The last really good book I read was “1491”. Anyone else read that?

This is your pitiful attempt at creating a thread for a sweep, isn’t it?

I only read comic books.

Is this thread about the Bible?

Nope, if you’ll notice, I already swept-up tonihgt. In top form, I might add. Check my hash-marks, yo.

This is just me talking about a good book.

I never got into comics.

Yeah, the Bible is pretty good, too. I like the stuff about the guys who see trippy stuff after fasting in the dessert for weeks. and the agriculture analogies and the Old-School gangster G-D stuff from the old testament.

The last two books I read were ‘Rant’ by Chuck Palahniuk and ‘Animal, Vegetable, Miracle’ by Barbara Kingsolver.

Although extremely different, I highly recommend both…

I just cracked open ‘Love, Anarchy, and Emma Goldman’ by Candace Falk last night. It looks pretty damn good….

Kingsolver is awesome. I really like “Prodigal Summer”, along with the rest of the world.

I’m rereading the autobiography of U.S. Grant.

I just finished “Y - The Last Man” in it’s entirety all at once. Awesome piece of literature.

Indeed.

“Catch-22”  is a good book. I read it.

Cormack McCarthy - The Road

Prepare for the movie now by reading this

PFK I thought 1491 was good too.  Pillars of the Earth is good if you can get past the sleepy begining.  I have been looking for something new to read.

Last night I finished “Shadow Country” by Peter Matthiessen. Great read, but at almost 900 pages of small type, a bit of a commitment.

Now I need a page turner.

I finished The World Without Us not too long ago, I recommend it highly.

Edgy Mama - 27 March 2009 11:59 AM

Last night I finished “Shadow Country” by Peter Matthiessen. Great read, but at almost 900 pages of small type, a bit of a commitment.

Now I need a page turner.

I read killing of mister watson and lost mans river had no energy left for the last one ... I am proud of you for 900 pages of southwest florida pioneer outlaw legend ... it isn’t far from where I am at this moment ....  I love old Peter spy or not .... his early books of fiction were much better than he ever got credit for… I am sure they were always overshadowed by the popularity of his non-fiction ... co-incidentally I have one of the better collections of Paris Reviews dating back to the mid sixties ...

I don’t know how much you like japanese fiction guys like kawabata, akutagawa, tanizaki they are page turners that linger with you

good luck