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"Holiday/End of Year Book Wrap Up."


  

          

Whatcha readin?

What's on deck?

What's good?

I just finished The Geographer's Library, by Jon Fasman, last night. It was a nice diversion and I think it would appeal to people who, for example, liked The Shadow of the Wind. There's just the tiniest nod to Umberto Eco, but don't think it's as cerebral as Eco, it isn't.

Prior to that, I had re-read one of my favorite books of all time -- The Gold Bug Variations, by Richard Powers. It really startles me that on the fourth go-round I still find more in the book. So that made me think that I couldn't stand anything less filling, and I pulled out Three Farmers On Their Way To A Dance, which I'm reading now after the diversion of The Geographer's Library. This is, I think, my fourth read of Three Farmers, as well.

Next up, I'm going to re-read The Last Samurai. It's been a year, the weather's getting colder and it reminds me of cocooning with it last year when my new mattress was delivered.

You?


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Holiday/End of Year Book Wrap Up. [View all] , janey, Wed Dec-06-06 02:36 PM
 
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Finally done reading for School
Dec 06th 2006
1
Mark Helpirn?
Dec 06th 2006
2
      Yeah thats his name
Dec 06th 2006
3
RE: Holiday/End of Year Book Wrap Up.
Dec 07th 2006
4
that exact Gould recording
Dec 07th 2006
5
      RE: that exact Gould recording
Dec 07th 2006
7
           You know, I read the review of Pynchon's new one recently
Dec 07th 2006
8
                RE: You know, I read the review of Pynchon's new one recently
Dec 07th 2006
10
RE: Holiday/End of Year Book Wrap Up.
Dec 07th 2006
6
Lunar Park is crazy...
Dec 28th 2006
38
The Third Policeman - Flan O'Brien
Dec 07th 2006
9
Neil Gaiman's "Neverwhere" is up next
Dec 07th 2006
11
I tore through that book
Dec 18th 2006
20
Janey, we struck gold last year
Dec 08th 2006
12
lol, now they think you're psychic or something
Dec 08th 2006
14
      Re -- The Echo Maker
Dec 08th 2006
15
100 years...
Dec 08th 2006
13
I'm missing The Wire something fierce, so I need a Pelecanos fix.
Dec 11th 2006
16
okay, how much have I raved about The Zero?
Dec 12th 2006
17
Two great finds
Dec 18th 2006
18
I need a recommendation:
Dec 18th 2006
19
well, well, well
Dec 18th 2006
22
      These look promising...
Dec 18th 2006
24
           Also, look for the thread here
Dec 18th 2006
25
Update:
Dec 18th 2006
21
wouldn't it be wonderful if Helpirn were a great writer?
Dec 18th 2006
23
      agree
Dec 18th 2006
26
           and at least we know McCarthy can write
Dec 18th 2006
27
The Shipping News by Ann Proulx
Dec 18th 2006
28
so then I read The Omnivore's Dilemma, by Michael Pollan
Dec 26th 2006
29
so then I read an old Jess Walter novel
Dec 26th 2006
30
so then I read The Looming Tower, by Lawrence Wright
Dec 26th 2006
31
so now I'm reading three
Dec 26th 2006
32
started Lunar Park a few days ago
Dec 27th 2006
33
that's a weird one
Dec 27th 2006
34
nah its better to assume everything is true in that book
Dec 28th 2006
41
it was hard for me to put down also
Dec 28th 2006
39
The Road
Dec 27th 2006
35
The Road
Dec 27th 2006
36
Got The Last Samurai for Christmas!
Dec 28th 2006
37
just started Beasts of no Nation
Dec 28th 2006
40
Writing on the Wall by Simon Morley
Dec 28th 2006
42
so now I'm reading Man Gone Down by Michael Thomas
Dec 28th 2006
43

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