What are you reading?

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Zspider
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dipsi wrote:Being in a linguistics field, I rather enjoyed Bryson's The Mother Tongue. Informative and entertaining.

Okay, fine! I will get the science book! Sounds great!

Did you see my little girls' stairs, Skibum?
Does that make you a linguistician? Maybe you could explain Saussure's language theory that developed into semiotics? It's big in literary theory. I can't figure it out.

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Meadows
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Post by Meadows »

Brave New World
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meetVA
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Post by meetVA »

Another favorite: Beloved by Toni Morrison
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busty
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marathonmedic wrote:Any of them in the Midwest?
It covers the whole world and includes info about every state. The US is towards the end. I've only read through the first three countries - the UK, Ireland and Feance. The Bluegrass region is one of the recommended places.
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cassio598
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meetVA wrote:Another favorite: Beloved by Toni Morrison
Not to mention everything else she's written. I haven't found a dud yet.
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charlie
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Post by charlie »

cassio598 wrote:
meetVA wrote:Another favorite: Beloved by Toni Morrison
Not to mention everything else she's written. I haven't found a dud yet.
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Wes
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Post by Wes »

Read Broken Prey by John Sandford the other night. Another cool book in the prey series. I know it isn't as deep and *classic* as most of the stuff people post here, it is still fun to read.
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skibum
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Post by skibum »

di, sorry i didn't see your post but yes i did see the steps and your property is looking quite nice. i'm sure we'll see you this weekend. btw i too was disappointed in bryson not finishing the trail. my cool and deep suggestion would be graham greene's 'the heart of the matter' 1948. a bit dated but a classic story.
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busty
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Post by busty »

Hmmm. I wasn't so wild about Beloved when I read it in high school. Or Faulkner's books. Kate Chopin and Jane Austen were good tho.

I wish Bill Bryson would come out with a new travel book. I've read everything of his but the recent science book.
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dipsi
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Post by dipsi »

skibum wrote:
my cool and deep suggestion would be graham greene's 'the heart of the matter' 1948. a bit dated but a classic story.
Actually, I am re-reading The Trail of the Lonesome Pine, 1908. I haven't read it since the eary 70s.

I'm going to have to build some serious retaining walls up there, ski, so don't be surprised if your alters turn up missing! :lol:
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