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Paul in Cannon Beach
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This thread is just for those of us who appreciate good books. I am sure we will be overrun by knuckle dragging denizens for whom reading is a way to show off at a family reunion but I thought I would give it a try nonetheless.
So, currently I just finished Cormac Mccarthy's "No Country For Old Men". An excellent book. Its rare that watching a movie prior to reading a book actually improves the experience but I would say that is the case here.
Its full of haunting visuals and lines that are best read aloud. I give it a 5 out of 6 Mountain Dews.
So, currently I just finished Cormac Mccarthy's "No Country For Old Men". An excellent book. Its rare that watching a movie prior to reading a book actually improves the experience but I would say that is the case here.
Its full of haunting visuals and lines that are best read aloud. I give it a 5 out of 6 Mountain Dews.
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For the past several years I've been reading bios of all the presidents, in order of when they served. Currently I'm reading about James Buchanan, the man who for decades has been rated the worst president in history. Interesting stuff.
I really appreciate your stunning attitude.
Who knows, maybe we will even have a chance to beat our chests in greeting.
Happy reading!
Wendi
So Ray, this was the book that you were describing earlier? That sounds fairly interesting but a bit on the heavy side. Can you summarize for us?
They get a full 6 MD's for their ability to induce slumber, in case any of you out there are suffering from insomnia. I certainly am not.
Ray had me convinced that Ritaanz had a chest that *couldn't* be beat. Maybe he's wrong about that.
I should give "John Adams" a try. My initial post was intended as a joke because I am anything but a literary snob. My tastes have run towards Dean Koontz and true crime. I am trying to read more challenging work though.
Right now I am reading "Total Money Makeover" by Dave Ramsey and "Blood Meridian", another Cormac Mcarthy book.
Has anyone read Barak Obama's book? A coworker read it was greatly impressed.
Anyone else here a fan of the true crime writer Ann Rule? Her stuff is classic. She has an amazing ability to describe people fairly even when they have committed horriffic crimes. Its just a statistical improbability that she was close friends with Ted Bundy. Her book on his crimes is fascinating because she was so close to the subject and struggled for a great deal of time to come to grips that her good friend was a serial killer.
One thing about the book that is almost annoying - and I know I shouldn't feel this way - is the sheer amount of documentation listed. Some paragraphs have as many as a half-dozen footnotes. It almost gets in the way too much. (No, I'm not actually going to all those footnotes - all those little footnote numbers are distracting, though.)
I've re-read her book "Small Sacrifices" several times since it came out, and have read, I think, all of her other books, including the collections of shorter stories she's come out with on a regular basis in recent years.
I'm a voracious reader and usually have at least 3 books (of a wide variety of genres) going at the same time but I have to be careful about reading some books, like Ann Rule's, at bedtime because she is such a good writer I find I don't want to put them down to go to sleep and end up staying awake reading much later than is good for me!
It's really interesting to hear what you guys read.
Ann comes to Cannon Beach for book signings on occassion and I hope to meet her one of these days.
Have you read Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood"? If you are a fan of true crime, this is the book that created the genre.
Isn't it ironic that Blake was later charged with murder himself? Of course, his beginning (his background) and his ending (his acquittal) are much different.