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Post by helles on Mar 9, 2007 12:09:20 GMT -5
I'm back in my reading habit now and need book recommendations.
I've just started reading 'Gweilo' by Martin Booth. A memoir of a little english boy growing up in HK in the 1950's.
You?
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Post by wibex on Mar 9, 2007 12:10:21 GMT -5
The Audacity of Hope - Barack Obama
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Post by mukashi on Mar 9, 2007 12:10:58 GMT -5
"The Paradox of Choice - Why More is Less" by Barry Schwartz. 'How the culture of abundance robs us of satisfaction.' So far, it's making a lot of sense.
You, next person?
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Post by ladystacey on Mar 9, 2007 12:52:40 GMT -5
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Post by DivaDancerLara on Mar 9, 2007 14:40:34 GMT -5
The Bible
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Post by meep on Mar 9, 2007 20:12:18 GMT -5
I'm reading Slaughter House 5 by Kurt Vonnegut. Its craaazy.
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Post by ladystacey on Mar 9, 2007 20:49:55 GMT -5
^ Oh yes, I used to have a 1st edition I found in a old used bookstore. I think someone stole it because it's been missing from my shelf.  |
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Post by cewek on Mar 9, 2007 22:14:14 GMT -5
Darfur, The Ambiguous Genocide by Gerard Prunier.
It's hard going, but worth the effort.
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Post by xandra on Mar 10, 2007 1:24:37 GMT -5
"The Paradox of Choice - Why More is Less" by Barry Schwartz. 'How the culture of abundance robs us of satisfaction.' So far, it's making a lot of sense. You, next person? I've been wanting to check that one out. as for me.. do textbooks count?  |
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Post by telliecoin on Mar 10, 2007 1:37:28 GMT -5
People's Republic of Desire - Annie Wang
at the same time
alot of Haruki Murakami books..
most re-reading
Kafka on the Shore
Sputnik Sweetheart
etc etc
I would seriously recommend this write
he's absolutely a modern Franz Kafka
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Post by jenbrook on Mar 10, 2007 6:48:40 GMT -5
Two books!
White Teeth - Zadie Smith
The Pol Pot Regime (Race, power and genocide in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge, 1975-79) - Ben Kiernan
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Post by daisypukes on Mar 10, 2007 17:47:22 GMT -5
Biological Exuberance: Animal Sexuality and Natural Diversity - Bruce Bagemihl
Bitch - Elizabeth Wurtzel
^Switching back between the two, both I've read before, just rereading...
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Post by meep on Mar 10, 2007 18:30:53 GMT -5
^ Oh yes, I used to have a 1st edition I found in a old used bookstore. I think someone stole it because it's been missing from my shelf. Thats a shame... I'm reading the first edition that came out in the 70s! Its falling apart right about now. |
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Post by Aznlatina on Mar 11, 2007 9:07:45 GMT -5
I'm reading "Gemma" by Meg Tilly.  Here's a synopsis: Tilly's second novel arrives more than a decade after Singing Songs and more than two decades after the author's defining roles as Chloe in The Big Chill and as the title character of Agnes of God. But Tilly's not wasting any time—less than halfway through the first chapter, her 12-year-old title character is well into graphic descriptions of the systematic rape she's endured since she was eight. By the end of chapter two, she's been kidnapped by the man to whom her mother's boyfriend had nonchalantly sold her for sex. And by the end of chapter three, he's been collared in turn by the criminal justice system. The second half of the book sees Gemma taken in by a generous and capable foster mother who grew up with similar abuse, and who encourages her to tell her story at trial. Tilly leaves them awaiting a verdict. Dear lord! It's graphic - really graphic! But what I like about it is that the character's strength and coping mechanisms comes from her imagination. |
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Post by jenming on Mar 11, 2007 23:57:21 GMT -5
"The Paradox of Choice - Why More is Less" by Barry Schwartz. 'How the culture of abundance robs us of satisfaction.' So far, it's making a lot of sense. You, next person? interesting! I saw that book in HK when I was there, and I wrote the name down, to see if I could find the audiobook anywhere, but i don't think one has been made yet. i'd be interested to know your thoughts when you're done. |
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