Red Mosquito

All the Names - Jose Saramago.

Simple Torture wrote:Hey Bolaño friends, September 16th!

http://www.amazon.com/Little-Lumpen-Nov ... rto+bolano

Hate to be that guy, but--read it in Spanish already. It's okay. More "The Skating Rink" than "Amulet"

No puedo read-o el Spanish-o.

But thanks for the info! It's good to know what to expect.

Simple Torture wrote:It's good to know what to expect.

Is it? Is it, really?

Bob Loblaw wrote:

Simple Torture wrote:It's good to know what to expect.

Is it? Is it, really?

Yeah, nothing scares me like the void of the unknown.

Guys, All The Names is really good, so far. Not quite as great as Blindness, but I'm loving it.

durdencommatyler wrote:Guys, All The Names is really good, so far. Not quite as great as Blindness, but I'm loving it.

Spoiler: show

Unbroken - Laura Hillenbrand

Just finished 'A Problem from Hell' by Samantha Power and I'm three chapters into 'Beloved' by Toni Morrison.

digster wrote: I'm three chapters into 'Beloved' by Toni Morrison.

Best book.

digster wrote: I'm three chapters into 'Beloved' by Toni Morrison.

I'm two chapters in! We could be like twins or something.

Brown Dog: Novellas by jim harrison.


Very funny.

I picked up a dense bio on the great Ted Williams. I'll get to it some day.

Harry Lime wrote:I picked up a dense bio on the great Ted Williams. I'll get to it some day.

Was that the one that came out like 2 months ago? I think it's called "The Kid"?

Simple Torture wrote:

Harry Lime wrote:I picked up a dense bio on the great Ted Williams. I'll get to it some day.

Was that the one that came out like 2 months ago? I think it's called "The Kid"?

That's the one! I'm anxious to read about his WWII years.

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Harry Lime wrote:

Simple Torture wrote:

Harry Lime wrote:I picked up a dense bio on the great Ted Williams. I'll get to it some day.

Was that the one that came out like 2 months ago? I think it's called "The Kid"?

That's the one! I'm anxious to read about his WWII years.

I've got a story. I was the BU Barnes and Noble the week before Christmas (this is across the street from Fenway, basically, if you've never been there) and the author of that book was doing a signing; they just had a small table set up near the register with one copy of his book standing up on it. But everybody in the store was there doing holiday shopping, and we saw no fewer than three people walk up to him and ask him where something was in the store and each time he reacted by frustratingly seething between his teeth: "I'm an author." I felt bad for the guy but also it was a good laugh.

Simple Torture wrote:

Harry Lime wrote:

Simple Torture wrote:

Harry Lime wrote:I picked up a dense bio on the great Ted Williams. I'll get to it some day.

Was that the one that came out like 2 months ago? I think it's called "The Kid"?

That's the one! I'm anxious to read about his WWII years.

I've got a story. I was the BU Barnes and Noble the week before Christmas (this is across the street from Fenway, basically, if you've never been there) and the author of that book was doing a signing; they just had a small table set up near the register with one copy of his book standing up on it. But everybody in the store was there doing holiday shopping, and we saw no fewer than three people walk up to him and ask him where something was in the store and each time he reacted by frustratingly seething between his teeth: "I'm an author." I felt bad for the guy but also it was a good laugh.

Being a relatively unknown author at your own book signing has to be just as torturous as being a door to door salesman. Oh, the humility.

Tennessee Williams biography. My interest in the death of American small towns is the only thing keeping me from throwing this book out the window. I'd hate to see what The Iceman Cometh would become in this creep's hands.

thinking of selling most of my possessions and yondering off into the wilderness with just three books.

give me some ideas guys.

is Catch 22 any good?