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[Eastwickian]

Posted: 10/9/06 at 10:11am

I had to read The Republic for my university dissertation - fascinating book, and it was the only one I studied that didn't drive me round the bend after six months...

I'm currently reading Three men in a boat by Jerome K Jerome - absolutly hilarious! He's a Victorian writer who's actually funny, like a gentler Oscar Wilde.

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 10/9/06 at 5:54pm

Plum--Since you were on a Neil Gaiman kick . . . what is the better of the two books by him:

American Gods


or

Neverwhere

[Plum]

Posted: 10/9/06 at 6:39pm

Ooh, that's tough. American Gods is, perhaps, more polished, since I'm pretty sure Neverwhere was his first novel. Both have pretty similar "young man on a voyage of discovery" plot, and both get really dark really fast. Both have really fun geography and history tidbits, though for different areas. Hmm. I'd go for Neverwhere first, I think.

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 10/9/06 at 6:42pm

cool. thanks

[meggsison]

Posted: 10/9/06 at 9:30pm

The Kite Runner.

[Plum]

Posted: 10/10/06 at 12:34am

Greek Tragedy and Political Theory, ed. J. Peter Euben.

Oh, senior thesis. The work just keeps on coming.

[yodamarie78]

Posted: 10/16/06 at 3:37pm

I hope you enjoy it Spider. Have you read his other books?

I'm rereading Interview with the Vampire. I was going to move straight to The Vampire Lestat, but an advance copy of The Secret Life of Houdini has come my way and the fun of getting to read it before the general public will probably interrupt my Anne Rice marathon.

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 10/16/06 at 3:47pm

Nope. This is actually my first book by him. It was actually your comments in this thread about him that made me want to read is stuff. I like vampire novels, so I thought I would start off with this one. I think I am going to read his newest one next, and then Lamb

"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2

[yodamarie78]

Posted: 10/16/06 at 4:00pm

I hope you like them. I really liked A Dirty Job and Lamb is just amazing. I also highly recommend Fluke, which is my personal favorite of his.

[Plum]

Posted: 10/16/06 at 6:32pm

Hobomok, by Lydia Maria Child. Oh, early American lit.

[picturetaker9211]

Posted: 10/16/06 at 6:38pm

Nothing but the Truth (and a few white lies)- Justina Chen Headley

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 10/16/06 at 6:41pm

God, Plum. I just went to amazon.com and read the first page of Hobomok and almost dozed off. haha.

[Caroline-Q-or-TBoo]

Posted: 10/16/06 at 6:48pm

Paris to the Moon

interesting, entertaining, hilarious, heartwarming and a tad heart breaking

[Caroline-Q-or-TBoo]

Posted: 10/16/06 at 6:48pm

Paris to the Moon

interesting, entertaining, hilarious, heartwarming and a tad heart breaking

[EVIE]

Posted: 10/16/06 at 7:09pm

I've read three of Moore's books and Lamb is by far my favorite. It's incredible. It made me laugh out loud and cry like a baby. Right now I'm reading Stiff by Mary Roach.

[Plum]

Posted: 10/16/06 at 8:22pm

Hobomok's introduction is boring but literarily interesting, as framing devices tend to be. Things get better as you go along- it's one of those "story within a story within a story" deals.

I'm still reading that political theory book, too, plus another one on the same topic by the same author. My thesis is basically another class added on top of my full courseload. I should have gone for an easier major.

[Fiction Writer]

Posted: 10/27/06 at 8:30am

I'm currently reading July, July by Timothy O'Brien.
I think it'd make a great film. I can totally see Susan Sarandan playing Spooke.

I found this when I searched for July, July:
Updated On: 10/27/06 at 08:30 AM

[MotorTink]

Posted: 10/27/06 at 9:25am

Right now it is a book "The Most Evil Secret Societies in History". Very interesting. My next book will be "The Innocent Man" by John Grisham.

[Plum]

Posted: 10/27/06 at 11:17am

The Republic and Black Hawk: An Autobiography. Also, I'm still fighting my way through The Tragedy of Political Theory.
Updated On: 10/28/06 at 11:17 AM

[Plum]

Posted: 11/5/06 at 2:10am

Just finished Melville's Typee. Now I'm almost done with Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics.

[matthius202]

Posted: 11/5/06 at 2:52am

I just finished Steinbeck's East of Eden...amazing.

[Magical_Ms._Mistoffeles_72]

Posted: 11/5/06 at 3:15am

Meatloaf-To hell and back

East of Eden is an old favorite of mine, Im glad you enjoyed it

[ILoveMyDictionary]

Posted: 11/5/06 at 4:33pm

I just finished reading Inherit the Wind and Breakfast at Tiffanys.

[Blair]

Posted: 11/5/06 at 4:45pm

I've got about 30 pages left in The Time Traveler's Wife, which I LOVE. After I'm finished, I'll start Lolita, that is, if I can find my copy.

[To The Stage!]

Posted: 11/5/06 at 4:49pm

The Glass Castle (memoir) - Only about 40 pages into it, but extremely surreal. I really like it.