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#427
Posted: 7/2/08 at 7:30pm
Sentimental Education by Flaubert.
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! :-)
#428
Posted: 7/2/08 at 7:36pm
Marcel Proust's Remembrance of Things Past.
I've read about the first 100 pages and I just can't get into it. Will it get better, LOL?
I've read about the first 100 pages and I just can't get into it. Will it get better, LOL?
#429
Posted: 7/7/08 at 4:14am
I recently finished the first three books of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series. Twilight was fun enough but I could take it or leave it, and New Moon was insanely frustrating, but I found myself definitely digging Eclipse by the end. There were even a few legitimately dramatic and engaging moments, even if I'm still at a loss in regards to the appeal of the main character.
I also read Jeff Lindsay's Dexter in the Dark. I love the TV show and haven't read any of the other novels, but I'd imagine they have to be better than that one. Quick read, but otherwise not so great.
I'm in the middle of Haruki Murakami's Kafka on the Shore now. I'm loving it so far. Interesting dramatic structure, and both of the main characters' stories are really engrossing. Still reading The God Delusion, which I'm finding in equal parts frustrating and fascinating, and fortunately more of the latter after getting through the relentlessly condescending introductory chapters and more into the science.
I also read Jeff Lindsay's Dexter in the Dark. I love the TV show and haven't read any of the other novels, but I'd imagine they have to be better than that one. Quick read, but otherwise not so great.
I'm in the middle of Haruki Murakami's Kafka on the Shore now. I'm loving it so far. Interesting dramatic structure, and both of the main characters' stories are really engrossing. Still reading The God Delusion, which I'm finding in equal parts frustrating and fascinating, and fortunately more of the latter after getting through the relentlessly condescending introductory chapters and more into the science.
Updated On: 7/7/08 at 04:14 AM
#430
Posted: 7/7/08 at 7:54am
Are You There Vodka? It's Me Chelsea.......Chelsea Handler. Little one liners have had me laughing outloud on the subway.
#431
Posted: 7/7/08 at 9:40am
New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
Siren, I'm happy to hear that you liked Eclipse, because I'm finding New Moon a bit annoying. Insanely readable, but annoying.
Siren, I'm happy to hear that you liked Eclipse, because I'm finding New Moon a bit annoying. Insanely readable, but annoying.
Updated On: 7/10/08 at 09:40 AM
#432
Posted: 7/7/08 at 10:22am
Lauren, yes. Proust gets better. You just need to sit back and let Proust take you where he wants to take you. It really is one hell of a book(s).
I'm finishing up KING SOLOMON'S MINES. I took a detour into JONATHAN STRANGE & MR. NORRELL, but don't know if I'm really crazy about it. I'll keep at it.
I'm finishing up KING SOLOMON'S MINES. I took a detour into JONATHAN STRANGE & MR. NORRELL, but don't know if I'm really crazy about it. I'll keep at it.
"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
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#433
Posted: 7/7/08 at 10:40am
I'm currently in the middle of 2 great novels, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, by Junot Diaz, and Song of Solomon, by Toni Morrison.
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#434
Posted: 7/7/08 at 11:23am
I'm trying to read, "At Swim, Two Boy", but I can't get past the first two pages. I also read a piece of fluff, "Killing Bridezilla" and finished that one in three days. It was quite entertaining.
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#435
Posted: 7/7/08 at 4:54pm
I was about to drop the series during the first few hundred pages of New Moon, yoda. It does get less annoying. Still somewhat annoying on principle, but less "I want to throw this book out the window."
#436
Posted: 7/7/08 at 5:04pm
When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? by George Carlin.
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#437
Posted: 7/7/08 at 5:51pm
Attack of the Theater People by Marc Acito
Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder
#438
Posted: 7/7/08 at 5:56pm
I just finished Picture Perfect by Jodi Picoult, courtesy of Shira's library. Time to find something else to read... Any suggestions? I think I'm going to give the public library a try so that I can hold onto the little cash I have. 
"...and the last thing I want to do is turn into Judy Garland." - Shira
#439
Posted: 7/8/08 at 12:25pm
I am just finishing up Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception. Quite a fun little series if you like action without delving too deep into plot or character. The first three are clever, but its in the fourth that the author really starts to mature and add more depth and dimension to the story. I'm finding it hard to put down. Considering the nature of the books and their action/technology-laden fantasy/science fiction plots surrounding a male pre-teen anti-hero and a very strong female role model, I'm shocked not a single one has been made into a film. They practically read like screenplays.
I think I'll start the Eragon series next.
I think I'll start the Eragon series next.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
#440
Posted: 7/8/08 at 2:09pm
I recently finished Christopher Rice's Blind Fall. He is a good storyteller but not a good writer.
I tried to read Swish: My quest to become the gayest person ever by Joel Derfner, but I think the subtitle should be "My quest to become the most pretentious person ever." I barely read 15 pages before I could no longer stomach one more big word or literary or historical reference tossed in seemingly only to show how smart the author is.
I now am reading Living Justice: love, freedom, and the making of "The Exonerated" by Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen. I am producing (possibly directing) a production of the play this fall, so this is one of my vacation reads. From Gabriel Byrne's introduction:
Read Living Justice to learn about the death penalty, one of the greatest shames of the American conscience. Read it to find out just what goes into getting a play up and running in Manhattan. Read it to see how one couple's still-new relationship survived a road trip replete with bad directions, small hotel rooms, and a rambunctious canine. Or read it to learn how you don't have to sit idle and complain about injustice, how you can translate your talents and passion into something meaningful. Whatever you take away from Living Justice, I promise you this: you will be inspired. Now what are you going to do about it?
Well, I am certainly inspired to read the book!
I also am taking Ian McEwan's Amsterdam and On Chesil Beach with me on vacation.
I tried to read Swish: My quest to become the gayest person ever by Joel Derfner, but I think the subtitle should be "My quest to become the most pretentious person ever." I barely read 15 pages before I could no longer stomach one more big word or literary or historical reference tossed in seemingly only to show how smart the author is.
I now am reading Living Justice: love, freedom, and the making of "The Exonerated" by Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen. I am producing (possibly directing) a production of the play this fall, so this is one of my vacation reads. From Gabriel Byrne's introduction:
Read Living Justice to learn about the death penalty, one of the greatest shames of the American conscience. Read it to find out just what goes into getting a play up and running in Manhattan. Read it to see how one couple's still-new relationship survived a road trip replete with bad directions, small hotel rooms, and a rambunctious canine. Or read it to learn how you don't have to sit idle and complain about injustice, how you can translate your talents and passion into something meaningful. Whatever you take away from Living Justice, I promise you this: you will be inspired. Now what are you going to do about it?
Well, I am certainly inspired to read the book!
I also am taking Ian McEwan's Amsterdam and On Chesil Beach with me on vacation.
"I am open, and I am willing,
For to be hopeless would seem so strange.
It dishonors those who go before us,
So lift me up to the light of change."
Holly Near
#441
Posted: 7/8/08 at 2:12pm
The Host by Stephenie Meyer
"You have two kinds of shows on Broadway – revivals and the same kind of musicals over and over again, all spectacles. You get your tickets for The Lion King a year in advance, and essentially a family... pass on to their children the idea that that's what the theater is – a spectacular musical you see once a year, a stage version of a movie. It has nothing to do with theater at all. It has to do with seeing what is familiar.... I don't think the theatre will die per se, but it's never going to be what it was.... It's a tourist attraction." Stephen Sondheim
#442
Posted: 7/8/08 at 2:25pm
I tried to read Swish: My quest to become the gayest person ever by Joel Derfner...
The title alone will keep me from ever opening that book.
The title alone will keep me from ever opening that book.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
#443
Posted: 7/8/08 at 3:16pm
The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester. The guy's a phenomenon. Starkly brilliant science-fiction that you wouldn't BELIEVE first came out in the '50s.
Also Pride & Penalties by Chris Higgins, because I like reading children's books, and a VERY brief flick-through this one revealed the main character's issue is probably going to be finding out her brother is gay. I pieced this together from the blurb on the back mentioning the brother's secret, and the first page I flicked to mentioning the brother holding a book about musicals. I couldn't not borrow it. XD
Also Pride & Penalties by Chris Higgins, because I like reading children's books, and a VERY brief flick-through this one revealed the main character's issue is probably going to be finding out her brother is gay. I pieced this together from the blurb on the back mentioning the brother's secret, and the first page I flicked to mentioning the brother holding a book about musicals. I couldn't not borrow it. XD
#444
Posted: 7/8/08 at 3:25pm
Yes, Mister Matt, I should have know better; after all, reading it did violate my prohibition against reading memoirs by people I have never heard of that likely are but self-indulgent therapy sessions and of no social importance. But it seemed amusing enough. Ah well ...
"I am open, and I am willing,
For to be hopeless would seem so strange.
It dishonors those who go before us,
So lift me up to the light of change."
Holly Near
#445
Posted: 7/8/08 at 8:18pm
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer. I wanna see what all the hype is about
"You're every gay man's wet dream!" ~ MA
If in Heaven you don't excel, you can always party down in hell...
#446
Posted: 7/10/08 at 9:13am
I finished New Moon without tossing it out the window. Moving on to Eclipse.
#447
Posted: 7/10/08 at 9:18am
My new dvd recorder instruction booklet. Way too complicated for me.
#448
Posted: 7/10/08 at 12:13pm
Shira's Chef -- try some of Jodi Picoult's other books. Especially Change of Heart, Keeping Faith and My Sister's Keeper.
"You're every gay man's wet dream!" ~ MA
If in Heaven you don't excel, you can always party down in hell...
#450
Posted: 7/10/08 at 2:09pm
I agree about Jodi Piccoult.
I just finished a good one called Water for Elephants, and also The Book Thief.
I just finished a good one called Water for Elephants, and also The Book Thief.
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