really didnt care about anything he mentioned. his story telling is about as deep as the paper its printed on.

    I read this in high school and felt the same way.
    “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
  • gleemonexgleemonex Posts: 848
    I'm taking a roadtrip to Bonnaroo very soon and I'm bringing Catch-22 by Joseph Heller and Welcome to the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut with me.
    “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
  • g under pg under p Posts: 18,196
    THE NINE...Inside The Secret World of the Supreme Court


    by Jeffrey Toobin

    Peace
    *We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti

    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • zenithzenith Posts: 3,191
    even tho its been sitting on my shelf for a while now, im finally finishing up stephen kings dark tower - halfway thru the second last book, one to go - are these ones ever going to be put to screen???
    impatience is a gift ........
  • the wolfthe wolf Posts: 7,027
    "The Shell game" by Steve Alten.

    everyone should read this book, at least every American!

    a fiction tale, about what really goes on in the good ol' U.S. of A.!!!!

    how we can be lead to war for no good reason.

    all based on true events, but told through a fictional scene.

    AWESOME read!

    really.
    Peace, Love.

    "To question your government is not unpatriotic --
    to not question your government is unpatriotic."
    -- Sen. Chuck Hagel
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