BillF Posted July 13, 2009 Report Posted July 13, 2009 Daphne du Maurier, Rebecca Not sure how I took so long to getting round to read this! Next up: the Hitchcock movie which I haven't seen either. Quote
Serioza Posted July 16, 2009 Report Posted July 16, 2009 http://www.archive.org/stream/artfarmercen...age/n7/mode/2up Quote
Niko Posted July 16, 2009 Report Posted July 16, 2009 (edited) http://www.archive.org/stream/artfarmercen...age/n7/mode/2up here's more... (more than ever, actually as far as i can see) http://www.oac.cdlib.org/search?style=oac4...al;group=Items; edit: sorry a good deal is not available online - strange since the wiggins and the farmer can be found online, actually... Edited July 16, 2009 by Niko Quote
BruceH Posted July 17, 2009 Report Posted July 17, 2009 Hound Dog: The Lieber-Stoller autobiography. Good stuff. More jazz references than I would have suspected. Stoller studied with James P Johnson and gigged with Chet Baker. Wow. I figured there'd be some jazz connections, but freakin' James P. Johnson? Quote
Royal Oak Posted July 19, 2009 Report Posted July 19, 2009 Finished "One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich" - stoicism is a virtue not rated highly enough these days. Now reading "Goodbye Columbus" by Philip Roth. Quote
BillF Posted July 19, 2009 Report Posted July 19, 2009 Finished "One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich" - stoicism is a virtue not rated highly enough these days. Now reading "Goodbye Columbus" by Philip Roth. Enjoy! Now reading Eric Ambler, The Light of Day Quote
medjuck Posted July 19, 2009 Report Posted July 19, 2009 Geraldine Brooks: People Of The Book Hey, me too! Quote
jlhoots Posted July 19, 2009 Report Posted July 19, 2009 Geraldine Brooks: People Of The Book Hey, me too! Good taste is timeless. Quote
carnivore Posted July 19, 2009 Report Posted July 19, 2009 'The Women' T. C. Boyle (Based on Frank Lloyd Wright and his complex marital and extra-marital relationships) What a great writer - he never fails to deliver - characters that really come to life and extraordinary and meticulous attention to period details of every kind. Quote
jlhoots Posted July 20, 2009 Report Posted July 20, 2009 'The Women' T. C. Boyle (Based on Frank Lloyd Wright and his complex marital and extra-marital relationships) What a great writer - he never fails to deliver - characters that really come to life and extraordinary and meticulous attention to period details of every kind. I like Boyle. Drop City is one of my favorite novels, BUT I didn't like The Women. Just didn't work for me. Quote
carnivore Posted July 20, 2009 Report Posted July 20, 2009 'The Women' T. C. Boyle (Based on Frank Lloyd Wright and his complex marital and extra-marital relationships) What a great writer - he never fails to deliver - characters that really come to life and extraordinary and meticulous attention to period details of every kind. I like Boyle. Drop City is one of my favorite novels, BUT I didn't like The Women. Just didn't work for me. Was it the period aspect that you didn't like? Perhaps you prefer the Boyle that writes about more contemporary matters...which, of course, he does brilliantly e.g. 'Tortilla Curtain' and 'Talk Talk' Quote
jlhoots Posted July 20, 2009 Report Posted July 20, 2009 'The Women' T. C. Boyle (Based on Frank Lloyd Wright and his complex marital and extra-marital relationships) What a great writer - he never fails to deliver - characters that really come to life and extraordinary and meticulous attention to period details of every kind. I like Boyle. Drop City is one of my favorite novels, BUT I didn't like The Women. Just didn't work for me. Was it the period aspect that you didn't like? Perhaps you prefer the Boyle that writes about more contemporary matters...which, of course, he does brilliantly e.g. 'Tortilla Curtain' and 'Talk Talk' Greasy Lake too. I read another novel about this aspect of Wright's life called Loving Frank by Nancy Horan that I liked better. Boyle's writing style felt "grafted" on to this material. Just my 2 cents. As they always say YMMV. Quote
sal Posted July 20, 2009 Report Posted July 20, 2009 Geraldine Brooks: People Of The Book Hey, me too! Good taste is timeless. Would love to hear your guys' thoughts on this book if you don't mind! I've been considering picking this one up. It sounds interesting, but I must admit I was drawn to it at first by the very cool cover! Quote
jlhoots Posted July 20, 2009 Report Posted July 20, 2009 Geraldine Brooks: People Of The Book Hey, me too! Good taste is timeless. Would love to hear your guys' thoughts on this book if you don't mind! I've been considering picking this one up. It sounds interesting, but I must admit I was drawn to it at first by the very cool cover! I'm a little over a third of the way through it. So far the story is intriguing & the writing is lucid. More when I finish, if you wish. Quote
Royal Oak Posted July 20, 2009 Report Posted July 20, 2009 (edited) Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited. I well remember the British TV adaptation of this. Obviously, being about 12 I really didn't understand why, apart from being able to snigger at the gay thing (it was the 80s, forgive me) and the odd boob shot. Let's see if it makes sense now. Edited July 20, 2009 by rdavenport Quote
BillF Posted July 20, 2009 Report Posted July 20, 2009 (edited) Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited. I well remember the British TV adaptation of this. Obviously, being about 12 I really didn't understand why, apart from being able to snigger at the gay thing (it was the 80s, forgive me) and the odd boob shot. Let's see if it makes sense now. I never went for that one with its glorification of the Oxbridge set, though it's probably the most popular of Waugh's books. For me the great Waughs are the early satires, Handful of Dust in particular. And The Loved One, with its Englishman in California, might appeal to board members on both sides of the pond. Edited July 24, 2009 by BillF Quote
jostber Posted July 21, 2009 Report Posted July 21, 2009 Alex Halberstadt - Lonely Avenue: The Unlikely Life And Times of Doc Pomus Quote
Guest Bill Barton Posted July 21, 2009 Report Posted July 21, 2009 American Musicians II - Whitney Balliett Speaking Freely - Nat Hentoff Born Under the Sign of Jazz - Randi Hultin Quote
fasstrack Posted July 21, 2009 Report Posted July 21, 2009 (edited) Faith and Violence (Thomas Merton); children's poetry by Nikki Giovanni (forget the name, it's from ca 1970); other children's books including Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory; Straight Life, Art & Laurie Pepper (for at least the 407th time, equalled in my reading life only by Manchild in the Promised Land). I want to get a book called Adventures in Brotherhood----about candid observations on Christian practice, b/c I met the author, a Mr. Pitt, and he is a fascinating man, well into his 80s or even 90s. Edited July 21, 2009 by fasstrack Quote
Jazzmoose Posted July 22, 2009 Report Posted July 22, 2009 Harry Harrison: the Deathworld Trilogy. This would have been better than Star Wars... Quote
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