in the inbox are:michael herr-dispatchesdavid mamet-oleannamilan kundera-the book of laughter and forgetting (began this and abandoned for oblomov...it was good but maybe not so much the frame of mind I am in)
― Ronan (Ronan), Saturday, 16 December 2006 18:09 (seventeen years ago) link
Because he writes over and over again about both Bohemian New York and Blue Collar New York with that characteristic blend of anger and humor that is his alone.
― Ruud Haarvest (KenL), Sunday, 17 December 2006 00:06 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ruud Haarvest (KenL), Sunday, 17 December 2006 00:38 (seventeen years ago) link
― Casuistry (casuistry), Sunday, 17 December 2006 02:55 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ruud Haarvest (KenL), Sunday, 17 December 2006 05:25 (seventeen years ago) link
All my reading might be doomed now that I have borrowed Martin M.'s PS2 for Katamari-rolling purposes.
― Casuistry (casuistry), Sunday, 17 December 2006 09:05 (seventeen years ago) link
― Huk-L (Huk-L), Sunday, 17 December 2006 15:01 (seventeen years ago) link
― derrick (derrick), Sunday, 17 December 2006 23:09 (seventeen years ago) link
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1401210821?ie=UTF8&tag=artandlies-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1401210821
thanks dad. i love the graduation present.
― hm (modestmickey), Monday, 18 December 2006 04:37 (seventeen years ago) link
hahahahaha! See you in the spring sometime :) Once I get home again (possibly tomorrow), I still have to send you that "thing" for MM.
― jaq (jaq), Monday, 18 December 2006 06:28 (seventeen years ago) link
― Huk-L (Huk-L), Monday, 18 December 2006 21:22 (seventeen years ago) link
Maybe I should visit V before school starts up again.
― Casuistry (casuistry), Tuesday, 19 December 2006 03:19 (seventeen years ago) link
― Hurting (A-Ron Hubbard), Tuesday, 19 December 2006 04:46 (seventeen years ago) link
now i'm finishing daphne du maurier's 'don't look now' and other stories.
― derrick (derrick), Tuesday, 19 December 2006 10:17 (seventeen years ago) link
― Huk-L (Huk-L), Tuesday, 19 December 2006 17:17 (seventeen years ago) link
― Matilda Wormwood (Mary ), Tuesday, 19 December 2006 20:13 (seventeen years ago) link
― Sara Robinson-Coolidge (Sara R-C), Tuesday, 19 December 2006 21:50 (seventeen years ago) link
― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Tuesday, 19 December 2006 22:29 (seventeen years ago) link
Sara, what's 'Julie and Julia' like? It's in the pile of books I bought my foodie wife for Christmas, and I'm hoping it's not a dud.
Elvis, I'd forgotten about Tim Powers - I read 'The Anubis Gates' years ago, and really enjoyed it. Thanks for reminding me about him - must get more!
― James Morrison (James Morrison), Wednesday, 20 December 2006 00:49 (seventeen years ago) link
I'd suggest going with either Last Call or Declare next.
― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Wednesday, 20 December 2006 01:55 (seventeen years ago) link
― Øystein (Øystein), Wednesday, 20 December 2006 08:24 (seventeen years ago) link
― frankiemachine, Wednesday, 20 December 2006 11:28 (seventeen years ago) link
It's pretty funny; lots of swearing, though. (I worry that traditional "foodies" might find this offensive...) I read the blog while the Julie/Julia Project was actually happening and found it hilarious, so I was anxious to read the book. I haven't been disappointed; I hope your wife enjoys it!
― Sara Robinson-Coolidge (Sara R-C), Wednesday, 20 December 2006 18:15 (seventeen years ago) link
― James Morrison (James Morrison), Thursday, 21 December 2006 23:09 (seventeen years ago) link
Gore Vidal- LincolnJanwillem van de Wetering- Maine MassacreGore Vidal- EmpireMinette Walters- Acid RowPG Wodehouse- UkridgeStuart Woods- The RunGore Vidal- 1876Gore Vidal- HollywoodPG Wodehouse- Do Butlers Burgle Banks?Robert Tannenbaum- Irresistible ImpulseHoward Swindle- Jitter JointPG Wodehouse- Right Ho, JeevesAnne Tyler- Back When We Were GrownupsLeo Tolstoy- The CossacksGore Vidal- Smithsonian Institute
― ramon fernandez (ramon fernandez), Wednesday, 27 December 2006 12:53 (seventeen years ago) link
― Sara Robinson-Coolidge (Sara R-C), Friday, 29 December 2006 22:02 (seventeen years ago) link
― LynnK (klynn), Saturday, 30 December 2006 23:46 (seventeen years ago) link
― James Morrison (James Morrison), Monday, 1 January 2007 23:14 (seventeen years ago) link
― Casuistry (casuistry), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 18:05 (seventeen years ago) link
― Michael White (Miguelito), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 18:19 (seventeen years ago) link
― o. nate (o. nate), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 20:03 (seventeen years ago) link
― C0L1N B... (C0L1N B...), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 20:24 (seventeen years ago) link
A large Norton volume of Percy Shelley's poetry, as well as a couple of cantos from Byron's Don Juan. I was not overly impressed by much of it.
A failed attempt at reading Emma -- I only managed to finish the first volume.
Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations, which was very compelling and full of interesting insights. Also, one of the more demanding reading experiences that I have had in some time.
Four of Christopher Marlowe's plays, of which my favorite was Dr. Faustus. That bit about the fellow riding his horse into the water and then demanding a refund was hilarious. The dramatic excess of his plays is a strongpoint for me.
In process/Coming up:
The Caxton version of Le Morte D'Arthur, which is a long-term reading project.
Plays by Shakespeare and Aeschylus.
Wittgenstein's On Certainty, when I can find it in the coming week.
― mj (robert blake), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 02:11 (seventeen years ago) link
― Casuistry (casuistry), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 03:08 (seventeen years ago) link
― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 04:34 (seventeen years ago) link
― C0L1N B... (C0L1N B...), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 04:52 (seventeen years ago) link
And I'm getting the Penguin Russian Short Stories collection tomorrow too. Right now I'm reading Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim in a final surrender to Sedaris mania and Pamuk's My Name is Red for a book club.
― Arethusa (Arethusa), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 05:47 (seventeen years ago) link
― Meg Busset (Meg Busset), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 12:56 (seventeen years ago) link
― tom is not at home, Wednesday, 3 January 2007 14:56 (seventeen years ago) link
Am reading Gerard Woodward's 'August' now, which I'm loving, though I'm getting to the very bleak (but still very funny) parts. Before that I reading henning Mankell's 'Depths', which reminded me of a subzero (literally and emotionally) Tom Ripley, and the Persephone books reissue of the clever and gripping 'The Expendable Man' by Dorothy hughes.
― James Morrison (James Morrison), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 22:14 (seventeen years ago) link
I finished the Sedaris yesterday and have started John McGahern's Amongst Women. I read about his works in the TLS and thought he sounded like someone I'd want to read. I was right. His clear, authentic, piercing style makes a deep impression on me. I always feel sad that I learn about such great authors after their death.
― Arethusa (Arethusa), Thursday, 4 January 2007 23:44 (seventeen years ago) link