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I've read most of his stuff and liked everything I've read - with the exception of One Hundred Years of Solitude. I never did finish that book because I just couldn't get "involved" with any of the characters. I -do- enjoy the magic realism, the idea that a young man's blood could poor out the door and travel down the streets through the town to his mothers house to alert her of his death. That's what I like about his books. (Remember, UofMean - I read everything I can get my hands on.) |
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You may want to try, "No One Writes to the Colonel", one of his lesser known works but one of my favorites. I have read all his books in English and Spanish just because I could :) I also read anything I can get my hands on, seriously, so this makes me think that perhaps there is hope for you...kidding! |
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_Closely_Watched_Trains by Bohumil Hrabal was surprisingly good. It was written in the 1940s, I think, and in Czechoslovakian, but translates across both language and time rather well. I was intrigued with how simple the writing was, which, actually, it had to be: When the view of the book is only in what the narrator knows, and the narrator is naive, then you have to find other ways to communicate this other than by saying "btw, I'm really naive"...because by saying you're naive, it shows a perspective that doesn't sound so naive. In this case, the author stuck with really simplistic language and observations...but it makes for an intriguing story. Worth the read.
Also halfway through the third book in the Game of Thrones series, _A_Storm_of_Swords. It's gotten better, I'm following all the moving pieces better, now caught up in all story lines, not just a few of them. Eager for the next season on HBO now too! JD |
The Sacred Prostitute, Eternal Aspects of the Feminine
By Nancy Qualls-Corbett. I quite like this book, it is small and easy to understand. This is a re-read for me. I have been approached by a maverick social worker to help start a sexual healing program. I have taken quite a few tantra classes as well as training through the sexual assault centre, but then just kinda let the idea go. But, perhaps Spirit has another plan. It is a good read. I like how she expands on Jung's ideas on Anima. There are some other authors she references I may want to research before our seed meeting. |
_Water for Elephants_ by Sara Gruen
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I'm truly enjoying it. Only on chapter four but it's already made me cry and laugh. A good thing in a book. I borrowed it on my Kindle via Amazon. :) |
I am just about finished with:
The Sisters Brothers by Patrick Dewitt The book is great. The "voice" of the book is Eli Sisters - a hired killer with a heart. Watching someone who you would presume is completely devoid of feeling dote all over a one-eyed horse is just too adorably absurd to pass over. I'd suggest it. |
I'm also reading Possession by A.S. Byatt. Let me re-phrase: slogging through. It's a Booker Prize winner (like Wolf Hall, which I'm also reading) and I usually like them, but mother of god it's slow. I wouldn't recommend it.
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ok i admit i'm not technically "reading" this series
but i just finished the unabridged audio book version of girl with the dragon tattoo - i thought it was great, it kept my interest and had me along for the whole ride and i'm just starting the girl who played with fire as an aside: simon vance is a great audio book narrator - he sounds completely involved in the story and he has a clear and present timbre that i find very easy on the ears |
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the last one i read was monster nation by david wellington it's a fun read |
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Area 157-Almost Hell by Eric Lowther Day by Day Armageddon by J.L. Bourne Rise Again: A Zombie Thriller Patient Zero by Jonathan Mayberry Enjoy:) Let me know if you want any more |
"Blue Nights" by Joan Didion ("Year of Magical Thinking")
feels like a long warm swim through love...not for the weak hearted. Greco |
Last night I started "Side Jobs" an anthology of random small jobs done between the bigger jobs related to the Dresden Files universe...
I just finished book 13 (Dresden Files)... no idea when book 14 will be released. And I feel a bit upside down with how 13 ended. :blink: |
Sad to report that I am still working on the last Steig Larson book...
however... School books I am reading Silent Travlers by Alan M Kraut A Different Mirror: A history of Multicultural America by Ronald Takaki |
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It is a such a beautiful story about love and life in conservative and religious Saudi Arabia.... |
at a cross road...
"Aleph" by Paulo Coelho
For those at a crossroad...magical writing. Greco |
Just got done reading, The girls guide to homelessness by Brianna Karp. I loved it!
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I'm reading Marie Laveau, Voudou Priestess
Lots of great history! |
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