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the readers room


created: Nov 14, 2008

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The Readers' Room: Read any good books lately? Or perhaps, read any books so horrible that you just must tell us about them? Come to the Readers Room to talk about the interesting, not so interesting and awfully dull books that you have read lately.

about the readers room

A place to discuss what you have been reading. Do you recommend it? Should there be a skull and crossbones on the cover to warn the unwary?

Books discussed need not be great literature, though they may be. We can discuss detective fiction - of which I read a lot - science fiction, of which I used to read a lot, historical novels, whatever. 

Get a cup of tea, pull up an armchair, light a fire in the fireplace, and curl up. 






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"The Shack" by William P. Young - a review (posted Nov 27, 2008)
Huckleberry Finn: the great American novel (posted Nov 15, 2008)
100 Best (posted Nov 15, 2008)
An American Tragedy (posted Nov 14, 2008)


sheba created a group blog post.
"the shack" by william p. young - a review
Nov 27, 2008

sheba created a group blog post.
huckleberry finn: the great american novel
Nov 15, 2008

sheba created a group blog post.
100 best
Nov 15, 2008

sheba created a group blog post.
an american tragedy
Nov 14, 2008

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I have made anyone who is a member an editor so everyone can post blogs. Welcome!

here are some of my all time favorite authors... I was going to list books, but I think this is easier. Herbert Hesse, Ayn Rand, Jonathan Safran Foer, Nino Ricci, Douglas Coupland, Chuck Kloisterman, Flannery O'Connor, John Updike... there are more... I'm tired. LOL.

That's an eclectic list. I don't think I have read anything by Douglas Coupland or Chuck Kloisterman. I have read a lot of Updike and he certainly writes well, but his lack of empathy toward women puts me off. I think his short stories are the best, and I did like the second "Rabbit" book a lot.

I love Flannery O'Connor.

I went to college in Milledgeville, Georgia.. the hometown of Flannery O'Connor. I know more about that woman than anyone ever should. I used to go sit on her grave and write sometimes... pretty morbid, huh? But I think Flannery would have enjoyed that idea. Do you know that she had a ranch with all kinds of crazy animals on it and she raised peacoks? WELL, since her death the peacoks have left the ranch and survived in the wild... SO if you're ever in central Georgia you may run into an indigenous peacok, courtesy of Flannery. :)

I hate that I had to spell incorrectly for golo to take my post... It makes me feel stupid.

OMG! Did you ever read the article that John wrote in the New Yorker the week after 9/11? WOW... want me to find it and post it?

My granddad had what he called "peafowls". He was a Texas gentleman who was careful about his language when talking to ladies. The cream of the jest? His lat name was Cox.

Hmmm - having almost finished "An American Tragedy", I may just go reread some Flannery.

So ... currently I am reading "Wild Swans." It is a true story about a grandmother, mother, and daughter who lived in China in the 1900s. The grandmother was a concubine; the mother was a die-hard Communist revolutionary, and the daughter survived the Cultural Revolution. I have learned a great deal about China's modern history through this book.

That sounds like something I would like to read, Hawk. Who is the author?

Okay, it's time to go to bed. I don't have to work tomorrow, but Smorg does, which means I have to wake him up at 4:30 - well, maybe 5 - so he can be at work by 6. And that broken toe needs rest before he stands on it all day while baking tomorrow.

See you tomorrow and enjoy your reading!

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