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[Brittomart]

I'm reading The New American Splendor Anthology by Harvey Pekar and tons of illustrators. I saw the movie, and I had to see his work. I like it.

[RandomAnthony]

Yes, I liked everything from Jhumpa Lahiri (I spelled that from memory, so suck if it I'm wrong) until her last one, the one with "Earth" in the title. Never finished that.

Britt, I just requested American Splendor, the movie, from the library...haven't seen it in a while...

[Sarah]

I loved Unaccustomed Earth, particularly the last story.

[[deleted user]]

I have just finished reading Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri. Beautiful, simple thought provoking short stories.

I was just about to jump into La's Orchestra Saves the World by Alexander McCall Smith, but didn't want to ruin the flavour of Interpreter of Maladies, I might give it a day or so before I start.

[[deleted user]]

Adding Unaccustomed Earth to my to-read list. :)

I love my to-read list. It makes book selection so easy. I have been busy picking peoples brains, book recommendations are always welcome. :)

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

I'm reading Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work.

And Penguin by Design: A Cover Story 1935-2005.

[ms.petra]

Thanks for mentioning this book Lobstergirl. I have added Shop Class as Soulcraft to my to-read shelf. I know I will relate to it since I am one of those female Bob Villa's and appreciate all kinds of work that involves actually making/producing something. I had a conversation with the head of school at my daughter's high school asking why there was so little options for trade schools to teens. Not everyone is meant/should go to college. Also because trade schools are no longer considered a viable option to many teens, these professions seem to have lost their standing in the community.

[Pat]

I am almost done with The Final Solution: A Story of Detection. It's very short. I'm not sure what I will pick up next.

[Cynthia]

I just finished "The Help." I was into the last third of it, then felt the protagonist kind of got the long end of the stick while the maids got nothing but crumbs. Feh.

[Carol]

I also added Shop class as soulcraft to my shelves, thanks for the tip! Anyone have any suggestions for funny authors? I like Laurie Notaro and Christopher Moore. Would like a true laugh out loud read.

[Kevin]

not sure how old you are carol but if you are near my age Haven Kimmel is really a funny, good author. i suggest A Girl Named Zippy

i just finished Ozzy's book I Am Ozzy and i LOL's much during that

[Carol]

The only book we have is Iodine. A few words from the description "abused" "impoverished" haha. oh. I will ILL Zippy!

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

I'm trying to remember the last time I laughed out loud reading a book. Okay, I did laugh reading a children's book the other day, Randall Jarrell's The Gingerbread Rabbit, when a fox tells the runaway rabbit that he's a vegetarian.

An adult book, though, I'll have to think longer.

[Mary]

I LOL'd reading--believe it or not--Bitter is the New Black : Confessions of a Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smartass, Or, Why You Should Never Carry A Prada Bag to the Unemployment Office. A friend loaned it to me and it was not at all what I expected.

I'm currently reading A Dark Matter by Peter Straub.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

I probably snickered at one passage in Cold Comfort Farm, but I didn't like the book overall. A lot of people absolutely love it, though and find it hysterical. It's a parody.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

I also laughed, perhaps more in horror than glee, at some parts of I Love You More Than You Know. Ames calls himself "the George Plimpton of the colon" and the book contains frequent mentions of his irritable bowel syndrome, and ass-itch. This passage probably made me laugh the hardest:

Whenever I go for walks, I troll for love from anonymous dogs. First, I ask the human owner if I can pet their dog. Then I get down on my knees and the dogs love me up and lick the wax out of my ears. I nuzzle their necks and practically give them a hickey. What I'd really love to do is to lie on a field with a hundred dogs and just roll around and have an orgy of affection. I'd prefer that to a human orgy.

[Phil]

I laughed while reading "Bonk."

Now I need to read "Packing for Mars." I'll likely laugh again.

[Sally, la reina]

Phil wrote: "Still set in Sweden. No Lisbeth cast yet. One People reader suggested Katherine Moennig. I don't know of her but, from my quick online search, she seems to have the correct physical form (includ..."

Katherine moening would he PERFECT! and HAWWWWWEWWWT.

I read the first two in an astoundingly fast amount of time.
Now I'm reading The Devil in the White City Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America

[Sally, la reina]

It IS creepy! The murderer man is such a cool cucumber. He KNOWS he's fucking insane, and just goes on with his twisted business right in front of everyone!

[ms.petra]

I listened to that when it first came out a couple of years ago and creepy yes. Started the Sookie Stackhouse series so I can get a feel for TRUE BLOOD.

[Sally, la reina]

Don't. Just watch the show. It takes all the good parts of the books and mixes them into a delightful menage and leaves out all the tediousness.

[ms.petra]

Carol wrote: "I also added Shop class as soulcraft to my shelves, thanks for the tip! Anyone have any suggestions for funny authors? I like Laurie Notaro and Christopher Moore. Would like a true laugh out loud r..."

Try The know-it-all one man's humble quest to become the smartest person in the world. It was LOL funny. His best IMO.

[ms.petra]

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[Kevin]

just finished the fourth and final book in the conn iggulden Emperor series about julius caesar. wow! this was a terrific series of books. have you ever liked a book so much you started reading slower so it wouldn't end? i def recommend these books if you are a fan of historical fiction. outstanding!

[RandomAnthony]

Started Celine's Journey to the Edge of Night this weekend...

[[deleted user]]

I am over loaded at the moment. I am reading Blindness,Mudbound plus La's Orchestra Saves the World, I am reading the first two for book group reads, the last one for myself. I don't really like reading more than one book at a time. I will have to put aside La's Orchestra Saves the World, I was enjoying it a lot.

[ms.petra]

listened to A Dog's Purpose today and it was magical. If you liked The Art of Racing in the Rain, then you will enjoy this sweet story.

[Carol]

Bitter is the new black and the Know-it-all are both on my wish/TBR list. Thanks for the tips!

[Kevin]

dirty white boys by stephen hunter

[[deleted user]]

I really enjoyed the Murakami Gabby, I hope that you do too.

[Paul]

Jaimie wrote: "Lately, I've been so indecisive when I'm trying to pick my next book. Last night I spent half an hour staring at my bookcase until I finally picked something. I do like to read something light afte..."

that sounds so familiar! lately i've been reading multiple books (partly due to a reduced attention span. oh look, a birdie...) I generally have a fiction, a non-fiction and an audiobook (the latter mostly for walking, cycling and housework).

current selection is:
'If on a winter's Night a traveler' Italo Calvino
'Darwin's Dangerous Idea' Dan Dennett
'Tricks of the Mind' Derren Brown
and just started to re-read 'Do androids dream of electric sheep' by Philip K Dick as I've had KW Jeter's sequels sat around for ages and thought i'd give em a shot.
Oh, and a few short story collections including Gene Wolfe's 'Endangered Species', The Omnibus of 20th Century Ghost Stories and The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror...

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

I finished "Shop class as Soulcraft" and recommend it, even thought there was way more in there about motorcycles than interested me. It contains many important ideas. Now I'm on to The Savage Garden, a Tuscan mystery set in 1958.

[Mary]

Everything That Rises Must Converge (Flannery O'Conner)
Lit: A Memoir (Mary Karr)
Such a Pretty Fat: One Narcissist's Quest to Discover if Her Life Makes Her Ass Look Big, or Why Pie is Not the Answer (Jen Lancaster)

[Jaimie]

Paul wrote: "that sounds so familiar! lately i've been reading multiple books (partly due to a reduced attention span. oh look, a birdie...) I generally have a fiction, a non-fiction and an audiobook (the latter mostly for walking, cycling and housework)...."

I've been trying to read multiple books. If I spend more than one week on a book I put it down and pick up another and try to go back and forth until I'm through. It was working well until I hit July. I preserve July for Terry Pratchett's Discworld books. I read two every year. At that rate, I will be caught up with the series in about eight or nine years. :-) I'm back trying to read a book I've been picking up and putting down since January: The Town That Forgot How to Breathe: A Novel

[Pat]

Jaimie wrote: "I've been trying to read multiple books. If I spend more than one week on a book I put it down and pick up another and try to go back and forth until I'm through."

I added The Town That Forgot How to Breathe: A Novel to my TBR list. I've been to Newfoundland, and remember lots of those bleak towns.

[Carol]

Kevin - I am really enjoying A girl named Zippy!
"She thinks she was hypnotized by a rabbit."
I have to read The virgin suicides next for book club.

[Kevin]

excellent! i love that book and the second one called "she got up off the couch" is wonderful too. i reread the zippy book occasionally just to get a warm smile


i just got the last dragon tattoo book "hornets nest" and will begin reading it tonight

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

I just finished The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, which was clever. I liked the protagonist, an eleven year old girl with a scary passion for chemistry, named Flavia.

She was like a diabolical, British Harriet the Spy. I liked how she could poke around places without exciting notice just because she was a kid. And, she used the resources of the library! Woo!

[Cynthia]

OH, Jackie! Harriet is my most-favorite read of all time! That sounds good.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

I'm reading The Business of Books: How the International Conglomerates Took Over Publishing and Changed the Way We Read.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

I'm reading The Anthologist.

[Jaimie]

Pat wrote: "
I added The Town That Forgot How to Breathe: A Novel to my TBR list. I've been to Newfoundland, and remember lots of those bleak towns..."

It's definitely got that atmospheric bleakness but the story is dragging badly.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

I'm reading House.

[[deleted user]]

Ryan Brown's debut "Play Dead," an ungodly mash-up between glory-years Stephen King, George Romero's "Dead" trilogy, and "The Longest Yard."

All from a former soap star.

[Kevin]

oh yeah, i read blockade billy by stephen king over the weekend. reminded me why i don't often read anything from king

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

I have never read anything by S. King.

[ms.petra]

One Day by David Nicholls and the latest Postsecret book.

[Amy]

Currently trying to finish Dragonfly in Amber, which isn't going nearly as quickly as Outlander did. If the end of DiA compels me to pick up the 3rd book in the series right away, then I'll continue on - otherwise I'll probably give the series a break and read something else for awhile.

[[deleted user]]

Welcome to TC Amy.

[Amy]

Jim "In dreams we enter a world entirely our own" wrote: "Welcome to TC Amy."

Thanks :) Still kicking the tires, but I think she's a keeper.