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"A Salty Piece of Land" by Jimmy Buffett. I'd been eyeing his books for years, didn't even pick one up when I was living in Miami, but had this one drop into my lap as one of my wife's coworkers passed it on to me. Simple prose, but vividly descriptive. If you like to read to be entertained, not to have your thoughts provoked, this is a great read.

Mike in Michigan
 
I'm reading "Virus émergents vers de nouvelles pandémies" from Claude Chastel;
It' a book about the new epidemics like SRAS, H5N1. Very interesting book.
 
I'm reading "Virus émergents vers de nouvelles pandémies" from Claude Chastel;
It' a book about the new epidemics like SRAS, H5N1. Very interesting book.

Sounds like a good companion book to The Great Influenza that I've been reading. Too bad I can't read French.
 
Just finished "With the Old Breed on Pelieliu and Okinawa" by E.B Sledge. A great account of the pacific theater from the eyes of a common footsoldier, a private in a Marine line platoon during WWII. I recommend it to anyone interested in history, especially military history.
 
Just transitioning into D. Hoffstader's Godel, Escher and Bach. I read his Metamagical Themas back in high school (20+ years ago) and loved it. Why it took so long to get to this...I dunno.
 
Just finished "Scarlet" by Stephen Lawhead. It's a different take on the Robin Hood story. Book 1 was "Hood" and Book 3 is to be called "Tuck".
 
Just finished reading I Am Legand. With all the press about the movie, thought I'd give the book a read.

Really enjoyed this book.Currently reading Octopussy/Living Daylights.The last of the Fleming 007 books:frown: Gonna move onto Colonel Sun by Kingsley Amis next.Some reviews say its better than some of Flemings Bond books.
 
Really enjoyed this book.Currently reading Octopussy/Living Daylights.The last of the Fleming 007 books:frown: Gonna move onto Colonel Sun by Kingsley Amis next.Some reviews say its better than some of Flemings Bond books.


I absolutely love the James Bond films, by far my favorite film franchise, but I have never read any of the books by Fleming. Are they really good? I know some of them were written quite a while ago, did they age well?
 
The gods will have blood by Anotole France. I've read Colonel Sun. Definitely better written then the Fleming Bonds but the story is weird (M gets tortured) No memorable villains like Sol Horror.
 
I'm really on the fence about Klosterman. On one hand, he's got that rock critic's writing style that seems to waiver between sweeping overstatements and failed attempts to be profound and insightful. On the other hand, he doesn't have the pretentious air about him that so many contemporary rock critics have. Plus, he's spoken pretty favorably about my favorite bands.

I'm reading "Boomsday" right now. Kind of a silly book, but jovial and engrossing.

I hate Klosterman; though I only know him from his newspaper work. He wrote for the Fargo (ND) Forum for years. His work was often too pretentious and he worked too hard at being counter cultural. That said, it is always good to see the local boy make it big, so I am happy about that.
 
I absolutely love the James Bond films, by far my favorite film franchise, but I have never read any of the books by Fleming. Are they really good? I know some of them were written quite a while ago, did they age well?

The books are great reading.I read them in order so there was some continuity to my reading although it is not necessary.Personally I find that movie Bond and literary Bond are two totally different characters and the books have a different feel from the films.I suppose if you like the 50s cold war era interesting you will enjoy these books.As to whether they age well some bits are really unpolitically-correct but I dont think that is a bad thing.Why not try Casino Royale.Its his first and some say best book.
 
I read I Am Legend before I saw the movie. Book = Great, Movie = Crap. It's amazing to me how Hollywood can rape a good, classic book. PLEASE read the book. Even though it was written 50 years ago, it's genius. Don't bother with the movie.

Reading:
Blood Meridian by McCarthy (again). If you haven't read this, you must.
Born Standing Up by Steve Martin
The Paperboy by Paris Trout

Nice thread!
 
I hate Klosterman; though I only know him from his newspaper work. He wrote for the Fargo (ND) Forum for years. His work was often too pretentious and he worked too hard at being counter cultural. That said, it is always good to see the local boy make it big, so I am happy about that.
I've read Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs. I enjoyed the essays. I wouldn't mind rereading them.

I've never read any of his journalistic work.

J
 
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