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MickeyD · 05-27-2005, 01:46 PM

I just finished reading Save Karyn by the girl who paid down all her debt with the savekaryn.com website. It was in the personal finace section of the library, but it read like chick lit. Very similar to the Shopaholic series, but IMO better.

Eliza Hodgkins 1812 · 05-27-2005, 01:55 PM

Just finished Dear Dead Person, a collection of short stories by Benjamin Weissman.

And I've just started The Natural by Bernard Malamud.

Claire · 05-27-2005, 02:00 PM

I've been reading as much as I can lately.....never seems to be enough time anymore.....

Read Ellen Foster last week. Lit-tle disturbing! Also, Drowning Ruth (holy crap that was good storytelling).

I'm in the middle of a few books right now--

The Kite Runner (good!)
A Ship Made of Paper (loving it)
Broads, Booze and Bullets (or any combo of those three B words....duh, the opening scene in Sin City is in that book....wasn't very memorable, though, as I've read this one before.)

And the next ones are.....What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day and The Dangerous Husband. I also picked up The Poisonwood Bible the other day. I'm very much looking forward to that one.

Gemini Cricket · 05-27-2005, 02:49 PM

Claire~
The Kite Runner! Wonderful book but very hard to get through...

Claire · 05-27-2005, 04:06 PM

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Claire~
The Kite Runner! Wonderful book but very hard to get through...

I'll admit this was my book group's pick, not my own. It's this group of young, hip, finely clad chicks....and they keep picking doozies--Til We Had Faces and Life of Pi? I still have two weeks to get it done....I keep finding other books that are more appealing at the moment, every other moment.

But it's good to know I'll have someone here to discuss it with, too.

For the summer months, they've vowed to choose light and fluffy books, and I'm thinking, like what? War and Peace?

€uroMeinke · 05-27-2005, 05:50 PM

I just started Haruki Murakami's The Wind Up Bird Chronical and am finding it delightfully charming, intriguing, and sexy - this looks like it will be a good read.

€uroMeinke · 06-20-2005, 12:29 AM

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I just started Haruki Murakami's The Wind Up Bird Chronical and am finding it delightfully charming, intriguing, and sexy - this looks like it will be a good read.

Indeed, I found this book to be brilliant and have a new favorite author - just went to borders today and picked up his entire catalogue - I'll be taking one to Chicago with me for sure.

Coolly surreal, but more contemplative and metaphysical than the Magical Realists. I saw Murakami compared to Philip K. Dick in one review, other's hail him as the next Mishima.

So fun to be captivated by a new discovery. Can't wait to read more.

Not Afraid · 06-20-2005, 12:59 AM

I read another of Murikami's books - Sputnik Sweetheart. A shoter read but a fascinating page turner. Borders was an expensive place tonight as we also picked up Fruits and the truely fresh off the press Fresh Fruits as well as the only Augestine Burroughs I haven't read, Sellavision.

Ghoulish Delight · 06-20-2005, 08:20 AM

Just finished The Abarat, an excellent fantasy novel by Clive Barker. Fanciful and just a little bit disturbing. Perfect. The sequel will join my queue shortly.

But first, it's on to Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid. A recommendation from a friend, seems fascinating and right up my alley.

Not Afraid · 06-20-2005, 02:16 PM

OMGA! Chris got you to read Gödel, Escher, Bach? He hasn't pushed that book for YEARS!

05-27-2005, 01:46 PM	#121
MickeyD Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Mooby's Posts: 488	I just finished reading Save Karyn by the girl who paid down all her debt with the savekaryn.com website. It was in the personal finace section of the library, but it read like chick lit. Very similar to the Shopaholic series, but IMO better. __________________ Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. ~Dr. Seuss
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05-27-2005, 01:55 PM	#122
Eliza Hodgkins 1812 Sputnik Sweetheart Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Long Beach Posts: 2,685	Just finished Dear Dead Person, a collection of short stories by Benjamin Weissman. And I've just started The Natural by Bernard Malamud.
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05-27-2005, 02:00 PM	#123
Claire Shagilicious Disneyland!! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Fulfilling my destiny..... Posts: 740	I've been reading as much as I can lately.....never seems to be enough time anymore..... Read Ellen Foster last week. Lit-tle disturbing! Also, Drowning Ruth (holy crap that was good storytelling). I'm in the middle of a few books right now-- The Kite Runner (good!) A Ship Made of Paper (loving it) Broads, Booze and Bullets (or any combo of those three B words....duh, the opening scene in Sin City is in that book....wasn't very memorable, though, as I've read this one before.) And the next ones are.....What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day and The Dangerous Husband. I also picked up The Poisonwood Bible the other day. I'm very much looking forward to that one. __________________ Miles: It tastes like the back of a fing L.A. school bus. Now they probably didn't de-stem, hoping for some semblance of concentration, crushed it up with leaves and mice, and then wound up with this rancid tar and turpentine bull**. Fin' Raid. Jack: Tastes pretty good to me.
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05-27-2005, 02:49 PM	#124
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	Claire~ The Kite Runner! Wonderful book but very hard to get through...
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€uroMeinke L'Hédoniste Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A.S.C.O.T. Posts: 8,671	I just started Haruki Murakami's The Wind Up Bird Chronical and am finding it delightfully charming, intriguing, and sexy - this looks like it will be a good read. __________________ I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance. Friedrich Nietzsche
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06-20-2005, 12:59 AM	#128
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	I read another of Murikami's books - Sputnik Sweetheart. A shoter read but a fascinating page turner. Borders was an expensive place tonight as we also picked up Fruits and the truely fresh off the press Fresh Fruits as well as the only Augestine Burroughs I haven't read, Sellavision.
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06-20-2005, 08:20 AM	#129
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Just finished The Abarat, an excellent fantasy novel by Clive Barker. Fanciful and just a little bit disturbing. Perfect. The sequel will join my queue shortly. But first, it's on to Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid. A recommendation from a friend, seems fascinating and right up my alley. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ Last edited by Ghoulish Delight : 06-20-2005 at 08:32 AM.
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06-20-2005, 02:16 PM	#130
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	OMGA! Chris got you to read Gödel, Escher, Bach? He hasn't pushed that book for YEARS!
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