tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post3162629296470876432..comments2024-02-26T10:52:14.585-08:00Comments on Glimpses of South Pasadena: Good Intentions...Laurie Alleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14460272282273523408noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-69154971511967827472010-09-24T23:25:45.217-07:002010-09-24T23:25:45.217-07:00Fabulous books, people. I've made several not...Fabulous books, people. I've made several notes for future reading. I should do more reading posts in the future!Laurie Alleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14460272282273523408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-3964861383054705502010-09-24T02:17:38.994-07:002010-09-24T02:17:38.994-07:00I just finished reading American Tabloid by James ...I just finished reading American Tabloid by James Ellroy. I bought it a few years ago and found it hard to read (in English), at first but I picked it up again a few weeks ago. Brilliant.Stefan Janssonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03542072508543147268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-34154618733729002662010-09-21T10:23:33.748-07:002010-09-21T10:23:33.748-07:00Loving Frank, by Nancy Horan. It's a novel mas...Loving Frank, by Nancy Horan. It's a novel masquerading as non-fiction about the love affair between Mamah Borthwick Cheney and Frank Lloyd WrightDianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10828934507373117828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-65134928176229818852010-09-21T08:12:38.993-07:002010-09-21T08:12:38.993-07:00In the breakfast nook I've got "Angle of ...In the breakfast nook I've got "Angle of Repose" by Wallace Stegner, on the bedside table it's "Outlander" by Diana Gabaldon, and here on the desk is "South Pasadena" by Rick Thomas. I kid you not.<br /><br />Judy, I tried, too. I found "EPL" to be worthy of reading on the john--just a few minutes at a time was all I could take. My review: very good writing, dull subject ("me me me").<br /><br />Damn, I need bookshelves. The boxes are piled in the garage.Petrea Burchardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13043950465171821852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-85077538070607753452010-09-21T07:25:25.151-07:002010-09-21T07:25:25.151-07:00ha!
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The Long Embrace; Raymond Chandler and...ha!<br />jinkx<br /><br />The Long Embrace; Raymond Chandler and the Woman He Loved<br /><br />Judith FreemanPasadena Adjacenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09031325790590238246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-42398956937249271992010-09-21T07:23:54.815-07:002010-09-21T07:23:54.815-07:00I'm reading "Winchell" (by Neal Gabl...I'm reading "Winchell" (by Neal Gabler) and am really enjoying his time with a broke and dying Damon Runyon, both past their prime, driving around NYC at three in the morning listening to the police radio until the sun comes up.<br /><br />Clifford Odets I think is at least part fo the model for "Barton Fink."-K-https://www.blogger.com/profile/03289562368002376807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-63823963105713084602010-09-20T23:12:45.838-07:002010-09-20T23:12:45.838-07:00Such a cool bunch of readers, my readers!
Thanks ...Such a cool bunch of readers, my readers!<br /><br />Thanks for a peek into your pages!Laurie Alleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14460272282273523408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-45943035430088949252010-09-20T19:38:08.485-07:002010-09-20T19:38:08.485-07:00I'm reading Eric Clapton's autobiography. ...I'm reading Eric Clapton's autobiography. He was either stoned, drunk or both for most of the 60s, 70s and early 80s, yet never arrested, and never exposed by paparazzi. Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton were born too late.Bellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10168550139269893109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-60144210566012539962010-09-20T17:14:39.522-07:002010-09-20T17:14:39.522-07:00Now, why didn't you write this post when I was...Now, why didn't you write this post when I was reading Raymond Chandler about 3 monrhs ago?!!! I'm in my "reading to occupy my mind but don't get intellectual" mode so right now I'm reading David Baldacci's True Blue...<br /><br />Ben...when you're done building Laurie's bookshelves, think about a trip to Mammoth!!! I've got a bunch of books with no place to put them!!!TheChieftesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00153059825142977202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-62652346988380511642010-09-20T14:17:01.549-07:002010-09-20T14:17:01.549-07:00I'm reading "the lost city of Z" by ...I'm reading "the lost city of Z" by David Grann. Non-fiction account of Amazonian exploration in the Victorian age (and the disappearance of the famous explorer Faucett) and his own inept explorations in the present day. Good adventure...Kathttp://www.klikkonthis.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-89092646420530733062010-09-20T12:13:58.463-07:002010-09-20T12:13:58.463-07:00The Illuminatus Trilogy by Robert Shea and Robert ...The Illuminatus Trilogy by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson. What a crazy book. Written in 1975, yet it reads like it was written yesterday. The authors cite books and papers that really exist, yet it's fiction. And it reads like Douglas Adams.San Diego Farmgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10561103211171226430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-80004178155426391712010-09-20T09:02:50.203-07:002010-09-20T09:02:50.203-07:00I'm trying to cram in some fun reading before ...I'm trying to cram in some fun reading before the quarter begins - just finished the Chronicles of Narnia series, and I'm in the middle of Rickwood Field, a book about America's oldest ballpark.<br /><br />I like the looks of your library! We need to build some proper shelving for all of our books.ben widemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10010635436712076159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-24786081781687958872010-09-20T08:04:05.814-07:002010-09-20T08:04:05.814-07:00I seem to recall that was Faulkner, Vanda. But you...I seem to recall that was Faulkner, Vanda. But you're right -- take your pick.<br /><br />I'm working on several, including "A heartbreaking work of staggering beauty," and "First-Person America," a collection of interviews/essays that grew out of the WPA writer's project.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-25517525655842387352010-09-20T07:40:07.456-07:002010-09-20T07:40:07.456-07:00I'm reading "Spunk and Bite", a writ...I'm reading "Spunk and Bite", a writers' guide. <br /><br />I've wondered if the alcoholic older writer in "Barton Fink" was based on Chandler, but I guess it could be any number of Hollywood writers.Vandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05467945696376519810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-4297513697551305472010-09-20T05:54:45.432-07:002010-09-20T05:54:45.432-07:00@Judy Having trouble getting into Eat, Pray, Love...@Judy Having trouble getting into Eat, Pray, Love? Try doing one at a time!Mister Earlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18405041951237611622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-65882862623440405512010-09-20T05:53:11.574-07:002010-09-20T05:53:11.574-07:00Blogs, blogs, local newspapers, emails, and blogs....Blogs, blogs, local newspapers, emails, and blogs. Someone bring me a phone book.Mister Earlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18405041951237611622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-82895007358341662472010-09-20T05:52:28.187-07:002010-09-20T05:52:28.187-07:00I've been trying to read "Eat Pray Love&q...I've been trying to read "Eat Pray Love" for the past 3 months and can't seem to get into it. I like Elizabeth Gilbert, but maybe I'd do better to just go back to my beloved Pablo Neruda poetry, or the old school Robert Frost. I can still recite his "Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening" after memorizing it in the 7th grade.<br /><br />I like the idea of the Kindle but there's just something about the printed word bound in either a shiny paperback or a beautiful leather bound volume of some sort.Judy Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05081035351814381283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-83631801696794589132010-09-20T05:50:30.939-07:002010-09-20T05:50:30.939-07:00Nice bookcase! Looks like an enjoyable place to re...Nice bookcase! Looks like an enjoyable place to read!Leif Hagenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268045909244159357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-10242841949659095282010-09-20T05:28:34.396-07:002010-09-20T05:28:34.396-07:00Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro). The Black Mounta...Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro). The Black Mountain (Rex Stout).Jean Spitzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13520415864511680025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-11732670364003788982010-09-20T04:09:50.335-07:002010-09-20T04:09:50.335-07:00"God Is Not One" by S. Prothero."God Is Not One" by S. Prothero.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com