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Lives of the Circus Animals - Christopher Bram
recently read:
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The Line of Beauty - Alan Hollinghurst
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The Donald Richie Reader: 50 Years of Writing on Japan - Donald Richie and Arturo Silva (editor)
Geoff, let me know how Generation Kill is. Saw that today at B&N and it looked pretty interesting.
Still Reading (work has been HELL this month):
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Up Next (will finally have some time to read on the flights to and from NYC next weekend :))
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America's Forgotten Army: The Story of the U.S. Seventh
by Charles Whiting - About 80 in so far
And
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1) by George R.R. Martin - I have heard so much about this series that I decided to read it and make the 6 book commitment - I'm about 25 in..its ok so far..nothing great yet
bedtime book (still): J. Diamond's "Guns, Germs and Steel"
in transit book: C.S. Lewis' "The Silver Chair"
(only one more chronicle left - The Last Battle - after this one... alas, i didn't start by reading them in publishing order, so i'm reading them in chronological story-wise order...)
-di doctor-
darkside
03-08-05, 09:40 PM
Just finished http://www.audible.com/audiblewords/content/bk/sans/000513/full_image.jpg
Next up http://www.audible.com/audiblewords/content/bk/sans/000537/full_image.jpg
Just hope I don't find the ending of the series as disapointing as others have said it is.
I'm going to try and pick this up from the library today -Krakatoa : The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883
I can't recommend this highly enough. Fascinating read...you'll enjoy it. :up:
Currently reading American Gods by Neil Gaiman. Also just picked up The Narrows by Michael Connelly, which I'm really looking forward to reading.
djmont
03-12-05, 11:35 AM
The Narrows is good, but the new one, The Closers, is great.
Dread
03-12-05, 05:35 PM
Halfway through the 'Otherland' series by Tad Williams....for the 2nd time
fantastic series....
:-)
mikehunt
03-13-05, 07:27 PM
Executive Orders
darkside
03-13-05, 11:37 PM
The Narrows is good, but the new one, The Closers, is great.
Is this out already, I thought it wasn't coming out until May? Can't wait for more Harry Bosch.
djmont
03-14-05, 10:42 AM
Is this out already, I thought it wasn't coming out until May? Can't wait for more Harry Bosch.
Yah, it's coming out in May. I think it's his best in years.
Have you seen Crime Beat, Connelly's collection of his journalism? I haven't had the chance to read any of it yet, but it's a cool volume.
benedict
03-14-05, 03:02 PM
Finally finished reading the First Chronicles of Thomas Covenant on Sunday and this morning began Dan Simmons', "<A HREF="http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/nonfiction/ilium.htm" target="_blank">Ilium</a>".
PalmerJoss
03-14-05, 06:10 PM
The Narrows is good, but the new one, The Closers, is great.
Is The Closers a Harry Bosch novel? Or is it a standalone? I can't seem to find too much info about it online.
TheNightFlier
03-14-05, 08:52 PM
Is The Closers a Harry Bosch novel? Or is it a standalone? I can't seem to find too much info about it online.
Yep it's a Bosch novel. He gets assigned to the cold case division of the LAPD.
djmont
03-14-05, 09:08 PM
You can read more about the book on Mike's website (http://www.michaelconnelly.com/Book_Collection/Closers/closers.html).
smirnoff
03-15-05, 02:43 AM
Just going to start:
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Another Bullshit Night in Suck City, by Nick Flynn
cheers,
-the Jesus
madara
03-17-05, 12:41 PM
Just finished Outshretched Shadow and starting sequel To light a Candle. Absolutely delightful fantasy fluff. I havent had this much fun since shannara. Finally a fantasy book more about magical world, the adventure and less about 500 pages of boring political dark age conflicts.
Geoff, how did you like Grift Sense? Swain is a great guy -- if you ever have a chance to catch him a signing or elsewhere, do so. He's not only interesting as hell, but he can do awesome card tricks.
D.Zero
03-20-05, 09:58 PM
On the fiction side I'm in the middle of Saints and Sinners by Tom Holt and on the film side it is Horizons West: Directing the Western from John Ford to Clint Eastwood by Jim Kitses.
darkside
03-21-05, 12:57 PM
My road to the tower is over as I have finished Dark Tower 7
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When I catch my breath Robert B Parker is up next
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Geofferson
03-21-05, 02:48 PM
Geoff, how did you like Grift Sense? Swain is a great guy -- if you ever have a chance to catch him a signing or elsewhere, do so. He's not only interesting as hell, but he can do awesome card tricks.
David - I enjoyed it quite a bit. I think I'll stick with the series and pick up Funny Money in the near future. I checked out his website and he sounds like an entertaining person -- hopefully I'll have the opportunity to attend a reading sometime.
FantasticVSDoom
03-21-05, 08:27 PM
Just began:
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fliggil
03-21-05, 08:34 PM
For my film class:
Men, Women & Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film by Carol J. Clover
-I'm about 75% done with this, pretty interesting insight into how the audience identifies with the protaganists and with the killers, specifically dealing in length with Halloween, Texas Chainsaw Massacre (parts I & II), and I Spit on your Grave. I have to admit that of these and pretty much a lot of other films she touches up on briefly (ie. Alien/s, Carrie, The Exorcist, and others), the only ones I have ever seen are Halloween and the Hitchcock films she deals with. We're supposed to be watching I Spit on your Grave tomorrow, and Texas Chainsaw next week, however our professor gave us the option not to watch them due to the content. I personally do not enjoy the horror genre, so I'll be exercising that option freely. Because I am familiar with all the films they talk about though, I do find a lot of her points to be very interesting.
Memoirs of a Mangy Lover by Groucho Marx. Just some fun reading, I've been getting into reading a lot of books about movies and by actors (Just finished Nightmare of Ecstasy: The Life and Art of Edward D. Wood, Jr. and after I finish this, I'm going to read Jamie Kennedy's Wannabe: A Hollywoody Experiment which just looks absolutely hilarious.)
hey fliggil your "for fun" book isn't displaying, what is it?:o I think this might be a good time to suggest that all of us remember to put the book titles somewhere in our posts, rather than relying on the pictures alone!
fliggil
03-22-05, 03:37 PM
:o I think this might be a good time to suggest that all of us remember to put the book titles somewhere in our posts, rather than relying on the pictures alone!
good idea, just fixed my post above.
Giles
03-22-05, 03:55 PM
good idea, just fixed my post above.
did you also fix the image cause now I can get the book cover.
fliggil
03-22-05, 04:07 PM
did you also fix the image cause now I can get the book cover.
I'm pretty sure I fixed it, it's working for me now.
Giles
03-22-05, 04:10 PM
I'm pretty sure I fixed it, it's working for me now.
yeah, it's working for me too.. I am glad you fixed it, cause now you've interested me in reading this book... thanks.
Just finished the Marx 'Memoirs of a Mangy Lover' and I loved it, absolutely hilarious. I couldn't remember the last time a book made me laugh out loud over and over again. I'm going to check into some other books he wrote, very good stuff.
djmont
03-25-05, 10:45 AM
Birdseye, let me know what you think of Rain Fall when you're done. Eisler's one of my favorite writers. I just finished his new one (out in June) and it's terrific.
Geoff, loved Grifter's Game! Hard Case Crime is publishing another old Block title in a couple of months: The Girl with the Long Green Heart. It's a con man novel and I don't think I've read it, some I'm looking forward to that.
I'm currently reading the new John Sandford novel, Broken Prey.
rampo
03-25-05, 10:53 AM
Just finished the Marx 'Memoirs of a Mangy Lover' and I loved it, absolutely hilarious. I couldn't remember the last time a book made me laugh out loud over and over again. I'm going to check into some other books he wrote, very good stuff.
I heartily recommend that you check out some of the writings of S. J. Perelman (http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?0679640371). He was a contemporary of Groucho's, wrote the screenplays for Monkey Business and Horse Feathers, and has the same acerbic sense of humor.
Geoff, loved Grifter's Game! Hard Case Crime is publishing another old Block title in a couple of months: The Girl with the Long Green Heart. It's a con man novel and I don't think I've read it, some I'm looking forward to that.
I'm almost through with it and like it a lot! :up:
I'm really impressed with Hard Case Crime -- so impressed that I picked up the next 5 installments and plan on plowing through them in the next week or so.
Ketamine
03-26-05, 09:29 AM
Just finished:
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Just started:
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Cedar
03-26-05, 12:31 PM
Just finished Garden Of Beasts by Jeff Deaver. Currently reading Speaking in Tongues by the same author. After this it will be Hard Revolution by George Pelecanos and then some old Thomas Perry stuff, Big Fish and Island.
Geofferson
03-26-05, 05:29 PM
...and then some old Thomas Perry stuff, Big Fish and Island.
What a coincidence! I just picked up first edition hardcovers of both these books in the past week and plan on reading them very soon! :up:
What a coincidence! I just picked up first edition hardcovers of both these books in the past week and plan on reading them very soon! :up:
You did far better than I then. Mine are paperbacks that my wife bought for me off Ebay, and one is only in average condition. I'm only doing paperbacks because of space limitations, so I'm always a year behind everyone else here.
BTW, Thomas Perry has updated his website and there is some new info on his next book. It will be called Nightlife, which will be a stand alone and should be out in late 2005 or early 2006. Also he already is at work on the novel after that! Some interesting stuff there for you to check out.
djmont
03-27-05, 02:07 PM
Those books must have cost a pretty penny, Geoff! Well done.
Thomas Perry is a great writer, one of my favorites. Butcher's Boy is a classic. Have you read Pursuit? Great book.
Geofferson
03-27-05, 08:15 PM
Those books must have cost a pretty penny, Geoff! Well done.
Thomas Perry is a great writer, one of my favorites. Butcher's Boy is a classic. Have you read Pursuit? Great book.
Yes. Pursuit and the first Jane Whitefield novel are my two favorites. Big Fish and Island are the only Perry novels I have not yet read.
rampo
03-28-05, 10:16 AM
Currently reading:
Warlord: Tojo Against the World by Edwin P. Hoyt
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on my nightstand:
A Hundred Years of Japanese Film by Donald Richie
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fliggil
03-28-05, 10:42 AM
Finished the Men Women and Chain Saws, as well as the Groucho Marx books, just started "Hollywood Rat Race" by Ed Wood, Jr. this morning, it's hilariously bad but since I'm doing a 10pg. paper on him, it's giving me some nice insight. (I'd post a pic but I'm on a campus library computer and they don't freakin let you right-click images, argh)
Info and photo of cover (http://www.4w8w.com/bookwood1.html)
Maxflier
03-30-05, 10:36 AM
Just started reading Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle.
Birdseye, let me know what you think of Rain Fall when you're done. Eisler's one of my favorite writers. I just finished his new one (out in June) and it's terrific.
I'm currently reading the new John Sandford novel, Broken Prey.
I just finished Rain Fall and loved it. I thought it was very well written and realistic. Rain is definitely a complex and intriguing character. I got Hard Rain and Rain Storm in my to read pile and can't wait to read them.
What did you think of Broken Prey? I read through the Prey series in the last year or so and loved it and can't wait for Broken Prey.
Next up I'm reading Thomas Perry's The Butcher's Boy. It's my first Perry novel and I've read great things about it.
fliggil
03-30-05, 08:17 PM
Starting tonight
Wannabe: A Hollywood Experiment by Jamie Kennedy
Supposed to be absolutely hilarious, his telling of how he made it in Hollywoody and faked being his own agent (for fans of the JKX tv show, you should get an idea what his humor is like)
What did you think of Broken Prey? I read through the Prey series in the last year or so and loved it and can't wait for Broken Prey.
It's good. Better than the last one, which was a litle more average. Sandford has maintained quality throughout the run of the series much better than most authors have managed to do.
Glad to hear you liked the Eisler book. He's a fine writer and a great guy. The new one goes in a little bit of a different direction, which is intriguing. My favorite, though, is Rain Storm (which is #3).
Kumar J
03-31-05, 09:45 PM
James Patterson novel on the first story and the sequel.
When The Wind Blows & The Lake House
Buy: