2the9s said:

By the time I get it, it'll be out in paperback

shall I just wait for that? you know, I'm sure its not long now.

CarrieMpls said:

Actually, I liked "Me Talk Pretty One Day" better.

Dante's Inferno

The Tempest and all the other books I'be bought and haven't gotten to yet.

LleeLlee said:

It *is* in paperback already, git!

applekisses said:

That's the one with the speech pathologist?
That was funny.

2the9s said:

oh shit! is it!? what already?
Amazon UK only had the Hardback when I last looked, I will buy it definitely.
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IrresistibleB1tch said:

I also want to read more Terry Pratchett books:

The Thief of Time

The Fifth Elephant

Only You Can Save Mankind

I've asked Santa to bring me the Pet Shop Boys coffee table book "Catalouge" for Xmas.

Books I plan on buying or reading in short order:

The Key by Whitley Strieber

Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk (had this on my shelf for half-a-year and still haven't read it).

Exile On Main St. by Robert Greenwald

I, Goldstein by Al Goldstein

LleeLlee said:

Look, if we read this book together I can't have you cussing all the time.

AsianBomb777 said:

I loved Dean Koontz's early books but now he seems so formulaic. Midnight is my favorite.

I haven't read Les Miserables but I've been meaning to add it to my list. I just finished Lost Star Of Myth And Time and it was fascinating. I'm about to start reading The Afghan, by Frederick Forsyth.

evenstar3 said:

I've only read The Feast of All Saints by Anne Rice and it was excellent. I'm going to check out her new one if I can remember.

babynoz said:

My favorite Anne Rice book ever is Ramses the Damned.

AsianBomb777 said:

That one is good! I haven't read it in years & years, but I liked it at the time

I can't decide whether I like Interview or The Vampire Lestat more.

"If you read only one book by an heiress' pet this year, pass up the DJ A.M. tome and pick-up Tinkerbell Hilton's engrossing page-turner! You'll feel like you've actually lived inside that purse!" - Gene Shalit

Ace said:

Ace said:

the cover of that book makes me want to scratch my eyes out.

evenstar3 said:

there should be a law against using living beings as accessories...

IrresistibleB1tch said:

definitely you know these girls have no concept of what the needs of the poor things actually are, they just treat them like stuffed animals or something

evenstar3 said:

yup... and you know there are teenage girls trying to emulate them

IrresistibleB1tch said:

Ummm...fellas? Back to the books, please.

2the9s said:

ok, prof...

i'm going to try & tackle War & Peace again this winter... this makes the 6th year, i think...

other than that, i'm reading dog training books in preparation for my own...

IrresistibleB1tch said:

wouldn't want him to smash a cellphone or something

i want to try and finish it before christmas but i think school will get in the way

evenstar3 said:

i looked back and just saw that...

let's read it together!! which translation do you have? my hubby and i decided to read it together one year, but i swear he had the easier translation, with less french stuff to look up...

IrresistibleB1tch said:

it's a signet book, the translation's by anne dunnigan. there's quite a bit of french but it's mostly little phrases that aren't too bad.

Anx said:

Hi Anx!

I read all of Proust from December 04 to January 06. It's a bit hard to get into at the beginning. But, once you get the hang of it there's no putting it down...

my favorite is "Within A Budding Grove" volume two of six.

It's an amazing experience Anx, once you complete the ride, you'll never read anything the same again. In fact, everything (at least it's been my experience) I've read since has paled in comparison.

By the way I took a recommendation you made on one of these threads and read "Oh the Glory Of It All!"

evenstar3 said:

that's the version my husband read. i had a hard time with the Penguin edition, translated by Rosemary Edmonds.

i'm ready to give it another shot!

I'm in a book club with some co-workers so on the book club short list is:

Atonement
Devil in the White City (almost finished)
The Bluest Eye
Tropic of Cancer
White Teeth
The Good Earth
In the Time of Butterflies
The Beautiful & the Damned
I am Charlotte Simmons (?)
The Namesake

(We all suggested books & then voted on which to read...I don't think any of my choices made it except Fitzgerald. )


On my personal short list there are too many to list (I have at least 7 lists in my palm pilot divided by genre ), but I'd say at the top are:

Debating American Modernism: Stieglitz, Duchamp & the New York Avant-Garde
The Duchamp Effect
The Wretched of the Earth
Things Fall Apart
Brave New World
Profiles in Courage
some Camus...

but realistically, not sure what I'll get to

TheResistor said:

Really? What did you think of "Oh the Glory of it All"? I thought it was a really fun ride, and I found his family really interesting (and uncomfortably familiar in parts). I especially loved reading about Didi, that old hag!

I'm a little intimidated to start in on Proust, but too many people whose opinions I really respect have told me over the years that I need to read it. Is there an edition I should look for? One that's fairly inexpensive?

Anx said:

You know I really did enjoy "Oh the Glory of it All," and both Dede and Pat are so fucked up in the "fictional character" kind of way.

The version of "In Search of Lost Time" that I read is by Moncrief & Kilmartin from the Modern Day Libray. The volumes are in paperback and come in a beige cover (sp?) with gold fonts. Each volume has a differnt modern looking picture on the cover. "Swann's Way" has a picture of an unmade bed and pillow. When you start reading you'll get the gist of the cover photo. I've seen all six volumes (used) on Amazon for like $30 bucks. Depending on whether you like to buy used paperbacks or not. I had to have new copies because I highlight and make notes on the margins of all my books.

There is a new translation out that's supposed to be easier to read but they've only translated up to three volumes. My goal was to finish the whole thing so the newer translations were not going to work.

Let me know if you have any questions. Proust is an experience. He describes everything right down to "the shade of a butterfly wing." I used the task of reading this opus to coincide with my Zen Meditation (zazen) training. As it is a book about the moment. Every single moment. So, come on brother, pick up Volume One, and you'll never look at literature the same again.