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LittleRedWriter

LittleRedWriter

Brooklyn, NY
January 2004

FEB 22, 2005 10:44 AM

at the moment i'm alternating between Augusten Burrough'sDry" & David Sedari's "Me Talk Pretty One Day" & i'm looking forward to Jen Sylvania's forthcoming novel which is already getting a lot of attention.

any recommendations? i like non-fiction.

[Edited on Feb 22, 2005 by LittleRedWriter]

a548456

a548456

United Kingdom
OLD SKOOL

FEB 22, 2005 10:53 AM

I'm currently reading Aldous Huxley's Brave New World and Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, and I'd always reccomend Luke Rheinhard's The Dice Man.


[Edited on Feb 22, 2005 by Spike]

PeetyMcGee

PeetyMcGee

New York, NY
November 2003

FEB 22, 2005 10:59 AM

The Prince of Providence: The True Story of Buddy Cianci, America's Most Notorious Mayor, Some Wiseguys, and the Feds
by Mike Stanton

ms_n_thrope

ms_n_thrope

Columbia, MO
August 2004

FEB 22, 2005 11:02 AM

i started reading 'neverwhere' by neil gaiman on the plane over here for the third time. since then i've either been too lazy to read or just not in the mood when it was within reach.

emilygee

emilygee

Chicago, IL
December 2003

FEB 22, 2005 11:04 AM

Right now:

A Thousand Plateaus - Capitalism and Schizophrenia

I would highly recommend it.

crucified

crucified

Germany
January 2004

FEB 22, 2005 11:08 AM

just finished ´Media Control´ by Noam Chomsky

_DictionaryGirl_

_DictionaryGirl_

NEWSWIRE

San Diego, CA

FEB 22, 2005 11:08 AM

At this very moment, for my Euro History class:

Russett, Cynthia Eagle. 1989. Sexual Science: The Victorian Construction of Womanhood. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press.

It's actually a lot more interesting than it sounds. People believed some really fucked up things about gender and race back in the day...

everytingends

everytingends

Canada
December 2004

FEB 22, 2005 11:09 AM

LittleRedWriter said:
at the moment i'm alternating between Augusten Burrough'sDry" & David Sedari's "Me Talk Pretty One Day" & i'm looking forward to Jen Sylvania's forthcoming novel which is already getting a lot of attention.

any recommendations? i like non-fiction.

[Edited on Feb 22, 2005 by LittleRedWriter]



I've read dry, I enjoyed it. I found it got a little slow in the middle, but the ending is great

Trucker_Fiction

Trucker_Fiction

Normal, IL
December 2003

FEB 22, 2005 11:17 AM

Jstone

jstone

Victoria, BC
November 2004

FEB 22, 2005 11:19 AM

I just finished Niel Gaimans american gods, pretty good.

beaky

beaky

Miami, FL
April 2003

FEB 22, 2005 11:24 AM

Enfant_Terrible said:
I think everybody should read...

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Linda Brent

Linda Brent was a slave in North Carolina and it is her narrative of what she experienced from her first memories to old age. Great, yet heart wrenching, book.

It is a fast read, and I mean it when I say, everybody should read it.



I'm just surprised that you read....

Oh snap....

Clover

Clover

SUICIDEGIRL

USA

FEB 22, 2005 11:26 AM

Plague: The Mysterious Past and Terrifying Future of The World's Most Dangerous Disease

beaky

beaky

Miami, FL
April 2003

FEB 22, 2005 11:30 AM

Enfant_Terrible said:

beaky said:

Enfant_Terrible said:
I think everybody should read...

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Linda Brent

Linda Brent was a slave in North Carolina and it is her narrative of what she experienced from her first memories to old age. Great, yet heart wrenching, book.

It is a fast read, and I mean it when I say, everybody should read it.



I'm just surprised that you read....

Oh snap....




HAHA...hahahaha....ha....eh...

SOOOOOO, no suggestion from you then? No, no, no...put down the comic book, those don't count...anything else? tongue




American Gods (Neil Gaiman), The Parsifal Mosaic (Robert Ludlum)

Shal

Shal

Los Angeles, CA
October 2002

FEB 22, 2005 11:31 AM

Currently reading:
Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert
Eva Luna by Isabelle Allende

Just ordered:
Kingdom of Fear by Hunter S. Thompson
We Are Three by Rumi

Going to finish:
Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present one of these days.

[Edited on Feb 22, 2005 by Shalome]

Cash

Cash

USA
OLD SKOOL

FEB 22, 2005 11:34 AM

right now:

1. Caught Inside: A Surfer's Year on the California Coast by Daniel Duane
2. Lamb by Christopher Moore
3. re-reading 'Tis by Frank McCourt

I like to have a few books going at once so I don't get too bored.

Shal

Shal

Los Angeles, CA
October 2002

FEB 22, 2005 11:35 AM

Enfant_Terrible said:

Shalome said:
Going to finish:
Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present one of these days.

[Edited on Feb 22, 2005 by Shalome]




1492-Present!? What the hell? Are you reading highschool text books?




Sort of. Although I'd love to find the school district that taught from Howard Zinn's textbooks. I'm pretty sure that just about anywhere in the US, if you tried to teach from them, you'd get fired by the school board immediately.

Check it out sometime.

[Edited on Feb 22, 2005 by Shalome]

Meeks

Meeks

Canada
November 2004

FEB 22, 2005 11:44 AM

100 years of Solitude... and too many textbooks frown

_DictionaryGirl_

_DictionaryGirl_

NEWSWIRE

San Diego, CA

FEB 22, 2005 11:53 AM

Enfant_Terrible said:

dictionary_girl said:
At this very moment, for my Euro History class:

Russett, Cynthia Eagle. 1989. Sexual Science: The Victorian Construction of Womanhood. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press.

It's actually a lot more interesting than it sounds. People believed some really fucked up things about gender and race back in the day...




Have you read Religion and the Decline of Magic, Keith Thomas?
I really liked it, and it has pretty interesting/funny descriptions of superstitions and gender specific beliefs, as they were accepted in 16th and 17th Century England. Some are still believed or, at the least, used in language today.

Hysterical!!(this specific word choice is a pun for those who get it)



Bahahahahaha hysterical indeed! I would check ...Decline of Magic out, but modern phrenological science tells me that my childlike girly mind is too soft and chewy to read books written by men. Now, good sir, please excuse me while I check into the Freudian clinic so that my skeezy middle-aged psychiatrist can "relieve" me of my "womanly hysterics" in a controlled and orderly fashion. I can't be late; he always looks so thrilled when I get there and he snaps those rubber gloves on... confused

biggrin

gogoyubari

gogoyubari

Miami, FL
September 2004

FEB 22, 2005 11:56 AM

The Art of War by Sun Tzu

LittleRedWriter

LittleRedWriter

Brooklyn, NY
January 2004

FEB 22, 2005 01:07 PM

everytingends said:

LittleRedWriter said:
at the moment i'm alternating between Augusten Burrough'sDry" & David Sedari's "Me Talk Pretty One Day" & i'm looking forward to Jen Sylvania's forthcoming novel which is already getting a lot of attention.

any recommendations? i like non-fiction.

[Edited on Feb 22, 2005 by LittleRedWriter]



I've read dry, I enjoyed it. I found it got a little slow in the middle, but the ending is great



yeah, i agree. which is why i picked up the Sedaris book. i love Augusten though. At the moment he's my literary hero. i have a non-fiction project coming out soon and i still write a lot of non-fiction but i want to try some fiction so i also picked up Sellevision which i haven't begun reading.

LankaKitten

lankakitten

Seattle, WA
December 2004

FEB 22, 2005 01:09 PM

I'm currently reading My Sister's Kepper and I'm enjoying it more than I thought I would.
As for non-fiction, my money's on My Dark Places by James Ellroy.

LittleRedWriter

LittleRedWriter

Brooklyn, NY
January 2004

FEB 22, 2005 01:13 PM

Enfant_Terrible said:
Non-fiction...like history books?



Well, sure but i sometimes get board reading history books. I do like history told through. epistolary novels (letters) for example, the correspondence between Anais Nin & Henry Miller was a really enjoyable read for me. It was also inspiring.

I mostly enjoy biographies. I like honesty...self-deprication...
Faves: Elizabeth Wurtzel, Andy Behrman, Augusten Burroughs, Dave Eggars, Zoe Trope, David Sedaris...

damn it's raining SOOOOO hard right now!

SevenMag

SevenMag

Blue Springs, MO
June 2003

FEB 22, 2005 01:19 PM

Animal Factory by Edward Bunker.I saw the movie awile back,and figured the book would be better.

LittleRedWriter

LittleRedWriter

Brooklyn, NY
January 2004

FEB 22, 2005 01:24 PM

Enfant_Terrible said:

LittleRedWriter said:

Enfant_Terrible said:
Non-fiction...like history books?



Well, sure but i sometimes get board reading history books. I do like history told through. epistolary novels (letters) for example, the correspondence between Anais Nin & Henry Miller was a really enjoyable read for me. It was also inspiring.

I mostly enjoy biographies. I like honesty...self-deprication...
Faves: Elizabeth Wurtzel, Andy Behrman, Augusten Burroughs, Dave Eggars, Zoe Trope, David Sedaris...

damn it's raining SOOOOO hard right now!




Make sure you take note of one of my earlier suggestions then.

Enfant_Terrible said:
I think everybody should read...

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Linda Brent

Linda Brent was a slave in North Carolina and it is her narrative of what she experienced from her first memories to old age. Great, yet heart wrenching, book.

It is a fast read, and I mean it when I say, everybody should read it.



You won't regret it.


i've made a note!
thank you!
smile

LittleRedWriter

LittleRedWriter

Brooklyn, NY
January 2004

FEB 22, 2005 01:30 PM

Thanks to everyone by the way, for your suggestions.
All of those books sound interesting. smile

anyone read The Ha-Ha: A Novel by Dave King?

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