anyone reading anything good at the moment.

i am starting to re-read

'the lovely bones' as i balled my way through it the first time.

I just started "Rip it Up: The Black Experience in Rock 'N' Roll"

chocolate1 said:

any good?
fact/fiction?

angelcat said:

It's a collection of interviews, magazine articles and show reviews of various artists: Jimi Hendrix, Lenny Kravitz, Slash, Little Richard, Ike & Tina... Prince is included.
I've only read a few so far. I skipped to Slash 1st. I was interested to read how his ethnicity was addressed.

Clay Shirky's Here Comes Everybody.

that sounds good.

btw, i don't think i have ever seen slash's face,
how did that work out?

2the9s said:

is that work related?

angelcat said:

Actually it kind of is, though not directly.

2the9s said:

do you work for yourself?

I finished this good book, its was a Montgomery Clift biography. I enjoyed it greatly.

I've got some good, easy and fun reading for you guys... Note: for the intellectuals, it's not Hemingway.





The last one, Breaking Dawn, is due to be released August 1st.

June7 said:

what genre would you put them in.

btw, i love an easy read.

It's fantasy/fiction... a very different take on Vampires and Werewolves, with a high school backdrop. It's classified as Young Adult, but, as with Harry Potter books, they have captured the interest of all ages.

June7 said:

i'll keep an eye out for them.

like that kind of stuff. ( love anne rice as well)

i'm reading this right now. well, i read the first chapter earlier this week and i've been lugging it around in my messenger bag all week, if you can call that "reading".

i'm reading "gaming the vote, why elections aren't fair and what we can do about it" by william poundstone. just in the first chapter so far.

I could not put this book down:

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reading three right now:





and

The Rumi Collection

But my cover is the one in the bottom left corner....
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chocolate1 said:

am i the only one that didn't know he was "mixed" ?

I was reading Salem's Lot

theodore said:

they made movies of that

Anxiety said:

I know

i SOOOO want to find a copy of lynda barry's book on writing, "what it is" - it looks like tips from an insane genius.

reading this. absoluely adore it.

Anxiety said:

i watched them when i was about 9. freaked me out completley.

especially the part where they dig up the grave.

nice to get some real views on books.

the bookshops & libraries are so over-whelming sometimes.

i keep an eye out for some of these titles.

thanks.

angelcat said:

i cheered at the end

great book!!

reading a book called Nightmare acadamey. charlies monsters

charlie benjamin is a normal kid in ever way, til he has nightmares- and all hell breaks loose.
its a kids book

When Charlie Benjamin sleeps, monsters wake up.
It's hard to fit in when your nightmares open portals to the Netherworld, where horrible creatures live—like the class 3 Netherstalker that invaded a sleepover and tried to eat the other children. Luckily there's a place for Charlie—the Nightmare Academy. Built from wrecked ships set in the branches of the world's most incredible tree fort, the Academy trains people to use their unique gifts to fight the monsters that rush in when the lights go out. But Charlie is far more powerful than anyone ever imagined, and his entrance exam opens a portal straight to the heart of the Netherworld, where ultimate evil plots Earth's destruction. He'll need all his cleverness—and the help of his new friends—to save himself and his family and to put these bad boys to bed once and for all. The monsters under your bed are real!

But never fear—the Nightmare Academy will train Nethermancers and Banishers you to destroy them!!!
http://www.fantasticficti...cademy.htm
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prb said:

I fucking love The Lovely Bones... it's incredible.

June7 said:

i hope they dont stuff it up when they eventually make it into a movie