What's Everyone Reading?
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Re: 'Stoner' by JOHN WILLIAMS
I'm currently reading "Motherless Brooklyn" by Johnathon Lethem. The premise alone is what sold me - detective with tourette's symdrome.
How was "Stoner"?Just finished reading: 'Stoner' by JOHN WILLIAMS
I'm currently reading "Motherless Brooklyn" by Johnathon Lethem. The premise alone is what sold me - detective with tourette's symdrome.
Re: 'Stoner' by JOHN WILLIAMS
My wife had a client with tourettes. He trained hiimself to yell things like "Fred Flinstone" "shinpad" "cotton stuffer".
Nomad by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
but you need to read Infidel first, by the same author.
A wise, intelligent, determined woman.....although an atheist, I can forgive her that.
but you need to read Infidel first, by the same author.
A wise, intelligent, determined woman.....although an atheist, I can forgive her that.
Right now I'm reading Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac.
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Anyway.....now I'm reading Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali.
Great book.
It is, I couldn't put it down.
As I said below, I'm into Nomad now........also good.
Right now I'm reading "Bury Your Dead" by Louise Penny, a Canadian writer.
This woman is a master story teller.
Louise Penny Author - Official site
This woman is a master story teller.
Louise Penny Author - Official site
I was able to put it down when I would turn to my roommate and say "what the hell is wrong with the Netherlands?"
'Butcher's Crossing' by JOHN WILLIAMS
Currently reading: 'Butcher's Crossing' by JOHN WILLIAMS
I read Motherless Brooklyn (Lethem) about ten years ago, a great novel - I think I'll have to dig it out and read it again. My favourite book by Lethem is, Gun, with Occasional Music, it's a hardboiled/sci-fi detective novel, set in a future that includes 'evolved' talking animals. It also has one of the best covers. :smile:
Currently reading: 'Butcher's Crossing' by JOHN WILLIAMS
As you can probably tell from my current read, Butcher's Crossing, I liked Stoner, hence the five stars. The book was recommended by a few friends and I'm really glad I listened to them. It's a beautifully written novel about the life of Williams' title character, William Stoner -- a must read.
I read Motherless Brooklyn (Lethem) about ten years ago, a great novel - I think I'll have to dig it out and read it again. My favourite book by Lethem is, Gun, with Occasional Music, it's a hardboiled/sci-fi detective novel, set in a future that includes 'evolved' talking animals. It also has one of the best covers. :smile:
Life on the Mississippi.....Mark Twain, on his days as a river pilot, and other things.....
Amazing really.....river boat pilots had to know over 1,000 miles of river like the back of their hand, be able to navigate the ever-changing channels night or day, without the benefit of buoys' markers or any other navigational device aside from their own memory, and an intimate knowledge of the workings of the river.
Like all Mark Twain, well worth the read.
Amazing really.....river boat pilots had to know over 1,000 miles of river like the back of their hand, be able to navigate the ever-changing channels night or day, without the benefit of buoys' markers or any other navigational device aside from their own memory, and an intimate knowledge of the workings of the river.
Like all Mark Twain, well worth the read.
Ghost Rider Neil Peart. Man this guy is so talented if he stuck a used drum stick in the ground it would probably grow a jazz quartet.
'Jesus Out to Sea & Other Stories' by JAMES LEE BURKE
Currently reading: 'Jesus Out to Sea & Other Stories' by JAMES LEE BURKE
Currently reading: 'Jesus Out to Sea & Other Stories' by JAMES LEE BURKE
I'm reading W.B. Yeats - Writings on Irish Folklore, Legend and Myth, because it's near St. Patrick's Day and i have to read something Irish. I'll have to pick up a bottle of Irish Whisky as well. Bushmills might have to do (if i don't splurge on Redbreast), since the lovely Connemara Peated Single Malt is unavailable in this country.
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'The Talented Mr. Ripley' by PATRICIA HIGHSMITH
Currently reading: 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' by PATRICIA HIGHSMITH
Currently reading: 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' by PATRICIA HIGHSMITH
'The Lampshade' by Mark Jacobson - A holocaust detective story from Buchenwald to New Orleans. In the wake of Katrina, a lampshade is found among the ruins and eventually finds its way into the hands of Mark Jacobson who has it tested for DNA. After so long, the only DNA left is mitochondrial but enough is found to establish that the shade is made from human skin. The story follows the author as he traces the history of such objects while also trying to decide what to do with the lampshade.
