#226
Posted: 1/15/08 at 9:15pm
"Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance" by Barack Obama
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#227
Posted: 1/15/08 at 11:22pm
The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst. Such exquisitely crafted prose, though never flowery. It was a bit dry at first, but after the first two chapters, I was absolutely hooked.
The Line of Beauty
#228
Posted: 1/16/08 at 12:14am
I just finished Dave Eggers' What is the What this afternoon. It based on the true story of Valentino Achak Deng, a former Sudanese refugee, who currently attends college in the US. Read it, please. You will not regret it, and it will probably change your life. I have never been more humbled or moved by a single piece of literature.
http://www.valentinoachakdeng.org/
I'm going to start The History of Love by Nicole Krauss next, while occasionally picking up Dave Eggers' How We Are Hungry for some good short stories.
http://www.valentinoachakdeng.org/
I'm going to start The History of Love by Nicole Krauss next, while occasionally picking up Dave Eggers' How We Are Hungry for some good short stories.
Updated On: 1/16/08 at 12:14 AM
#229
Posted: 1/22/08 at 11:29pm
I recently finished 'Water for Elephants' by Sara Gruen.
Could NOT put it down! Fascinating subject, beautifully written. Loved it. Love talking about it with people who have read it.
Could NOT put it down! Fascinating subject, beautifully written. Loved it. Love talking about it with people who have read it.
"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
#230
Posted: 1/23/08 at 1:09am
WAR AND PEACE. Have reached page 380. It's great.
I ask in all honesty/What would life be?/Without a song and a dance, what are we?/So I say "Thank you for the music/For giving it to me."
#231
Posted: 1/23/08 at 2:14am
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.
I'm badly behind the times.
I'm badly behind the times.
"I wouldn't let Esparza's Bobby take my kids to the zoo...I'd be afraid he'd steal their ice cream and laugh."- YankeeFan
"People who like Sondheim enjoy cruelty."-LuvtheEmcee
"People who like Sondheim enjoy cruelty."-LuvtheEmcee
#232
Posted: 1/23/08 at 9:23am
Recently finished: I can't remember! This is terrible. Oh yes, Hot 'N Throbbing by Paula Vogel, and The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray
Reading now: The Seagull
Need to read: Hedda Gabler, King Lear, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, ..... ? I'm at a loss for something I'm interested in.
Reading now: The Seagull
Need to read: Hedda Gabler, King Lear, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, ..... ? I'm at a loss for something I'm interested in.
"The art of Illusion is the art of love; and the art of love is the blood-red heart of the world." - Tony Kushner, "The Illusion"
#233
Posted: 1/23/08 at 9:28am
Sense and Sensibility
Cheyenne Jackson tickled me. AFTER ordering SoMMS a drink but NOT tickling him, and hanging out with Girly in his dressing room (where he DIDN'T tickle her) but BEFORE we got married. To others. And then he tweeted Boobs. He also tweeted he's good friends with some chick on "The Voice" who just happens to be good friends with Tink's ex. And I'm still married. Oh, and this just in: "Pettiness, spite, malice ....Such ugly emotions... So sad." - After Eight, talking about MEEEEEEEE!!! I'm so honored! :-)
#234
Posted: 1/23/08 at 9:54am
"Kitchen Confidential: Notes from the Culinary Underbelly" by Anthony Bourdain.
Highly recommended for foodies and anyone who has ever worked in the restaurant business. It's hysterical.
Highly recommended for foodies and anyone who has ever worked in the restaurant business. It's hysterical.
#235
Posted: 1/23/08 at 3:14pm
I'm about halfway through ATONEMENT, and enjoying it a lot, very well written novel.
"If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about the answers." Thomas Pynchon, GRAVITY'S RAINBOW
"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." Philip K. Dick
My blog: http://www.roscoewrites.blogspot.com/
#236
Posted: 1/23/08 at 8:04pm
Fight Your Fear and Win, which was recommended by someone on this board--Jay Starr, I think.
#237
Posted: 1/23/08 at 8:09pm
I just finished "Ender's Game" and "Speaker for the Dead."
I am just starting "Xenocide."
What an amazing trilogy!
I am just starting "Xenocide."
What an amazing trilogy!
#238
Posted: 1/23/08 at 8:52pm
I'm currently reading "Somewhere", which is a biography of Jerome Robbins. It's pretty amazing.
I also just finished "Rats Saw God", which was so good I didn't put it down until I ended up reading the entire thing in a few hours. Plus, I just finished "Moby Dick" for AP English 12, but Lord knows I'm happy to be done with that book... stupid whale...
I also just finished "Rats Saw God", which was so good I didn't put it down until I ended up reading the entire thing in a few hours. Plus, I just finished "Moby Dick" for AP English 12, but Lord knows I'm happy to be done with that book... stupid whale...
"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in awhile, you could miss it."-- Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Updated On: 1/23/08 at 08:52 PM
#240
Posted: 1/24/08 at 12:43am
My avatar is a reminder to myself. I need lots of reminders...
#241
For a Mass Communications class, of course.
Posted: 1/24/08 at 2:09am
For a Mass Communications class, of course.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
I remember days
Or at least I try
But as years go by
They're sort of haze
And the bluest ink
Isn't really sky
And at times I think
I would gladly die
For a day of sky
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And Starbucks will use the words 'large' and 'small', not pretentious crap like grande and tall.
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"You could get away with anything if you call it art and tell people who don't like it that it's cutting edge culture." --vmlinnie
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I remember days
Or at least I try
But as years go by
They're sort of haze
And the bluest ink
Isn't really sky
And at times I think
I would gladly die
For a day of sky
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
And Starbucks will use the words 'large' and 'small', not pretentious crap like grande and tall.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"You could get away with anything if you call it art and tell people who don't like it that it's cutting edge culture." --vmlinnie
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#242
Posted: 1/24/08 at 8:10am
The Amber Spyglass - Philip Pullman
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
#243
Posted: 1/24/08 at 8:35am
Just Finished On The Line: Creation of A Chorus Line and am now moving on to Echo Park by Michael Connolly.
BroadwayBoobs: I'll give all of you who weren't there a hint of who took the pictures ...it rhymes with shameless
SOMMS: I knew it was Tink!
BroadwayBoobs: I'll give all of you who weren't there a hint of who took the pictures ...it rhymes with shameless
SOMMS: I knew it was Tink!
#244
Posted: 1/24/08 at 8:54am
I'm about to start The Bronx is Burning, about the '77 Yankees.
#245
Posted: 1/24/08 at 4:20pm
"Kitchen Confidential: Notes from the Culinary Underbelly" by Anthony Bourdain.
I loved the TV series. I never understood why it was canceled.
I loved the TV series. I never understood why it was canceled.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
#246
Posted: 1/24/08 at 7:29pm
i just finished reading "The Year of Magical Thinking" by Joan Didion...just read it for the second time...I highly sugges reading it! AND going to see Vanessa Redgrave in it!!!
"that's what my date said."
#247
Posted: 1/24/08 at 7:35pm
I'm reading Fortinbras, by Lee Blessing.
I just finished Twelve and the ending sucked.
I just finished Twelve and the ending sucked.
"Writing is like prostitution. First, you do it for love, then you do it for a few friends, and finally you do it for money." ~ Moliere
#248
Posted: 2/22/08 at 9:44pm
I just finished SENSE AND SENSIBILITY for the millionth time. Goodness, I love it.
Now I'm reading this:
I'm not sure why I haven't before. Capote is such a literary genius. I'm like 3 pages in and I love love love it.
I mean, Denzel Washington? Gun to my head..of course.
#249
Posted: 2/22/08 at 9:49pm
The Great Gatsby for school.
I'm really enjoying it.
I'm really enjoying it.
I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.
#250
Posted: 2/22/08 at 10:04pm
Seriously. GG is SO good.
I mean, Denzel Washington? Gun to my head..of course.
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