Read anything good recently?

[Tarvark]

Read!

Read anything good recently?

Mountians Beyond Mountains - A compelling story of one "character" and his quest to change the world.

THe Know it all - A man reads the Britaniaca. Enough said.

 

[IWasBored]

no.

 

[zoney!]

I read a good article today in the newspaper about a local bakery!

 

[FizzingWhizzbees]

Ooooh, sarcasm.

I'm reading...

Rip It Up And Start Again by Simon Reynolds. It's a book about post-punk music and is absolutely excellent.

I'm also re-reading The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco. The fact that I'm re-reading it tells you all you need to know.

And finally I'm reading Mao: The Unknown Story by Jung Chang and John Halliday. Which is perhaps one of the poorest biographies I've ever had the misfortune to read. Apparently an intense hatred of the subject does not make for an informed and balanced biography.

 

[zoney!]

Ooooh, sarcasm.

Indeed.

I have also read some good journal entries and blogs.

 

[FizzingWhizzbees]

Indeed.

I have also read some good journal entries and blogs.

i read a particularly fascinating number plate (license plate or something to you yankees ) this afternoon.

 

[zoney!]

I love it Fizz!

 

[Laura M]

no.

 

[dandy]

i'm reading the kite runner by khaled hosseini. very good.

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

Not really, but that's because I'm incredibly lazy and stuff.

The last book I read was Coetzee's 'The Life & Times of Michael K' and to be honest I didn't quite grasp it.

 

[beegee]

i just finished inside the mind of scott peterson by keith ablow

i'm fascinated by this case, i've read everything that has been written about it, but this wasn't the best book on the subject.

 

[zoney!]

write that letter yet?

 

[beegee]

write that letter yet?

not yet

i want to get an anonymous p.o. box first

 

[zoney!]

 

[beegee]

 

[WildHoneyAlways]

I read a book called The Bitch Posse. It didn't live up to its name.

 

[zoney!]

dammit WHA...the thread is about reading something GOOD lately.

 

[WildHoneyAlways]

Hey! It sounds good, RIGHT?!?!

It was a trainwreck so that makes it good.

THERE! happy now.

 

[zoney!]

um. OK.

What was wrong with it?

I mean, are you an expert on these types of Posses (what is the plural of Posse?)?

I didn't think so.

 

[WildHoneyAlways]

Not an expert on Posses but I am an expert on bitches.

 

[zoney!]

touche!

 

[echo0001]

Recently:

re-read A Tree Grows In Brooklyn

re-read Small Gods, Terry Pratchett

re-read Angela's Ashes, McCourt

read God: Stories, edited by C. Michael Curtis. An anthology of fictional stories about spiritual experiences, including stories by Philip Roth, James Joyce (Grace), Flannery O'Connor.

 

[Basstrap]

bukowski - post office

 

[meegannie]

(what is the plural of Posse?)?

Possum.

 

[Adam'sbaby]

I'm reading a book called "A Riot Of Our Own: Night And Day With The Clash" and I love it!

 

[BrownEyedBoy]

I just finished reading "Fight Club" and I must say it's quite the breath of fresh air. I had never read anything like it. Chuck Palahniuk is a really quirky different author. Pick it up if you can.

 

[Carek1230]

I am reading Fast Food Nation and it is making me NEVER want to eat Fast Food again in my LIFE!!!

 

[echo0001]

I am reading Fast Food Nation and it is making me NEVER want to eat Fast Food again in my LIFE!!!

Ooo! That book is a nightmare in a dust jacket.