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Trilby · 03-11-2009, 02:07 PM

Oh, goody goody!

Angela Carter - Wise Children and the Bloody Chamber

Anita Brookner - Hotel du Lac

Edward Hirsch - How to Read a Poem

Henry James -Turn of the Screw

Yah, my Amazon order came in! YAY!

Trilby · 03-19-2009, 12:56 PM

Turn of the Screw suckedx. dammit!

dar512 · 03-19-2009, 01:03 PM

Just finished Shadow Divers - the story of the two wreck-divers who worked to discover the identity of the German U-boat found off the coast of New Jersey. A good yarn, well told.

lumberjim · 03-25-2009, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by DanaC

How you finding son of the circus Lj?

I never finished that one. It's the only Irving I've ever started and not finished reading. Dunno why, wrong time to read it.

it's well written, as is all Irving.....

but it kind of meanders......as does all Irving....
you're never really sure where the plot is going.....and yet, when you reflect on it....it was there from the beginning.

of COURSE the murderer was the transvestite who married the rich old man, and only killed the golfer to cover his/her tracks!

it's worth reading, but i liked his other stuff better.

lumberjim · 03-25-2009, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Just in time: the long-awaited fifth book finally has a release date this fall.

looks like rich r r levy.....

http://www.georgerrmartin.com/

where did you hear the release date for book5?

http://www.georgerrmartin.com/if-update.html hasnt been updated for over a year.....

Happy Monkey · 03-26-2009, 12:12 AM

More than that - he explicitly disavows all release dates.

Beestie · 03-26-2009, 02:44 AM

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Jane Charlotte has been arrested for murder.
She tells police that she is a member of a secret organization devoted to fighting evil; her division is called the Department for the Final Disposition of Irredeemable Persons—"Bad Monkeys" for short.
This confession earns Jane a trip to the jail's psychiatric wing, where a doctor attempts to determine whether she is lying, crazy—or playing a different game altogether. What follows is one of the most clever and gripping novels you'll ever read.

I stumbled across this book at the library - its hard to miss with the Curious George yellow cover. Picked it up to check it out and can't put it down.

New York Times review

Author's website

Beestie · 03-26-2009, 02:53 AM

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Originally Posted by wolf

Dead Men Do Tell Tales - William R. Maples, Ph.D. and Michael Browning

Not for the squeamish. I don't think the squeamish would make it out of the introduction.

A forensic anthropologist discusses his career and cases in more detail that most people need. It takes a special writer to really evoke the sense of the stench of decomposition in his reader.

Based on your description, I'll get a copy for my sister who, sometimes, I think is your sister.

Happy Monkey · 03-26-2009, 11:41 AM

After reading a couple Lovecraft anthologies, I'm rereading Foundation.

Very different styles there.

DanaC · 03-26-2009, 12:31 PM

Every so often i feel the need to revisit Lovecraft.

morethanpretty · 03-29-2009, 10:09 AM

I'm giving Anne Rice a try. Working on "The Witching Hour."
So far I like the story, very intriguing. I'm not too impressed with the love affair/making, the main female character is just too submissive and weak when it comes to that. I'm only 200pgs in, mebbe that'll change.

wolf · 03-29-2009, 10:23 AM

The Hour I First Believed - Wally Lamb

I got a complete Lovecraft for my Kindle. My intention is to dip into it in between other books.

So far the plan hasn't worked out very well. I'll probably just have to dive straight into it.

DanaC · 03-29-2009, 10:53 AM

Go on...dive in...but wait until your alone on a graveyard shift :P

My favourite time to read Lovecraft is early hours of the morning when sleep eludes me. Takes me back to being a kid and reading whatever obscure spooky stories I cuold find on the family bookshelves. Also, for some reason, the Miskatonic seems to flow a little stronger, and Arkham's walls stand a little more solid in the early hours, by lamplight.

This sent me off on a little time travelling. Haven't been to this site in years:
http://www.miskatonic-university.org/

glatt · 03-30-2009, 09:43 AM

I got the Time Traveler's Wife from the library over the weekend. It's good so far.

Trilby · 04-07-2009, 07:19 AM

Finished Coraline - brilliant. Now on to The Graveyard Book; Good Book (Plotz) and Making Lists.

Am refusing to read the male version of the hateful Jane Austen: Henry "Fussy" James, and his The Portrait of A Lady. Would rather drop the class. Is awful. Reading about 'class' and "marriage' and 'spunky young women' makes me wanna vom.

03-11-2009, 02:07 PM	#1381
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Oh, goody goody! Angela Carter - Wise Children and the Bloody Chamber Anita Brookner - Hotel du Lac Edward Hirsch - How to Read a Poem Henry James -Turn of the Screw Yah, my Amazon order came in! YAY! __________________ 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

03-19-2009, 12:56 PM	#1382
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Turn of the Screw suckedx. dammit! __________________ 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

03-19-2009, 01:03 PM	#1383
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Just finished Shadow Divers - the story of the two wreck-divers who worked to discover the identity of the German U-boat found off the coast of New Jersey. A good yarn, well told. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

03-26-2009, 12:12 AM	#1386
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	More than that - he explicitly disavows all release dates. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

03-26-2009, 11:41 AM	#1389
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	After reading a couple Lovecraft anthologies, I'm rereading Foundation. Very different styles there. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

03-26-2009, 12:31 PM	#1390
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Every so often i feel the need to revisit Lovecraft.

03-29-2009, 10:09 AM	#1391
morethanpretty Thats "Miss Zipper Neck" to you. Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: little town (but not the littlest) in texas Posts: 2,957	I'm giving Anne Rice a try. Working on "The Witching Hour." So far I like the story, very intriguing. I'm not too impressed with the love affair/making, the main female character is just too submissive and weak when it comes to that. I'm only 200pgs in, mebbe that'll change. __________________ Addicts may suck dick for coke, but love came up with the idea to put a dick in there to begin with. -Jack O'Brien

03-29-2009, 10:23 AM	#1392
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	The Hour I First Believed - Wally Lamb I got a complete Lovecraft for my Kindle. My intention is to dip into it in between other books. So far the plan hasn't worked out very well. I'll probably just have to dive straight into it. __________________ 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

03-29-2009, 10:53 AM	#1393
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Go on...dive in...but wait until your alone on a graveyard shift :P My favourite time to read Lovecraft is early hours of the morning when sleep eludes me. Takes me back to being a kid and reading whatever obscure spooky stories I cuold find on the family bookshelves. Also, for some reason, the Miskatonic seems to flow a little stronger, and Arkham's walls stand a little more solid in the early hours, by lamplight. This sent me off on a little time travelling. Haven't been to this site in years: http://www.miskatonic-university.org/

03-30-2009, 09:43 AM	#1394
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I got the Time Traveler's Wife from the library over the weekend. It's good so far.

04-07-2009, 07:19 AM	#1395
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Finished Coraline - brilliant. Now on to The Graveyard Book; Good Book (Plotz) and Making Lists. Am refusing to read the male version of the hateful Jane Austen: Henry "Fussy" James, and his The Portrait of A Lady. Would rather drop the class. Is awful. Reading about 'class' and "marriage' and 'spunky young women' makes me wanna vom. __________________ 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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