*What book are you reading ?
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My wife bought me john grishams' the summons,frederick forsyths' the veteran(which i have only just noticed is a book of five short stories) and tom clanceys red rabbit.....I don't know about tom clancy fred and john are usualy a good read. i'll probably start withthe veteran.
I've finally started reading Harry Potter. I read a couple of chapters of one in the summer and enjoyed it, so now I've started from the beginning.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone took me two days, and I started on Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets last night and I'm already on page 136. They're addictive!
Actually, I think they're really well written. She's woven together the old devices of boarding-school stories (which I've always hated) and fantasy novels really well, giving it a certain coherent logic, and a good dose of humour. I laughed out loud at the part about the "howler" in Book two - something about the idea of a smoking, screaming letter really amused me (I was a little stoned at the time
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone took me two days, and I started on Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets last night and I'm already on page 136. They're addictive!
Actually, I think they're really well written. She's woven together the old devices of boarding-school stories (which I've always hated) and fantasy novels really well, giving it a certain coherent logic, and a good dose of humour. I laughed out loud at the part about the "howler" in Book two - something about the idea of a smoking, screaming letter really amused me (I was a little stoned at the time
).
danny la rouge
I have a cheese grater in the dishwasher.
Re-reading To the Lighthouse - Virginia Wolf.
And reading Understanding Power - Noam Chomsky (www.understandingpower.com).
I have a bad habit of reading several books at once. And since two clearly isn't enough, I'm eyeing up my partner's old copy of The Well of Loneliness, which I've always abandoned before (anyone made it all the way through? Should I go for it?), and The Optimist's Daughter, by Eudora Welty, again an old copy belonging to my partner, which looks interesting, and which I've always meant to read...anyone got views?
And reading Understanding Power - Noam Chomsky (www.understandingpower.com).
I have a bad habit of reading several books at once. And since two clearly isn't enough, I'm eyeing up my partner's old copy of The Well of Loneliness, which I've always abandoned before (anyone made it all the way through? Should I go for it?), and The Optimist's Daughter, by Eudora Welty, again an old copy belonging to my partner, which looks interesting, and which I've always meant to read...anyone got views?
Valve
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Just finished reading Edward Said's Orientalism.
Previous to that, I reread Berkeley's Principles and am now going to move on to Hume's Treatise, which I have not read for 2 years or so.
On the side, I have been reading a bit of Robert Anton Wilson; in particular, Quantum Psychology and The Illuminati! Trilogy.
Previous to that, I reread Berkeley's Principles and am now going to move on to Hume's Treatise, which I have not read for 2 years or so.
On the side, I have been reading a bit of Robert Anton Wilson; in particular, Quantum Psychology and The Illuminati! Trilogy.
Yuwipi Woman
Whack-A-Mole Queen
The Magbinion
American Gods - Neil Gaimon
And some book about 14th century french manuscript illumination I can't remember the title of.
Just finished rereading The Hobbit.
American Gods - Neil Gaimon
And some book about 14th century french manuscript illumination I can't remember the title of.
Just finished rereading The Hobbit.
mentalchik
"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit."
Just started reading "Prey" by Michael Crichton,
not read much yet, will let you know if its any good,
have heard some really good reviews and sum really shit
ho hum, same as usual but will make up my own mind
not read much yet, will let you know if its any good,
have heard some really good reviews and sum really shit
ho hum, same as usual but will make up my own mind
I'm just finishing Off The Rails by Andrew Murray, which is a critique of the privatised railwa system and an argument for renationalisation. I found it very interesting, but then railways ahve always been a pet subject of mine.
I seem to have read shitloads recently - over the Xmas period I read Stupid White Men, two Harry potter novels and Off The Rails. I need to get out more.
I seem to have read shitloads recently - over the Xmas period I read Stupid White Men, two Harry potter novels and Off The Rails. I need to get out more.
having made a false start previously, im ploughing through Ringolevio by Emmet Grogan, a brilliant brilliant autobiography about a New York kid who grows up through the 60s and 70s and was involved in so much social and cultural upheaval along the way that he has the ground floor view on it all, and maintained a healthy disgust with hippies!!
and it's where our lovely leo sayer looky-likey got his name too, naturally..
then it's the phil lynott biog for me..!!
and it's where our lovely leo sayer looky-likey got his name too, naturally..
then it's the phil lynott biog for me..!!
Donna Ferentes
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Said Aburish - A Brutal Friendship: The West and the Arab Elite.
When I've finished it I'll probably go on to read some books on Ancient Greece, unless I get sidetracked by Akif Pirinçci's Felidae On The Road. (I went too deep into a secondhand bookshop in Balham, and had to buy something cheap quickly, before I bought something more expensive...)
When I've finished it I'll probably go on to read some books on Ancient Greece, unless I get sidetracked by Akif Pirinçci's Felidae On The Road. (I went too deep into a secondhand bookshop in Balham, and had to buy something cheap quickly, before I bought something more expensive...)
Donna Ferentes
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I know a chap who used to be an intern on Howard Stern's show.
really ? Does intern in The States mean the same as over here (work experience ?)
I bet your friend has some crazy stories ? Last I heard of Howard Stern he went walk-abouts after finishing with his wife and his programme losing masses of listeners.
Anyone know any more about this ?
I bet your friend has some crazy stories ? Last I heard of Howard Stern he went walk-abouts after finishing with his wife and his programme losing masses of listeners.
Anyone know any more about this ?
Donna Ferentes
jubliado
To be honest, I didn't think it meant anything over here at all.
Finished the third Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, last night, and am now starting on The World we're In by Will Hutton, for which I splashed out at the university bookshop yesterday because it looked rather good.
Read the first chapter in a stoned sort of haze last night - it's very interesting so far.
Read the first chapter in a stoned sort of haze last night - it's very interesting so far.
I've just finished 'Free at Last!' by Tony Benn and now started 'A Russian Journey' by John Steinbeck and Robert Capa.
So there you go.
So there you go.
I went looking for a copy of Joe Orton's
"What The Butler Saw" yesterday, but I ended up buying a copy of his complete plays, because it was only a few pounds more.
So I'll be reading that later today.
I also ordered a copy of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary today, but it probably won't arrive for a few days (not that I mind; because, by buying online, I got it for £30 cheaper than it would have cost at Waterstones! )
"What The Butler Saw" yesterday, but I ended up buying a copy of his complete plays, because it was only a few pounds more.
So I'll be reading that later today.
I also ordered a copy of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary today, but it probably won't arrive for a few days (not that I mind; because, by buying online, I got it for £30 cheaper than it would have cost at Waterstones!
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onemonkey
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Rogue State - William Blum
Just got back from a fortnight in NYC and to my horror only read one book the whole time i was away. normally get through one a day when i'm on hols. fortunately it was good un..
Rogue State is a survey of America's crimes and misdemeanors over the last fifty years. Advancing the thesis that by judged by its own proclaimed standards.. America is terrorist state. A theme familiar to people here no doubt, but breath-taking quite how wideranging, blatant, avaricious and evil their bullying has been.
Blum makes a fairly comprehensive case.. listing many many many incidents of American intervention (military, covert, economic) in the affairs of supposedly sovereign nations. (Gutemala, Nicaragua, Vietnam, Korea, Iraq, Serbia, and on and on and on.)
This book will come as an eye opener to anyone who thinks The Shrub is anything new in american foreign policy.. he's just continuing a path well trodden by every previous administration.
The unrelenting badness is gloomy and shocking and even the most ardent scholar of american transgression will find new horrors. But non of it is soft targets, apologists will find little or nothing that can be excused.
One of the most depressing books i've ever read but I recommend it to everyone.
Just got back from a fortnight in NYC and to my horror only read one book the whole time i was away. normally get through one a day when i'm on hols. fortunately it was good un..
Rogue State is a survey of America's crimes and misdemeanors over the last fifty years. Advancing the thesis that by judged by its own proclaimed standards.. America is terrorist state. A theme familiar to people here no doubt, but breath-taking quite how wideranging, blatant, avaricious and evil their bullying has been.
Blum makes a fairly comprehensive case.. listing many many many incidents of American intervention (military, covert, economic) in the affairs of supposedly sovereign nations. (Gutemala, Nicaragua, Vietnam, Korea, Iraq, Serbia, and on and on and on.)
This book will come as an eye opener to anyone who thinks The Shrub is anything new in american foreign policy.. he's just continuing a path well trodden by every previous administration.
The unrelenting badness is gloomy and shocking and even the most ardent scholar of american transgression will find new horrors. But non of it is soft targets, apologists will find little or nothing that can be excused.
One of the most depressing books i've ever read but I recommend it to everyone.
Louloubelle
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Divine Horsemen - The Living Gods of Haiti; Maya Derren 1953
Accessible, moving, fascinating account of Haitian history culture and religion by the renowned feminist filmaker who became a Voudoun initiate. Respected by those in the know and worth checking out by anyone interested in anthropology / slavery / history / religion / art.
My Friend Matt and Hena the Whore - Adam Zameenzad 1988
3rd time reading this. The most most moving, depressing and yet uplifting book I have ever read. I defy anyone to read it and not cry.
Accessible, moving, fascinating account of Haitian history culture and religion by the renowned feminist filmaker who became a Voudoun initiate. Respected by those in the know and worth checking out by anyone interested in anthropology / slavery / history / religion / art.
My Friend Matt and Hena the Whore - Adam Zameenzad 1988
3rd time reading this. The most most moving, depressing and yet uplifting book I have ever read. I defy anyone to read it and not cry.
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