The Power of the Written Word

So one night at WS the Tap asked what books would you send Sam in jail. The discussion quickly became an exercise in free association regarding great books in general. Those of us who were up that evening began firing off recommendations back and forth.

So lets talk books.

What are you currently reading right now?

I like this thread..I'm currently reading a german novel called "vogelwild"...wild as a bird and I'm also reading "lovely bones" again because the movie came out and I finished reading "almost moon" by the same author,I love her..

claudicici wrote:I like this thread..I'm currently reading a german novel called "vogelwild"...wild as a bird and I'm also reading "lovely bones" again because the movie came out and I finished reading "almost moon" by the same author,I love her..

Have you read "Lucky" by Alice Sebold? Its a memoir of a tragic experience she had. Very intense and hard to read. Her willingness to share such a story is truly courageous.

yes I have read it and I have lived it...

Just finished Night by Elie Wiesel again. I'm about to finish Ghost Soldiers by Hampton Sides which I had lost when we moved, but I found it thankfully.

Splendor Solis wrote:Just finished Night by Elie Wiesel again. I'm about to finish Ghost Soldiers by Hampton Sides which I had lost when we moved, but I found it thankfully.

Night is great, another brutally honest and soul-wrenching memoir. What is Ghost Soldiers about (in general, without giving away the plot)? Lately I find myself reading mostly nonfiction though I am about halfway through Fiskadoro by Dennis Johnson. It is a truly unique post-apocalyptic tale.

Gawd, I'm such a slut. Just finished "The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty" and will start "Beauty's Punishment" as soon as I have some time to "enjoy" it (This weekend). Both by A.N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice)

earthenjug wrote:Gawd, I'm such a slut. Just finished "The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty" and will start "Beauty's Punishment" as soon as I have some time to "enjoy" it (This weekend). Both by A.N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice)

Well hey there! I have also read "The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty", enjoyed it, and could probably recommend some other titles in the same, uh, ahem, genre.

I haven't read "Beauty's Punishment" but, if I recall correctly, it should begin at her banishment.

I'm currently reading:

The Lost Symbol (Dan Brown)

A Sudden Fearful Death (historical mystery novelist Anne Perry)

True Compass (Ted Kennedy autobiography)

Treasure (Dirk Pitt adventure by Clive Cussler)

Tears in the Darkness (Bataan Death March)

"question and answer"
he sat naked and drunk in a room of summer
night, running the blade of the knife
under his fingernails, smiling, thinking
of all the letters he had received
telling him that
the way he lived and wrote about
that--
it had kept them going when
all seemed
truly
hopeless.

putting the blade on the table, he
flicked it with a finger
and it whirled
in a flashing circle
under the light.

who the hell is going to save
me? he
thought.

as the knife stopped spinning
the answer came:
you're going to have to
save yourself.

still smiling,
a: he lit a
cigarette
b: he poured
another
drink
c: gave the blade
another
spin.
--from The Last Night of the Earth Poems Charles Bukowski

ericclimbs wrote:

Splendor Solis wrote:Just finished Night by Elie Wiesel again. I'm about to finish Ghost Soldiers by Hampton Sides which I had lost when we moved, but I found it thankfully.

Night is great, another brutally honest and soul-wrenching memoir. What is Ghost Soldiers about (in general, without giving away the plot)? Lately I find myself reading mostly nonfiction though I am about halfway through Fiskadoro by Dennis Johnson. It is a truly unique post-apocalyptic tale.

It's a book on the Bataan Death March and the rescue of the American and Allied POW's from the Japanese in WWII. That's pretty much all I read is WWI/WWII books.

Dangerous Reading List 2/15/10

Social Network Analysis: Methods and Applications, Wasserman and Faust
Book of Lies, Aleister Crowley
Yantra Yoga: The Tibetan Yoga of Movement, Namkhai Norbu
Rasta Heart: A Journey into One Love, Robert Roskind
Learning OpennCV: Computer Vision with the OpenCV Library, Bradski and Kaehler
Bringing Down the House, Mezrich

I feel like a moron here
I like murder mysteries and am a big fan of Kellerman, Patterson and other’s in that genre

dabobkat wrote:I feel like a moron here
I like murder mysteries and am a big fan of Kellerman, Patterson and other’s in that genre

Ever read any Kem Nunn? Highly recommended...

My favorites:

Looks like we are similar in that many of us can't resist reading more than one book at a time. Its like when you get a new one you just can't wait to finish what you are already reading to delve into the new one.

Besides Fiskadoro I am also reading:

Dark Summit: The True Story of Everest's Most Controversial Season by Nick Heil (This is an account of the 2006 season, not the 1996 season as many might presume)

Explorers of the Infinite by Maria Coffey

No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World's Highest Peaks by Ed Viesturs

The Genie In Your Genes: Epigenetic Medicine and the New Biology of Intention by Dawson Church

The Road Less Traveled by M. Scott Peck (I never got around to reading this one until now)

dangrsmind wrote:

dabobkat wrote:I feel like a moron here
I like murder mysteries and am a big fan of Kellerman, Patterson and other’s in that genre

Ever read any Kem Nunn? Highly recommended...

My favorites:

I'll look him up
Thanks for the recommendation

dabobkat wrote:I feel like a moron here
I like murder mysteries and am a big fan of Kellerman, Patterson and other’s in that genre

No that's good stuff. Whenever I go on a backpacking or climbing trip I like taking books like that. They are usually small (in size = lightweight) paperbacks which often quickly draw you into an enigmatic plot.

ericclimbs wrote:Looks like we are similar in that many of us can't resist reading more than one book at a time. Its like when you get a new one you just can't wait to finish what you are already reading to delve into the new one.

Besides Fiskadoro I am also reading:

Dark Summit: The True Story of Everest's Most Controversial Season by Nick Heil (This is an account of the 2006 season, not the 1996 season as many might presume)

Explorers of the Infinite by Maria Coffey

No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World's Highest Peaks by Ed Viesturs

The Genie In Your Genes: Epigenetic Medicine and the New Biology of Intention by Dawson Church

The Road Less Traveled by M. Scott Peck (I never got around to reading this one until now)

lol I have multiple stacks of in progress books. Irritates the hell out of my wife.

Hell I still read comic books. Doesnt matter what you read, all reading is good.

Paximus wrote:Hell I still read comic books. Doesnt matter what you read, all reading is good.

Wow a fellow comic book geek

How cool is that?

I have some comics...can't spend any $$$ on them these days though.

My favorites are are Moebius, Grant Morrison and Frank Miller I guess...







Another book I collected for a while was Black Hole...I highly recommend this one.

ericclimbs wrote:

earthenjug wrote:Gawd, I'm such a slut. Just finished "The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty" and will start "Beauty's Punishment" as soon as I have some time to "enjoy" it (This weekend). Both by A.N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice)

Well hey there! I have also read "The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty", enjoyed it, and could probably recommend some other titles in the same, uh, ahem, genre.

I haven't read "Beauty's Punishment" but, if I recall correctly, it should begin at her banishment.

yeppers. exactly.

I gotta list but I'm more than willing to compare!

earthenjug wrote:

ericclimbs wrote:

earthenjug wrote:Gawd, I'm such a slut. Just finished "The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty" and will start "Beauty's Punishment" as soon as I have some time to "enjoy" it (This weekend). Both by A.N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice)

Well hey there! I have also read "The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty", enjoyed it, and could probably recommend some other titles in the same, uh, ahem, genre.

I haven't read "Beauty's Punishment" but, if I recall correctly, it should begin at her banishment.

yeppers. exactly.

I gotta list but I'm more than willing to compare!

I love comics of all kinds, been collecting them since I was a kid. There is a lot to be learned in a comic book if you read between the lines. Social and political satire is a great thing.

earthenjug wrote:

ericclimbs wrote:

earthenjug wrote:Gawd, I'm such a slut. Just finished "The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty" and will start "Beauty's Punishment" as soon as I have some time to "enjoy" it (This weekend). Both by A.N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice)

Well hey there! I have also read "The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty", enjoyed it, and could probably recommend some other titles in the same, uh, ahem, genre.

I haven't read "Beauty's Punishment" but, if I recall correctly, it should begin at her banishment.

yeppers. exactly.

I gotta list but I'm more than willing to compare!

Have you read any of the Hidden Grotto Books by Louisa Burton? I've read the first two (House of Dark Delights and Bound in Moonlight). I have the third installment but haven't read it yet. Some parts are a little dull but, for most part, I definately recommend them.