What are you reading? (November 09)
11-16-09, 12:17 PM
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Re: What are you reading? (November 09)
Just finished this! As a fan of Ferguson's, I enjoyed it and found myself easily hearing him narrate it in my head. (Plus, of course, I recognized several passages from the bits on the show where he got celebs to read from it.) The only complaints I really had were 1) it was too brief and 2) I felt like I was familiar with a lot of the material from his on-air remarks over the years.
As for myself, I elected last night to finally delve into Sherlock Holmes. I bought The Complete Sherlock Holmes (in the standard two volumes) at Half Price Books over the summer. Last night, I read A Study in Scarlet. I'm not sure if I'm going to just plow through the whole series now, or space it out like I did with Ian Fleming's Bond series.
As for myself, I elected last night to finally delve into Sherlock Holmes. I bought The Complete Sherlock Holmes (in the standard two volumes) at Half Price Books over the summer. Last night, I read A Study in Scarlet. I'm not sure if I'm going to just plow through the whole series now, or space it out like I did with Ian Fleming's Bond series.
11-17-09, 11:53 AM
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11-17-09, 12:39 PM
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Re: What are you reading? (November 09)
Just finished this! As a fan of Ferguson's, I enjoyed it and found myself easily hearing him narrate it in my head. (Plus, of course, I recognized several passages from the bits on the show where he got celebs to read from it.) The only complaints I really had were 1) it was too brief and 2) I felt like I was familiar with a lot of the material from his on-air remarks over the years.
As for myself, I elected last night to finally delve into Sherlock Holmes. I bought The Complete Sherlock Holmes (in the standard two volumes) at Half Price Books over the summer. Last night, I read A Study in Scarlet. I'm not sure if I'm going to just plow through the whole series now, or space it out like I did with Ian Fleming's Bond series.
As for myself, I elected last night to finally delve into Sherlock Holmes. I bought The Complete Sherlock Holmes (in the standard two volumes) at Half Price Books over the summer. Last night, I read A Study in Scarlet. I'm not sure if I'm going to just plow through the whole series now, or space it out like I did with Ian Fleming's Bond series.
11-19-09, 07:03 AM
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Re: What are you reading? (November 09)
I really enjoyed the Ferguson book, even though it was very short. It was actually pretty touching in some places, which I didn't expect. It made me more of a Ferguson fan than I was before.
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11-28-09, 11:14 AM
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Re: What are you reading? (November 09)
After reading A Study in Scarlet (which was great, incidentally), I found Craig Ferguson's novel, Between the Bridge and the River and I read that. It is my favorite work of fiction that I've read this year. It is alternately vulgar, funny and poignant--sometimes all at once. Like his memoir, the chapters are short (some are a mere two pages), but I confess that I found this a bit of a relief because several passages were very dense.
Since then, I have moved on to The Sexual Life of Catherine M. by Catherine Millet, translated from the original French by Adriana Hunter. I'm 60-some pages into it. So far every page has been about sexuality, so at least it's stayed on-topic. The writing is a bit stilted, but I'm chalking that up to it being a translation. My French simply isn't up to snuff enough for me attempt to read the original text.
Since then, I have moved on to The Sexual Life of Catherine M. by Catherine Millet, translated from the original French by Adriana Hunter. I'm 60-some pages into it. So far every page has been about sexuality, so at least it's stayed on-topic. The writing is a bit stilted, but I'm chalking that up to it being a translation. My French simply isn't up to snuff enough for me attempt to read the original text.
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