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Odds and Ends
March 31st, 2004
Well, first and foremost, today marks the one year anniversary of Girlamatic.
You know, the website where Dicebox
currently updates.
Next, I think I just got my favorite spam subject line “oaf permit.” (much better than the spam inviting me to “drop the hammer” on the next girl I lay. I mean, how rude!)
I must say once again that Jeremy
gives me much joy.
And I am currently enjoying the
Decemberists new release, The
Tain. I was alerted to the existence of this EP by a blog I’m
flirting with, largehearted
boy.
And it’s from largehearted boy that I got the idea to try to tackle 52 books in 52 weeks, though I’m making all of mine novels as opposed to the mix he’s going for. Non-fiction can bog me down for weeks—oddly the better the book is, the more true that is. ‘Sides, I’ve discovered the joy of non-history audio books, right now I’m working my way through a history of salt. And there are many, many novels I’ve should’ve read by now, I reckon.
So, if there are any “oh my god, I can’t believe you haven’t
read—” books you’d like to recommend, I’ll gladly take a crack
at them. I’ve decided to start with The
Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov. I might list the books I’m
tackling once I get the redesign for this site up—which has been set back
by
stumbling husbands among other things.
8 Responses to “Odds and Ends”
haha, another one succumbing to Bulgakov.
If you want a real brainspin, read “The Book of Laughter and Forgetting” by Milan Kundera right after it.
just the standards:
Brautigan- either So the Wind won’t blow it all away or Sombrero Fallout (I’m an addict I admit)
Bukowski- particularly the collection of short stories The most beautiful woman in town
Winterson- Duh.
Ehrenreich’s Nickel and Dimed, nothing new, but clearly written and reaffirming.
The Dark side of Camelot is an interesting look at the Kennedy administration… Fun to read
Treasure Island
Ha Jin Waiting
Kundera, of course, and I must say that the book of laughter and forgetting is perhaps my favorite book of all time.
Nothing new or surprising I’m sure…
After two reccomendations of “The Book of Laughter and Forgetting” I think that one’s a gimme.
Dylan- It was actually you and Kip discussing “The Master and Margarita” that put this all in mind–and you assuming I had read a couple of books that I hadn’t but had been meaning to for years.
Bethanne-Not all standards to me, especially the first two, and I appreciate you putting Winterson back on the radar (as they say, duh)
I’m actually going to avoid finding out too much about reccomendations, I like surprises. And I won’t be gvig reviews like large hearted boy, but will tell the people who reccommended a book to me how I liked it after I’ve read it.
Thanks you two!
Of course, of course, and please feel free to send recomendations my way as well. Total bibliophile here.
Amusing Anecdote: One year, the first week of my summer vacation I felt that I had not been able to read enough, so I locked myself inside and read 56 books, in a week. I don’t even remember any of them now- they all kind of blurred together….
…Bethanne, I think that’s grounds for institutionalization.
But then, looking at Chris’s sweater drawing, things begin to make sense to me.
when you’re back on nonfiction, i’d strongly recommend the book i recently blogged about, a chance meeting: intertwined lives of american writers and artists, 1854-1967 — i think you and kip would both really like it.
Just a headsup, Jenn: we’ve got at least one Winterson in the house already. “Gut Symmetries,” I think.
Jane Smiley’s Ordinary Love and Good Will. Actually, Part One is nothing special, but Part Two… oh, wow.
I have to go weep now, but in a theraputic sort of way.