Nerthus
Wanderlust
I think it's one of his best in my opinion, so that can't be a bad starting point! Although I would suggest one of his collections of short story if you just want to see what he's like - 'The Elephant Vanishes' is a good one.
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What book(s) are you reading now?
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I think it's one of his best in my opinion, so that can't be a bad starting point! Although I would suggest one of his collections of short story if you just want to see what he's like - 'The Elephant Vanishes' is a good one.
Smoke
Done here.
Maybe I'll check out the short stories first, then. Thanks.
Caladan
Agnostic Pantheist
I picked up the Burton translation of the Kama Sutra in a used book store.
so far I dont know which is more interesting and fascinating, the introduction and the account of Burton's and Arbuthnot's quest to publish this work with the challenges of doing so in a puritan Victorian society or the Kama Sutra itself.
so far I dont know which is more interesting and fascinating, the introduction and the account of Burton's and Arbuthnot's quest to publish this work with the challenges of doing so in a puritan Victorian society or the Kama Sutra itself.
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Kathryn
It was on fire when I laid down on it.
Wow. I just finished "The Good Soldiers" by David Finkel, and I could hardly put it down.
Here is my review posted on Amazon:
My son was in Iraq about 50 miles south of Baghdad during the same time period. He was with an airborne/infantry unit for 18 months during the surge. When he came home, he was a changed man - or should I say, he was no longer a boy but a man. He described a lot of what is covered in this book, in nearly identical language, but what was the most revealing to me was what he did NOT describe. This book fills in the blanks that my son tried to shield from his family and friends.
Thank you, David Finkel, for the most tasteful and yet honest description that I've read of this war, and our soldiers who serve.
Anyone who has a son or daughter, spouse or loved one serving in Iraq or Afghanistan should read this book. Your loved one may not want to share these events with you, but understanding their experiences will help you to better meet their needs, and understand their emotions when they return.
This book is more than simply a re-telling of events - it is a work of art. And like so many works of art, it is not always easy to look at. But I couldn't take my eyes off of it till the last page was turned.
Here is my review posted on Amazon:
My son was in Iraq about 50 miles south of Baghdad during the same time period. He was with an airborne/infantry unit for 18 months during the surge. When he came home, he was a changed man - or should I say, he was no longer a boy but a man. He described a lot of what is covered in this book, in nearly identical language, but what was the most revealing to me was what he did NOT describe. This book fills in the blanks that my son tried to shield from his family and friends.
Thank you, David Finkel, for the most tasteful and yet honest description that I've read of this war, and our soldiers who serve.
Anyone who has a son or daughter, spouse or loved one serving in Iraq or Afghanistan should read this book. Your loved one may not want to share these events with you, but understanding their experiences will help you to better meet their needs, and understand their emotions when they return.
This book is more than simply a re-telling of events - it is a work of art. And like so many works of art, it is not always easy to look at. But I couldn't take my eyes off of it till the last page was turned.
Gentoo
The Feisty Penguin
I just finished Book One of the Corean Chronicles, Legacies by L. E. Modesitt Jr. I enjoyed it, can't wait to get to the library to pick up book two of that series.
I also just started Spellwright by Blake Charlton. Thus, I really like it. It brings some new ideas to magic that I hadn't thought of before.
I also just started Spellwright by Blake Charlton. Thus, I really like it. It brings some new ideas to magic that I hadn't thought of before.
doppelganger
Through the Looking Glass
Raven: The Untold Story of the Reverend Jim Jones and His People.
Fascinating read so far.
Fascinating read so far.
Herr Heinrich
Student of Mythology
Wow that's interesting. I am house sitting for my friend's parents and that book is sitting on the desk in front of me.
Kathryn
It was on fire when I laid down on it.
Well, don't bother picking it up.
If you do, all you have to do is read the first chapter over and over again, because absolutely NOTHING different happens throughout the book.
And if you hang onto it thinking something really cool or different is going to happen in the end - you'll be dissappointed.
IT SUCKS!!!!! I hated that book!!!! I wasted hours of my LIFE reading it!!!
If you do, all you have to do is read the first chapter over and over again, because absolutely NOTHING different happens throughout the book.
And if you hang onto it thinking something really cool or different is going to happen in the end - you'll be dissappointed.
IT SUCKS!!!!! I hated that book!!!! I wasted hours of my LIFE reading it!!!
Darkness
Psychoanalyst/Marxist
Reading Karl Marx and Friedrich Engel's the Communist Manifesto. I haven't actually reached the text of the Manifesto yet. I have the Penguin edition, so the beginning and most of the book is commentary. I have to say, that even though I think Marx and Engel's ideas have no place in the modern world, I understand completely why Communism would appeal to the masses in poverty, and how an overthrow of the bourgeoisie could be justified at the time the Communist Manifesto was written.
no-body
Well-Known Member
Aw man can't believe all the hate on for "the road" great book, I thought. I finished reading it last week. Can't believe Oprah recommended it.
It's not about "things happening" it's more about the minimalistic writing and feel of the book than anything else, the plot is not very important. That is the theme of most McCarthy books; a bleak cynicism with a dash of hope and heavy gnostic elements in the back round.
Not as good as "No country for old men" or "Blood Meridian" but still pretty solid.
It's not about "things happening" it's more about the minimalistic writing and feel of the book than anything else, the plot is not very important. That is the theme of most McCarthy books; a bleak cynicism with a dash of hope and heavy gnostic elements in the back round.
Not as good as "No country for old men" or "Blood Meridian" but still pretty solid.
TheBotanicalDolly
Member
The Modern-Day Druidess, by Cassandra Eason.
Noaidi
slow walker
Wow, Kathryn, you really hate The Road, don't you!! I'm going to re-read it just to tick you off. Then I'll start a thread...
The Wisdom of Vedanta by Abhayananda and
Wholeness and the Implicate Order by Bohm
Wholeness and the Implicate Order by Bohm
I just finished the newest Harlan Coben mystery: Caught. A pretty fast read that had as many twists as a country road. Also Her Mother's Hope by Francine Rivers. The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen. The best I have read recently was called Saving Cee Cee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman- I would recommend this one to all the women (I doubt men would like it, but you never know)
I am also starting The Bhagavad Gita, a new translation (Stephen Mitchell, 2000)
I am also starting The Bhagavad Gita, a new translation (Stephen Mitchell, 2000)
Kathryn
It was on fire when I laid down on it.
Go on wid cho bad seff. Won't bother me any if you waste more time reading that gray gruel!
The thread is bound to be a short one:
Father and son walk down a gray road, wearing gray clothes. Something bad happened to them, but now nothing much happens. Life sucks. All is despair and decay. Mankind is pretty much doomed.
You think something bad or good is about to happen, but it doesn't.
Gray.
Gray.
The end.
Discuss.
no-body
Well-Known Member
Go on wid cho bad seff. Won't bother me any if you waste more time reading that gray gruel!
The thread is bound to be a short one:
Father and son walk down a gray road, wearing gray clothes. Something bad happened to them, but now nothing much happens. Life sucks. All is despair and decay. Mankind is pretty much doomed.
You think something bad or good is about to happen, but it doesn't.
Gray.
Gray.
The end.
Discuss.
It wasn't supposed to be Armageddon or the day after tomorrow. The backdrop just happens to be post apocalyptic, it has little to do with the actual story other than being the setting.
I'd like to make everybody who hated the road read blood meridian. Probably kill yourselves from boredom.