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  • nfanel
    nfanel Posts: 2,558
    running with scissors
  • CityMouse
    CityMouse Posts: 1,010
    How Soccer Explains the World
  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    blondieblue227 wrote:
    the eric clapton bio.

    What do you think of it? I read it a couple of months ago.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • smithnic
    smithnic Posts: 1,565
    Just finished one of my favorites of all time
    American Pastoral by Philip Roth

    Started Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger and the first story I was blown away (no pun intended).

    Also reading A Widow for One Year by John Irving
    Go Get 'Em Tigers!
  • smithnic
    smithnic Posts: 1,565
    nfanel wrote:
    running with scissors


    much better than the movie, but I still question his authenticity
    Go Get 'Em Tigers!
  • nfanel
    nfanel Posts: 2,558
    Ms. Haiku wrote:
    Running with Scissors was the first memoir I read that I didn't trust the author was telling the truth. The way the doctor told fortunes almost made me throw up. That is a messed up book. I wouldn't try to stop someone from reading it because so many people liked it, but I wouldn't recommend it either. The time reading that book could be spent reading something where the truth or fiction didn't flow like waves throughout the book.
    very good summary...
  • smithnic
    smithnic Posts: 1,565
    mdigenakis wrote:
    Stranger than Fiction
    By: Chuck Palahniuk

    Just bought it, but i haven't started it yet.


    Love this book! He's a one trick pony in fiction but it's a good trick. His nonfiction is awesome! His story about Marilyn Manson is great!
    Go Get 'Em Tigers!
  • nfanel
    nfanel Posts: 2,558
    smithnic wrote:
    much better than the movie, but I still question his authenticity
    agreed. doesn't seem like it can possibly be real.
  • smithnic
    smithnic Posts: 1,565
    mca47 wrote:
    Just finished the Glass Castle.

    Great book!


    Had to read this for school.
    Memoirs are not my cup of tea by any means, but this one was OK. Authenticity is always a question. She writes like a reporter though which made the book a bit more difficult to read through in terms of interest.
    Go Get 'Em Tigers!
  • AmentsChick
    AmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    Ishamel by Daniel Quinn
    This is the greatest band in the world -- Ben Harper

  • PJSerf
    PJSerf Posts: 637
    Just finished "The Chris Farley Show" last night. I would recommend it for anyone that was a fan. Obviously, its sad, but it does provide a lot of insight into his life.

    Its written in an "oral history" type format with excerpts from interviews from family, costars, friends, etc.
    "If you love someone, set them free... if someone loves you, don't fuck up" - EV
  • small town beck
    small town beck Posts: 6,691
    Marian Keyes "This Charming Man" .

    I love her books!!
  • Swan
    Swan Posts: 350
    The Picture of Dorian Grey…it’s a devastatingly slow read.
    I'm the only Hell Mama ever raised.
  • blondieblue227
    blondieblue227 Va, USA Posts: 4,509
    rrivers wrote:
    What do you think of it? I read it a couple of months ago.


    just a tad dull because of how he words stuff. but i like it. i'm halfway thru. i don't know if it actually how it was or just how he has things in order but Eric is a band whore. lol. i'm only 29 and didn't realize how many bands he's been in.
    *~Pearl Jam will be blasted from speakers until morale improves~*

  • nfanel
    nfanel Posts: 2,558
    Swan wrote:
    The Picture of Dorian Grey…it’s a devastatingly slow read.
    i loved that book! every page has like 30 high school yearbook quotes...haha
  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    PJSerf wrote:
    Just finished "The Chris Farley Show" last night. I would recommend it for anyone that was a fan. Obviously, its sad, but it does provide a lot of insight into his life.

    Its written in an "oral history" type format with excerpts from interviews from family, costars, friends, etc.

    I bought that along with some other books with a birthday gift card the other day. I think I will read it next. I read a book about the history of SNL that was an oral history and I enjoyed it.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    blondieblue227 wrote:
    just a tad dull because of how he words stuff. but i like it. i'm halfway thru. i don't know if it actually how it was or just how he has things in order but Eric is a band whore. lol. i'm only 29 and didn't realize how many bands he's been in.

    I really enjoyed it. I thought the end dragged. Let me know when you finish it and I will tell you my problem with the end.

    One thing I would have liked if there was more insight into the songs, recording, etc. After reading it and listening to his greatest hits, I realized there were a lot of songs I don't recall him mentioning at all.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • smarchee
    smarchee Windsor, Ontario Posts: 14,539
    The Clinton Years by Sidney Blumenthal
    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
  • BetterThanYou
    BetterThanYou Posts: 853
    just starting to re-read 'The Grapes Of Wrath'. been about 15 years since the last time i read it.
    "Have you ever.........pooped a balloon?"
    ~D.K.S.
  • bovy_j
    bovy_j Posts: 1,008
    Snuff by Chuck Palahniuk :)

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