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  • csblake111
    csblake111 Posts: 147
    Enkidu wrote:

    His other book about working as a doctor somewhere in the south with AIDs patients is supposed to be amazing. My Own Country. I haven't read that though.

    I've heard really great things about that book too. I need to add it to my ever-expanding "to read" list. :)
  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    I was about to start a book thread but good thing I looked first.

    On Tuesday, I bought all three of John Lennon's books that he wrote. In His Own Write and A Spaniard In the Works are put together as a reissue for what would have been his 70th birthday. I already read In His Own Write and started the second one. I also bought his other book that he was writing during his five year break, Skywriting By Word of Mouth. I've been wanting to read his books and now that I have started to read them, he had his own style of writing. You can tell he was having fun when he was writing his books.

    I'm looking to read Kerouac this summer. I read On the Road a while ago but I'm going to read it again and then look for more of his books when I'm done.
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  • Nastasja
    Nastasja Posts: 9,668
    Edward Said - Orientalism
    You can spend your time alone, re-digesting past regrets,
    Or you can come to terms and realize
    You're the only one who can't forgive yourself
  • Who Princess
    Who Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    Enkidu wrote:
    His other book about working as a doctor somewhere in the south with AIDs patients is supposed to be amazing. My Own Country. I haven't read that though.
    I've read My Own Country and it's excellent. Good writing and good story. He was working in a small rural community when the epidemic was just taking hold. It was especially meaningful to me because I'd worked at an AIDS service organization but the writing and story are so compelling, you don't need any kind of background to enjoy it.
    "The stars are all connected to the brain."
  • smarchee
    smarchee Windsor, Ontario Posts: 14,539
    The Blind Side by Michael Lewis

    very good
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  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    China Road: A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power

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  • nuffingman
    nuffingman Posts: 3,014
    I picked up a battered copy on holiday last week that had been left by someone.

    Royal Flash - George Macdonald Fraser.
    I was laughing after 3 pages.

    I think I'll have to read the other 11 Flashman books.
  • Jeanwah
    Jeanwah Posts: 6,363
    Infinite Love Is the Only Truth: Everything Else Is Illusion by David Icke
  • Nastasja
    Nastasja Posts: 9,668
    The Elementary Particles - Michel Houellebecq
    You can spend your time alone, re-digesting past regrets,
    Or you can come to terms and realize
    You're the only one who can't forgive yourself
  • mike-mcfuckin-cready
    mike-mcfuckin-cready Posts: 793
    cats craddle by kurt vonnegut, love his books
    Keep on Jammin' in the Free World!

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  • stargirl69
    stargirl69 Posts: 6,387
    I have just got Neil Peart's new book Far and Away at the Rush concert tonight and began reading that on the journey home.
    “There should be a place where only the things you want to happen, happen”
  • MayDay10
    MayDay10 Posts: 11,852
    Night Shift - Stephen King.
  • smarchee
    smarchee Windsor, Ontario Posts: 14,539
    Shadowrise - Book 3 of an epic story called Shadowmarch by Tad Williams

    who is a great fantasy writer
    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
  • iamica
    iamica Chicago Posts: 2,628
    I'm reading Wuthering Heights right now...I gotta hand it to those 19th century writers, I may not like all of their books, but they sure are page turners.
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    Adrian C. Lewis, THE VORTEX OF INDIAN FEVERS. Intense, thought provoking, masterful poetry.
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  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    iamica wrote:
    I'm reading Wuthering Heights right now...I gotta hand it to those 19th century writers, I may not like all of their books, but they sure are page turners.
    The worst 19th century book I read was Jane Eyre for high school. That wasn't my strongest second marking period my sophomore year.
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  • Cradles Broken Glass
    Cradles Broken Glass Posts: 1,409
    I just finished Bloodroot, which I loved. I'm currently reading "You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train" by the great Howard Zinn. I'm also probably going to start Jane Eyre, it's a classic that I never got around to.
    Hearts and thoughts they fade....
    fade away...

    I am at peace with my lust.....for Eddie.
  • Cradles Broken Glass
    Cradles Broken Glass Posts: 1,409
    iamica wrote:
    I'm reading Wuthering Heights right now...I gotta hand it to those 19th century writers, I may not like all of their books, but they sure are page turners.


    Wuthering Heights is my #1 favorite book. Heathcliff is that ultimate "bad boy" with a sensitive side. ;) I turned the pages as fast as I could and when I was finished I started it over.
    Hearts and thoughts they fade....
    fade away...

    I am at peace with my lust.....for Eddie.
  • aNiMaL
    aNiMaL Posts: 7,117
    edited May 2011
    BamaPJFan wrote:
    I just finished Sammy Hagar's autobiography where he exposes the foolish antics that took place while he was in Van Halen, as well as his life before and after Van Halen. I actually went to one of Sammy's book signings and he was the nicest, coolest dude. It's a shame that Ed and Al are lunatics and wasted many years of making great rock music. I'm a huge Sammy fan, by the way.

    Sammy wrote about the tour that he and Roth did back in 2002 and how Roth was a complete wreck during the tour and only played his old Van Halen covers, while Sammy played a few VH songs, but also did his solo work and Montrose tunes. Sammy mentioned how his merchandise outsold Roth's merch on that tour by 4 to 1. Sammy also found it amusing how Roth would never come on stage with Sammy to do any collaborations after Sammy had asked Roth over and over to do this.

    * Sammy gives Eddie Vedder some quick props in the book. He also mentions Scott Weiland and how Weiland refused to let David Lee Roth come on stage to jam with Velvet Revolver at the Rock Hall of Fame ceremonies a few years ago when VH was inducted. (Only Sammy and Mike showed up to speak on behalf of VH that night because of how dysfunctional the brothers and Roth were behaving.)
    I have to read this book!! I love a good rock and roll book, am a huge VH fan, and a big Sammy Hagar fan, and i was at The Gorge in 2002 for the Sammy/Dave concert and walked away from it with WAAAY more respect for Sammy than when I went in. Going to the show i was more excited about Dave being there, but he made such an ass of himself, and gave no props to VH at all, just played all VH music. Sammy on the other hand, played music from his entire career, and told a cool story about writing music with Eddie. Very classy guy that Sammy Hagar is.

    Thanks for sharing. :D
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  • aNiMaL
    aNiMaL Posts: 7,117
    EmBleve wrote:
    Scar Tissue Anthony Kiedis
    Excellent read, I thought. I felt like i was high when he was high in the book, and low when he was low.

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