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Please share and discuss the books you read/are reading the week of Aug. 21-27.

For fun I found a mystery series that I'm actually enjoying (I've learned that I only really liked the titles & covers of most of them-the books often don't live up to that first meeting).

The series is by Cleo Coyle about a woman who runs a gourmet coffee shop in Greenwich Village-the information about & sense of the city is excellent & I adored coffee & enjoy reading about different beans & ways of brewing. In my review, I also talk about the recipes at the end which I doubt I'll ever actually try but love fantasizing about.

I'm also finishing up Angela Carter's Nights at the Circus which is not only not one of my favorites of hers but has left me never wanting to read her again. I am also reading The Recognitions by William Gaddis which I'm loving but reading very slowly.

My 4th - yes folks you read it right f-o-u-r-t-h kindle (since Christmas) just crashed. Amazon is being very nice about it: they're giving me a $20 Kindle credit-they must see what a great client I am!). The man also suggested I not keep it in the same bag as my cell phone because the magnetic field may be damaging it. I pass that info on to anyone interested.

This is the longest time I've had one Kindle-since April. Probably because I did buy a cover for this one.

At least this guy had a suggestion about how, maybe, to prevent it from happening again!

Anyway-has anyone out there read any William Gaddis? Besides The Recognitions, he wrote Carpenter's Gothic, JR., Frolic of His Own, as well as the lesser Agape Agape and the series of essays The Rush for Second Place: Essays and Occasional Writings which I liked.

Trying to finish The Lovely Bones.

May start Catch-22

Probably borrowing The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and the remainder on Sunday after lunch with the parents.

Ellie, I am impressed! FOUR Kindles since Christmas - that's serious Kindle...er, ing? I normally only use mine when traveling, but that's a good tip about not keeping it near the cell phone.

I'm getting great ideas from all of you about books that sound interesting and are "off the beaten path".

I'm still reading my 3 long ones - The Story of Mankind, The Lonely Polygamist, and Infinite Jest (which I am really enjoying, but I'm taking my time with it). I've also started a couple of Shakespeare plays in preparation for seeing live performances of them in a couple of weeks. AND...I started the library eBook "Dragonfly in Amber" because I like to have something going on my laptop. It's the 2nd in the "Outlander" series. I didn't love the first one, but decided to give the series another chance because I wanted to see where the author was going with the characters.

Yeah, I use my Kindle a lot. But I'd thought I would pass on the tip about the cell phone.

I'm also reading Infinite Jest-slowly but with enjoyment. It is a little manic, even for me.

How do you likeThe Lonely Polygamist?

I guess my comment to Ellie, written before Ice has posted his, got lost in the shuffle.
Or maybe its me getting lost in the threads of this group :)

Ann and Ellie, Kindle-users, please do offer your experience on the topic on the appropriate thread. It needs your point of view.

If the magnetic field of a cell phone when it is off is damaging to an ebook, how must it be damaging to people and animals, not to mention the eaths magnetic field.

Oops so sorry.

Yeah-cells still seem a little scary to me.

Kinkajou wrote: "You know, with all the stuff out there determined to either maim or kill us, it's a wonder human race is even still kicking. Sometimes I feel like chucking it all in and saying, "what the heck" ..."

why bother has got to be one of the quintessential questions along with what is the point.

Long ago I dedicated my life to feeling and doing good, overcoming those miserable tendencies that dominated my childhood, and in defiance of all that 'stuff' out there, that would have us feeling anxious and vulnerable and therefore willing to be appeased and even hoodwinked and lulled into a false sense of 'security' by any old 'authority'.

We each choose the meaning of our life.
You know it is all maya still we must play our part and rather than complain, find people and places and things to appreciate.

Sometimes I think this life is stranger than science fiction (cars? holes in the ozone layer because of our pollution, WAR, slavery, the caste system, strip mining,death.....I mean, who comes up with these ideas anyways?)

Ellie wrote: Yeah-cells still seem a little scary to me."

absolutely

why is it called a cell phone anyway?

just noticed that I did not add what I was reading when I reworked my lost message.
I was starting Secret Daughter Shilpi Somaya Gowda
which I finished yesterday. I am glad to see GR now has a cover picture for this, it didnt last time I checked.

I am reading slowly down the ganges and enjoying it.
Today I started the sensualist ....It is a gorgeous book, published in Vancouver.The Sensualist: An Illustrated Novel Barbara Hodgson

I just finished Crime and Punishment yesterday and have started something light and silly: One Nation Under Sex by Larry Flint.

I'm continuing to enjoy The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer. I'd read her short story collection a year or so ago, and was looking forward to more from her. This one doesn't disappoint.

Also, if you haven't read The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright, it's a fantastic history lesson on Al-Qaeda.

(and now I've got to figure out how you put pictures in your posts! I'm learning so much from y'all!!!)

KJ wrote: "I just finished Crime and Punishment yesterday and have started something light and silly: One Nation Under Sex by Larry Flint.
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Cant quite grasp how one nation under sex could be light or silly,sounds very heavy to me.

is it the idea of a unified nation, sex, the author, or the writing that you find silly?

it is difficult to know what to read next after a Dostoevsky.

The book thumbnails are fairly easy, although the search engine is sometimes balky.See where it says add book/author on the top of this box? When you click on that youll get some instructions. It seems to be a 3 part process, be sure and notice the little preference at the bottom of the list of authors, do it once for link and once for cover, and then if you want the author as well, that option is at the header.

I'm glad you're getting off on the group and are checking in more regularly.

cheers!!!

Ellie wrote: "Yeah, I use my Kindle a lot. But I'd thought I would pass on the tip about the cell phone.

I'm also reading Infinite Jest-slowly but with enjoyment. It is a little manic, even for me.
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Sorry I never answered your question about how I am liking
The Lonely Polygamist. It is well-written, but I'm not loving it. I think it's because all the characters seem to be miserable and I'm having a hard time feeling much sympathy for them. The most engaging character is an 11-year-old boy named Rusty, who is always getting into trouble.

I just finished The Innkeeper's Song a few minutes ago and have read the first few pages of Company of Liars.