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he's a whiny , douche bag. a local FM morning show used to have him on every now and again years ago, was a whiny, douche bag then, and now. he said he routinely has 60-70 books going at one time? I call b.s. , how can he even remember what's going on? People have talked about having...

I'm currently reading "Blood Meridian" by Cormac McCarthy, that counts, right? it's my first experience with C-mac, quite an interesting book.

isn't it true that some of the old authors like Tolstoy got paid by the word? or is that myth? anyone know?

exactly, interlibrary loan is such a great thing, without it most libraries would be alot more useless today. I don't know how many times I've had a book on my TBR or TBB list and simply got it via interlibrary loan, you can at least see if it's worth it to buy it for the long term thus...

there will be blood :stars4: very good indeed.

he'll def. have good ratings his first night, and into the first weeks, but we'll see hwo it does in time.

didn't watch the oprah interview b/c I'm not a sadist but did watch the Howard Stern, started rough b/c Morgan was trying to get confrontational but Stern rebucked him and it settled into a good conversation. wont' be watching the Rice interview, would raise my blood pressure.

J T is right, or should I say correct, there is a change going on. People just don't talk to one another anymore, if you try and engage in a bit of banter you're looked at like an alien. America is such a high crime country with the media and TV showing it most everyone is literally scared of...

sounds like you read Constance Garrett's translation, she edited some things for the victorian english crowd, today there are better translations IMHO.

I think this is a great idea. We in the entire english speaking world tend to be very insular. Obviously part of that is that english is the lingua franca but we are missing out on a whole host of great books without more translations. I welcome this development.

thank you, thank you very much, I'll be in town all week, please rememeber to tip your waitress.... ;)

I liked her better when the year was 1987 and her name was Madonna.

to me this isn't any different than a publisher releasing the hardcover version first and releasing the paperback version at a later date. They've done this for decades so correct me if I'm wrong. they've always made you wait for the cheaper paperback version, if you really wanted to read it...

I like amazon and have ordered from them may times. My only concern is if they have so much power they could dictate what is sold and published and the diversity of the publishing market may suffer. think of what's happened to CD sales and many of the big box retailers. One thing I'll...

Notes from the Underground crazy stuff, deep and penetrating, great char. development :stars5:

almost all male.

and don't forget there's a sequel to Cannery Row called Sweet Thursday there are many novels set on or around the sea..... Lord Jim - Joseph Conrad, he wrote alot about the sea Kidnapped and Treasure Island are sea adventures by Robert Louis Stevenson Sailing alone around the...

I know I've had to intentionally remind myself to slow down when reading a novel or short story. I get so used to reading a plethora of news websites, blogs and message boards so quickly I sometimes need to remind myself I'm reading for pleasure and slow down a bit. good article.