Book thread

[Mazomaniac]

I just got rocked by Philip Roth's American Pastoral.

Actually got it as an audiobook read by Ron Silver for a couple of long drives this summer. Ended up carrying around the iPod 24/7 until I finished it. I think that it may actually have been better as an audiobook than in print. Silver brought some things out in the characters that I would have missed.

Highly recommended, although not for those who enjoy more lighthearted fare.

Cheers,
Mazo.

[Happy Diver]

Now reading "The Arms of Krupp" by Manchester. Just finished "Medusa" by Clive Cussler. My brain is doing a spin.

[charlestudor2005]

Originally Posted by Camille

Just read it. Really enjoyed it. I have been told by 2 other people that if you read the other 2 ("the girl who played with fire" and is it "the girl who kicked the bees nest?") you actually won't feel cheated...but surprisingly satisfied. On that note I will go for it!

C

TY sooooooo much!!! With this recc, I think I'll pull the trigger on the other two, too.

[Guest083011]

Camille, Is there an order in reading the three?

[Humpty Dumpty]

THE MYTH OF HETEROSEXUAL AIDS- Michael Fumento
The Road- Cormac Mccarthy
the betwetter- sarah silverman
obama zombies- jason mattera
body hunters- sonia shah

[DFW5Traveler]

The Vampire Economy: Doing Business Under Fascism by Guenter Reimann 1939
Men in Black: How the Supreme Court is Destroying America by Mark R. Levin and Jeff Riggenbach 2005
Crimes Against Liberty: An Indictment of President Barack Obama by David Limbaugh (Aug 23, 2010)
The Creature from Jekyll Island : A Second Look at the Federal Reserve by G. Edward Griffin
A Regulated Gold Standard by Friedrich A. Hayek May 11, 1935

Just finished Limbaughs book, before that was The Woods by Harlan Coben (preferred Tell No One)

[charlestudor2005]

Originally Posted by Camille

Just read it. Really enjoyed it. I have been told by 2 other people that if you read the other 2 ("the girl who played with fire" and is it "the girl who kicked the bees nest?") you actually won't feel cheated...but surprisingly satisfied. On that note I will go for it!

C

Originally Posted by SR Only

Camille, Is there an order in reading the three?

What she said:

#1 Girl with the Spider Tattoo
#2 Girl who played with Fire
#3 Girl who kicked over the Hornet's Nest

[davec.0121]

I just finished "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" -- the third of the Lisbeth Salander books. Very good, though not as good as the first. Don't even try to predict how it goes.

I also finished "D-Day: The Invasion of Normandy" by Anthony Beevor. It's an excellent account of the campaign. Surprisingly, even though he's a Brit, Beevor is really hard on Montgomery and complimentary toward Eisenhower and Patton. He (Beevor) is probably one of the best recent historians writing on the '30's and '40's. His "The Battle for Spain" (about the Spanish Civil War) is also really good.

[Camille]

Originally Posted by SR Only

Camille, Is there an order in reading the three?

Yes SR:

The girl with the dragon tattoo
The grl who played with fire
The girl who kicked the hornets nest

all by Stieg Larsson. They were around for a while in Sweden until someone finally translated them into English..which is when they became big here.

C x

Replied to this before I saw someone else had. Sorry.

[charlestudor2005]

Originally Posted by SR Only

Camille, Is there an order in reading the three?

Originally Posted by Camille

Yes SR:

The girl with the dragon tattoo
The grl who played with fire
The girl who kicked the hornets nest

all by Stieg Larsson. They were around for a while in Sweden until someone finally translated them into English..which is when they became big here.

C x

Replied to this before I saw someone else had. Sorry.

Here's a USA Today story on the series. Summer belongs to SL: http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/n...henom_CV_N.htm

[davec.0121]

It's really too bad he died so soon after finishing them

[Camille]

Please don't take too long to settle this dispute

http://hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/2010/1...oo-millennium/

[Roark]

This forum reflectes echoes of Galts gulch.

Here was one fascinating explorer & a great read:

Lawrence of Arabia: The Authorized Biography of T.E. Lawrence

[WTF]

Originally Posted by Roark

This forum reflectes echoes of Galts gulch.

Atlas Shrugged is their Bible.....

Ok here are a couple I just finished:

The Postcatastrophe Economy, by Eric Janzen

The Shadow Market, by Eric Weiner

To Big To Fail, by Andrew Sorkin

FreeFall, Joe Stiglitz

What Americans Really Want, FranK Luntz

I'm done with the the banking fucfest for awhile. Going to read the new Twain bio. (the writer not the singer)

[..]

Originally Posted by WTF

Atlas Shrugged is their Bible.....

Yeah, it's a rational bullshit bible -- it didn't even work for the author.

After Ayn Rand wrote Atlas Shrugged she got a serve depression, and was so lost that she remarked "John Galt wouldn't feel this, he would know how to handle this. I don't know." and "I would hate for him to see me like this. I would feel unworthy, as if I had let him down."