Read Any Good Books Lately?- Page 2

[popcultureboy]

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Posted: 2/6/04 at 12:07pm

Mister Matt, I just finished House Of Sand And Fog, it is phenomenal.

Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.

[SonofMammaMiaSam]

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Posted: 2/6/04 at 12:08pm

Reading Lolita in Tehran : A Memoir in Books, Azar Nafisi
Fat Girls and Lawn Chairs, Cheryl Peck

[orion59]

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Posted: 2/6/04 at 12:29pm

i didn't like House of sand and Fog. In fact, I never finished reading it. Halfway through, I found that I had absolutely no compassion for any of the characters. I didn't find any of them likable in any way and therefore, couldn't care about them. The main character, the woman, really annoyed me. I found her romantic interest boring and one dimensional and as far as the former general...we won't even go there.

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[EddieVarley]

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Posted: 2/6/04 at 1:10pm

Well I just finished Phil Silvers long out of print autobiography, "This Laughs On Me", it's a very informing look at both Broadway and Hollywood from one of my idols, Bilko Rocks!

[Mister Matt]

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Posted: 2/6/04 at 1:29pm

I enjoyed Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress. It's a quick read and beautifully told. Interesting tale of banned literature in Communist China during the Cultural Revolution. It's not amazing, but it was entertaining. I read somewhere there is a film version in the works.

"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian

[Unknown User]

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Posted: 2/6/04 at 3:02pm

I read the same thing/feel the same way about Balzac....Seamstress.

[robbiej]

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Posted: 2/6/04 at 3:30pm

This past summer, I read Everything is Illuminated. I can't begin to tell you just how beautiful I found this piece.

"I'm so looking forward to a time when all the Reagan Democrats are dead."

[zannafan]

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Posted: 2/6/04 at 5:40pm

I have been on a massive reading kick. I feel that since I cannot find a job, I should read to keep my mind in working order. I have been reading several Jane Heller books: Female Intelligence, The Secret Ingredient, and Lucky Stars. I also just finished The Bourne Identity which is SO much better than the movie, and I really LOVED the movie. Now, I am currently reading Airframe by Michael Crichton, which is surprisingly interesting. Not surprising because it's Crichton (who I think writes interesting novels) but surprising because it is about an airline crash. I am totally compelled to finish reading it, so I'm gonna go do that now. WOW, that was the most random post I have ever posted.
Nick

A ripple on the edge can be a tidal wave; no matter what the size. Anything can be, depending how you see when you're looking at the world with brand new eyes. ---Prodigal

[JakeB]

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Posted: 2/6/04 at 5:49pm

I read a lot of scripts to be honest. I just read HOWARD KATZ by Patrick Marber (excellent, but disappointing second half), COMPANY by Sondheim, etc, which I loved and I'm slowly churning my way through MOTHER COURAGE AND HER CHILDREN by Brecht.

Other than that, I'm reading THE VIRGIN SUICIDES by Jeffry Eugenies and, of course, SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH by Tennessee Williams, because I'm in it in March.

[DofB5]

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Posted: 2/6/04 at 6:42pm

"Dune" and the rest of the "Dune" novels by Mr. Frank Herbert. The man is a god in my book. His son, Brian, did a wonderful job of picking up where his father left off.

D

[Mr Roxy]

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Posted: 2/6/04 at 7:33pm

Would love to read " I'm Gonna Scare The Pants Off Of America" ( I believe this is the title ). It is the life story of 60's movie B movie king William Castle but it is regretfully out of print

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[Unknown User]

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Posted: 2/6/04 at 8:40pm

In Search of London

by H. V. Morton

This is a wonderful memoir by a noted essayist and travel writer who walked around London shortly after WWII. It's full of history, mores come and gone, and brimming with London.

As Dr. Johnson said, "when a man is tired of London he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford."

Bulldog

[Maggie]

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Posted: 2/6/04 at 8:54pm

Anything by Nelson DeMille is great. I just finished "The Gold Coast" and I loved it.
Can't wait to read The DaVinci Code.

[brdwaybaby17]

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Posted: 2/7/04 at 9:22pm

Ok, I am a really strange teenager but I like to read all the time. I have 25 books going now, and the last one I finished, cause I don't wanna go through them all, that would be boring, was "Final Destination" previously released as "So Many Steps To Death" by Agatha Christie. It was alright, but not the highlight of my reading experiences.

[Elphie]

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Posted: 2/8/04 at 4:32pm

Forgive me if I spelt this wrong, but the last book I read on my own time, which was like around spring break of last year was The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, which my dad is now borrowing. It was very well-written.
Now I'm reading the Turn of the Screw. Its very twisted and its for school. Oh and I'm also reading A Street Car Named Desire for a literary crit. report.

"They hear drums. We hear music."

[DofB5]

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Posted: 2/8/04 at 4:46pm

I don't know that I have ever had 25 books going at the same time, brdwaybaby17, but I do have several books that I read at a time.

My mother always says, "How can you keep them all straight?" but I told her that its no different than her soap operas.

Keep on reading!

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[CJR]

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Posted: 2/8/04 at 5:20pm

*gasp!* I cannot believe I forgot To Kill a Mockingbird.

God, I love that book.

"You're every gay man's wet dream!" ~ MA

If in Heaven you don't excel, you can always party down in hell...

[bwguyhottie]

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Posted: 2/8/04 at 6:10pm

Just read Portrait of the Artists as a yougn man-its the best book i've ever read. This summer, upon graduation, I plan on reading Ulysses, Finnegan's Wake, and the Dubliners.

[BroadwayDiva]

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Posted: 2/8/04 at 6:41pm

Three books by Dan Brown:
Da Vinci Code - it's the most amazing book ever.
Angels and Demons - another amazing book.
Digital Fortress - another another amazing book.

I have my books and my poetry to protect me...

[Dollypop]

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Posted: 2/10/04 at 7:28pm

As an English teacher I'm too busy preparing lessona sn grading essays to read many books. However I've slept with a couple of guys who have. It makes for interesting pillow talk.

"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

[innocentchoirboy]

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Posted: 2/10/04 at 9:27pm

Read:

The Life of Pi!!

it is the most beautiful and thought-provoking book i've read. (and god knows reading is all i do).

"We ought to make the pie higher." --George W. Bush, South Carolina Republican Debate; February 15, 2000

[ghostlight]

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Posted: 2/10/04 at 10:48pm

Just re-read Wicked for the third time (after a two year break). Get more and more out of it each time. Love the messages of wicked/good/evil/ and everything in between.

Shutter Island - Dennis Lehane - excellent fast read

Hated House of Sand and Fog.

Loved Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Disco Bloodbath- weird but fascinating

Blue Latitudes - (can't remember author - but about Capt. Cook's explorations - quite good)

anything by Tess Gerritsen

...

[Wicked_Elphie]

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Posted: 2/11/04 at 12:39am

Most recently...Wicked!

"Take a breath. Take a step. Take a chance. Take your time." -L5Y

[iflitifloat]

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Posted: 2/11/04 at 7:34am

TWICE DEAD Organ Transplants and the Reinvention of Death by Margaret Lock

Sueleen Gay: "Here you go, Bitch, now go make some fukcing lemonade." 10/28/10

[lassy]

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Posted: 2/11/04 at 8:13am

Echo Heron's accounts of being a critical care nurse are riveting, even for those who aren't in the medical field. TENDER LIVES AND CONDITION CRITICAL are a couple of them. I really recommend them for anyone who has ever been a patient in a hospital. They're more or less the nurses' answer to HOUSE OF GOD.

The DA VINCI CODE was a disappointment to me. Bland characters and a convoluted plot. I thought it would be more relevatory on Biblical events. Didn't anyone ever look at the painting "The Last Supper" before reading the book?