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[willowdean]

Long Day's Journey Into Night-Eugene O'Neill

The Glass Menagerie-Tennessee Williams

both of these plays are great!!

[inspectorjason]

Stephen King - Wolves Of The Calla (The Dark Tower, Book 5)

It'll likely be a couple of weeks before I finish re-reading the previous Dark Tower books and am able to start this one, but I wanted to take advantage of the 30% off deal at the bookstore and it's good to finally have this one.

[RedWheelbarrow]

Had to pick up and read Paterson by William Carlos Williams for my class on The American Epic.  Liked it a  lot more than I expected to, and a hell of a lot more than Pound's Cantos!  Anybody read either of these?  they were new to me...

[Dream Brother]

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Originally posted by inspectorjason
Stephen King - Wolves Of The Calla (The Dark Tower, Book 5)

It'll likely be a couple of weeks before I finish re-reading the previous Dark Tower books and am able to start this one, but I wanted to take advantage of the 30% off deal at the bookstore and it's good to finally have this one.

I've been looking forward to this forever, but I just can't afford it right now and I wouldn't really have time to read it until break anyway.  Looks like its going to be a Christmas present.

[Tronyé]

Salam Pax-Baghdad Blogger

Scott Adams- Dilbert and the Way of the Weasel

DBC Pierre- Vernon God Little

Susan Orlean- Orchid Thief

books I have checked out from library

Michael Moore- Dude, Where's My Country?

David Lipsky- Absolutely American

I have not read 1/10 of the books I own.  For this reason, libraries must be shut down.

[OneArpeggioPete]

fixed by today fm. it's not what you think... ;) it's a kind of compendium of pointless trivia as researched by the fix it friday radio program on today fm. they spend some time every friday morning answering weird trivia questions sent in by listeners, stuff like do penguins have knees and how do seedless grapes procreate - funny! the book is a selection of the most interesting ones so far. and as i'm a hopeless devotee to pointless trivia david bought it for me and i haven't been able to put it down since - it's great, he got many many many kisses for that! ;)

:-)

oneArpeggiopete:cool:

[robertandrews]

What About Big Stuff?: Finding Strength and Moving Forward When the Stakes Are High

Haven't started it yet. If anyone wants to buy me a present, my Amazon wishlist is here.

[bittersweet_me]

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Originally posted by Derek


DBC Pierre- Vernon God Little

Susan Orlean- Orchid Thief

I'm highly intrigued by these two, please tell me your opinion when you read them. :)

[Tronyé]

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Originally posted by bittersweet_me
I'm highly intrigued by these two, please tell me your opinion when you read them. :)

I really want to read the DBC Pierre book.  I think the Booker Prize people do a pretty good job with their picks.  As for the Orchid Thief, it might be awhile before I get around to that, but I really want to read it, especially since Susan Orlean killed Donald Kaufman.

[mmmaria]

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Originally posted by OneArpeggioPete
do penguins have knees

well, for everyone else who cannot continue their lives without having an answer to this question (thanks astrid, very nice of you not to post the solution along with the question ;)):

yes, they do. they are hidden:




latest book i bought? ummm...i think "der krapfen auf dem sims", by max goldt

[Katy]

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Originally posted by OneArpeggioPete
do penguins have knees

Originally posted by mmmaria
well, for everyone else who cannot continue their lives without having an answer to this question (thanks astrid, very nice of you not to post the solution along with the question ;)):

yes, they do. they are hidden.

Ahhh, but the real question remains; Do they still have to wear kneepads when rollerblading??? :confused:

Um, last book I bought was "White Oleander" by Janet Finch. I picked it up (near-new!) in the local charity shop for 80p (*gasp of frugal incredulity*) I'd like to state that it is the ONLY Oprah's Book Club title I own. Swear to god. :eek:

[willowdean]

Kafka on the Shore-Murakami Haruki

[LifeImitation]

Trawler by Redmond O'Hanlon signed by the author.

[Sweet Fanny Addams]

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Originally posted by Katy


Um, last book I bought was "White Oleander" by Janet Finch. I picked it up (near-new!) in the local charity shop for 80p (*gasp of frugal incredulity*) I'd like to state that it is the ONLY Oprah's Book Club title I own. Swear to god. :eek:

White Oleander is an astonishing book, I'd recommend it to anyone.
etty

[dustysnip]

It's not about the bike;
My journey back to life.  By Lance Armstrong is great.  I really have to have an interest in a book in order to read it, and I can't put this one down. I like biography's myself, so I love this one.

[Why Not Smile?]

You know, my collection has grown now. I now own 3 fiction and 4 non-fiction books about the Salem witch trials.  I'm still on my first book though being the slow reader I am. But I'm proud of all the books I have on this subject. I can't believe so many books are on this subject. I wonder if there are more.

[bittersweet_me]

Daniel Wallace's Big fish just arrived in the mail. :)

[debyanneg]

I'm not normally a reade of sentimental shlop, but I got 'The Five People You Meet in Heaven' for my b-day, and read the whole thing in about an hour and cried from beginning to end.  I'd recommend it to anyone who wants to spend an hour or so bawling their guts out.  Seriously, good book.

[inspectorjason]

I couldn't resist.

This is another interruption of my re-reading of Stephen King's Dark Tower series, now that I've just finished Stewart O'Nan's excellent novel, The Night Country.

Fortunately, Nick Hornby's Songbook will only take me a day or two to read.

[LiLIdiotMonster]

An old paperback copy of The Lost World by Michael Crichton.
Hey it was two quaters, and might as well read the book and compare it with the movie.