sozobe wrote:Hey Lorna, what do you think of "Dreams..."?
I'm liking it, part of my big memoir kick that's lasted for months.
Funny, I want to read Wicked, but I don't know if it would annoy me too much.
I am re-reading {skimming} Tocqueville's "Democracy in America"
McTag wrote:Who was it who said, "Writing about music is like dancing about architecture"?
Dunno, but Frank Zappa said music journalism was people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read.
both neat quotes...
I'm reading Le Carre's The Night Manager. As a writer he drives me a bit nuts - I often get bored with the seemingly endless detailed description of scenes, events, and characters' musings.... only to have it all come together as important at the end. But, I'm less aggravated by the Night Manager than some of his other books.
ossobuco wrote:
I'm reading Le Carre's The Night Manager. As a writer he drives me a bit nuts - I often get bored with the seemingly endless detailed description of scenes, events, and characters' musings.... only to have it all come together as important at the end. But, I'm less aggravated by the Night Manager than some of his other books.
Osso,
Have you read The Constant Gardener? It's been on my to-read list for ages!
Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross.
I liked it.
Gone by Jonathan Kellerman
Hi there Urs, long time no see. We must get together again sometime.
I'm "reading" about four books at the moment, a very bad habit I know. I seem to finish them so slowly. Probably spend too much time on A2K.
Never, McTag, I always enjoy your posts.
The Green Book...but it lives in the bathroom, so I don't plan to finish anytime soon.
McTag wrote:Hi there Urs, long time no see. We must get together again sometime.
Absolutely, McTag! Although I read about your thoughts on tattoos on another thread. There's something to discuss... :wink:
BigDice and I are going to Austria for a couple of days. We will take books!
urs53 wrote:McTag wrote:Hi there Urs, long time no see. We must get together again sometime.
Absolutely, McTag! Although I read about your thoughts on tattoos on another thread. There's something to discuss... :wink:
BigDice and I are going to Austria for a couple of days. We will take books!
Anyway don't tattoo each other, there's a good girl.
You can't improve on perfection. Why try?
Finished The Night Manager, found it more interesting than not, and the dense detail and language often exhilaratiing. Even in the Le Carre books I've found near boring I usually find some fragments that are jewels of description. There was a bit in this one about a person behaving like a whippet that I have to go back and find so I can quote it.
Started Greg Iles' True Evil (well, hey, I was looking for a book in the grocery store). I've read some older Greg Iles' books and don't remember disliking them. This time, after having just read David Campbell (Le Carre), I find his plotting (so far) simplistic, see a lot of the story telegraphed, and find the phrasing elementary; might be the contrast in manner of writing that makes me so immediately critical. Best seller type books often seem to me to be churned out.
I have to post that I somewhat changed my mind about the Greg Iles book. It's still a best seller type wingding, but interesting enough in its own way.
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Eric Clapton's autobiography.
One more Sunday by John D. MacDonald
Writing the Wave. It's filled with great writing exercises.
I just finished "Modoc" by Ralph Helfer.
It is the story of a boy and an elephant who grow up together and the adventures they have.
I cried my friggin eyes out but I enjoyed it.
