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Right now I'm rereading this book called "Of Walking in Ice," which is a journal that the German director Werner Herzog kept when he walked from Munich to Paris in 1974. It's really short so I'll probably finish that before the weekend.

Next I'm going the read Paul Auster's New York trilogy.

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The Lost Legends of New Jersey by Frederick Reiken, it's a coming of age tale about a boy and the drama that plays out between him, his parents and their next door neighbors who they are very involved in. It takes place in the late 70's and brings up all the unusual places is NJ (like legends Weird NJ mag. covers) as well as Bruce Springsteen, Asbury Park and so many other NJ things.


I'm entralled so far.



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i'm reading women in love by d.h. lawrence. i've been reading this for about 3 months now b/c i haven't really had time to read, but i hope to finish it soon so i can read something else.

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THe Last Juror by John Grisham

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still reading Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Joyce)...it's been months now...i just don't make the time to read it.  i'm getting closer though.


also reading Citizen Girl by the girls who wrote the Nanny Diaries.  it's entertaining so far...obviously not very deep.



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The DaVinci Code

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Bill Clinton's "My Life".

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The Good Earth.

So far I love it.

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"still reading Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Joyce)...it's been months now...i just don't make the time to read it.  i'm getting closer though.
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valenciana, how do you like it? i somehow have managed to never read it. i've only read dubliners, which i loved, but portrait is totally different in style, right? moocows and whatnot?

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i'm reading the law school insider... just in case.

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America by Jon Stewart.

It's hilarious, set up to look like a school textbook, and honestly makes me laugh out loud.

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i'm reading "a thousand acres" and have been since august.. i just can't get into it. i think i may just move on to another book and chalk it up as a loss.

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i'm reading The Pilot's Wife by Anita Shreve, recommended and loaned to me by one of my most literary friends. i'm about a quarter done with it and so far i am really liking it. it's the first book i have read by this author and i find that i really like her writing style.


i may have to lift my self-imposed ban on reading anything that is part of Oprah's Book Club (this is). heh.



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" valenciana, how do you like it? i somehow have managed to never read it. i've only read dubliners, which i loved, but portrait is totally different in style, right? moocows and whatnot?"

hehe...yes, there are moocows.  but they really only, er, appear once.  that part (from his perspective as a very young child) is pretty short.  but that doesn't mean it doesn't venture into the esoteric after that.


i'd say on the whole, it's interesting.  i don't think it will ever be one of my favorites that i derive great amounts of pleasure from the story (but i could be wrong...sometimes over time i grow to appreciate books more).  at times it gets kind of convoluted and hard to follow, when Joyce suddenly switches into his infamous stream of consciousness style.  i think it just catches me off guard a bit.  but i'm certainly glad that i'm reading it, and i am enjoying it, it just requires more attention than the trifles that i've ruined my brain with lately (see my other current book).


and of course, there's the whole catholic theme...which i of course find fascinating.  it's worth it for that alone.



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"America by Jon Stewart. It's hilarious, set up to look like a school textbook, and honestly makes me laugh out loud."
i just finished america, i loved it.  it made me laugh out loud too, i'm glad i'm not the only one.  that book was fantastic.  sigh...jon stewart, i love you.

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"i'm reading The Pilot's Wife by Anita Shreve, recommended and loaned to me by one of my most literary friends. i'm about a quarter done with it and so far i am really liking it. it's the first book i have read by this author and i find that i really like her writing style. i may have to lift my self-imposed ban on reading anything that is part of Oprah's Book Club (this is). heh. "

i liked the pilot's wife so much so that i actually watched the made-for-tv movie (with christine lahti, i think) and needless to say, it didn't do the book justice. i actually may re-read it this weekend!



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at times it gets kind of convoluted and hard to follow, when Joyce suddenly switches into his infamous stream of consciousness style.  i think it just catches me off guard a bit. 

and of course, there's the whole catholic theme...which i of course find fascinating.  it's worth it for that alone."


yeah i really meant the infamous joyce style.

obviously i've got to read this at some point. and i am a sucker for catholic stuff.

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"i'm reading The Pilot's Wife by Anita Shreve, recommended and loaned to me by one of my most literary friends. i'm about a quarter done with it and so far i am really liking it. it's the first book i have read by this author and i find that i really like her writing style. i may have to lift my self-imposed ban on reading anything that is part of Oprah's Book Club (this is). heh. "

yeah, that "oprah's book club" sticker on any book always gives me pause.  it makes me feel slightly dirty to read one of them in public.


if you're liking "the pilot's wife," you may like some of anita shreve's other books.  that and "fortune's rocks" are my favorite of hers.  one neat little fact about her work is she's set a number of the books in that same house at different time periods.  so the character's in "the pilot's wife" live there in current times, while the character's in "fortune's rocks" are living there in 1899. 


edit: oops, forgot to answer the original question.  currently i'm reading "lincoln" by gore vidal, and "scruples" by judith krantz.



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