paul secor Posted June 16, 2008 Report Posted June 16, 2008 Gerard Woodward: A Curious Earth Enjoyed this novel about a man searching for friendship and love in old age. Quote
paul secor Posted June 18, 2008 Report Posted June 18, 2008 Shades of Blue by Bill Moody - the latest in the Ethan Horne series. Nothing serious, but an entertaining way to pass a couple of afternoons - even if the jazz pianist/protagonist regards Bill Evans with a reverence that's not healthy for any jazz pianist. Quote
BruceH Posted June 19, 2008 Report Posted June 19, 2008 Looks interesting, if not exactly cheery... Quote
paul secor Posted June 28, 2008 Report Posted June 28, 2008 Just finished reading a very moving novel by Lloyd Jones - Mr. Pip. Quote
Tim McG Posted June 28, 2008 Report Posted June 28, 2008 Reading list for this summer: Brave New World Like Water For Chocolate Hamlet Ender's Game Lord of the Flies Quote
poetrylover3 Posted July 1, 2008 Report Posted July 1, 2008 I'm making my way through the Three Musketeers saga as well as which is so far a fascinating read about the troubled year immediately after the close of WWI-Red Scare Labor Unrest Racial Conflict and Government Spying-some of this is eerily familiar. Quote
ghost of miles Posted July 3, 2008 Author Report Posted July 3, 2008 Weird... my neighbor, who's moving away, just gave me three bags of books, and that was one of them. Quote
ghost of miles Posted July 3, 2008 Author Report Posted July 3, 2008 Started Melville's The Confidence-Man last night...for the past few days, I've been experiencing a strange yearning to read this. I have it in a great Library of America Melville volume that includes Pierre, Billy Budd, The Piazza Tales, and some uncollected work--a really good compendium of post-MOBY Melville: Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted July 3, 2008 Report Posted July 3, 2008 Got this about fifteen years ago. A very interesting book. Just started re-reading it, to refresh my momory. Still v interesting. MG Quote
BillF Posted July 3, 2008 Report Posted July 3, 2008 Started Melville's The Confidence-Man last night...for the past few days, I've been experiencing a strange yearning to read this. I have it in a great Library of America Melville volume that includes Pierre, Billy Budd, The Piazza Tales, and some uncollected work--a really good compendium of post-MOBY Melville: I always liked Melville's short story "Bartleby". I don't know if it's in your volume. Quote
BruceH Posted July 3, 2008 Report Posted July 3, 2008 Started Melville's The Confidence-Man last night...for the past few days, I've been experiencing a strange yearning to read this. I have it in a great Library of America Melville volume that includes Pierre, Billy Budd, The Piazza Tales, and some uncollected work--a really good compendium of post-MOBY Melville: I always liked Melville's short story "Bartleby". I don't know if it's in your volume. Ah, "Bartleby the Scrivener" is one of the best things Melville ever wrote, to my eyes at least. He anticipates Kafka. Quote
ghost of miles Posted July 3, 2008 Author Report Posted July 3, 2008 Started Melville's The Confidence-Man last night...for the past few days, I've been experiencing a strange yearning to read this. I have it in a great Library of America Melville volume that includes Pierre, Billy Budd, The Piazza Tales, and some uncollected work--a really good compendium of post-MOBY Melville: I always liked Melville's short story "Bartleby". I don't know if it's in your volume. Yes, it's in there--one of the PIAZZA TALES, I believe, along with Benito Cereno, a very haunting story about a slaveship mutiny. Quote
BruceH Posted July 3, 2008 Report Posted July 3, 2008 Names On the Land: A Historical Account of Place-Naming In the United States----by George R. Stewart (The very same "George R. Stewart" who wrote Earth Abides!) Quote
Van Basten II Posted July 4, 2008 Report Posted July 4, 2008 (edited) Not interested one bit about their music, but i gotta say it is a fascinating book about the music industry and its excesses, if you like storytelling, you'll enjoy it. Edited July 4, 2008 by Van Basten II Quote
paul secor Posted July 20, 2008 Report Posted July 20, 2008 The Wrecked, Blessed Body of Shelton Lafleur by John Gregory Brown A novel that encompasses tragedy, family, blood, lies, secrets, honesty, redemption, and throws in a good story to boot. Recommended. Quote
medjuck Posted July 21, 2008 Report Posted July 21, 2008 James Lee Burke: "The Tin Roof Blowdown". Dave Robicheaux after Katrina. I keep reading the Robicheaux books even though I find them too poetic and too violent. (It's not as contradictory as it sounds.) Quote
poetrylover3 Posted July 21, 2008 Report Posted July 21, 2008 Double Play by Robert Parker. Baseball and hardboiled fiction re: Jackie Robinson's bodyguard in 1947. Quote
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