Current Reading

Started by Gopher, Apr 16 06 11:15

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Michel


Sportsdude

lol the civil war my state's finest achievement to mankind.
"bushwacked"
bloody bill
jesse james
guerrilla confederate tigers
Lawrence Massacre
bleeding Kansas
Claiborne Fox Jackson
Dred Scott case

 
"We can't stop here. This is bat country."

Lil Me

I highly recommend The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein.
 I think everyone here would enjoy it.
 Don't be deceived..it's not about auto racing.  It's about life.  (just like Shoeless Joe wasn't really about baseball)
   
"In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it."  Robert Heinlein

purelife

Thanks for the recomendation Lil Me.  I'm always looking for good books.  I'll place a reserve on library's website for the Painted House and this one. :)

Gopher

Just finished GWTW (at last) so now I'm reading about its writing in The Road To Tara by Anne Edwards  
A fool's paradise is better than none.

purelife

 Lil Me wrote:
I highly recommend The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein.
I think everyone here would enjoy it.
Don't be deceived..it's not about auto racing.  It's about life.  (just like Shoeless Joe wasn't really about baseball)

I just started reading this book and am enjoying it so far.  The story is making me chuckle and want a dog even more!  I wonder why it's a 2-week loaner instead of the usual 4-weeks....
   
 

Gopher

One Day In The Life of Ivan Denisovitch - Alexander Solzhenitsyn.  
A fool's paradise is better than none.

Michel


Gopher

Not read anything by him before - one of those authors who I just kept putting off.  
A fool's paradise is better than none.

Michel


Sportsdude

I haven't decided yet, I'll figure out tomorrow

hmm sounds like a good title for a book. lol
 
"We can't stop here. This is bat country."

Gopher

 Hated Denisovitch and gave up after 40 pages, now reading The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark.  
A fool's paradise is better than none.

Michel


purelife

Finished reading the Art of Racing in the Rain... sad sad book...cried a few times. :(

  Now, I'm just waiting for the Marley and Me book at the library.  Got it on hold.

Gopher

 Michel wrote:
lol was it too depressive ?  
....
No, I just found it relentless  
A fool's paradise is better than none.

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