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i'm reading Gaviotas - A Village to Reinvent the World by Alan Weisman. so far i'm enjoying it immensely..
Whatcha reading this week?
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I'm reading a couple...
Robert Pirsig - Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
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John Ralston Saul - Voltaire's Bastards: The Dictatorship of Reason in the West
I would recommend both, but the 2nd one is not for the casual reader. It gives you a lot to think about. Did you know that John Ralston Saul is married to Adrian Clarkson(Lieutenant Governer of Canada)? I just learned that a week ago.
Robert Pirsig - Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
and
John Ralston Saul - Voltaire's Bastards: The Dictatorship of Reason in the West
I would recommend both, but the 2nd one is not for the casual reader. It gives you a lot to think about. Did you know that John Ralston Saul is married to Adrian Clarkson(Lieutenant Governer of Canada)? I just learned that a week ago.
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RiceBoy: Courtesans and Fishcakes is good times.
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I just picked up She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb. Could barely put it down to check out the boards for a minute.
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I just picked up She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb. Could barely put it down to check out the boards for a minute.
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I'm currently reading "Magic's Promise" by Lackey. It's actually a reread for me .. why does it seem that the middle book of any trilogy is often the least interesting? *sigh* ..
As soon as they get it back in at the Library, I'll start reading "Eye of the World" by Jordan again soon.
As soon as they get it back in at the Library, I'll start reading "Eye of the World" by Jordan again soon.
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Picked up Baudolino by Umberto Eco again this morning.
Still re-reading The Name of The Rose.
Yeah, I enjoyed it right the way through. Some interesting takes on Foucault's basis for the 'other', also loved the detail about the hookers! Finished it on the bus home yesterday.Originally posted by CharityAJO
RiceBoy: Courtesans and Fishcakes is good times.![]()
Picked up Baudolino by Umberto Eco again this morning.
Still re-reading The Name of The Rose.
Oh, man, can I show off?
For pleasure, World's End by Mark Chadbourn, good stuff.
For uni... *deep breath*
Assorted books on Jung, Film theory, myth, Barthes, ecofeminism (still), abjection, paganism and early christianity, various nature/women/construction books, film music theory, tiny bit on propaganda... 40 books in total... mostly the myth stuff (including Barthes) and the film theory to go.
For pleasure, World's End by Mark Chadbourn, good stuff.
For uni... *deep breath*
Assorted books on Jung, Film theory, myth, Barthes, ecofeminism (still), abjection, paganism and early christianity, various nature/women/construction books, film music theory, tiny bit on propaganda... 40 books in total... mostly the myth stuff (including Barthes) and the film theory to go.
This week I'm reading:
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish and Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams.
Stranger in a Strange Land by Heinlein.
An Agatha Christie
Demons by an author that I forget.
Last week, I read Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters--I *highly* recommend it.
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish and Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams.
Stranger in a Strange Land by Heinlein.
An Agatha Christie
Demons by an author that I forget.
Last week, I read Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters--I *highly* recommend it.
Currently, I'm reading Diet for a New America by John Robbins, The Secret History by Donna Tartt (for the 3rd time), Travels With Charley by Steinbeck (for the 2nd or 3rd time), and The Corrections by Jonathon Franzen.
Erin--I have that cookbook and I love it! I also have Table for Two which is another really great vegan cookbook. I like it b/c the recipes are easy and even though I like to think of myself as a good cook, I'm really not that good.
Erin--I have that cookbook and I love it! I also have Table for Two which is another really great vegan cookbook. I like it b/c the recipes are easy and even though I like to think of myself as a good cook, I'm really not that good.
ObsidianZebra, I totally know what you mean,,, but I'm reading "the drawing of the three" by stephen king, which is book # 2 in the dark tower series, and it's soo much better than the first. I cannot put it down. and then I really do have a lot of homework. wanna know what I'm reading for school?
not much. We do crazy math problems in math, penises and vaginas in health, the most interesting stuff ever in western civ, spanish in spanish, boredom in foods and nutrition, macbeth in english, and more boredom in biology.
not much. We do crazy math problems in math, penises and vaginas in health, the most interesting stuff ever in western civ, spanish in spanish, boredom in foods and nutrition, macbeth in english, and more boredom in biology.
I have been reading "Everything's Eventual", the latest compilation by Stephen King. It is very good. I am about halfway thru it.
Corri - I have read all of the Dark Tower series so far(thru Wizard and Glass). I absolutely love it, and I can't wait for the next one to come out. Anyway, in "Eventual there is a short story about Roland's encounter with the "Little Sisters of Eluria". He has a short passage before it where he states that the next in the Dark Tower series is already written. It just needs to be published...
Corri - I have read all of the Dark Tower series so far(thru Wizard and Glass). I absolutely love it, and I can't wait for the next one to come out. Anyway, in "Eventual there is a short story about Roland's encounter with the "Little Sisters of Eluria". He has a short passage before it where he states that the next in the Dark Tower series is already written. It just needs to be published...
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