kkdalloway

You aren't a real reader of books until you've chucked a couple about the room.

 

I've hurled a few. Every time I read 1984 it hits the wall a few seconds after I finish it.

no one would ever agree on a book to read - and most people here only seem to read goddamn KISS biographies, so yeah might be hard to do

 

Hahaha! KISS bios! That's hilarious. I bet we could agree on something. If we did it with some structure and let people nominate books on a certain day or something, and then let everyone who wanted to participate vote on the book, it might work. I've run bunches of book clubs and book groups and there are ways to do it in democratic fashion and still accomplish it. You just need someone to actually run the book club and be responsible about keeping things in line and on schedule.

No doubt about it, Faulkner is not easy reading! I read Light In August on my own but the rest of his books I read in college classes. I needed that structure and discussion to fully understand and get through them. Has anyone ever proposed a book club thread here on the site? That would be cool -- choose and read a book together and then read it and discuss it here.

On the Road by Jack Kerouac

Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac

Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

A Room With A View by EM. Forster

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

1984 by George Orwell

Dune by Frank Herbert

Pliocene Exile Series by Julian May

Chronicles of Thomas Covenant by Stephen R. Donaldson

Wrinkle in Time series by Madeline L'Engle

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig

The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner

The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

The Last Time They Met by Anita Shreve

All of Neil's books

The Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan

The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene

 

And about 150 more.....

 

You like Faulkner, too. :) I tried to read "On the Road" twice now, and I'm ashamed to admit it, but I just can't seem to get through it.

I literally just spent 4 hours working on a rough draft of a research paper on Faulkner/his writing for my AP Literature midterm.

As I Lay Dying is my favorite so far but I'm still trying to get The Sound And The Fury. I love the concept but its so hard to get through, especially Benjy's section. Its great to see more fans of his!

 

Nice! A good way to spend 4 hours, immersed in Faulkner. Probably The Sound and the Fury is my fave but I love Light In August too. And of course As I Lay Dying. More power to you!!!

I forgot Gatsby! And probably another of Bradbury's, Dandelion Wine.

 

OMG!

 

I have three Bradbury books:

 

Fahrenheit 451

 

Dandelion Wine

 

Something Wicked This Way Comes.

 

I totally need to read Dandelion Wine again.

 

Loved Something Wicked, too. Dandelion Wine is an extraordinary book. Seems as if every time I talk about it I end up being compelled to read it again immediately. I can hear it in my head right this minute.

 

I need to read it again, like starting tomorrow night!

 

Honestly, ditto. I can't not. That book is just magic.

I forgot Gatsby! And probably another of Bradbury's, Dandelion Wine.

 

What's your opinion on that musical they're making?

 

Are they making a musical of Gatsby? I know another redo of the movie is coming out soon, but a musical? That could be cool if they do it right!

I forgot Gatsby! And probably another of Bradbury's, Dandelion Wine.

 

OMG!

 

I have three Bradbury books:

 

Fahrenheit 451

 

Dandelion Wine

 

Something Wicked This Way Comes.

 

I totally need to read Dandelion Wine again.

 

Loved Something Wicked, too. Dandelion Wine is an extraordinary book. Seems as if every time I talk about it I end up being compelled to read it again immediately. I can hear it in my head right this minute.

I forgot Gatsby! And probably another of Bradbury's, Dandelion Wine.

Yes, love Faulkner! I noticed you have As I Lay Dying on your list. Good stuff!

 

I love The Beats so very much! Try reading Dharma Bums instead of On the Road. It's much more accessible and a better place to start with Kerouac's books. It's less chaotic and easier to follow.

Incredible book and amazing movie. When I read the book for the first time about 30 years ago, my copy didn't have a glossary. I had to figure it out on my own. I didn't even know there was a glossary for it. It was wild! I reread it a couple of years after it and that's when I discovered that most copies come with a glossary for the Russian stuff in the book. I'm kind of glad I read it without the glossary my first time.

On the Road by Jack Kerouac

Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac

Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

A Room With A View by EM. Forster

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

1984 by George Orwell

Dune by Frank Herbert

Pliocene Exile Series by Julian May

Chronicles of Thomas Covenant by Stephen R. Donaldson

Wrinkle in Time series by Madeline L'Engle

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig

The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner

The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

The Last Time They Met by Anita Shreve

All of Neil's books

The Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan

The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene

 

And about 150 more.....

Tough call. I've read them all at least twice. I loved Traveling Music because every time he mentioned another obscurish or unlikely band or artist, I was like "Cool! Me too! (Icehouse, Tears for Fears, Jeff Buckley) But I think it's probably down to Masked Rider and Ghost Rider for me. Scenes and passages from those two books still resonate through my head all the time, on a weekly basis even.

Chabon is great! Wonder Boys and Mysteries of Pittsburgh especially! His characters are fantastic.

^^^That's the grossest emoticon I've ever seen!

 

Good call with the freezer! I keep the Stoli in the freezer too.

The dirtier the better! ;)

 

Clean as in neat, straight up?

Vodka martini, extra dirty.

 

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My high school English teacher. He was wonderful. In 11th grade, we did a poetry unit where he assigned each of us a poem and we had to eat, sleep, breathe, and live the poem for a month and then report on it. He gave me Coleridge's "Kubla Khan." It changed my life. I am who I am today because of that poem. Years later I ran into him just in the course of going about my day, and I asked him why he chose that poem for me. He said it was one of his favorites and he just had a feeling about it and what it might mean to me. Chokes me up just thinking about it.

 

And don't get me started on my high school choir instructor. Again, that man changed my life in ways so profound I can barely put it into words.

 

All of my college professors. Just wonderful human beings.

 

Good teachers, no matter what subject they teach or what their "classrooms" look like, are extraordinarily important human beings!!!

I need to see Ted. The movie.

 

What do you need?

A "Room of [My] Own" (Virginia Woolf reference).

 

What do you need?

Just opened a humble bottle of Bully Hill Goat White.

 

Wine is fine.

No. Absolutely not. The vast majority of the fans would never go for it (I know I wouldn't!!) and the band would never do something like that anyways.

THX 1138.

 

It's the film George Lucas made right before he did Star Wars, Ep IV: A New Hope (1977).

Just finished making up a pot of oyster stew. I took a pic but I have no idea how to post it. Do images have to be hosted elsewhere and then linked to, I'm guessing?

kkdalloway - welcome and nice name! :)

kkdalloway - welcome and nice name! :)

 

Thanks, Babycat! It's wonderful to be here!:)

I had a dream of a winter garden

a midnight rendezvous

silver, blue, and frozen silence

what a fool I was for you