What good books have you read recently?

[Bella]

Another Roadside Attraction was hard for me to read at first.
I liked it a lot better the second time I read it.

I didn't like it as much as Jitterbug Perfume or Skinny Legs and All.
Those were my two all time favorites.

[hooplala]

I didn't like it as much as Jitterbug Perfume or Skinny Legs and All.
Those were my two all time favorites.

I haven't read either of them, although I have Jitterbug Perfume.  Maybe I'll give it a go and come back to Roadside.

There have been one or two books I didnt like the first time around but did like the second time, so maybe it needs to sit for a while.

Have you read Cowgirls, Bella?

[Bella]

Yeah, I read it. I liked it, but not as well as the other two I mentioned.
I think I've read everything Robbins ever wrote.
Have you tried Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates?

[hooplala]

Yeah, I read it. I liked it, but not as well as the other two I mentioned.
I think I've read everything Robbins ever wrote.
Have you tried Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates?

Nope, never even heard of that one.

Should I try it first?

[Bella]

Nah, go for Skinny Legs and All first.
Or Still Life with Woodpecker if you're wanting something a bit shorter to start off with.
I think you'd like Still Life, actually.

Jitterbug Perfume has a lot of New Orleans in it, so that's kind of sad these days.

[hooplala]

True, although I've read A Confederacy Of Dunces again since Katrina and it was only sad sporatically.  Somehow reading about the place brings it back to life.

[Cain]

I just got Yeat's Golden Dawn in the mail. Yet another present for Sara that I'm going to read before I give it to her. This is a used copy, so there's no way she'll notice I've been reading it. So far, it's pretty interesting.

oou....let me know how that pans out! Sounds like one for the SSOOKN library  

I'm liking it a lot, Mang. But I haven't had enough uninterrupted time to really get into it the way it deserves.

thanks She Who Sees the Darkness in Your Hearts - i'll sniff out a copy one day.

Hey Mang, this website on the Golden Dawn may be of interest to you http://www.angelfire.com/ab6/imuhtuk/

[Irreverend Hugh, KSC]

I am reading "Pandora's Planet" by Peter Hamilton. It is pretty good so far, though it is very long and I have little free time.

[Cain]

Just picked up a copy of Dune, as everyone and their dog has already read it, seemingly.  Something to do over Xmas, other than revise, eat too much etc...

[hooplala]

I haven't read it, and have been hounded over it by various friends over time.

Let me know how it is, it just looks fucking boring to me.  I prefer my sci-fi of the Philip K. Dick variety, not so much overt fantasy.

[LMNO]

PKD, FTW!

[Bella]

I love Phillip K Dick. Dune's pretty good, as I remember, but i'ts been a long time,  so it's hard to say if I'd still think it was food reading.

[Cain]

Its funny, I was reading a book today about the representation of crime and city in American literature and his name came up alot, because of the Blade Runner movie, of course.  I considered buying the book for my Dad for Xmas...

[Z³]

Oddly enough, I've been way into Dick right now.

Just got done reading Ubik.

[neongenesis816]

Alexandr I Solzhenitsyn - The Gulag Archipelago