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monster · 02-14-2009, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

SPOOK by Mary Roach. I liked her STIFF. Was hilarious - about what they do with 'donated to medical science/medical schools' bodies. Some of us will end up at the Body Farm, some of us will be in vehicle safety testing...some of us will be getting posthumous facelifts...

I liked that too. what's Spook like?

wolf · 02-15-2009, 10:41 PM

Indian Captive - Lois Lenski

1942 Newbery Honor book for older children. It's the story of a captive of the Seneca around the time of the French and Indian Wars. Dated, but more sensitive than one would expect. I did find myself wanting to know more than just her first two or three years with the tribe.

#6 The Ersatz Elevator - Lemony Snicket
#8 The Hostile Hospital - Lemony Snicket

Terribly fun. Thank you mysterious stranger who abandoned them in my mailroom. I hope the library stocks them.

Griff · 02-16-2009, 07:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Zhuge Liang

A Clash of Kings - George R R Martin.

That was recommended to me yesterday. Looks like I should get on board.

Clodfobble · 02-16-2009, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Griff

That was recommended to me yesterday. Looks like I should get on board.

Just in time: the long-awaited fifth book finally has a release date this fall.

Griff · 02-16-2009, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by wolf

Indian Captive - Lois Lenski

1942 Newbery Honor book for older children. It's the story of a captive of the Seneca around the time of the French and Indian Wars. Dated, but more sensitive than one would expect. I did find myself wanting to know more than just her first two or three years with the tribe.

#6 The Ersatz Elevator - Lemony Snicket
#8 The Hostile Hospital - Lemony Snicket

Terribly fun. Thank you mysterious stranger who abandoned them in my mailroom. I hope the library stocks them.

All mentioned have been burned through by my girls. The Snickets should all be in the library. They are wildly popular.

Maybe I should wait for Martin to close the cycle? I hate getting ahead of the author.

wolf · 02-16-2009, 12:48 PM

#10 The Slippery Slope - Lemony Snicket

Continuing to be delightful. What other children's book series contains a direct reference to C.M. Kornbluth?

rockerreds · 02-16-2009, 12:51 PM

Joe Klein-The Running Mate

Shawnee123 · 02-17-2009, 11:57 AM

The Reader by Bernhard Schlink.

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It deals with the difficulties of subsequent generations to comprehend the Holocaust; specifically, whether a sense of its origins and magnitude can be adequately conveyed solely through written and oral media. This question is increasingly at the center of Holocaust literature in the late 20th and early 21st century, as the victims and witnesses of the Holocaust die and its living memory begins to fade.

Because it has been made into a movie starring Kate Winslet, it's everywhere. Mom loaned it to me. I'm only about halfway through but it's very interesting.

wolf · 02-17-2009, 12:49 PM

The Reader was an Oprah Book.

momwolf decided she wanted it.

Outside of cookbooks, momwolf is not a terribly big reader. At least not a reader of linear stories. She's more of a browser than a reader. Wanders around a book, dipping into bits and pieces. I really need to get her books made of assemblages of little pieces, like the Chicken Soup for the Soul books, only with more content. She did like Do as I Say, Not as I Do.

So, anyway, she read The Reader and was unimpressed.

I read The Reader and was also unimpressed, but it was long enough ago that I don't remember all of the details. Probably got weirded out by the age disparity between the characters and the situation and all that.

I remember not liking it much.

I finished #11 The Grim Grotto - Lemony Snicket.

I need to get to the library for the rest of them, but I'll probably wait until after my conference.

Just started Another Life - Andrew Vachss.

Talk about contrast from what one last read ...

Shawnee123 · 02-17-2009, 01:24 PM

I am always apprehensive about Oprah books.

I tend to read more slice o' life type stories, paying close attention to writing style. I had no idea what this one was about...so I was like "oh..." when I started. Now I'm in part II at the trial, and I'm finding the story interesting. Not so much a great book, but keeps me interested. Of course, I was nodding out reading last night, so i probably missed something important.

Trilby · 02-17-2009, 01:28 PM

wolf reads so much I swear she must work third shift.

I'm reading Confederacy of Dunces, The Last Madame (about Norma Wallace in the French Qtr) and Bre'r Rabbit.

I'm still in de souf.

Oh, when Oprah called White Oleander "liquid poetry" I knew she was an idiot.

wolf · 02-21-2009, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

wolf reads so much I swear she must work third shift.

Second, actually.

I don't get to do all that much reading at work, either. I'm lucky if I get in a page here or a page there, usually while I'm out on the veranda, attending to another important need.

Griff · 02-22-2009, 09:33 AM

The River Why? - D J Duncan
and
The Siege of Vienna by John Stoye

wolf · 02-22-2009, 10:21 AM

Toward 2012: Perspectives on the New Age - Daniel Pinchbeck, ed.

Griff · 02-22-2009, 10:59 AM

How are things looking for 2012? Do I need to put up more goat fence?

02-15-2009, 10:41 PM	#1352
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Indian Captive - Lois Lenski 1942 Newbery Honor book for older children. It's the story of a captive of the Seneca around the time of the French and Indian Wars. Dated, but more sensitive than one would expect. I did find myself wanting to know more than just her first two or three years with the tribe. #6 The Ersatz Elevator - Lemony Snicket #8 The Hostile Hospital - Lemony Snicket Terribly fun. Thank you mysterious stranger who abandoned them in my mailroom. I hope the library stocks them. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

02-16-2009, 12:48 PM	#1356
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	#10 The Slippery Slope - Lemony Snicket Continuing to be delightful. What other children's book series contains a direct reference to C.M. Kornbluth? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

02-17-2009, 12:49 PM	#1359
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	The Reader was an Oprah Book. momwolf decided she wanted it. Outside of cookbooks, momwolf is not a terribly big reader. At least not a reader of linear stories. She's more of a browser than a reader. Wanders around a book, dipping into bits and pieces. I really need to get her books made of assemblages of little pieces, like the Chicken Soup for the Soul books, only with more content. She did like Do as I Say, Not as I Do. So, anyway, she read The Reader and was unimpressed. I read The Reader and was also unimpressed, but it was long enough ago that I don't remember all of the details. Probably got weirded out by the age disparity between the characters and the situation and all that. I remember not liking it much. I finished #11 The Grim Grotto - Lemony Snicket. I need to get to the library for the rest of them, but I'll probably wait until after my conference. Just started Another Life - Andrew Vachss. Talk about contrast from what one last read ... __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

02-17-2009, 01:24 PM	#1360
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I am always apprehensive about Oprah books. I tend to read more slice o' life type stories, paying close attention to writing style. I had no idea what this one was about...so I was like "oh..." when I started. Now I'm in part II at the trial, and I'm finding the story interesting. Not so much a great book, but keeps me interested. Of course, I was nodding out reading last night, so i probably missed something important. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

02-17-2009, 01:28 PM	#1361
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	wolf reads so much I swear she must work third shift. I'm reading Confederacy of Dunces, The Last Madame (about Norma Wallace in the French Qtr) and Bre'r Rabbit. I'm still in de souf. Oh, when Oprah called White Oleander "liquid poetry" I knew she was an idiot. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

02-16-2009, 12:51 PM	#1357
rockerreds Infamous Defamer Join Date: May 2007 Location: Philadelphia,PA Posts: 50	Joe Klein-The Running Mate

02-22-2009, 09:33 AM	#1363
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	The River Why? - D J Duncan and The Siege of Vienna by John Stoye __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

02-22-2009, 10:21 AM	#1364
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Toward 2012: Perspectives on the New Age - Daniel Pinchbeck, ed. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

02-22-2009, 10:59 AM	#1365
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	How are things looking for 2012? Do I need to put up more goat fence? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

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