Read Any Good Books Lately? — Page 2

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

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!

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

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

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"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

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

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.

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!

D

Updated On: 2/8/04 at 04:46 PM

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.

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.

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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

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

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