somenewromantic
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Post by somenewromantic on Jan 25, 2007 8:05:48 GMT -5
The reason I ask is, well, I always like to have something in mind when I go to the bookstore, and........(the post about the Dakota Fanning rape scene brought Lolita to mind). About two months ago, I began reading "Reading Lolita in Tehran" and deciding after about 35 pages if I was going any farther, maybe I'd better read Lolita. So I did. And I was so blown away by my reaction to Lolita that I was actually a little concerned at myself. I fully expected to go into this book just HATING Humbert (Lolita's 37 year old lover--if that's what you want to call it--to her age of 13; and from whose point of view the book is written). And I did hate the guy.......althought he had a black humor that actually made me laugh out loud sometimes. .......but not as much as I hated Lolita sometimes! (I get really into what I'm reading.....  ) So I've been thinking about this book since I finished it, as well as "Reading Lolita In Tehran" which is about women who lived in Iran before and after the revolution, and the changes they had seen in their own lives, the rules (ridiculous rules) the devout Islamic government imposes on everyone, but especially women. Now I'm diving into Edith Wharton's "The Age of Innocence" for my U.S. History class. How 'bout you? |
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Post by conchita on Jan 25, 2007 8:21:24 GMT -5
I just finished a book in Italian called "How To Be Beautiful, Rich And A beeaatch - Instructions On How To Use Men" by Giulio Cesare Giacobbe - it's hysterically funny!
And on a practical note, I've just started "Start Late, Finish Rich" by David Bach. If you've squanderded money or are knee deep in debt I really recommend it. He gives excellent advice on how to clean up your finanical mess and avoid living on meager savings late in life.
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Post by Whine Whine on Jan 25, 2007 8:28:41 GMT -5
I'm reading a (somewhat boring book) on Hinduism for an exam I have to take next month...
*yawns*
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Post by dannilou on Jan 25, 2007 8:29:17 GMT -5
Im reading "Anybody out there?" by Marian Keys. I love her books, shes an Irish author and is so easy to read, always with a good story and injected with humour.
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schmacko
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Post by schmacko on Jan 25, 2007 8:53:20 GMT -5
I am reading three books right now:
The Whole Wide World - by Julia Glass. This is the second book by the author who won the National Book Award with her debut, Three Junes. It's kind of a cross between Michael Cunningham/Don De Lilo and Anne Tyler. Meaning it's a domestic novel but all the several plots overlap.
It's about Greenie, a liberal NYC pastry chef who gets a job with a Republican governor in New Mexico and takes her son and leaves her psychologist husband, who may be falling in love with a young woman with shirt-term amnesia. It's also about Greenie's gay best friend (a restaurant owner who got her started in cooking and got her the NM governor's gig) who is in an adulterous affair with another man. This other man is a lawyer who's other half has been trying to convince they should adopt a child.
A lot of it is about NYC social liberalism and its clash with the rest of American cultural politics. A lot of it is about the want to nurture something like a child, a business, or a pet. And a lot is about how we all miscommunicate our deepest wants. It's well written, but it's basically a domestic novel. This is my second read-through.
And then I am reading Team of Rivals - about how Lincoln got the men who lost against him in the primaries on his cabinet.
And finally, last night I picked up Bill Bryson's The Thunderbolt Kid - about his growing up in Des Moines in the 1950s. being an Iowa kid, I thought I'd find this fascinating.
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ihe
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Post by ihe on Jan 25, 2007 9:34:57 GMT -5
I've got "Special Topics In Calamity Physics" by Marisha Pessl as next-book-to-read on my list. Haven't had the time to start yet though.
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Post by saltysmile on Jan 25, 2007 9:46:39 GMT -5
I have been reading The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy. I thought this would be a quick read, but its taken me about 3 weeks so far and I have less than a 100 pages left to go. I like it okay, but LA Confidential was much better IMO.
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Post by enviedlady11 on Jan 25, 2007 15:20:06 GMT -5
'Seabiscuit' by Laura Hillenbrand. Fascinating.
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Post by mrsvirgo on Jan 25, 2007 15:36:47 GMT -5
A few weeks ago, I saw a movie called "the Holiday" with some girlfriends. After the movie we all agreed that it reminded us of the book "Tara Road" by Maeve Binchy. Since it has been several years since I read it, I decided to read it again...I'm about half way and loving it!
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somenewromantic
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Post by somenewromantic on Jan 25, 2007 15:48:53 GMT -5
A few weeks ago, I saw a movie called "the Holiday" with some girlfriends. After the movie we all agreed that it reminded us of the book "Tara Road" by Maeve Binchy. Since it has been several years since I read it, I decided to read it again...I'm about half way and loving it! Yeah, I have favorite books I read over and over, like movies you just love........I have several, but the top three are: Beach Music--Pat Conroy The Lords of Discipline--Pat Conroy The Mists of Avalon--Marion Zimmer Bradley (if you like fantasy/Arthurian stuff, and haven't read this, get thee to a bookstore!!) |
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