Breaking News
- thisbody - May 2, 2024 - 2:57pm
Trump
- kurtster - May 2, 2024 - 2:57pm
Name My Band
- oldviolin - May 2, 2024 - 2:49pm
May 2024 Photo Theme - Peaceful
- thisbody - May 2, 2024 - 2:00pm
What Makes You Laugh?
- pilgrim - May 2, 2024 - 1:35pm
songs that ROCK!
- thisbody - May 2, 2024 - 1:17pm
Other Medical Stuff
- kurtster - May 2, 2024 - 1:09pm
Israel
- R_P - May 2, 2024 - 1:04pm
Russia
- NoEnzLefttoSplit - May 2, 2024 - 12:40pm
NYTimes Connections
- Bill_J - May 2, 2024 - 12:35pm
NY Times Strands
- Bill_J - May 2, 2024 - 12:19pm
RightWingNutZ
- Steely_D - May 2, 2024 - 11:44am
Song of the Day
- oldviolin - May 2, 2024 - 9:27am
Dialing 1-800-Manbird
- oldviolin - May 2, 2024 - 9:17am
Questions.
- oldviolin - May 2, 2024 - 9:13am
What can you hear right now?
- ScottFromWyoming - May 2, 2024 - 8:39am
What Makes You Sad?
- pilgrim - May 2, 2024 - 8:31am
Radio Paradise Comments
- pilgrim - May 2, 2024 - 8:27am
Wordle - daily game
- geoff_morphini - May 2, 2024 - 8:05am
The Obituary Page
- Proclivities - May 2, 2024 - 7:42am
Main Mix Playlist
- roadie - May 2, 2024 - 6:31am
Today in History
- DaveInSaoMiguel - May 2, 2024 - 4:00am
And the good news is....
- Bill_J - May 1, 2024 - 6:30pm
Bug Reports & Feature Requests
- ladron - May 1, 2024 - 6:22pm
Unquiet Minds - Mental Health Forum
- haresfur - May 1, 2024 - 5:49pm
Things you would be grating food for
- Manbird - May 1, 2024 - 3:58pm
Economix
- black321 - May 1, 2024 - 12:19pm
Joe Biden
- VV - May 1, 2024 - 9:24am
USA! USA! USA!
- haresfur - Apr 30, 2024 - 8:46pm
I Heart Huckabee - NOT!
- Manbird - Apr 30, 2024 - 7:49pm
Derplahoma!
- Red_Dragon - Apr 30, 2024 - 6:34pm
Democratic Party
- R_P - Apr 30, 2024 - 4:01pm
Oh, The Stupidity
- haresfur - Apr 30, 2024 - 3:30pm
Talk Behind Their Backs Forum
- VV - Apr 30, 2024 - 1:46pm
Canada
- black321 - Apr 30, 2024 - 1:37pm
What Did You See Today?
- Isabeau - Apr 30, 2024 - 1:15pm
Mixtape Culture Club
- miamizsun - Apr 30, 2024 - 7:02am
Food
- Bill_J - Apr 29, 2024 - 7:46pm
Photography Forum - Your Own Photos
- Alchemist - Apr 29, 2024 - 1:11pm
New Music
- ScottFromWyoming - Apr 29, 2024 - 11:36am
Upcoming concerts or shows you can't wait to see
- ScottFromWyoming - Apr 29, 2024 - 8:34am
Tesla (motors, batteries, etc)
- rgio - Apr 29, 2024 - 7:37am
Photos you haven't taken of yourself
- Antigone - Apr 29, 2024 - 5:03am
The Dragons' Roost
- GeneP59 - Apr 28, 2024 - 5:37pm
Britain
- R_P - Apr 28, 2024 - 10:47am
Birthday wishes
- GeneP59 - Apr 28, 2024 - 9:56am
If not RP, what are you listening to right now?
- Beaker - Apr 28, 2024 - 9:47am
SCOTUS
- Steely_D - Apr 28, 2024 - 1:44am
Would you drive this car for dating with ur girl?
- KurtfromLaQuinta - Apr 27, 2024 - 9:53pm
Classical Music
- miamizsun - Apr 27, 2024 - 1:23pm
LeftWingNutZ
- Lazy8 - Apr 27, 2024 - 12:46pm
Things You Thought Today
- Red_Dragon - Apr 27, 2024 - 12:17pm
The Moon
- KurtfromLaQuinta - Apr 26, 2024 - 9:08pm
April 2024 Photo Theme - Happenstance
- fractalv - Apr 26, 2024 - 8:59pm
Musky Mythology
- Red_Dragon - Apr 26, 2024 - 7:23pm
Mini Meetups - Post Here!
- Red_Dragon - Apr 26, 2024 - 4:02pm
Australia has Disappeared
- Red_Dragon - Apr 26, 2024 - 2:41pm
Radio Paradise sounding better recently
- firefly6 - Apr 26, 2024 - 10:39am
Neil Young
- Steely_D - Apr 26, 2024 - 9:20am
Country Up The Bumpkin
- KurtfromLaQuinta - Apr 26, 2024 - 9:01am
Environmental, Brilliance or Stupidity
- miamizsun - Apr 26, 2024 - 5:07am
Poetry Forum
- Manbird - Apr 25, 2024 - 12:30pm
Ask an Atheist
- R_P - Apr 25, 2024 - 11:02am
Afghanistan
- R_P - Apr 25, 2024 - 10:26am
Science in the News
- Red_Dragon - Apr 25, 2024 - 10:00am
What the hell OV?
- miamizsun - Apr 25, 2024 - 9:46am
The Abortion Wars
- Isabeau - Apr 25, 2024 - 9:27am
Vinyl Only Spin List
- ColdMiser - Apr 25, 2024 - 7:15am
What's that smell?
- Manbird - Apr 24, 2024 - 10:27pm
260,000 Posts in one thread?
- NoEnzLefttoSplit - Apr 24, 2024 - 10:55am
TV shows you watch
- Beaker - Apr 24, 2024 - 7:32am
China
- R_P - Apr 23, 2024 - 5:35pm
One Partying State - Wyoming News
- sunybuny - Apr 23, 2024 - 6:53am
YouTube: Music-Videos
- Red_Dragon - Apr 22, 2024 - 7:42pm
Ukraine
- haresfur - Apr 22, 2024 - 6:19pm
|
Index »
Entertainment »
Books »
Summer Reading?
|
Page: Previous 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
meower
Location: i believe, i believe, it's silly, but I believe Gender:
|
Posted:
Jun 9, 2009 - 1:51pm |
|
MrsHobieJoe wrote:so all because of you I bought this at the train station today and am ploughing through it...not a natural choice for me- I'll let you know how it goes.
is plowing through it a good sign? I think we have some similar tastes in books . . ..
|
|
Welly
Location: Lotusland Gender:
|
Posted:
Jun 8, 2009 - 3:20pm |
|
meower wrote: Cool - thanks. I'll see if I can get her books at my local used bookshop
|
|
meower
Location: i believe, i believe, it's silly, but I believe Gender:
|
|
Welly
Location: Lotusland Gender:
|
Posted:
Jun 8, 2009 - 2:52pm |
|
meower wrote: oh I've heard him on NPR...... will definitely check it out. Do you know Kate Atkinson?
No, never heard of her.
|
|
meower
Location: i believe, i believe, it's silly, but I believe Gender:
|
Posted:
Jun 8, 2009 - 2:44pm |
|
Welly wrote:Nope. "Eric Weiner's The Geography of Bliss signals the arrival of the next great category of literary nonfiction: the philosophical self-help humorous travel memoir. Great book - with some absolutely laugh out loud bits. oh I've heard him on NPR...... will definitely check it out. Do you know Kate Atkinson?
|
|
Welly
Location: Lotusland Gender:
|
Posted:
Jun 8, 2009 - 2:35pm |
|
meower wrote:
no. is that by him? I read Choke, Fight Club and Lullaby and Haunted...........
Nope. "Eric Weiner's The Geography of Bliss signals the arrival of the next great category of literary nonfiction: the philosophical self-help humorous travel memoir. Weiner, a veteran foreign correspondent for National Public Radio, has covered a multitude of catastrophes and maladies from more than 30 countries over the past two decades. For The Geography of Bliss, however, he decided to tell the other side of the story by visiting some of the world's most contented places. Using the ancient philosophers and the much more recent "science of happiness" as his guide, Weiner travels the world in search of the happiest places. Many authors have attempted to describe what happiness is; fewer have shown us where it is, and what we can learn from the inhabitants of different cultures. As Weiner makes his way from Iceland (one of the world's happiest countries) to Bhutan (where the king has made Gross National Happiness a national priority) to Moldova (not a happy place), he calls upon the collective wisdom of "the self-help industrial complex" to help him navigate the path to contentment. He travels to Switzerland, where he discovers the hidden virtues of boredom; to the tiny-and extremely wealthy-Persian Gulf nation of Qatar, where the relationship between money and happiness is laid bare; to India, where Westerners seek their bliss at the feet of gurus; to Thailand, where not thinking is a way of life; to a small town outside London where happiness experts attempt to "change the psychological climate." He also travels within the U.S.-and discovers that paradise is always a step away. Throughout his global quest, Weiner integrates the insights of classical thinkers on happiness, augmented by one-liners worthy of a stand-up comedian. This is travel writing that simultaneously journeys across the globe and through the author's mind. Weiner is no dispassionate observer. In his quest for the world's happiest places, he eats rotten Icelandic shark, smokes Moroccan hashish and intervenes to save an insect in distress. Almost. Full of inspired moments and earned epiphanies, The Geography of Bliss sets out to accomplish a feat few books dare and even fewer achieve: to make you happier." Great book - with some absolutely laugh out loud bits.
|
|
meower
Location: i believe, i believe, it's silly, but I believe Gender:
|
Posted:
Jun 8, 2009 - 2:18pm |
|
Welly wrote:
Just finishing The Geography of Bliss. Really enjoyed it. Have you read it?
no. is that by him? I read Choke, Fight Club and Lullaby and Haunted...........
|
|
Welly
Location: Lotusland Gender:
|
Posted:
Jun 8, 2009 - 2:16pm |
|
meower wrote:
I've read a ton of stuff by him. Enjoy !
Just finishing The Geography of Bliss. Really enjoyed it. Have you read it?
|
|
meower
Location: i believe, i believe, it's silly, but I believe Gender:
|
Posted:
Jun 8, 2009 - 2:16pm |
|
i love this author
|
|
meower
Location: i believe, i believe, it's silly, but I believe Gender:
|
Posted:
Jun 8, 2009 - 2:15pm |
|
Welly wrote:Pygmy by Chuck Palahniuk
"
I've read a ton of stuff by him. Enjoy !
|
|
Welly
Location: Lotusland Gender:
|
Posted:
Jun 8, 2009 - 2:13pm |
|
Pygmy by Chuck Palahniuk
"A 13-year-old terrorist from an unidentified country has infiltrated an American suburb disguised as a foreign exchange student. He's been trained, brainwashed, and has an arsenal of deadly moves, including the formidable "Striking Cobra Quick Kill" and the alarming "Flying Giant Stork Death Kick."
Pygmy is a parody of American excess as narrated by a young, undersized terrorist. Palahniuk has adopted a vigorously regimented dialect of broken English to tell the story of little Pygmy's violent schemes; we see the world through his "dispatches," and the narrative requires constant effort on the part of the reader to decode. That effort is rewarded by the humour and fresh perspective that the awkward locution offers.
On a trip to the mall, Pygmy makes the following observations: "Not total all glass, extruded aluminum metal frame silver edge, doors slide gone until reveal inside stand old woman, slave woman appareled red tunic, spring apparatus gripping tunic front to hang swinging sign, printed 'Doris.' Ancient sentinel rest gray cloud eye upon operative me, roll eye from hair and down this agent, say, voice like old parrot, say, 'Welcome to Wal-Mart.'" With the aid of several other "operatives," Pygmy sets to work on "Operation Havoc," which, if successful, will leave millions dead. "
From a review in The National Post
|
|
Zissy
Location: 90804 Gender:
|
Posted:
Jul 12, 2007 - 8:06am |
|
|
|
(former member)
Gender:
|
Posted:
Jul 10, 2006 - 10:54am |
|
|
|
redeyespy
Location: There are golfers nearby Gender:
|
Posted:
Apr 10, 2004 - 10:29pm |
|
|
|
lily34
Location: GTFO Gender:
|
Posted:
Apr 10, 2004 - 5:09pm |
|
|
|
|