A Hologram for the King by Dave Eggers.
I thought it was excellent.
A Hologram for the King by Dave Eggers.
I thought it was excellent.
She used to wake me up with coffee ever morning
American Notes by Charles Dickens. It's an account of his visits to the States.
Bonus points: He seemed to hate people from St. Louis.
Just purchased the following three books:
Tenth of December - Saunders
The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards - Jansma
Cooked - Pollan
Neuromancer - Gibson
There is no such thing as a pitching prospect.
Final Dark Tower book ....... finally.
"Whatever you choose, however many roads you travel, I hope that you choose not to be a lady. I hope you will find some way to break the rules and make a little trouble out there. And I also hope that you will choose to make some of that trouble on behalf of women." - Nora Ephron
Caesar's Gallic Wars (In Latin mostly)...again
I hope Caesar wins... (even though my avatar didn't)
Variatio delectat - Cicero
I finished Tom Robbins' Skinny Legs and All last night. Some of the best descriptive passages, analogies, metaphors, scene-setting I've ever read. Extremely good read IMO!
Will start Kings of Infinite Space this afternoon/evening on Redszone recommendation.
Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted.
All the dishes rattle in the cupboards when the elephants arrive
Roy Tucker (07-20-2013),TSJ55 (07-18-2013)
I've had Gordon S. Wood's "Empire of Liberty" on the shelf for a while and finally started reading it yesterday. The beginning is a bit deep, but comprehensible. I do hope he gets into more narrative as the book goes along.
It is on the whole probable that we continually dream, but that consciousness makes such a noise that we do not hear it. Carl Jung.
Chuck Palahniuk said at the comic con this weekend he is writing a graphic novel sequel to fight club
Thanks for pointing that out. I'm going to read that one soon. I have Dickens complete works on my Kindle and that was part of it.
Speaking of St.Louis, I just started reading Spirit of St. Louis by Charles Lindbergh. He wrote this book in 1953 about his famous flight across the Atlantic. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his efforts on this book. I Just got started and it seems like it will be very interesting. It was given 5 stars by Amazon reviewers,FWIW.
Reds Fan Since 1971
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