Summer reading?

So what are you all reading? At the moment I am reading two books. The first is "Kate Remembered" by A. Scott Berg. A glimpse into the life of Katherine Hepburn. The chapter about Michael Jackson coming to dinner is worth the price of the book alone!
The second is "Mountain Summers" This is about a group of women who hiked the White Mountains of New Hampshire during the years 1878-1886. It is told through the letters that were sent back and forth. Having done many of the hikes thay write about I feel like I am a tenderfoot. I have the luxury of rugged boots and nylon pants. These women were in the long Victorian Era skirts! and just getting to the trails were an adventure.
So posters what are you reading this summer?
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It's too early to know for me but one of the Spring books I am fininshing up his Gary Indiana's "Do Everything in the Dark." Indiana's recent "Three Month Fever: The Andrew Cunanan Story" was sheer unadulterated genius.

And, Ruffian, you might enjoy his essay in this week's Voice if you haven't seen it:

Paranoid Nation: On the Culture of Conspiracism.


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The Truth Is Out There

Zola, I love Augusten Burroughs! His first book, "Sellevision" is hilarious! "Dry" is on my list for this summer, too.

I just started "the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon. Great book so far.

I've been catching up on Philip K. Dick's novels.

Singer, yes, "incident" is about an autistic boy trying to find out who killed his neighbor's dog. Very well written.

I have printed out all 60 pages of the "Welcome Eddie Varley" thread and will be reading it this weekend in Rehoboth while guzzling Mojito's and oogling the boi's!

"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a handsome and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "WOW--WHAT A RIDE!!!!""

Poisonwood Bible is utterly amazing. If you like it, you should check out one of Barbara Kingsolver's other books, Prodigal Summer, which is a work of rare and special beauty.

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I haven't had time to read lately (what a shame!)...but I always recommend my favorite book of all time to anyone needing suggestions - A Prayer for Owen Meany. If you have one ounce of spirituality in you, you'll love this book. (its a bit of a good mystery also!)

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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Klay, which made me miss my train stop today.

Have you read The Professor and Emma (a fragment)? They're two Bronte novels about the same affair told from both sides of the affair. Terribly fun.

BorstalBoy, The Secret History is one of my all time favourite books. If ou loved it, I would NOT recommend her second novel, The Little Friend, which is a hideous bore.

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I was thinking of picking that up...tell me how it is, Governor? I have a friend who was reading it but I think she abandoned it half way.

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