Summer Reading...- Page 2

[Plum]

Posted: 8/10/04 at 5:48pm

Just to be different, here's some great graphic novels:

Watchmen, by Alan Moore
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1, by Alan Moore
Maus, by Art Spiegelman
Ghost World, by Daniel Clowes

Don't overlook these as "comics" - they're not. And because of the mix of print and visual information, sometimes they require more concentration than a regular novel. You can't skim through them. Maus and Watchmen, especially, are stunners.
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[Ruffian]

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

Just finished reading "DANCER"...its a fictional look at the life of Nureyev, based on the actual events. The Solway biography is the must-read bio, but this book was a good read

[KMF_NYC]

Posted: 8/10/04 at 6:12pm

Rffian
i read that earlier this year -- had a flight home from Califonia and picked it up -- it was great -- the chapter about his escapades at "the Trucks" brough back memories....

[Ruffian]

Posted: 8/10/04 at 6:22pm

Decadence thy name is Rudik

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[spiderdj82]

Posted: 8/10/04 at 7:12pm

I love the movie to GHOST WORLD. One of my all time favorite movies

[Unknown User]

Posted: 8/10/04 at 11:00pm

I read Forever by Pete Hamell. Very good book....and I've read Naked, by David Sedaris.

[Grotesque_Teriyaki]

Posted: 8/11/04 at 2:15pm

i'm not really a BIG reader...but i read The Handmaid's Tale...awesome book...and it's going out of print soon even though it's not a very old book...it's America's little way of banning a book without banning it!

[Unknown User]

Posted: 8/11/04 at 2:47pm

My favorite book I read this year was "The Other Boleyn Girl" by Philippa Gregory. Very long book, but I could not stop reading it. Great historical fiction book.

Right now, I'm reading "Different Seasons" by Stephen King. I haven't read any of his books in a long time, but I saw this one at the bookstore, and I love short stories. I don't know how I missed this one. It has The Shawshank Redemption story and Stand By You story. I never saw Stand By You, so at least the story will be new to me as opposed to Shawshank.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 8/11/04 at 10:47pm

I am half-way through Ted Chapin's EVERYTHING WAS POSSIBLE. It's his account of how the musical FOLLIES was put together. It's excellent!

[thetheatregirlinside]

Posted: 8/12/04 at 2:08am

Ohh..I am going to have to hunt down some of these books...I love to read but rarely have time...especially since I am always on here...lol

[thibodeaux]

Posted: 8/12/04 at 2:14am

TWELVE by Nick McDonnell
A GIRL NAMED ZIPPY by Haven Kimmel
HOW I LEARNED TO SNAP by Kirk Read

[Unknown User]

Posted: 8/12/04 at 2:14am

I read Forever, by Pete Hamell. Another great book...kind of like time travel, but the main character is immortal, and you experience Manhatten from like 1700 to 9/11.

If you want to read a very historical novel over Manhatten, go buy it. It's so great.

[Nina]

Posted: 8/12/04 at 9:18am

Not a light summer read by any stretch of the imagination but, I recently read The Autobiography Of Henry VIII by Margaret George. Ms. George writes wonderful fictional novels about historic characters and does so as though they themselves are doing the writing. They are well researched and historically accurate. A couple others that I read by her are The Memoires Of Cleopatra and Mary, Called Magdaline. Be prepared to invest a good deal of time and thought into reading these books. They are well worth it.

[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 8/12/04 at 9:22am

I read "Mary,Called Magdalene" on a recent trip to Hong Kong..this book made that 15 hour flight enjoyable.

[popcultureboy]

Posted: 8/12/04 at 9:22am

Zola, if you liked Dry, then I heartily recommend A Million Little Pieces by James Frey. It is an incredible memoir of his recovery from alcohol and drug addiction. It's very tough going at times as it's brutally honest about everything, but it's always gripping and the last 100 pages are deeply, profoundly moving.

[Nina]

Posted: 8/12/04 at 9:25am

"I read "Mary,Called Magdalene" on a recent trip to Hong Kong..this book made that 15 hour flight enjoyable."

Now the truth comes out, BWBoobs is a sex kitten with a brain.

[KMF_NYC]

Posted: 8/12/04 at 9:27am

Boobs and Nina -- I'll have to pick up Mary,Called Magdalene -- just did a search on Amazon...thanks

[Jon]

Posted: 8/12/04 at 9:27am

I've been working my way through the audio book of the brilliant David Sedaris' "Dress Your Family in Cordoroy and Denim". He's a genius writer, and nothing compares to him reading his work aloud. Some of the stories are hysterically funny, some are bittersweet and will bring tears to your eyes.

The audio book is over six hours on five CD's. Beats the hell out of talk radio in the car!

[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 8/12/04 at 9:30am

I try my best Nina. I LOVE to read. Not cool when I was growing up...like I cared...I always did what I wanted and dealt with the abuse from my peers.

[beacon1]

Posted: 8/12/04 at 10:03am

Handmaid's Tale is really haunting.

Did you see the movie version with Natasha Richardson?

[Plum]

Posted: 8/12/04 at 10:46am

I saw the movie in a high school English class. It was...interesting. But not as good as the book, which is one of the most powerful I've ever read.

Right now I'm being old-fashioned and reading Wuthering Heights. I'm not sure I'd recommend it though- the two main characters are such brats it's annoying.

[Jimmcf]

Posted: 8/12/04 at 12:53pm

I am currently reading "The Birth of Venus" by Sarah Dunant. Was a little slow at first, but now really into it.

The best book iread recently was "The Time Traveller's Wife" by Audrey Niffenegger. Loved it!

And "Wuthering Heights" is my all time favorite...

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[popcultureboy]

Posted: 8/12/04 at 12:55pm

Oh ma gosh, I LOVED The Time Traveller's Wife. So beautiful. Birth Of Venus is a little slow, but once you get into it, it grips like iron. I read the last 200 pages in a day.

[Glebb]

Posted: 8/15/04 at 10:47pm

Started MIRROR MIRROR today. I'm liking it!

[SammyGal]

Posted: 8/15/04 at 11:19pm

starlyricist, I read Middlesex too!!
I LOVED IT!
Brilliant. All of you should read it!!

I also read Angels In America and I'm currently reading Invisible Man.

For lighter reading I read a QAF book and Alan Cumming's Tommy's Tale again. :)