What Books Have You Been Reading?

Musicat · **Posted:** Mon Jan 25, 2010 1:47 pm

Mission of Gravity - Hal Clement

Musicat · **Posted:** Wed Feb 03, 2010 5:16 pm

Strength of Stones - Greg Bear
The Coming Race - Edward Bulwer-Lytton

laurieramone · **Joined:** Sun Oct 21, 2007 1:37 am **Posts:** 1093

I just re-read my copy of Deborah Spungen's biography of her daughter Nancy. ("And I Don't Want to Live This Life"). Talk about a "tell all"!! And people complain about Mickey telling "Too Much". Ha! Few biographies by a family member are this explicit. For those who don't recognize the name Nancy Spungen, she was the Nancy in Sid and Nancy in real life,

ddfad · **Posted:** Thu Feb 04, 2010 5:30 am

Yeah Deborah does not hold back. And I don't blame her given all the shit she's probably taken. I just read The Stepford Wives. Apparently, Ira Levin wrote both that and Rosemary's Baby.

Lobotommy · **Joined:** Sun Mar 22, 2009 12:09 am **Posts:** 737

I recently finished reading a history of the Grand Old Opry that I bought in early January at Big Lots. Lots of good and previously unknown to me trivia about Hank Williams, Johnny Cash and others; plus, a lot of vintage pictures from over the years.
My review of Mickey's book will be published in tomorrow's Sun Herald, so I'll post a link when that happens. Hopefully, you guys will enjoy it, though I couldn't spend as much print on it as Laurie did, since I had to cram in several other reviews in the same column.
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Born To Die In Berlin · **Joined:** Thu Feb 04, 2010 4:52 pm **Posts:** 19

Döblin´s "Berlin Alexanderplatz" at the moment.

martín (the real one) · **Posted:** Wed Feb 10, 2010 2:25 pm

Just started Stephen King's Duma Key, pretty good so far. As far as I remember it's the first King book told in first person.

Ashley J. Williams · **Posted:** Wed Feb 10, 2010 10:00 pm

martín (the real one) wrote:

Just started Stephen King's Duma Key, pretty good so far. As far as I remember it's the first King book told in first person.

Delores Claiborne was also told in first person.

slmader · **Posted:** Wed Feb 10, 2010 10:03 pm

martín (the real one) wrote:

Just started Stephen King's Duma Key, pretty good so far. As far as I remember it's the first King book told in first person.

Come back and tell us what you think of it. I read it and wouldn't mind discussing a bit.

Lobotommy · **Joined:** Sun Mar 22, 2009 12:09 am **Posts:** 737

I just finished a book about Farm Aid. A factual book that was at times dry, but had a lot of pictures and interviews that made it interesting. A wide variety of artists have been playing Farm Aid over the years, not just country folks: even IGGY POP played one year!!
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ddfad · **Posted:** Fri Feb 12, 2010 2:35 am

martín (the real one) wrote:

Just started Stephen King's Duma Key, pretty good so far. As far as I remember it's the first King book told in first person.

That is a really good one.

ChrissiRamone · **Posted:** Tue Feb 16, 2010 1:59 pm

I noticed a couple of days ago that Patti Smith's new book, "Just Kids", is #4 on the LA Times bestseller list. Has anyone read it? What did you think?

I read "Rolling Stone's" excerpt, and would like to read the whole thing...

laurieramone · **Joined:** Sun Oct 21, 2007 1:37 am **Posts:** 1093

I finished a book called "The Von Bulow affair" a true crime book about how Claus Von Bulow tried killing his wife with an insulin overdose. This occurred in 1980. She died last year. What a horror to spend your life in an irreversible coma. The discription of the of the blueblood society in Newport was quite interesting as well as the criminal aspects of the book.

Musicat · **Posted:** Mon Feb 22, 2010 2:20 pm

Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon

Lobotommy · **Joined:** Sun Mar 22, 2009 12:09 am **Posts:** 737

finishing up a kid's book entitled "The Sea of Monsters," it's book two in a series that debuted at the movies recently with The Lightning Thief, which was book one.
A good one if you like Greek mythology.

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