Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire, by Chalmers Johnson

I'm trying to make myself read "Midnight's Children" by Rushdie, "The Elephant Vanishes" and "South of the Sun, West of the Border" by Murakami...I've had them forever and I just can't seem to buckle down and read them.

Quote from: Matilda on June 04, 2009, 07:29:33 PM
After watching the movie "Angels & Demons" last weekend, I have just started Dan Brown's book by the same name.

It's much better than the Da Vinci Code.  On a side note, the guy who did the audio recording I was listening to sounded just like Kelsey Grammar.

Very much enjoying a biography of 'The Ladies of Langollen'. Two women who eloped together in the late 18th century and set up house together in Wales where they tried to create a perfect domestic life. I've got Nell Gwyn after, promises to be funny.

Last month: Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte), The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Anne Bronte)
Last week: The Parsifal Mosaic (Robert Ludlum)
Now: Nemesis (Isaac Asimov)
Next week: The Bride of Lammermoor (Sir Walter Scott)

bag of bones - stephen king

Anna Karenina, haven't read it in a decade at least, quite the love story, matter of fact, its the love story that makes you think staying single the rest of your life isn't all that bad an idea.

The Summer Land and The Winter Oak both by James Hetley. Actually pretty good characterisation of the main (female) leads by a man and a good grasp of some of the ways childhood abuse and rape play out in adulthood as well.

the novel

Quote from: Natasha on June 15, 2009, 06:08:19 PM
bag of bones - stephen king

I thought Bag Of Bones was incredibly weak. I enjoyed Cell much better.

Right now I am reading "Twilight" by Kim Pritekel. No, not the vampire thing. This is a novel about famous rock star Christine Gray, who is sick of booze, drugs and pressure, and jumps of a bridge in Podunk, Oklahoma. Married nurse Willow Bowman happens to be driving by and jumps in and saves her life. Over time, the two of them fall in love. It's delicious, I totally recommend it. I only have 21 pages to go.

Quote from: Stealthgrrl on June 18, 2009, 08:33:55 PM
I thought Bag Of Bones was incredibly weak.

agreed. bag of bones is proof that stephen king is now so rich that he can just quit trying.

You, too, can write a Stephen King novel! You will need:

1 quiet small town in Maine.

1 outsider, alien or disease

1 annoying child with both an affliction and a special ability

Several adults willing to be led by said child

Several peripheral characters, to be killed off at intervals

1 person, preferably female, to spout religiously tinged pseudo-profundities

1 giant, hideous underground monster

2 shy people who fall in love

1 writer, professor or other expert to explain what's happening to the other characters

Several hundred unnecessary pages

Mix, allow to set for five minutes, and sell to television!

(I'm only ripping on King because he can create such great yarns when he wants to. it just seems like he wants to less and less.)

"One for the Money" by Janet Evanovich

It's a pretty funny book. I'm enjoying it.

Summerland by Michael Chabon   He's becoming one of my favorite authors.  And I'm pleased to say that his style doesn't go completely out the window when he writes a book for kids, like some great adult authors do.  Though he does, perforce, reel in his vocabulary a bit. 

The Aesthetics of the Japanese Lunchbox by Kenji Ekuan. It's a book about the design and beauty of the bento box.

Quote from: Shades O'Grey on July 07, 2009, 02:58:31 PM
The Aesthetics of the Japanese Lunchbox by Kenji Ekuan. It's a book about the design and beauty of the bento box.

That actually sounds quite fascinating...I love bento boxes.    If only I could cook Japanese food...

Just started "The Origin", by Irving Stone. 800 pages of Charles Darwins life and expeditions. So far so good. I had a little aprehension with making the commitmentbut I'm 100 pages into it and good to go.

Just finished" Buddha" by Depak Chopra. It is kind of a different take on herman Hesses Siddathur. A few insights but I remain an atheist,

Within the past 3 weeks:

Paolo Coelho

The Witch Of Portobello
Brida
The Alchemist
The Pilgrimage
The Zahir
Veronika Decides To Die
Warrior Of The Light
The Fifth Mountain

Currently:

Barbara Kingslover

Prodigal Summer

Quote from: Nichole on July 17, 2009, 04:28:48 PM
Within the past 3 weeks:

Paolo Coelho

The Witch Of Portobello
Brida
The Alchemist
The Pilgrimage
The Zahir
Veronika Decides To Die
Warrior Of The Light
The Fifth Mountain

Currently:

Barbara Kingslover

Prodigal Summer

....

Jeez, go for a walk or get laid baby, lol.

Quote from: Annwyn D'Fenwyr on July 17, 2009, 04:40:11 PM
....

Jeez, go for a walk or get laid baby, lol.

You can be such a jerk sometimes. Guess it's a a good thing I love ya, ain't it?

I've taken lotsa walks and gotten laid a few times in that time as well. Also cooked, eaten, shopped, worked, been on vacation, seen my son perform a few times and slept, among other things.

O, I see now! How could I have forgotten!? Ann, I don't move my lips when I read and read without a ruler under the lines I am reading.

Sorry, it didn't dawn on me why you'd find that a lot of reading!