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Rated 5 stars
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Have you read "Salt" by Kuransky? You'd like it, I think.
I'll let you know how I like the mountain lion book when I'm done with it. So far, I'm really enjoying it. The guy spent three years trying to see a mountain lion, and it's kind of a zen diary. I don't know if he ever sees one. Mountain lions are like shadows, almost never seen. And they even have about 10 different names. But one time the poet Gary Snyder came home and a mountain lion was sitting outside the window of his house, listening to his daughter play the piano.
Actually, it's in Oregon. The wooden people are sitting on that bench outside a restaurant in the Columbia Gorge. I couldn't resist!
hiiiiiiiiii sir i m rohit i wanna 2 ask u that how can i read these books ?plz tell me sir right now ... i m waiting 4 ur reply plz plz sir reply me
Just finished Huck Finn. Wow. What a great book. I have no idea if it has a relationship to Dante's Inferno or not, but it is an amazing tale. Awesome. Now what shall I read? What have you read lately that's great? Dave Larkin recommended something from England, but I'd have to order it from Amazon UK...
Noir Tango is in French, and it doesn't have anything to do with the tango as far as I can tell. I'm reading it mainly for French practice. It's the fourth in a series by Deforges about WWII and the aftermath.Pillars of the Earth is not a spy novel. Ken Follett steps out of his usual genre on this one. It's not bad as historical fiction goes, but it's too long. I got tired of the characters about halfway through. Now I'm just reading it to see how it ends.
Duane,This reading friends thing is good. I don't know how I missed it, but I never read Huck Finn and now I know I must.
I'm in- thanks.Here's my most-often referenced and re-read book: Poetry Speaks narrated by Charles Osgood. It includes recordings of the poets themselves reading their own poems. You'll be surprised how far they go back. I always wonder what the author intended, and this takes you right there. I'll figure out how to put my picture on this thing later.Mont
Duane: You read my plea for friends! Thanks! I won't have as much time as Al has to write down my opinions and reviews, but I like to see what others are reading. My current obsessive read is Sara Vowell's "Assassination Vacation" about the assassinations of Lincoln, Garfield, and McKinley, and all the possible strange museums and places one can visit if on an assassination pilgrimage. It kept me up pretty late last night, when I should have been reading for class (right now: Frank McCourt's "Angela's Ashes"). Hope to meet you in person someday soon. Sue
Thank you! Both of those look like they are right up my alley!
God I love Moby Dick. Going to New Bedford with Po and Cody, we walked through the museum of whaling and saw a boat Po's cousin built, a whaling boat to scale. Still, some people think that it's a tough novel. I just love the voice of Ishmael and his wonderful sense of humor. I think if you like Moby Dick, you should watch Captains Courageous starring Spencer Tracy as a Portuguese fisher. They pick up Freddy Bartholomew's snotty character in the middle of the ocean and he has to work like a common fisherman with them. The sailing is spectacular and the moral drama wonderful.
I'm teaching One Flew over the Cuckoo's nest and I'm worried about how the students will react to the black sodomites, but I'm happy that they were chosen for their capabilities by big Nurse from a group of jerks. I'll have to read Sometimes a Great Notion.
