the books we read

[dragonboy]

that movie left me depressed for like a week

The book is far more touching.
I distinctly remember crying on the Subway train whilst reading it  :-[

[kellilou3]

I like to read books that are being made into movies.  The best I've read lately are Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts (Johnny Depp movie) and Little Children by Tom Perotta.  Also, for an easy read, the Southern Vampire series of books by Charlaine Harris are fun.

[sharliewho]

 I noticed a coupleof people mentioned Vonnegut, probably my favorite although it's so hard to choose. Currently reading "Motherless Brooklyn" by Jonathan Lethem, and laughing my ass off. I was just given a couple of Philip K. Dick books which I will begin shortly, and now I have to read the Safran Foer book, I adored the film, and to hear the book being discussed has pushed me to buy it.

[Tree]

The book is far more touching.
I distinctly remember crying on the Subway train whilst reading it  :-[

man. that was the best book i´ve ever read. really.

[Dorothy_Mantooth]

This Wheel's on Fire. please read it. I distinctly remember reading that on the bus and crying during the first two pages. Levon rules.

by the way, has anyone read House of Leaves? It was probably one of the eeriest things I've ever read. They'll probably make a horrible, B movie out of it and cast Jessica Alba and Rihanna. Maybe Paul Walker as well. I hope not, though.

I've tried to read Swann's Way by Proust about 8 times, but I can't make it through. Anyone read it? help.

[ali]

i can sympathise with you not being able to make it through with Proust - I tried reading Hard Times by Dickens several times, and just couldn't do it.... one of these days i'll give it another shot

i read a couple of good books while i was away (lots of time at train stations/on trains and planes...)

midnight's children - salman rushdie
the devil & miss prym - paulo coelho
shopaholic abroad - sophie kinsella (trashy but great)
six impossible things before breakfast: the evolutionary origins of belief - lewis wolpert

who wrote this wheels on fire d_m?

[dragonboy]

Forget to mention this as one of my favs:




Very funny travel book, fans of Bill Bryson should try to find a copy.

[banjohead]

I have been reading Chuck Klosterman. He is a wonderful social satirist. Right now, I am reading Fargo Rock City : A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural North Dakota which is a really good book on the passing trend of 80's metal. I have also read Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs : A Low Culture Manifesto which gives hilarious analyzations of everything in pop culture. If you guys haven't heard of this author, you should definately check it out. Also, Kurt Vonnegut is frickin' awesome.

[sharliewho]

Has anyone ever read any Don Delillo? I've been thinking about checking him out after the Philip K. Dick, any suggestions?

[marktwain]

who wrote this wheels on fire d_m?

THat's by Levon Helm, of The Band.  I recommend that one, too.

After Everything is Illuminated, I read SafranFoer's other book, Extremely Loud & INcredibly Close.  Man, that one is beautiful, too.

[Dorothy_Mantooth]

Contact by Carl Sagan. mmm good one.

[Chills]

Currently reading "Motherless Brooklyn" by Jonathan Lethem, and laughing my ass off.

I enjoyed that one as well. Have you read anything else by him?

[Chills]

Has anyone ever read any Don Delillo? I've been thinking about checking him out after the Philip K. Dick, any suggestions?

I'm planning on reading Underworld. I can report when it's out. But it's gonna take a while  :)

[marktwain]

on Jul 5th, 2006, 11:27am, sharliewho wrote:
Currently reading "Motherless Brooklyn" by Jonathan Lethem, and laughing my ass off.


I enjoyed that one as well. Have you read anything else by him?

I read FOrtress of Solitude by Lethem, and liked it even better.  And last night, I saw The Squid & The Whale, and it's almost the perfect companion movie to Fortress of Solitude. - even set in Brooklyn

[sharliewho]

I've read "As She climbed across the Table" by Lethem too, Chills, i didn't like it nearly as well. I do want to read "Fortress of Solitude", maybe after I'm done with this Philip K. Dick book.

[Chills]

I read FOrtress of Solitude by Lethem, and liked it even better.  And last night, I saw The Squid & The Whale, and it's almost the perfect companion movie to Fortress of Solitude. - even set in Brooklyn

Thanks for the recommendation!

[sharliewho]

The library called and three of the books I ordered were in, I'm now reading "Wicked: The life and times of the wicked witch of the west" I can't put it down.

[BH]

i remember when i used to read....

lots of frederick forsythe, stephen king and occasionally some william s. buroughs.

oh, and i hate to admit it but i kept up on the star wars universe for quite some time.  han and leia had some really powerful jedi twins if you care.  [glb](dork alert! dork alert!)[/glb]

[EC]

i'm reading tom robbins still life with woodpecker.

i want to marry tom robbins.

[sharliewho]

  I love Tom Robbins too, have you read "Even Cowgirls Get The Blues"?