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BOOKS: What are you reading?

Hey! I love Harrison Ford, just wouldn't have picked him for that part and I agree on 95% of the other castings! WTF were they thinking? Didn't Tom have any say?

Rock! :twisted:
 
In a column I read recently, author Chris Bohjalian recommended "Year of Wonders," by Geraldine Brooks. I read it a while ago, and I agree! It's the kind of book I'd ordinarily NEVER pick up. It's the story of a woman in the Dark Ages during the time of the bubonic plague. My first reaction was not to bother; I don't usually like historical fiction or "women's books." But "Year of Wonders" is a WOW.
 
Found a used copy of Love is Colder than Death, the bio on Fassbinder. Fascinating man and films.
 
I'm in the midst of Robert Caro's "The Passage of Power" -- part of his multi-volume biography of Lyndon Johnson. This one covers the period from his failed presidential run in the 1960 race to the aftermath of Dallas. There's a bit of historical confusion about the exact situation, but it seems he was offered the veep job as a courtesy (formality), with the Kennedys never thinking he might actually accept!

As far as gay books go, I recently knocked off "Familiar Spirits" by Alison Lurie -- her take on poet James Merrill and writer David Jackson's relationship, from promising start to bitter end. It's a relatively short book that I read in a couple of sittings.
 
I just finished Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist, by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan. I loved it...it's fun and gay-positive and New York as I know (or might like to know) it! I know it's become a movie, and I haven't seen it yet...but I think I'd like to.
 
Listening to Swann's Way has been like taking a bath when you are already clean, and then taking thirty more.

What makes it compelling beyond pleasure is considering Proust's early retirement, though not compelling enough that I want to take those 180 baths that I yet could.
 
I've just started Alan Clark: The Biography by Ion Trewin which I picked up in a charity shop in hardback for £2.50.

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Clark was a great character and I enjoyed all three volumes of his diaries ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Clark_Diaries ). So far, so good. :D
 
Just finished the Kennedys and Fitzgeralds. Now reading Progressive era of TR and Taft.
 
I'm about three-fourths of the way through Neal Stephenson's deeply philosophical (I mean, in the sense of Socrates) science-fiction Anathem in which a band of scholastics reflect on a collision of metaphysics and physics itself.

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One I finished a couple of days ago is All That Is by James Salter, very well written and pretty much the best thing I´ve read in the last few years, simple yet satisfying.

I finished today How to Archer: The Ultimate Guide to Espionage, Style, Women, and Cocktails Ever Written. If you liked the animated series, you´ll like it, it´s pretty funny and perfect to kill time.
 
Meat is for Pussies: A How-To Guide for Dudes Who Want to Get Fit, Kick Ass, and Take Names.

I figure if I want to pursue becoming a vegan, might as well do it with class. . .
 
I'm a pretty big science fiction reader, so at the moment I'm rereading Year's Best Science Fiction 22nd edition as I wait for the 31st to arrive in the mail.
 
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Rag and Bone, by Michael Nava, the seventh and last of his novels featuring gay Hispanic lawyer Henry Rios. It's a proper conclusion to the series, and I want to read or reread the others now. But first I should read Nava's new historical novel, The City of Palaces, just released this year.
 
Started The Secret History by Donna Tartt, but the library fees were adding up so I let it go half-way through, just when it started getting interesting. I'll have to find a used copy.
Finally acquired copies of Murakami's The Wind-up Bird Chronicle and Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest at a Powell's sale. Summer is over. Spending less time outside. Here comes six months of rain. Hoping I can get through a generous stack of books by spring. The new Naomi Klein comes out next month too.
 
arpeggi said:
Started The Secret History by Donna Tartt, but the library fees were adding up so I let it go half-way through, just when it started getting interesting. I'll have to find a used copy.
Finally acquired copies of Murakami's The Wind-up Bird Chronicle and Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest at a Powell's sale. Summer is over. Spending less time outside. Here comes six months of rain. Hoping I can get through a generous stack of books by spring. The new Naomi Klein comes out next month too.
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I've been eyeing Infinite Jest but worry it may be like White Noise which I found too much of a parody for my taste. Do post about it.
 
I started about 10 bad books until I finally decided to try The Fault In Our Stars to see what everyone is talking about. I finally understand the cigarette/metaphor thing now :P I did read 2 chapters and so far I´m between giving it up or continue reading...
 
I've been eyeing Infinite Jest but worry it may be like White Noise which I found too much of a parody for my taste. Do post about it.
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I've been holding out on Infinite Jest for years because I try to buy used and could never find a copy. White Noise by DeLillo? That's one of my favorites. I never thought about it at all as a parody. I'm not sure how it'll compare, but I'll be sure to follow up.
 
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