jlhoots Posted October 31, 2005 Report Posted October 31, 2005 Myla Goldberg: Wicketts Remedy - novel about the 1918 flu epidemic Exquisite writing (IMHO). Quote
Kalo Posted November 1, 2005 Report Posted November 1, 2005 On a Phillip Roth kick, I guess. Just finished My Life as a Man. Pretty harrowing. An account of a Strindbergian marriage, a true Dance of Death. But somehow funny, too. Not as good as The Ghost Writer, but probably Roth's first triumph after being seriously derailed by the aftermath of Portnoy's Complaint. Quote
Kalo Posted November 1, 2005 Report Posted November 1, 2005 ← I read that one a year or so ago. Essential. Quote
Big Deal Posted November 1, 2005 Report Posted November 1, 2005 What Went wrong? The Clash Between Islam and Modernity in the Middle East Bernard Lewis Just started, but pretty good so far. Quote
Swinger Posted November 1, 2005 Report Posted November 1, 2005 Michael Cunningham: A home at the end of the World Great book. Quote
B. Goren. Posted November 1, 2005 Report Posted November 1, 2005 (edited) Just finished this one: One the best I've recently read. Edited November 1, 2005 by B. Goren. Quote
Harold_Z Posted November 1, 2005 Report Posted November 1, 2005 Just finished this one: One the best I've recently read. ← Agreed. I've been recommending this book to many of my friends. Quote
ghost of miles Posted November 2, 2005 Author Report Posted November 2, 2005 (edited) Woke up in the middle of the night last night and enjoyed a good chunk of THE ESSENTIAL MERTON: Edited November 2, 2005 by ghost of miles Quote
ghost of miles Posted November 4, 2005 Author Report Posted November 4, 2005 Antony Beevor, THE FALL OF BERLIN 1945. Same author as STALINGRAD, and a story nearly as brutal. Quote
BruceH Posted November 5, 2005 Report Posted November 5, 2005 Judas Unchained, by Peter Hamilton. Quote
Brad Posted November 6, 2005 Report Posted November 6, 2005 Going to get Team of Rivals, the new Lincoln history from Doris Kearns Goodwin and reading Alan Moorehead's book on the North African conflict during WW 2. Quote
jlhoots Posted November 6, 2005 Report Posted November 6, 2005 Demetria Martinez: Confessions Of A Berlitz Tape Chicana Quote
ghost of miles Posted November 7, 2005 Author Report Posted November 7, 2005 James Ellroy - The Black Dahlia ← If you like that one, try THE BIG NOWHERE as well. Quote
ghost of miles Posted November 8, 2005 Author Report Posted November 8, 2005 Veronica by Mary Gaitskill ← How is it? I'm a big Gaitskill fan and have been waiting years for a new book... but haven't had the $$ to pony up for it yet. Will probably end up on my b-day list. Quote
ValerieB Posted November 8, 2005 Report Posted November 8, 2005 "Between You and Me," Mike Wallace's second memoir. Just started it but I think it will prove to be a brief but fascinating read. What a life he's lived! Met him last night at an interview/book-signing in Beverly Hills. We actually share a hometown (Brookline, MA) which he mentioned when he signed the book. He looks incredible and nowhere near his 87 years! Quote
BruceH Posted November 8, 2005 Report Posted November 8, 2005 87!!!!! Holy Christ! I once lived in Brookline, MA, and considered it my adopted hometown. Great place---maybe I should read the book just for that reason. (Just kidding; there are plenty of other reasons to read it. I saw him the other night on the Daily Show, where he kept emphasizing the CD that comes with the book.) Quote
billyboy Posted November 9, 2005 Report Posted November 9, 2005 Veronica by Mary Gaitskill ← How is it? I'm a big Gaitskill fan and have been waiting years for a new book... but haven't had the $$ to pony up for it yet. Will probably end up on my b-day list. ← I'm about halfway through, and while it's a pretty depressing story, the writing is great, and frequently funny. I will stop and reread a sentence just because it's such a great sentence. I got it from the library.. no $$ to pony up! Next up... The Truth (with Jokes) by Al Franken Quote
frank m Posted November 9, 2005 Report Posted November 9, 2005 Just reread Fitzgerald's "Tender is the Night". I'd read it back when I was in college. I mention it here only because of my astonishment at how much I had forgotten about it. Very sad book. Quote
Matthew Posted November 13, 2005 Report Posted November 13, 2005 The Concord Saunterer: Special Walden Sesquincentennial Issue: Walden the Place and Walden the Book. A wonderful collection of essays published by The Thoreau Society to mark the 150th anniversary of Walden. It's amazing to read the continuing impact of this book in today's world. Quote
alankin Posted November 14, 2005 Report Posted November 14, 2005 Frank King – Walt and Skeezix: Book One (Drawn and Quarterly) Quote
paul secor Posted November 20, 2005 Report Posted November 20, 2005 W.P. Kinsella: The Secret of the Northern Lights - Silas Ermineskin stories Quote
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