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Posted: Thu May 19, 2005 12:05 am
by Zspider
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.
ZSpider
Posted: Thu May 19, 2005 12:06 am
by Meadows
Brave New World
Posted: Thu May 19, 2005 12:09 am
by meetVA
Another favorite: Beloved by Toni Morrison
Posted: Thu May 19, 2005 1:26 am
by busty
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.
Posted: Thu May 19, 2005 3:17 pm
by cassio598
meetVA wrote:Another favorite: Beloved by Toni Morrison
Not to mention everything else she's written. I haven't found a dud yet.
Posted: Thu May 19, 2005 4:34 pm
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.
w3rd.
Posted: Thu May 26, 2005 5:57 pm
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.
Posted: Thu May 26, 2005 8:57 pm
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.
Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 1:03 am
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.
Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 3:06 am
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!
