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Shawnee123 · 02-17-2009, 11:57 AM

The Reader by Bernhard Schlink.

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It deals with the difficulties of subsequent generations to comprehend the Holocaust; specifically, whether a sense of its origins and magnitude can be adequately conveyed solely through written and oral media. This question is increasingly at the center of Holocaust literature in the late 20th and early 21st century, as the victims and witnesses of the Holocaust die and its living memory begins to fade.

Because it has been made into a movie starring Kate Winslet, it's everywhere. Mom loaned it to me. I'm only about halfway through but it's very interesting.

wolf · 02-17-2009, 12:49 PM

The Reader was an Oprah Book.

momwolf decided she wanted it.

Outside of cookbooks, momwolf is not a terribly big reader. At least not a reader of linear stories. She's more of a browser than a reader. Wanders around a book, dipping into bits and pieces. I really need to get her books made of assemblages of little pieces, like the Chicken Soup for the Soul books, only with more content. She did like Do as I Say, Not as I Do.

So, anyway, she read The Reader and was unimpressed.

I read The Reader and was also unimpressed, but it was long enough ago that I don't remember all of the details. Probably got weirded out by the age disparity between the characters and the situation and all that.

I remember not liking it much.

I finished #11 The Grim Grotto - Lemony Snicket.

I need to get to the library for the rest of them, but I'll probably wait until after my conference.

Just started Another Life - Andrew Vachss.

Talk about contrast from what one last read ...

Shawnee123 · 02-17-2009, 01:24 PM

I am always apprehensive about Oprah books.

I tend to read more slice o' life type stories, paying close attention to writing style. I had no idea what this one was about...so I was like "oh..." when I started. Now I'm in part II at the trial, and I'm finding the story interesting. Not so much a great book, but keeps me interested. Of course, I was nodding out reading last night, so i probably missed something important.

Trilby · 02-17-2009, 01:28 PM

wolf reads so much I swear she must work third shift.

I'm reading Confederacy of Dunces, The Last Madame (about Norma Wallace in the French Qtr) and Bre'r Rabbit.

I'm still in de souf.

Oh, when Oprah called White Oleander "liquid poetry" I knew she was an idiot.

wolf · 02-21-2009, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

wolf reads so much I swear she must work third shift.

Second, actually.

I don't get to do all that much reading at work, either. I'm lucky if I get in a page here or a page there, usually while I'm out on the veranda, attending to another important need.

Griff · 02-22-2009, 09:33 AM

The River Why? - D J Duncan
and
The Siege of Vienna by John Stoye

wolf · 02-22-2009, 10:21 AM

Toward 2012: Perspectives on the New Age - Daniel Pinchbeck, ed.

Griff · 02-22-2009, 10:59 AM

How are things looking for 2012? Do I need to put up more goat fence?

Trilby · 02-22-2009, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Griff

How are things looking for 2012? Do I need to put up more goat fence?

How many times must I say it? 2012 = Fin!

So that'd be a big NO on the 'more goat fence' question.

Griff · 02-22-2009, 01:22 PM

So how much fence is that in rods?

wolf · 02-22-2009, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Griff

How are things looking for 2012? Do I need to put up more goat fence?

Definitely more goat fence, and more goats, but that's primarily to get you through the current emergency.

At this point, I'm approaching the halfway point. The 2012 book so far actually has very little to say about 2012 and the prophecies, and more to say about hallucinogenics as a shortcut to shamanic experience. Think highbrow High Times. Quite a few years ago, I read the SAME ARTICLE in High Times and in Shaman's Drum. Stopped buying Shaman's Drum after that. Peer reviewed journal my ASS.

There is one very good article on Casteneda and how he basically made shit up and did a lot of damage ... to the field of cultural anthropology, to the tribes that the hippies flocked to in a kind of drug tourism, and to shamanic teachings as a whole.

Kaliayev · 02-24-2009, 10:00 AM

Fifty Key Thinkers in International Relations - Various
Pax Pacifica: Terrorism, the Pacific Hemisphere, Globalization and Peace Studies - Johan Galtung
A Feast for Crows - George R R Martin.

DanaC · 02-24-2009, 11:24 AM

Equivocal Beings: Politics, Gender and Sentimentality in the 1790s, Claudia Johson

The Island Race: Englishness, Empire and Gender in the Eighteenth Century, Kathleen Wilson

The Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands, Mary Seacole

Doctor Who, Short Trips: Steel Skies, a short story anthology.

wolf · 03-04-2009, 01:02 PM

Heat - Stuart Woods (disposable novel I took to the conference. Still chugging through it because I spent most of my train time doing Sudoku)

Medical Science of House, M.D. - Andrew Holtz, M.D. (Throws in an occasional House reference, which is probably what put it over the edge as far as getting it published. Otherwise, it's pretty much a book on what doctors do. Still pretty cool.)

Trilby · 03-06-2009, 06:55 AM

Voluntary Madness - Norah Vincent

She's quite right about some things but she's also kind of a hack and a bitch AND manic-y.

02-17-2009, 12:49 PM	#2
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	The Reader was an Oprah Book. momwolf decided she wanted it. Outside of cookbooks, momwolf is not a terribly big reader. At least not a reader of linear stories. She's more of a browser than a reader. Wanders around a book, dipping into bits and pieces. I really need to get her books made of assemblages of little pieces, like the Chicken Soup for the Soul books, only with more content. She did like Do as I Say, Not as I Do. So, anyway, she read The Reader and was unimpressed. I read The Reader and was also unimpressed, but it was long enough ago that I don't remember all of the details. Probably got weirded out by the age disparity between the characters and the situation and all that. I remember not liking it much. I finished #11 The Grim Grotto - Lemony Snicket. I need to get to the library for the rest of them, but I'll probably wait until after my conference. Just started Another Life - Andrew Vachss. Talk about contrast from what one last read ... __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

02-17-2009, 01:24 PM	#3
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I am always apprehensive about Oprah books. I tend to read more slice o' life type stories, paying close attention to writing style. I had no idea what this one was about...so I was like "oh..." when I started. Now I'm in part II at the trial, and I'm finding the story interesting. Not so much a great book, but keeps me interested. Of course, I was nodding out reading last night, so i probably missed something important. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

02-17-2009, 01:28 PM	#4
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	wolf reads so much I swear she must work third shift. I'm reading Confederacy of Dunces, The Last Madame (about Norma Wallace in the French Qtr) and Bre'r Rabbit. I'm still in de souf. Oh, when Oprah called White Oleander "liquid poetry" I knew she was an idiot. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

02-22-2009, 09:33 AM	#6
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	The River Why? - D J Duncan and The Siege of Vienna by John Stoye __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

02-22-2009, 10:21 AM	#7
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Toward 2012: Perspectives on the New Age - Daniel Pinchbeck, ed. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

02-22-2009, 10:59 AM	#8
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	How are things looking for 2012? Do I need to put up more goat fence? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

02-22-2009, 01:22 PM	#10
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	So how much fence is that in rods? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

02-24-2009, 10:00 AM	#12
Kaliayev Magnificent Bastard Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 216	Fifty Key Thinkers in International Relations - Various Pax Pacifica: Terrorism, the Pacific Hemisphere, Globalization and Peace Studies - Johan Galtung A Feast for Crows - George R R Martin.

02-24-2009, 11:24 AM	#13
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Equivocal Beings: Politics, Gender and Sentimentality in the 1790s, Claudia Johson The Island Race: Englishness, Empire and Gender in the Eighteenth Century, Kathleen Wilson The Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands, Mary Seacole Doctor Who, Short Trips: Steel Skies, a short story anthology.

03-04-2009, 01:02 PM	#14
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Heat - Stuart Woods (disposable novel I took to the conference. Still chugging through it because I spent most of my train time doing Sudoku) Medical Science of House, M.D. - Andrew Holtz, M.D. (Throws in an occasional House reference, which is probably what put it over the edge as far as getting it published. Otherwise, it's pretty much a book on what doctors do. Still pretty cool.) __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

03-06-2009, 06:55 AM	#15
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Voluntary Madness - Norah Vincent She's quite right about some things but she's also kind of a hack and a bitch AND manic-y. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

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