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i'm currently reading The Honey Thief, and really enjoying it. it's a bit heavier than i thought it would be, but very good."Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States, Barack Obama."
"Obama's main opponent in this election on November 4th (was) not John McCain, it (was) ignorance."~Michael Moore
"i'm feeling kinda righteous right now. with my badass motherfuckin' ukulele!"
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releaselauren wrote:"A Thousand Splendid Suns" by K. Hosseini. So far, so good.
After that, I have about ten books in my "to read" stack.
oh, i want to read that one also. did you read The Kite Runner?"Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States, Barack Obama."
"Obama's main opponent in this election on November 4th (was) not John McCain, it (was) ignorance."~Michael Moore
"i'm feeling kinda righteous right now. with my badass motherfuckin' ukulele!"
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i just bought Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. it's next up.
then will be Haven Kimmel's new novel, The Used World. I loooooooove everything she writes, she's brilliant and very, very funny. check out A Girl Named Zippy if you haven't read it. laughed my ASS off."Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States, Barack Obama."
"Obama's main opponent in this election on November 4th (was) not John McCain, it (was) ignorance."~Michael Moore
"i'm feeling kinda righteous right now. with my badass motherfuckin' ukulele!"
~ed, 8/70 -
sweetpotato wrote:oh, i want to read that one also. did you read The Kite Runner?
I loved "The Kite Runner". I think it was the *only* book that moved me to tears."you shall be released" ~ EV0 -
For an introduction to Iran-USA relations I would recommend "Iran Awakening." The author, Shirin Ebadi won the Nobel Peace Prize. Also, she brought a case in front of the US courts so that her book could be published (If I understand it correctly, it was part of a case many publishers were pursuing). Basically, an Iranian woman's decision to defend the publication of her book in the US helped to decrease censorship in the US.
It's not poetry, but I marked passages that seemed interesting to me, and after rereading them, I realized how much information I gathered from the book. It was presented like a teacher to a class. If you liked "Reading Lolita in Tehran" you would like this basically because of the subject matter. The same scene where there was an failed assasination attempt on literary types is included in both books. That was interesting to read of that story again.There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
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Ms. Haiku wrote:For an introduction to Iran-USA relations I would recommend "Iran Awakening." The author, Shirin Ebadi won the Nobel Peace Prize. Also, she brought a case in front of the US courts so that her book could be published (If I understand it correctly, it was part of a case many publishers were pursuing). Basically, an Iranian woman's decision to defend the publication of her book in the US helped to decrease censorship in the US.
It's not poetry, but I marked passages that seemed interesting to me, and after rereading them, I realized how much information I gathered from the book. It was presented like a teacher to a class. If you liked "Reading Lolita in Tehran" you would like this basically because of the subject matter. The same scene where there was an failed assasination attempt on literary types is included in both books. That was interesting to read of that story again.
oh i did like reading lolita in tehran. access to books is something i take for granted, i know it.hear my name
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catefrances wrote:oh i did like reading lolita in tehran. access to books is something i take for granted, i know it.There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
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I just started Prep by Curtis Sittenfield
Anyone read it?
http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780812972351There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
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started Dracula the other night, had it on the shelf for years, been one of those Ive always been meaning to read and now wonder why I waited so long.0
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Ms. Haiku wrote:I just started Prep by Curtis Sittenfield
Anyone read it?
http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780812972351
I read it last year. I enjoyed it. It was more serious than I thought it would be. Let me know what you think of it."We're fixed good, lamp-wise."0 -
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i just finished the time traveller's wife. it made me cry which means it was a good book by my measure.hear my name
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catefrances wrote:i just finished the time traveller's wife. it made me cry which means it was a good book by my measure.
Very cool...one of my favorite books.
I've just started World War Z."I can only be as good as you'll let me."0 -
Big Shots.
The inside story of Carl Williams and the gangland murders.0 -
Just finished Jim Morrison's bio and now onto Iggy Pop's bioShot me with your funk gun0
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jocelyn wrote:Very cool...one of my favorite books.
I've just started World War Z.
Re-reading Stardust by Neil Gaiman before I go see the movie...A human being that was given to fly.
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Into Thin Air - Jon Krakauer
picked it up again the other day, started it a while ago and never finished it.Nice shirt.0 -
I'm re-reading The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde."Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." ~ MLK, 19630
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I was rereading Snow by Orhan Pamuk, and I couldn't get through it in time for the book club at my local library. I remember that it was work to get through it the first time.
Now, I'm reading Under a Flaming Sky:The Great Hinckley Firestorm of 1894 by Daniel James Brown. So far so good.There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
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