Sunday, November 30, 2008
Oh yeah. Anyone want to pretend we're reading a book together?
I just got Mercy by Toni Morrison out of the library. I might read it in the next few days.
Ed is coming to town
Arrives DC 2/11/09, returns to Israel 2/24. Traveling alone this time.
I'm reading Lush Life right now (Richard Price). About cops, crime, and poor people in lower Manhattan. I feel like I'm living there, a sign of a very good writer I think.
Monday, November 3, 2008
What Larry F. is reading next: "2666" by Roberto Bolano
Larry said:
Anyone interested? I have read all of his books.
2666 by Roberto Bolano. 912 pages.
http://www.slate.com/id/2203471/pagenum/all/#p2
$18 from Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/2666-Novel-Roberto-Bolano/dp/0374100144/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1225722362&sr=8-1
Anyone interested? I have read all of his books.
2666 by Roberto Bolano. 912 pages.
http://www.slate.com/id/2203471/pagenum/all/#p2
$18 from Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/2666-Novel-Roberto-Bolano/dp/0374100144/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1225722362&sr=8-1
Friday, October 24, 2008
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Ramblings
I just saw your (Pam's) note about Luncheon of the Boating Party. I read about 30 or 40 pages and haven't read any more. More, I think, because I've been incredibly busy and also doing a last minute check of the cookbook I'm editing (last minute changes by the author) than because I lost interest. Guess I'll pick it up and try again.
As for the books and discussion on religion -- sorry if I sound shallow -- but I'm so politicked and philosophied out that I'd rather disappear into some fiction instead for now. I'd probably lurk and eavesdrop on your discussion; maybe I'd be inspired to chime in from time to time.
T. C. Boyle sounds good to me or Diviserado -- I'd be willing to try both or either.
Paula
As for the books and discussion on religion -- sorry if I sound shallow -- but I'm so politicked and philosophied out that I'd rather disappear into some fiction instead for now. I'd probably lurk and eavesdrop on your discussion; maybe I'd be inspired to chime in from time to time.
T. C. Boyle sounds good to me or Diviserado -- I'd be willing to try both or either.
Paula
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
A few suggestions:
Ed wrote:
How about Divisadero by Michael Ondaatje (The English Patient). Check it out and let me know what you think. I brought it back so I'm good to go if you're interested.
BTW, on my last trip to Costco my eye caught The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz. Never heard anything about it but it won a Pulitzer so I figured how bad can it be. It's actually pretty amusing so far (just started this afternoon). It's one of the few instances of a book with long footnotes that are funny. But not particularly relevant for a book club.
Anyone interested in considering something by TC Boyle? I'm thinking about Talk, Talk. I really enjoyed Drop City. Enough that I'm willing to try something else.
Larry responded:
Hi all
I do want to read this book but I am committed to reading 3 or 4 other books first. Ed, I got a book on the Talmud and find it fascinating. I would like to see us tackle the 5 great religions (Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam) and really have some heated discussions. Does anyone realize how wonderfully weird Hinduism is?
How about Divisadero by Michael Ondaatje (The English Patient). Check it out and let me know what you think. I brought it back so I'm good to go if you're interested.
BTW, on my last trip to Costco my eye caught The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz. Never heard anything about it but it won a Pulitzer so I figured how bad can it be. It's actually pretty amusing so far (just started this afternoon). It's one of the few instances of a book with long footnotes that are funny. But not particularly relevant for a book club.
Anyone interested in considering something by TC Boyle? I'm thinking about Talk, Talk. I really enjoyed Drop City. Enough that I'm willing to try something else.
Larry responded:
Hi all
I do want to read this book but I am committed to reading 3 or 4 other books first. Ed, I got a book on the Talmud and find it fascinating. I would like to see us tackle the 5 great religions (Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam) and really have some heated discussions. Does anyone realize how wonderfully weird Hinduism is?
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Yes and No
Hi. . .
Yes Ryan is adorable. No I didn't drop off the face of the earth.
I just figured since we aren't reading anything as a group I didn't have anything to say. But I have been reading.
I've finished two books by Jonathan Lethem: Fortress of Solitude and Motherless Brooklyn. They're extremely different -- to the point of seeming not to be written by the same author. Ironically about the only thing they have in common is that they both take place in Brooklyn.
In the past week I've started reading TC Boyle's Drop City. Have you read anything by him? Interesting reading about the Sixties. Perspective is an amazing thing. I've read about a third of the book. He's still setting the scene. What is coming through loud and clear is how anti-women communes were. Perspective again: Shula grew up on a commune and it's definitely not anti-women.
As for what we're going to read when Hagit and I are there . . . dunno. I'll think about it. Whatever it is I guess we have to decide soon. Don't know if I want to read the Vreeland book. It's tempting in that we've made several pilgrimages to see the Impressionists all over France. We went to the homes of both Matisse and Renoir in Nice. The Matisse House is now an amazing museum. The exhibition changes (we've been there more than once). The first time they had several paintings hung next to the windows he was looking out when he painted them. Talking about being blown away! OTOH Renoir's house is a bit disappointing. You can go into his studio but there really isn't much of his work hung there.
I have the feeling that Luncheon of the Boating Party may be too similar to Girl in Hyacinth Blue. Go ahead, tell me I'm wrong.
Ed
Yes Ryan is adorable. No I didn't drop off the face of the earth.
I just figured since we aren't reading anything as a group I didn't have anything to say. But I have been reading.
I've finished two books by Jonathan Lethem: Fortress of Solitude and Motherless Brooklyn. They're extremely different -- to the point of seeming not to be written by the same author. Ironically about the only thing they have in common is that they both take place in Brooklyn.
In the past week I've started reading TC Boyle's Drop City. Have you read anything by him? Interesting reading about the Sixties. Perspective is an amazing thing. I've read about a third of the book. He's still setting the scene. What is coming through loud and clear is how anti-women communes were. Perspective again: Shula grew up on a commune and it's definitely not anti-women.
As for what we're going to read when Hagit and I are there . . . dunno. I'll think about it. Whatever it is I guess we have to decide soon. Don't know if I want to read the Vreeland book. It's tempting in that we've made several pilgrimages to see the Impressionists all over France. We went to the homes of both Matisse and Renoir in Nice. The Matisse House is now an amazing museum. The exhibition changes (we've been there more than once). The first time they had several paintings hung next to the windows he was looking out when he painted them. Talking about being blown away! OTOH Renoir's house is a bit disappointing. You can go into his studio but there really isn't much of his work hung there.
I have the feeling that Luncheon of the Boating Party may be too similar to Girl in Hyacinth Blue. Go ahead, tell me I'm wrong.
Ed
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