BlueRunner
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I just finished up The Fairy Godmother Academy book 1 (Birdie's Book) by Jan Bozarth. My daughter and I loved it!
*What book are you reading? (part 2)
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Fictionist
Serving Eargasms....
A quote from Umberto Eco regarding Dan Brown. Eco describes Brown as being a character from his novel.......
You have to love Eco.
You have to love Eco.
Currently reading :
Un Sac De Billes - Joseph Joffo, first read it around 1992, enjoying a re-read of it.
Also reading : Gwyn Jones : Welsh Legends and Folk Tales
and the childrens book The Owl Service, by Alan Garner.
Should have all three finished by Sunday night, where upon I am going to be tackling the complete works of Robert Burns... I kid you not!
Un Sac De Billes - Joseph Joffo, first read it around 1992, enjoying a re-read of it.
Also reading : Gwyn Jones : Welsh Legends and Folk Tales
and the childrens book The Owl Service, by Alan Garner.
Should have all three finished by Sunday night, where upon I am going to be tackling the complete works of Robert Burns... I kid you not!
I'm getting towards the halfway mark in Dennis Lehane's 'The Given Day' (its 700 pages in all) and am really enjoying it so far. Love the way different historical characters pop up in different scenes e.g. there's an interesting portrayal of a young, very creepy J.Edgar Hoover. Jack Reed also features. Might be a bit of a lazy comparison given Lehane's links with the show, but it does remind me a bit of The Wire, but a Wire set in the 1910s!!
Fictionist
Serving Eargasms....
The Handbook to Literary Research - Delia Da Sousa Correa & W.R Owens
Protagoras & Meno - Plato
Protagoras & Meno - Plato
Dirty Martini
gets what he cant want
Finished The Inimitable Jeeves, which was great. Half-heartedly starting Zuleika Dobson by Max Beerbohm, but I want more Wodehouse.
Bakunin
I am Noodle's bitch.
Death Row Chaplain - Byron Eshelman.
It's the story of California prison chaplain Byron Eshelman, who worked at three prisons in the USA (Metropolitan Detention Centre in New York, Alcatraz and San Quentin in California). Eshelman acted as chaplain at nearly 100 executions in San Quentin's gas chamber, counselling some of California's most infamous condemned inmates such as Barbara 'Bloody Babs' Graham and Caryl 'Red Light Bandit' Chessman. Aside from detailing some of the famous cases he dealt with and the procedures and rituals of Californian executions, Eshelman also offers a strong case against capital punishment, both on humanitarian, practical and theological grounds.
An excellent read, if not one that's either easy to find or especially pleasant in parts.
It's the story of California prison chaplain Byron Eshelman, who worked at three prisons in the USA (Metropolitan Detention Centre in New York, Alcatraz and San Quentin in California). Eshelman acted as chaplain at nearly 100 executions in San Quentin's gas chamber, counselling some of California's most infamous condemned inmates such as Barbara 'Bloody Babs' Graham and Caryl 'Red Light Bandit' Chessman. Aside from detailing some of the famous cases he dealt with and the procedures and rituals of Californian executions, Eshelman also offers a strong case against capital punishment, both on humanitarian, practical and theological grounds.
An excellent read, if not one that's either easy to find or especially pleasant in parts.
Fictionist
Serving Eargasms....
The End of the World News - Anthony Burgess
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
Just finished Flashman and The Tiger.
Now re-reading a first edition of Brian Aldiss The Malacia Tapestry
Now re-reading a first edition of Brian Aldiss The Malacia Tapestry
Bakunin
I am Noodle's bitch.
Hmmm, tough choice to make now.
I've finished 'Death Row Chaplain' now (and Sonny Barger's first book about the Hell's Angels as well) and now have a choice of maybe two or three books to read. I can either read them in sequence or I can flip betwee them, as is my habit.
The nominations are:
1. 'Public Enemies' by Bryan Burrough (the book on which the recent film was based).
2. 'Churchill's Underground Army' by John Warricker. It tells the, until recently, almost inknown story of the Home Guard Auxiliary Units, which were 'stay behind' units intended to perform sabotage, assassination and intelligence gathering behind German lines in the event of Britain being invaded.
3. 'Murder With Venom' by Brian Masters, a collection of some of the world's most notorious poisoning cases which also provides an examination of the poisons used, their effects and how these cases were detected.
I've finished 'Death Row Chaplain' now (and Sonny Barger's first book about the Hell's Angels as well) and now have a choice of maybe two or three books to read. I can either read them in sequence or I can flip betwee them, as is my habit.
The nominations are:
1. 'Public Enemies' by Bryan Burrough (the book on which the recent film was based).
2. 'Churchill's Underground Army' by John Warricker. It tells the, until recently, almost inknown story of the Home Guard Auxiliary Units, which were 'stay behind' units intended to perform sabotage, assassination and intelligence gathering behind German lines in the event of Britain being invaded.
3. 'Murder With Venom' by Brian Masters, a collection of some of the world's most notorious poisoning cases which also provides an examination of the poisons used, their effects and how these cases were detected.
Blagsta
Minimum cage, maximum cage
Yeah, it's brilliant.
Blondebiker
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Haven't read that one by SF, but was HUGELY disappointed by 'Charlotte Gray' - my god, were we supposed to empathise with that sappy heroine? Not exactly an empowered feminist icon!!
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
it is, isn't?
when tommy kills hakan
Hi all, new to the forums and already lurking around, having a great time 
I'm currently reading Mysts of Avalon. It's huge but worth it!
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A tale of tails
I'm currently reading Mysts of Avalon. It's huge but worth it!
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A tale of tails
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
That can't be true
It's on mt 'to buy' list
It's on mt 'to buy' list
That can't be true
It's on mt 'to buy' list
she really didn't rate it at all.
Dillinger4
Es gibt Zeit
Generation A by Douglas Coupland. I am up to page 30. It is pretty good so far.
Been reading a lot of memoirs recently - Violet Jessop (ship stewardess and survivor of both the Titanic disaster and the sinking of her sister ship by a mine in the Aegean in 1916), the first part of the autobiography of Sir James Bisset, who went to sea at 14 as an apprentice on a sailing ship and ended up commanding the Queen Mary, a couple of books by former railwaymen talking about life and railway work (and National Service) in the Black Country in the 50s and 60s, a book by a former policeman and the recently republished memoirs of a nonconformist clergyman writing about his life and work in Yorkshire between the 1830s and 1870s.
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
read Steinbeck's Sweet Thursday in one insomniac sitting last night and it was absolutely beautiful, possibly even better than Cannery Row.
Not sure what to read next, the new Mieville is by the bed but Pieface said it's crap
Started the city,china's new one, ok,but hasn't grabbed me yet. Also reading "bring the jubilee " by ward moors, an alternative American history, the south wins the civil war! quite enjoying that so far
Dillinger4
Es gibt Zeit
I have also ordered a few books about Italian history/politics, as well as a few Inspector Montalbano detective stories. I have never read a proper detective story before.
jeff_leigh
What happened to Dubversion ?
The valley of the horses - Jean Auel
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
i need to read some more chabon. blown away by kavalier & clay. impressed but less moved by the yiddish policemens' union. what should i read next?
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