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« on: December 24, 2011, 01:40:21 PM » |
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« Reply #1 on: December 24, 2011, 02:11:30 PM » |
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The new PD James based on Jane Austen.
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« Reply #2 on: December 24, 2011, 02:40:05 PM » |
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The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides.
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"My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music." Vladimir Nabokov
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« Reply #3 on: December 26, 2011, 03:15:29 PM » |
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I've mentioned this on another thread, but Wade Davis's new book on Mount Everest, Into the Silence, may be one of the best books I've ever read. An expert on mountaineering that I've talked to also agrees.
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« Reply #4 on: December 26, 2011, 07:47:02 PM » |
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I've mentioned this on another thread, but Wade Davis's new book on Mount Everest, Into the Silence, may be one of the best books I've ever read. An expert on mountaineering that I've talked to also agrees.
I'm reading it now and really enjoying it, though I'm in it more for the WWI than the mountain. |
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« Reply #5 on: December 26, 2011, 07:51:20 PM » |
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I just started The Emperor of Maladies, a mix of the history and science of cancer, along with personal observations and experiences of an oncologist. It won the Pulitzer and was recommended by several friends. So far: quite interesting.
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« Reply #6 on: December 26, 2011, 07:54:58 PM » |
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So far, three people have told me that I have to read Caleb's Crossing.Of course, I haven't read it yet, so I can't tell you if you should. |
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« Reply #7 on: December 28, 2011, 09:09:41 AM » |
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I enjoyed Emperor as well, not only for its elegant writing, but also for its intricate interweaving of historical context and personal experiences (the author is a cancer specialist.)
Diane Keaton's recent memoir is a worthy effort, although she elides from revealing too much about her affairs with such co-stars as Warren Beatty and Al Pacino.
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« Reply #8 on: January 11, 2012, 03:11:53 PM » |
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I will also recommend John Lithgow's endearing memoir, Drama, as well as Dr. Gerald Imber's Genius on the Edge, not only a fascinating examination of an early twentieth-century surgeon, but of the development in surgical techniques during the same period.
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« Reply #9 on: January 11, 2012, 03:36:29 PM » |
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I am really enjoying The Submission by Amy Waldman.
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"These things sneak up on him for no reason, these flashes of irrational happiness. It's probably a vitamin deficiency." -Margaret Atwood, Oryx and Crake
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« Reply #10 on: January 11, 2012, 03:49:07 PM » |
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MetaMaus by Art Spiegelman.
It’s So Easy (And Other Lies) by Duff McKagan.
Odd combination, I know, but I enjoyed them both!
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« Reply #11 on: January 11, 2012, 03:51:14 PM » |
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I really loved most of Swamplandia! by Karen Russell. Other 2010 novels that I'm hoping to read are Harbach's The Art of Fielding , Obreht's The Tiger's Wife, and Torres' We the Animals. Oh, and Baker's House of Holes, which is supposed to be very naughty.
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« Reply #12 on: January 21, 2012, 07:05:41 PM » |
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I think John Lewis Gaddis's George Kennan: A Biography is an excellent attempt to relate the life of a brilliant, if elusive, individual.
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« Reply #13 on: January 22, 2012, 10:16:09 AM » |
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MetaMaus by Art Spiegelman.
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I'm reading MetaMaus slowly. Terrific book for anyone who loved the Maus graphic novels. I think the three together would make great in-class Holocaust study material. |
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« Reply #14 on: January 26, 2012, 10:38:05 PM » |
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Here's a fourth on Caleb's Crossing. Also I loved Ann Patchett's State of Wonder, which I think is as good as her Bel Canto in many ways.
So delighted to know about the new PD James--thanks for the heads up.
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