WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING?? VOL. BARNES & NOBLE GIFT CARDS FTW

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Been increasing my book collection recently ... recommend some good reads

Current books I've been reading are :

Musicophilia
Popism - By Andy Warhol
Bumping into Geniuses : My life in the rock and roll business
 
Currently reading War with the Newts by Karel Capek. It's really amazing.

I've been reading a lot of Eastern European authors, before that I read "I Served the King of England" by Bohumil Hrabal. Literally one of thebest books I've ever read. You really should get this book if you have a gift card, I promise that you will enjoy it.

Next up for me is "Invisible Cities" by Italo Calvino.
 
Originally Posted by hugebird

"I Served the King of England" by Bohumil Hrabal. Literally one of the best books I've ever read.

Whats that about? I've been looking for a few new books to read. I copped one today about the Blackwater mercenaries and their story. Looked interesting.
 
What I just finished:

Dear American Airlines
Jonathan Miles



From the cocktails columnist of the New York Times, the scathingly funny, deeply moving story of a stranded passenger whose enraged letter of complaint transforms into a lament for a life gone awry.

Bennie Ford, a fifty-three-year-old failed poet turned translator, is traveling to his estranged daughter's wedding when his flight is canceled. Stuck with thousands of fuming passengers in the purgatory of O'Hare Airport, he watches the clock tick and realizes that he will miss the ceremony. Frustrated, irate, and helpless, Bennie does the only thing he can: he starts to write a letter. But what begins as a hilariously excoriating demand for a refund soon becomes a cri de coeur of a life misspent, talent wasted, opportunities botched, and happiness lost. A man both sinned against and sinning, Bennie pens his letter in a voice that is a marvel of lacerating wit directed at himself and at others, heart-on-sleeve emotion, and wide-ranging erudition, underlined by a consistent groundnote of regret for the actions of a lifetime-and all of it is propelled by the fading hope that if he could just make it to the wedding, he might have a chance to do something right.

A margarita blend of outrage, wicked humor, vulnerability, intelligence, and regret, Dear American Airlines gives new meaning to the term "airport novel" and announces the emergence of a major new talent in American fiction.
What I'm reading now (still; damn holiday):

Death of a Writer
Michael Collins



From Booker Prize nominee Michael Collins comes "a wonderfully creepy murder mystery" (People), about a novelist whose last hope for fame may be the deepest secret in his past.

For E. Robert Pendleton, a professor clinging to tenure and living in the shambles of his once-bright literary career, death seems to be the only remaining option. But his suicide attempt fails, and during his long convalescence, a novel is discovered hidden in his basement: a brilliant, semi-autobiographical story with a gruesome child murder at its core.

The publication of Scream causes a storm of publicity and raises questions about its content-in particular, about the uncanny resemblance between Pendleton's fictional crime and a real-life, unresolved local murder. How did Pendleton know the case so well? And why did he bury Scream in his basement? A rare blend of suspense, humor and insight, Death of a Writer is "dark, disturbing and damnably good." (Baltimore Sun).
What I just picked up:

An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England
Brock Clarke



A lot of remarkable things have happened to Sam Pulsifer, beginning with the ten years he spent in prison for accidentally burning down Emily Dickinson's house and unwittingly killing two people. Emerging at the age of twenty-eight, he creates a new life as a husband and father. But when the homes of other famous writers go up in smoke, he must prove his innocence by uncovering the identity of this literary-minded arsonist.
Yes, I read really random $#@!.
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I just recently read The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein, Cell by Stephen King, and The Soloist by Steve Lopez. All good books in my opinon buy I amvery easy to please. I can pick up a book about anything and read it front to back. Now I'm starting The Last Theorem, which is kind of weird so far.
 
I'm re-reading this again, If you want to learn how to eat healthy for the New Year read this. Also read Omnivore's Dilemma for the more ethical sideof eating.

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i have not read a "normal book" (if you know what i mean) since i started upper division engineering classes. i do miss doing casual readingsometimes though..
 
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