What Are You Reading

[Harp]

I just completed The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh selected and edited by Ronald De Leeuw and I am starting Adam Bede by George Eliot. Primarily, becuase Vincent Van Gogh recommended Adam Bede. John

John:

Borrowed The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh from a nephew
home from school, a revised Constable edition that includes the
sister-in-law's memoir. I always considered Van Gogh more tragic
than merely troubled, and this collection sums his genius and flaws in
equal measure. A well balanced portrait of the artist.

 

[Lamplight]

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell

I can't help but make comparisons to Brave New World which, so far, I think I like better.

 

[HatMagnet]

Just a few chapters into, A Soldier of the Great war by Mark Helprin. So Far its excellent.

http://www.amazon.com/Soldier-Great...=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1230251639&sr=8-9

 

[B. F. Socaspi]

Rereading The Conquest of Bread to put a paper in perspective.

 

[Macheath]

Rereading The Great Gatsby.

I was 13 when I last read it, too dense then to get it. Now it's a lot easier to appreciate the more subtle aspects of the story

 

[Lamplight]

Rereading The Great Gatsby.

I was 13 when I last read it, too dense then to get it. Now it's a lot easier to appreciate the more subtle aspects of the story

I just finished rereading it as well. We were required to read it in highschool; I enjoyed it but couldn't remember much about it. I read it again in 2007, and then again just recently. It's easily one of my favorites, and I appreciate it a little more each time I read it. Perhaps I'll have another go at it next year.

 

[byronic]

'Arrows of desire - The films of Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger'by Ian Christie.
A bit on the pricey side, but fans will think it worth every penny (or cent).

 

[THe Conductor]

Like Hidden Fire: The Plot to Bring Down the British Empire by Peter Hopkirk

It a book about the plot to bring down the British empire

Seriously, much of it is a precursor to modern day Middle Eastern politics.

 

[Nick D]

Reading Jane Eyre right now. Stayed up until 3:30 in the morning reading. I've been to Haworth, I think it explains a few things.

 

[KY Gentleman]

For Christmas I received a copy of Marty Stuarts photography collection titled: "Country Music- The Masters". I've been enjoying it now for the past several days. Awesome photos of the country stars of yesterday.

 

[Feraud]

I read James M. Cain's Double Indemnity. Even if you have seen the film the book is worth a read. The only negative is the ending. It was very improbable.

 

[K.D. Lightner]

I started reading Laura Lippman's Tess Monaghan's detective series, set in the city of Baltimore. I've never been there.

Lippman is a good writer and I do recommend reading What the Dead Know, not in the series, a great read.

karol

 

[Gary D.]

I enjoy reading books set in the 1930s and early 1940s--generally World War II thrillers, but there are two books (usually combined into one volume) that I'd like to add to my collection: When Worlds Collide and After Worlds Collide. Don't go by the 1951 film, which I thought was ludicrous. I think there's also another remake out.

The books are long out of print--1931 and 1933--and were originally supposed to be a trilogy, but, for some reason, the third book was never written.

At one time you could download the books from Project Guttenberg Australia, but when I went into the site, thinking I could once again enjoy reading them, apparently the authors' heirs had an injunction forbidding downloading. Seems the copyrights would have long since run out.

Anyway, I highly recommend these books if anyone is not acquainted with them.

 

[Cricket]

The Shooters

It is a collection of stories about the gunmen of the Old West. Very informative and entertaining. You always read about the legends of certain gunmen, but this book gives you some stories that you have probably never heard before. Overall, just a good read.

 

[jayem]

I'm rereading Brave New World. Love that book...

 

[Harp]

On The Road To Tara; The Making of Gone With The Wind
by Aljean Harmetz; also Suburban Rapture, Sunday's
New York Times Book Review of poet Phyllis McGinley, a wistful
and most appealing poetic glimpse of the 1950s.

 

[RBH]

Reading Second Nature A Gardener's Education by Michael Pollan.
A really nice read.

 

[just_me]

Cagney by John McCabe. Cagney has been my favorite actor since I was about 10 years old and fell in love with him while watching Yankee Doodle Dandy on Million Dollar Movie in NYC (lo, those many years ago lol )

 

[Mike1939]

Decline and Fall, by Evelyn Waugh

 

[Feraud]

Cagney by John McCabe. Cagney has been my favorite actor since I was about 10 years old and fell in love with him while watching Yankee Doodle Dandy on Million Dollar Movie in NYC (lo, those many years ago lol )

I really liked the McCabe bio.
Million Dollar Movie brings back memories!