Just finished Zeitoun by Dave Eggers. It's about a Syrian-American in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina who floats around the city in a canoe helping people before being falsely arrested and imprisoned. I found it to be more heartbreaking and staggering than Eggers' work of genius.
“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
and fuck me if I say somethin you dont wanna hear, fuck me!
and fuck me if you only hear what you wanna hear
fuck me...if I care...but im not leavin here
World War Z by Max Brooks, It's about how greed and corruption by people in power causes the zombie apocolypse. I feel like kind of a nerd reading it, but it's actually really interesting.
The oceans made me, but who came up with love?
"You put some udder cream on that shit?" ~EV 5/17/10
I'm trying to but damn... I just find it boring as hell.
Maybe it is because I usually read fantastical, absurdist fiction by authors like Tom Robbins, Robert Anton Wilson, Christopher Moore, Vonnegut, etc.
I read it and enjoyed it. Didn't find it boring at all.
+1 found is a page turner, read it in 2 days
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
Cronies: Oil, The Bushes and the Rise of Texas, Amercia's Superstate by Robert Bryce
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
'I want to hurry home to you
put on a slow, dumb show for you
and crack you up
so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
god I'm very, very frightening
and I'll overdo it'
just finished: foreign correspondence - geraldine brooks
just started: the italian affair - laura fraser
just finished yesterday: the italian affair - and it was awesome!
highly recommend! anyone who enjoyed eat pray love or similar - would probably love this book.
started today: memories of my melancholy whores - gabriel garcia marquez
short read, but good.
just started yesterday...
unaccustomed earth ~ jhumpa lahiri
collection of 8 short stories. so far, so good!
finished this tuesday, it was awesome! :thumbup:
definitely recommend.
i started yesterday and am bout half-way thru disgrace ~ j.m.coetzee.
it is a fantastic read thus far.
i've lucked out, found a director at our firm that has similar book tastes as me, and she brings me in books all the time now to read. we've been swapping stories about books for about a year now, a common bond....so it's great. saves me $$$ and also don't even have to think about what i want to read next, or visit my town's sad little library, etc. she brings in 3 books at a time for me.
I haven't read a book in quite some time, but I have a friend who does read a good bit and she gives me reports on what she has read....it's almost like reading in a lazy ass, numskull kinda way. She just finished a Mary Higgins Clark book which she thought was pretty good
All I have to do is revel in the everyday....then do it again tomorrow
They say every sin is deadly but I believe they may be wrong...I'm guilty of all seven and I don't feel too bad at all
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle....so far, so good....but I hear people hate the ending. :shh:
If I had known then what I know now...
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
Finally getting around to reading the Pat Tillman book "Where Men Win Glory". Man, he was one hell of a man. Of all the fake sports "heros" we have today, this guy really got it. I love reading about him riding his bike to Arizone Cardinals practice then finally buying a Volvo Station Wagon. There should be a lot more athletes like him in sports today.
How the fuck did he turn down a $9 mil contract from the Rams to play for the minimum salary for the Cardinals?
He was a better guy that I will ever dream of being (obviously).
Just finished Sam Selvon's "The Lonely Londoners". Fantastic little novel about West Indian immigrants in London, written in an extremely effective (but also exaggerated) dialect. Next up: Paul Auster's City of Glass. It's some freaky shit so far. Reminding me in a weird way of "The Raw Shark Texts" for absolutely no reason other than the paranoia.
2003: Toronto
2005: Kitchener/Hamilton/Toronto
2006: Toronto 1 & 2
2008: Hartford/EV Toronto 1 & 2
2009: Toronto/Philadelphia 3 & 4
2010: Buffalo
2011: Montreal/Toronto 1 & 2/Hamilton
2013: London/Buffalo/Vancouver/Seattle 2016: Toronto 1 & 2 2022: Hamilton/Toronto 2023: EV Seattle 1&2
Beavis: All my friends are brown and red? What does that mean?
Butthead: It means that his friends are like turds and that they like suck.
Beavis: Heh heh. Oh yeah. Yeah! Get those spoons out of my face before I shove them up your butt!
Butthead: Huh huh.
Switching between 2 books depending on the mood and concentration levels
"Juliet, naked" by Nick Hornby (author of High fidelity). Liking it this far.
"The God delusion" by Richard Dawkins. brilliantly written and argued.
I finally started Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code last night.... over 100 pages in and i'm loving it
Been to this many PJ shows: Reading 2006 London 2007 Manchester & London 2009 Dublin, Belfast, London, Nijmegen & Berlin 2010 Manchester 1 & Manchester 2 2012...
... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
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I'm trying to but damn... I just find it boring as hell.
Maybe it is because I usually read fantastical, absurdist fiction by authors like Tom Robbins, Robert Anton Wilson, Christopher Moore, Vonnegut, etc.
I read it and enjoyed it. Didn't find it boring at all.
and fuck me if you only hear what you wanna hear
fuck me...if I care...but im not leavin here
Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me
"You put some udder cream on that shit?" ~EV 5/17/10
+1 found is a page turner, read it in 2 days
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
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
put on a slow, dumb show for you
and crack you up
so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
god I'm very, very frightening
and I'll overdo it'
finished this tuesday, it was awesome! :thumbup:
definitely recommend.
i started yesterday and am bout half-way thru disgrace ~ j.m.coetzee.
it is a fantastic read thus far.
i've lucked out, found a director at our firm that has similar book tastes as me, and she brings me in books all the time now to read. we've been swapping stories about books for about a year now, a common bond....so it's great. saves me $$$ and also don't even have to think about what i want to read next, or visit my town's sad little library, etc. she brings in 3 books at a time for me.
Let's just breathe...
I am myself like you somehow
and
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
and
Overthrow by Stephen Kinzer
-Greg Dulli
much love for the Hitchiker's series. I've read Hitchikers, Restaurant at the end of the Universe, and So Long and Thanks for all the Fish.
I plan on getting to the other two eventually. Great stuff.
They say every sin is deadly but I believe they may be wrong...I'm guilty of all seven and I don't feel too bad at all
I recently discovered this mystery series with a paranormal twist and i'm on this, the second book. i find them hard to put down!
"New music, new friends. Pearl Jam."
I like our socks. I hear we make a fine sock. I always say, You might not love our records, but I think you'll like our socks. - Stone
"This record is us speaking out in class." -EV on PJ
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
How the fuck did he turn down a $9 mil contract from the Rams to play for the minimum salary for the Cardinals?
He was a better guy that I will ever dream of being (obviously).
2005: Kitchener/Hamilton/Toronto
2006: Toronto 1 & 2
2008: Hartford/EV Toronto 1 & 2
2009: Toronto/Philadelphia 3 & 4
2010: Buffalo
2011: Montreal/Toronto 1 & 2/Hamilton
2013: London/Buffalo/Vancouver/Seattle
2016: Toronto 1 & 2
2022: Hamilton/Toronto
2023: EV Seattle 1&2
I enjoyed that book. Weird as shit, but still good.
+1000! Huge fan of Nick Hornby's stuff here. I loved that book. It's so much better than the movie, although I'm fond of it too.
2005: Kitchener/Hamilton/Toronto
2006: Toronto 1 & 2
2008: Hartford/EV Toronto 1 & 2
2009: Toronto/Philadelphia 3 & 4
2010: Buffalo
2011: Montreal/Toronto 1 & 2/Hamilton
2013: London/Buffalo/Vancouver/Seattle
2016: Toronto 1 & 2
2022: Hamilton/Toronto
2023: EV Seattle 1&2
great book. i'm reading his book "long way down"
www.cluthelee.com
www.cluthe.com
it's pretty good. very fast paced.
Butthead: It means that his friends are like turds and that they like suck.
Beavis: Heh heh. Oh yeah. Yeah! Get those spoons out of my face before I shove them up your butt!
Butthead: Huh huh.
"Juliet, naked" by Nick Hornby (author of High fidelity). Liking it this far.
"The God delusion" by Richard Dawkins. brilliantly written and argued.
I love that book :thumbup:
I finally started Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code last night.... over 100 pages in and i'm loving it
... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
mmmm would that be the "stick book"???
Now reading With the "Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa" by E.B. Sledge.
BOS-9/28/04,9/29/04,6/28/08,6/30/08, 9/5/16, 9/7/16, 9/2/18
MTL-9/15/05, OTT-9/16/05
PHL-5/27/06,5/28/06,10/30/09,10/31/09
CHI-8/2/07,8/5/07,8/23/09,8/24/09
HTFD-6/27/08
ATX-10/4/09, 10/12/14
KC-5/3/2010,STL-5/4/2010
Bridge School-10/23/2010,10/24/2010
PJ20-9/3/2011,9/4/2011
OKC-11/16/13
SEA-12/6/13
TUL-10/8/14