Looking for a good book (Page 2)

"the guns of august"

"the stranger"

"johnny got his gun"


just a few of my favs

Caleb Carr - The Alienst.  That book rules.  In fact Caleb Carr rules.  Great historical fiction.  Crime drama in turn of the century New York.

I've also liked 'The Shadow of the Wind' recently.

How about the new Anne Rice: "Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt"?

"Haunted" by Chuck Palahniuk. It's gross, explicit, bizarre, all round entertainment.

I'm listening to the audiobook as we speak...liking it very much. And also reading the new Brett Easton Ellis, "Lunar Park."

If you stayed in Louisiana to go to school, you could read and wouldn't need audiobooks. Then you could listen to music and learn which Beatle wrote which song.

uhh, kidding

Edited by the bear 2005-12-09 7:01 PM

Now that I take transit to work, I have a lot of time to read. I am currently reading Bill Bryson – A Short History of Nearly Everything. I am also about halfway through James Cavell’s Gaijin, a very good historical fiction book. I’ve heard that Shogun is good too, though I’ve never read it. Laura just lent some of Dan Brown’s books to me, but I haven’t had a chance to read them yet. She also leant me The Curious Incident of the Dog At Nightime (or something like that). Sorry I can’t remember the author. The book was funny and very light hearted and quite simple to read if you ever want something short. I also just finished Mansfield Park though this is definitely not one of Jane Austen’s bests and John Irving’s A Prayer for Owen Meany. That was quite good.

HTH,
Jen

He'll be here all week, folks. Don't forget to tip your waitresses, and drive safely.

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ugh, jim, you KNOW i love you, but did you actually get through Christ the Lord? Holy Toledo, Batman, it draaaaaaaaaaagged for me. (get it, HOLY toledo, I slay me..)

James Michener has some great uber long historical novels, Mexico, Chesapeake etc.

No...haven't read it, haven't even bought it. It's on my list, though.I mentioned it cause Courtney said scary and historical and fiction, and I always think Ms. Rice when I hear those three words.

skip it. seriously, I was so looking forward to it, and it stunk. don;t buy it, read a lib copy if you must....

also, ps- it's NOTHINg like her other stuff- not scary.

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Crap. I'm disappointed...I was really looking forward to it.So since I'm not going to read it now...you can tell me. Does Jesus have fangs?

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When I first read that I was thinking the commandments, and I wondered how he got away with writing about doing some of those things without going to jail... but then I realized I'm an idiot.

Gluttony is my favorite... lust is up there to.

bts

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no jim, lol, jesus no have fangs. jesus no have no interesting nothing (in this book, again, as far as I got, about 1/3)

dan savage is so great- he has written a book called The Kid about how he and his boyfriend adopted a son. it's hilarious and tender and wonderful.

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Aaaaahhh...so you only got t third of the way through? So you know Ms. Rice makes you pay your dues, right? She's gotta set the scene before she rewards you with the scary and the homoerotic overtones.

no way. life is too short for a) bad wine, and b) bad books. I refuse to waste my precious time and blood alcohol levels on crap.

sriously, i have read Anne Rice before, I know the deal, but this just sucked.

Lol...remind me not to invite you to my white trash party...

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Try some Christopher Moore, Lamb is one of my all time favorites.

Ok, I didn't read all of the thread so this might have already been mentioned. "Many-body quantum theory in condensed matter physics : an introduction" by Henrik Bruus is the best book I've read in many years, Green's Functions are the coolest thing in Physics.

Yes, I know I'm a geek, but only part time.