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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-17-06 05:25 AM Original message |
Lounge Literary Folk: Good books for hard times? |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-17-06 05:36 AM Response to Original message |
1. i'm rereading henry james ''the portrait of a lady''. |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-17-06 06:10 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I haven't read "Portrait" since college. I'll think about that one. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-17-06 06:13 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. i know i want to get to ''ullyses'' again this year. |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-17-06 06:20 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. OMG, you read my mind. Well, my pick will be that other "Portrait" |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-17-06 06:27 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. lol -- well at least it's so well written -- you get joy |
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tishaLA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-18-06 08:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
30. Just get a book of James' short stories |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-17-06 06:25 AM Response to Original message |
5. Nabakov, "Bend Sinister" |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-17-06 06:41 AM Response to Original message |
7. Dostoevsky, "The Brothers Karamazov" |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-17-06 07:13 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Oh, man. No Russian (novels) right now. |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-18-06 01:38 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Beat me to it--great book to puncture your nihilistic tendencies |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-17-06 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
9. Kick, in case the night crew this evening has any further tips. |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-18-06 01:35 AM Response to Original message |
10. "Up the Walls of the World" by James Tiptree, Jr. |
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democracyindanger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-18-06 01:39 AM Response to Original message |
12. "Hunger" - Knut Hamsun |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-18-06 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
13. Maybe...? |
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NaturalHigh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-18-06 01:45 AM Response to Original message |
14. Les Miserables |
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yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-18-06 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
15. "Valley of Decision" by Marcia Davenport...big, thick, epic novel |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-18-06 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
16. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn...Betty Smith |
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henslee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-18-06 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
17. The late John Fante wrote a few good ones.. Wait until Spring Bandini and |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-18-06 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
18. I thought Wally Lamb's I Know This Much is True was |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-18-06 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
19. The TIme Traveler's Wife |
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Shine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-18-06 06:31 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Agreed. Thumbsup |
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philosophie_en_rose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-18-06 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
20. House of Mirth. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-18-06 06:58 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. That's a GRIM book! |
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philosophie_en_rose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-18-06 09:32 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. True. True. |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-18-06 08:34 PM Response to Reply #20 |
31. Hey, my copy of that is right here on my desk. |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-18-06 09:52 PM Response to Reply #20 |
37. slow train to hell |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-18-06 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
22. Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-18-06 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
23. John Nichols Milagro Beanfield War |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-18-06 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
24. Anything by Elmore Leonard. |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-18-06 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
25. Catch-22 |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-18-06 09:51 PM Response to Reply #25 |
36. That's a great one |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-18-06 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
26. Catcher in the Rye? |
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hopein08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-18-06 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
28. "The Far Pavillions" by M.M. Kaye |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-18-06 09:40 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. Thank you. Great tip. And your icon is PRECIOUS. |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-18-06 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
29. For well-written escapism.... |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-18-06 08:35 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Thanks. And nice handle. |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-18-06 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
35. Erica Jong "Fear of Flying" |
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