Hmmm. Trade ya for my physiology text.
Another bookclub gem. More promising than others; "Lucky" by Alice Sebold. Am still dreading picking it up, which I gotta if I'm going to read it by 7 pm tomorrow.
physiology? ok. at least that's vaguely entertaining.
lists written by lawyers and government cube dwellers are not entertaining. ever.
No, I hear you. The gf is in her first semester of law school right now, and, with the exception of a few cases she tells me about, it all looks pretty deadly to me. Still, lists of cell types -- YAWN. I much prefer big ideas to details the details they're founded on.
I started to read 'Hell to pay' by George P. Pelecanos this morning while on the exercise bike in the gym. Made my pulse go up!
Sofia wrote:dys had suggested Kafka's The Penal Colony
There's another "one of these days" texts...
The Castle had such a profound effect on me that I haven't read a Kafka since. Perhaps it's time.
A collection of HP Lovecraft.
After all, it is October!
I just finished Elizabeth' Berg's latest:"Say When". She's so good at getting to the bottom of the way people feel. I had to reach for the box of tissues for this one, too.
I just finished Elizabeth' Berg's latest:"Say When". She's so good at getting to the bottom of the way people feel. I had to reach for the box of tissues for this one, too.
FYI--
Julian is a surprisingly easy read. I remember trying to wade through another Gore-- when I was in my twenties-- It was a bit Faulkneresque to me then. Either I was distracted, or Gore can switch up styles with aplomb.
still toiling along on the last of the mohicans: sheesh! college sure does take a bite out of one's free time!
My next read will be "The Fortress of Solitude" by Jonathan Lethem. This novel has gotten tons of press, which normally makes me suspicious. But I've read his "Motherless Brooklyn" and it was great. Also heard him read an excerpt from his new book recently, and it also sounded wonderful. One critic calls the one, the 'Catcher in the Rye' for a new generation. I wouldn't put onus on any writer, but Lethem is a wonderful young talent.
I bought two bags of books last Saturday night.
Right now I'm reading, A Teacher in Old Alaska.
reviews at boondocks book shop
two bags! security at last!
The Culture Clash (by Jean Donaldson)
it's about the relationship between humans and dogs...
she shows things from the dog's point of view... for example, the dog doesn't chew on the furniture because he's trying to 'make a statement'.... dogs don't 'make statements'.... but, humans are always trying to put human characteristics onto their dogs.... they think the dog chews on the furniture for 'revenge'.... dogs have no concept of 'revenge'.... they really are quite basic in their thinking....
anyway, I love this book.... it's a great reference book for dog training....
:-)
D'art, there was an excerpt from Lethem's book in the New Yorker and I was very, very impressed. Would like to read that one, too.
oh, as for fiction....
I just bought the paperback edition of "Q" by Sue Grafton...
I've read each one of the alphabetical books in the series... I wonder if she will continue all the way through "Z"...
:-)
Oh and "Lucky" wasn't nearly as bad as I feared. More subtle and ambiguous than I expected. Well-told. Interesting as an example of a real-life unreliable narrator -- it's a factual memoir, but you keep thinking hmmm, what is the other character's perspective on that situation?
