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Hey, What Ya Reading??? A book???
loneleeb3:
--- Quote from: injest on November 14, 2007, 06:48:43 am ---
huh...well, do we need another tragic straight love story in light of "Titanic"?
or another monster movie in light of "Creature of the Black Lagoon"?
or another war movie in light of "Private Ryan"?
or another happy straight love story in light of "Sleepless in Seattle"?
or another coming of age story in light of "Stand By Me"?
or another story of the love of an animal in light of "The Black Stallion"?
shall I go on?
If we are only gonna have one of each genre, the movie industry will be a very limited one..
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Nicely said Jess!! :-*
Longhorn32:
"Good Omens" by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.
Brilliant.
And funny!
:)
dot-matrix:
Believe it or not I am reading The Annotated Classic Fairy Tales and having the best time ;D . Bob bought me this beautiful copy so we could get ready for our little bundle of joy...when ever she arrives. I just finished Suzanne Brockmann's " All Through the Night"
delalluvia:
OK, so far this fall I've read:
Pagan Holiday by Tony Perrottet - travelogue of a man and his pregnant wife as they do a tour of Mediterranean areas that were hit by ancient Roman/Greek tourists 2000 years ago. Amusing and interesting read.
The Looking Glass Wars - Scholastic book - by Frank Beddor a new take on the Alice in Wonderland books where Alice is Alyss a princess escaping from her devastated homeland - Wonderland - with the help of her albino tutor and her bodyguard Hatter Madigan. Had it been more in depth with better characterization, it would have been a must read.
Imperium by Robert Harris - same guy who did Pompeii, Enigma, Archangel, Fatherland and the book about Hitler's diaries. Interesting, but it did not draw me in as well as Pompeii did.
The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins - well argued as usual, but still a bit dry.
The Dance of the Dissident Daughter by Sue Monk Kidd - I tend to like to read books by women who've made religious conversions away from conventional religions. This one was very accessible and sympathetic.
Long Way Round by Ewan McGregor, Charley Boorman & Robert Uhlig - a guilty pleasure. The story of their trip around the world on motorcycles. I wanted to read about one of my favorite actors in real life situations to see if I would even like the man if I met him. Yep, ;D but he's high maintenance. A true artist, emotive, tempermental, moody and with a great heart surrounding his devil-may-care attitude.
Lord John and Brotherhood of the Blade by Diana Gabaldon. Main character is a gay man in 18th century London, he's a noble, soldier and his is a mystery series but what I love about this series is that his journey toward solving the mystery and the people he meets turn out to be more important to him - and the reader - than solving the mystery.
injest:
I saw Ewan on the Tonight Show...he was saying when he came thru Oklahoma he tried to stay at a Holiday Inn and they wouldn't rent him a room because of how he looked... :laugh: :laugh:
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