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  • bookmuse
    bookmuse Posts: 277
    homewardangel wrote:
    I'm reading Jacquelyn Mitchard's "Cage of Stars." I'm enthralled, and at the same time, I'm contemplating the theme of child murder in recent novels. I read "The Lovely Bones" and enjoyed it, but somehow I feel badly that this kind of tragedy creates a compelling story for me. It's not the only theme I read about by any means, but I feel wrong "enjoying" these books. What do you think?

    By the way, I love Barbara Kingsolver, especially "Prodigal Summer." I would also recommend "The Secret Life of Bees."

    Happy New Year everyone! I hope it is filled with happiness for all of you.


    I read "The Lovely Bones" a fews back-quite compelling - got a little strange but made an impression. The sick thing is...I've read about a true incident where a sicko had a den in the ground like in the book.

    I'm reading "Scar Tissue" by Anthony Kiedis - I'm about 1/2 through and it's like a tragic scene you pass in a car - leaves you a little sick but need to look.

    I'm also reading "Mary Called Magdalene" by Margaret George and "Raising your Spirited Child" by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka because I have a very spirited 4-1/2 year old.

    Happy New Year! Peace!
    "Speak your mind even if your voice shakes" ~ M Kuhn
  • Obi Once
    Obi Once Posts: 918
    Torture the Artist - Goebel
    your light's reflected now
  • elmer
    elmer Posts: 1,683
    Steinbeck: East of Eden
  • righteousbabe
    righteousbabe Posts: 662
    Gunter Grass: The Flounder
  • PearlJamaholic
    PearlJamaholic Posts: 2,019
    Book of Lost Tales pt.I by Tolkien
    http://db.etree.org/PearlJamaholic
  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs. its a hell of a ride so far.

    also have, but havent yet read, Big Sur by Jack Kerouac.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • Earthgirl
    Earthgirl Posts: 695
    at the moment.. A Man with out a Country
  • ZiggyStar
    ZiggyStar Posts: 14,328
    Just finished my Xmas present - Hannibal Rising by Thomas Harris about Hannibal Lecter as a boy.

    I give it a 3/5 rating.
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  • tara
    tara Posts: 293
    the bell jar; sylvia plath, never read it as a kid, thought i'd try it out, bought it during an 'i feel like killing myself' week, and thought somehow that she'd be the one to understand, pretty fast read, like it so far
    No problem can be solved from the same consciousness that created it.
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  • prljamgirl
    prljamgirl Edmonton, AB Posts: 602
    Right now I'm rereading 'Girlfriend in a Coma' by Douglas Coupland. I'll probably finish it sometime tomorrow.......it'll give me a clean outlook on things going into the new year, that's for sure!!! :) I really love that book. I've probably read it 4 or 5 times and get something new out of it everytime.
  • Stereotype
    Stereotype Maribor, Slovenia Posts: 885
    by Donna J. Haraway
    Monkeys, cyborgs and women: The reinvention of nature (That's my translation from Slovenian title)..
    It's well writen but with a feminism flavour...
    The worst enemies of music? Money and Mathematics. Combined with music, they both do the exact opposite of what they're supposed to do. Money makes music cheap, mathematics makes it stupid and predictable.

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  • Thumbing_My_Way
    Thumbing_My_Way Posts: 1,425
    Predator Patricia Cornwell in dutch
    Hold me, and make it the truth,...
    That when all is lost there will be you,...
    Cause to the universe I don't mean a thing
    And there's just one word I stil believe
    And it's Love

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  • Julien
    Julien Posts: 2,457
    I'm reading the fourth book of "Malhorne" from a french autor, Jerome Camut. Great story...
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  • MrMerkinball
    MrMerkinball Posts: 1,978
    Odd Thomas, by Dean Koontz
  • LOVEBOATCAPT0226
    LOVEBOATCAPT0226 Posts: 503
    I just finished Operation Bullpen for Xmas,about the endless forgeries in sports and celebrity memorabilia. A very interesting read.
  • seagoat2
    seagoat2 Posts: 241
    Just finished reading PostSecrets & My Secret by Frank Warren - fascinating reads. His new book comes out in Jan. & I've already pre-ordered it....

    Check it out if you're interested in art projects/mental health/counseling therapies - I know there's a few on this board who are in that field.
  • PearlJamaholic
    PearlJamaholic Posts: 2,019
    Hell House - Richard Matheson. really good so far
    http://db.etree.org/PearlJamaholic
  • mookie_in_eugene
    mookie_in_eugene Posts: 1,090
    Player Piano - Vonegutt
    "Underneath this smile lies everything - all my hopes, anger, pride and shame."
  • mdigenakis
    mdigenakis Posts: 1,337
    haven't started Walden yet; i bought it last month.
    "Don't let the darkness eat you up..."

    -Greg Dulli

  • beachdweller
    beachdweller Posts: 1,532
    The Shia Revival by Vali Nasr is what I'm starting next
    "Music, for me, was fucking heroin." eV (nothing Ed has said is more true for me personally than this quote)

    Stop by:
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