May Kasahara
take me to the feeling
Dillinger4 said:I will stop spamming you with recommendations!
I should have just posted them here really, haha.
Yes, you should!
D4 doesn't like to share
Indulge me with book recommendations.
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Yes, you should!
D4 doesn't like to share
Dillinger4
Es gibt Zeit
They were quite obvious recommendations.
I will ask PieEye very nicely to post them up!
I will ask PieEye very nicely to post them up!
Ms T
Honey-coloured ramparts
izz said:i read the night watch the other day - have you read it soj ? i'd say it was a bit better than her other efforts for its subject matter if nothing else, flirts with the F word* nicely. don't know if it would stand up to a re-read though.
Feminism
I thought The Night Watch was really disappointing compared to Fingersmith, which I loved.
Nah, not read it. Tbh, I was so disappointed with Fingersmith and Tipping the Velvet that I don't think I'd bother with another oneizz said:i read the night watch the other day - have you read it soj ? i'd say it was a bit better than her other efforts for its subject matter if nothing else, flirts with the F word* nicely. don't know if it would stand up to a re-read though.
Feminism
Dillinger4
Es gibt Zeit
sojourner said:
I thought you might have, because she is regarded as something of a minor feminist writer,
I think her most acclaimed novel was The Millstone, which came out in 1965.
I have not read that one, although I have heard it recommended from quite a few people.
I read a her most recent novel, The Sea Lady, which was brilliant (and on the list of recommendations to PieEye).
gaijingirl
Well-Known Member
I'm absolutely loving Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali at the moment. It's an amazing autobiography. I'm just inhaling it but I don't want it to end.
Here's a review:
"It's not often that one reads a work of non-fiction that is both intellectually brilliant and as gripping as a thriller. This is Hirsi Ali's autobiography, and it succinctly covers a spectacularly broad sweep of topics as it follows her life path from her birth in Somalia to her emigration to the US as a celebrity hunted by Islamic fundamentalists: the oral traditions and clan structure of Somalis; the relationship between Somali culture and Islam; female genital mutilation; the hierarchies of inter-African racism; the Muslim Brotherhood; the Somali civil war; the political culture of the Netherlands; the murder of Theo van Gogh; and much more."
Here's a review:
"It's not often that one reads a work of non-fiction that is both intellectually brilliant and as gripping as a thriller. This is Hirsi Ali's autobiography, and it succinctly covers a spectacularly broad sweep of topics as it follows her life path from her birth in Somalia to her emigration to the US as a celebrity hunted by Islamic fundamentalists: the oral traditions and clan structure of Somalis; the relationship between Somali culture and Islam; female genital mutilation; the hierarchies of inter-African racism; the Muslim Brotherhood; the Somali civil war; the political culture of the Netherlands; the murder of Theo van Gogh; and much more."
Miss Peabody
Living Well
I read that in my teens - fucking fantastic bookPieEye said:http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=6931161&postcount=7442
Just finished it - was wonderful
Those people, chopping bits off
And the poor hunchbacked albino...oh it's coming back to me - must read it again
Dillinger4
Es gibt Zeit
PieEye said:nestled amongst the sufi poet recommendations
I recommended The Conference of the Birds by Farid ud-Din Attar and The Masnavi by Rumi.
... they are not for everyone, but I thought why not suggest something different!
moonsi til
worked it out now!
May Kasahara said:For a hilarious memoir, try Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady by Florence King - I've owned and lost at least three copies of this wonderful book which tells the story of Ms King's upbringing in the South amid an oddball family, her sexual adventures and general life stuff. There is both gayness and drunkenness too
just ordered it on Amazon. That was the first time I have ordered books online ! I like browsing in book shops
Books that I've read and enjoyed recently and would recommend to anyone:
Gary Stenygart (sp...) - "Absurdistan" - A wonderful tale of love and identity wrapped around an awesome satire of modern day oil politics in the former soviet union. Hilarious, touching and completely on the money with regards to its treatment of Halliburton et al.
Augesten Burroughs - "Dry" - Released a few years ago its the biographical tale of Burroughs' (Of Running with Scissors fame) experience as an alcoholic ad exec in NYC, the intervention that sends him to Gay rehab and the fallout of facing up to his demons. Brutally honest which seems to be his trademark although diluted with some very sharp wit and humour. I never wanted this book to end.
J.R. Moehringer - 'The Tender Bar' - Another drinking memoir, beginning with the view of the local bar as the centre of the universe as seen through the eyes of the writer, his growing up in the drinking culture and how it eventually became a millstone around his neck. I'd recommend it highly but I like memoirs recently although they aren't everyones cup of tea.
Will Self - 'Dorian: an imitation', 'the book of dave' - Never read Self before apart from essays etc and I'm glad I started. Dorian is an update of the classic set it the mid to late 1980's London, with all the drugs promiscuous sex that went with it. An absolutely essential read and for what its worth I actually think its better than the original... (awaits shouts of heresy)
The book of dave is probably the best imagined book i've read in years. It took me a while to get used to the language used in it but the actual world developed within it, the basic plot being that 500 years in the future Englands society is ruled by the ideals put down in a book written by a alcoholic, viscously racist and mentally unhinged london cabbie is in imho genius. It's vision of the future is terrifying and the portrait of Dave, with all his faults is ultimately sympathetic, something almost impossible to achieve.
Thats just some, hope I haven't bored people with my poor descriptions but i really excited about giving people ideas for things to read and hope this thread continues
Gary Stenygart (sp...) - "Absurdistan" - A wonderful tale of love and identity wrapped around an awesome satire of modern day oil politics in the former soviet union. Hilarious, touching and completely on the money with regards to its treatment of Halliburton et al.
Augesten Burroughs - "Dry" - Released a few years ago its the biographical tale of Burroughs' (Of Running with Scissors fame) experience as an alcoholic ad exec in NYC, the intervention that sends him to Gay rehab and the fallout of facing up to his demons. Brutally honest which seems to be his trademark although diluted with some very sharp wit and humour. I never wanted this book to end.
J.R. Moehringer - 'The Tender Bar' - Another drinking memoir, beginning with the view of the local bar as the centre of the universe as seen through the eyes of the writer, his growing up in the drinking culture and how it eventually became a millstone around his neck. I'd recommend it highly but I like memoirs recently although they aren't everyones cup of tea.
Will Self - 'Dorian: an imitation', 'the book of dave' - Never read Self before apart from essays etc and I'm glad I started. Dorian is an update of the classic set it the mid to late 1980's London, with all the drugs promiscuous sex that went with it. An absolutely essential read and for what its worth I actually think its better than the original... (awaits shouts of heresy
)The book of dave is probably the best imagined book i've read in years. It took me a while to get used to the language used in it but the actual world developed within it, the basic plot being that 500 years in the future Englands society is ruled by the ideals put down in a book written by a alcoholic, viscously racist and mentally unhinged london cabbie is in imho genius. It's vision of the future is terrifying and the portrait of Dave, with all his faults is ultimately sympathetic, something almost impossible to achieve.
Thats just some, hope I haven't bored people with my poor descriptions but i really excited about giving people ideas for things to read and hope this thread continues
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
moonsi til said:just ordered it on Amazon. That was the first time I have ordered books online ! I like browsing in book shops
If you like "Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady", you'll probably also enjoy Florence King's "When Sisterhood was in Flower".
moonsi til
worked it out now!
damo84 said:Books that I've read and enjoyed recently and would recommend to anyone:
Gary Stenygart (sp...) - "Absurdistan" - A wonderful tale of love and identity wrapped around an awesome satire of modern day oil politics in the former soviet union. Hilarious, touching and completely on the money with regards to its treatment of Halliburton et al.
Augesten Burroughs - "Dry" - Released a few years ago its the biographical tale of Burroughs' (Of Running with Scissors fame) experience as an alcoholic ad exec in NYC, the intervention that sends him to Gay rehab and the fallout of facing up to his demons. Brutally honest which seems to be his trademark although diluted with some very sharp wit and humour. I never wanted this book to end.
J.R. Moehringer - 'The Tender Bar' - Another drinking memoir, beginning with the view of the local bar as the centre of the universe as seen through the eyes of the writer, his growing up in the drinking culture and how it eventually became a millstone around his neck. I'd recommend it highly but I like memoirs recently although they aren't everyones cup of tea.
Will Self - 'Dorian: an imitation', 'the book of dave' - Never read Self before apart from essays etc and I'm glad I started. Dorian is an update of the classic set it the mid to late 1980's London, with all the drugs promiscuous sex that went with it. An absolutely essential read and for what its worth I actually think its better than the original... (awaits shouts of heresy
The book of dave is probably the best imagined book i've read in years. It took me a while to get used to the language used in it but the actual world developed within it, the basic plot being that 500 years in the future Englands society is ruled by the ideals put down in a book written by a alcoholic, viscously racist and mentally unhinged london cabbie is in imho genius. It's vision of the future is terrifying and the portrait of Dave, with all his faults is ultimately sympathetic, something almost impossible to achieve.
Thats just some, hope I haven't bored people with my poor descriptions but i really excited about giving people ideas for things to read and hope this thread continues
Thank you . I have a few more books to buy for my hol and I keep meaning to read more Will Self.
