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carolinab
31 Jul 2002, 12:40 PM
Currently, I'm reading The Gates of The Alamo by Stephen Harrigan. It's historical fiction on a subject about which I know nothing and I am really liking it, despite the way the author spells his first name.
Also re-reading Mostly Harmless because I am that much of a geek. :)
Just bought and am a few pages into Alison Weir's The Children of Henry VIII. I always like her books, and this doesn't look like it will be an exception.
snowsuit
31 Jul 2002, 12:56 PM
last night a dj saved my life, a disc jockey history.
carolinab
31 Jul 2002, 01:09 PM
Originally posted by snowsuit
last night a dj saved my life, a disc jockey history.
Are you liking it?
hangthadj
31 Jul 2002, 02:07 PM
The Wind up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami.
Don't ask me to tell you what its about, I'm 400 pages in and its impossible to describe. But I am absolutely loving it.
GringoTex
31 Jul 2002, 02:27 PM
"A Harlot High and Low" by Balzac
carolinab
31 Jul 2002, 02:50 PM
Originally posted by hangthadj
The Wind up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami.
Don't ask me to tell you what its about, I'm 400 pages in and its impossible to describe. But I am absolutely loving it.
I remember reading reviews of Norweigan Wood and always meant to pick it up....maybe I'll finally add it or The Wind Up Bird Chronicle to the list now!
Originally posted by GringoTex
"A Harlot High and Low" by Balzac
I read Pere Goriot in French (my professor was a huge fan) but sadly don't remember a damn thing about the plot. Just remember how it gave me a sense of Paris at the time. I'm all for any book with "Harlot" in the title, though.
CrazyF.C.
31 Jul 2002, 03:50 PM
satanic verses by salman rushdie
Foosinho
31 Jul 2002, 04:08 PM
Sum of All Fears, Clancy.
I'll probably go read Two Towers again as a prelude to the movie coming out.
hangthadj
31 Jul 2002, 04:19 PM
Damn, us crew fans are a literate bunch!
DoctorJones24
31 Jul 2002, 07:05 PM
Originally posted by CrazyF.C.
satanic verses by salman rushdie
Excellent, Crazy.
For pleasure or for a class?
Anyway, how are you liking it? It's fairly tough going, but worth it IMO.
supersport
31 Jul 2002, 07:09 PM
Paolo Di Canio, Autobiography.
sgnerdboy
31 Jul 2002, 08:33 PM
Martin Amis, London Fields
kevin
+ http://tullamarine.org
irvine
31 Jul 2002, 10:58 PM
Originally posted by CrazyF.C.
satanic verses by salman rushdie
Good book, but I like Midnight's Children better.
Has anyone here read Murakami's other novels? Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World is a genuinely great book.
skipshady
31 Jul 2002, 11:30 PM
Originally posted by irvine
Has anyone here read Murakami's other novels? Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World is a genuinely great book. Norwegian Woods is my favorite Murakami novel - then again, I read it in Japanese and I don't know if it translates well.
TexanSoccer06
01 Aug 2002, 03:31 AM
Originally posted by supersport
Paolo Di Canio, Autobiography. Me too. Pure brilliance.
bmurphyfl
01 Aug 2002, 09:14 AM
Brilliant Orange - The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Football
Murf
BakedAlaskan
01 Aug 2002, 09:26 AM
Originally posted by supersport
Paolo Di Canio, Autobiography.
Originally posted by TexanSoccer06
Me too. Pure brilliance.
I've thought about getting that.Looks like I'll have to now.
Just finished "The Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich" by William L. Shirer (Outstanding.I'll probably read it again in a couple years)
It inspired me to go on a shopping spree of WWII books about/from the German side.I am about 3/4 the way through "Soldat" by Siegfried Knappe.Pretty interesting if it's all true.
I've started "Rommel" but it's written by a British soldier and I'm having a hard time following it.I might just huck it and start something else.Paulo maybe???
whirlwind
01 Aug 2002, 09:49 AM
Just finished Tad Williams' "The Dragonbone Chair", part one of the Memory, Sorrow and Thorn series. Will definitely be moving on to book 2, but currently I'm reading "Masterpieces", a collection of Sci-Fi short stories edited by Orson Scott Card.
GringoTex
01 Aug 2002, 10:08 AM
Originally posted by carolinab
Currently, I'm reading The Gates of The Alamo by Stephen Harrigan.
Harrigan was on my thesis committee. He's probably the most modest "successful" writer I've ever met.
carolinab
01 Aug 2002, 11:29 AM
Originally posted by supersport
Paolo Di Canio, Autobiography.
Excellent read. What an ego!
Originally posted by GringoTex
Harrigan was on my thesis committee. He's probably the most modest "successful" writer I've ever met.
I'm really impressed by his writing. It's one thing to know all the little details and to have done the research, but it's a true gift to be able to make that past as vivid as he does.