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21 June 2006

Book thread. The Outsiders. You?
Rachel's Holiday and The Mandarins. I'm also rereading Blood Meridian. I'm guessing you mean a 'books you are reading' thread, yes?
posted by elizard 21 June | 20:12
Stay gold, chewie!
posted by jrossi4r 21 June | 20:13
Just in case I've misinterpreted, though, if it's a 'book you're buying your friend's kid for his birthday' thread, Where the Wild Things Are. If it's a 'book your grandmother made you balance on your head and walk around the house' thread, Now We Are Six. If it's a 'book your SO was astonished to discover that you both own, which discovery cemented the relationship early and firmly' thread, then Answer Me.
posted by elizard 21 June | 20:25
When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had two things on my mind....
posted by mudpuppie 21 June | 20:31
...Paul Newman and a ride home.

Best pop-up book ever? Encyclopedia Prehistorica. It's truly amazing.

Where the Wild Things Are is my standard baby gift, elizard.
posted by jrossi4r 21 June | 20:33
I'm rereading Vanity Fair. The novel, not the magazine.
posted by JanetLand 21 June | 20:34
The Lottery, by Shirley Jackson. The collection of stories, that is - not that particular story at the moment. Although what a story it is - I will never forget reading "The Lottery" for the first time in 8th grade. I think I read "An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce right around the same time. Oh, the scary dreams that resulted from those two gems...
posted by amro 21 June | 20:41
Brion Gysin: Tuning in to the Multimedia Age, also trying to get through Nothing Is True - Everything Is Permitted : The Life of Brion Gysin but I keep getting distracted (life, food, movies, elizard), even though it's a great book. Also about to start Louis De Bernières' Sunday Morning at the Centre of the World.

Generally, this is a very good book to have. Regardless of what the Publisher's Weekly review says, ("The odd layout is pointless and annoying, and the relationship between the running essay and the other slight pieces is tangential at best.") the layout emphasizes the relationship between text and subtext. Obviously they missed the point about Cambodia and it's overreaching effect that was explained in the forward. *duh*. :) Still, read it. It's good.
posted by Zack_Replica 21 June | 20:41
Star of the Sea, by Joseph O'Connor. Historical fiction written in a style that manages to be flowery without laying it on too thick. It's a pretty enjoyable read.

Though I think the last book I read that had a major impact on me was Viktor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning.
posted by Kosh 21 June | 20:48
So this is a what-are-you-reading thread?

Steinbeck. Cannery Row, Sea of Cortez. Just finished Travels with Charley. Also have a biography of Ed Ricketts.
posted by mudpuppie 21 June | 20:51
I was feeling crappy and nervous today, and gleefully started devouring the book of Ray Bradbury's short stories that 'Pode got me. Re-reading the ones I read when I was a young teenager is neat, because my perspective on them makes it a whole new experience. There are also a few in the collection that are brand new to me, which is also cool. I [heart] Ray. And Gaspode. And all the bunnies, really.
posted by SassHat 21 June | 20:51
I'm a huge book whore right now:

L. Ron Hubbard, Messiah or Madman? Bent Corydon
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress Heinlein
Fors Clavigera Volume I John Ruskin (been picking away at this for awhile)
Three Cheers for Me Donald Jack
And just about to start Alraune by Hanns Heinz Ewers
posted by PinkStainlessTail 21 June | 21:52
I'm currently reading Time Bomb by Jonathan Kellerman.
posted by sisterhavana 21 June | 22:32
Elizard: I LOVED Rachel's Holiday! And not just because my name is Rachel, either. ; )
posted by sisterhavana 21 June | 22:33
I almost through with Arthur C. Clarke's "The Wind from the Sun" and I've already started Walter Jon Williams' "Crown Jewels."
posted by Eideteker 21 June | 22:51
Conquistador
posted by deborah 21 June | 23:49
I'm reading Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. It's taking me forever (one and a half months) because I only ever have time to read on the bus, and I've been biking to work most days because it's nice out.
posted by smich 22 June | 00:22
Just finished Howard Norman's The Bird Artist, just started Ian McEwan's Enduring Love.
posted by dhruva 22 June | 01:13
smich, I am a huge Haruki Murakami fan. I loved Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, and wish I could read it for the first time all over again.
posted by elizard 22 June | 03:30
Amy Hempel.
posted by rainbaby 22 June | 07:13
I'm alternating between Octavia Butler's novel Wild Seed and the first TPB of Garth Ennis's Preacher series.

And I just bought a bunch of stuff from Amazon:

Mark Bowden--Guests of the Ayatollah
Frank Miller--Sin City Library (sets I and II)
Vasily Grossman--Life and Fate
posted by Prospero 22 June | 07:33
yeah, it's a what are you reading thread. I just ordered Great Expectations from amazon for after the Outsiders.
posted by chewatadistance 22 June | 08:44
"Cemetery Walk" by Minda Powers-Douglas. Non-fiction book on the history of cemeteries, very well written.
"Deja Dead", by Kathy Reich. Hope I'm spelling her last name right, as her book is next to my bed.
"The Care and Feeding of Books Old and New". I collect antique books, and this is great for restoration tips and general up keep.
posted by redvixen 22 June | 19:02
Five-day forecast. || Music for Lipstick Thespian

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