Northwest Indiana Discussion

Hey everyone. I found my way back. I guess that I won't have to worry about losing track of this thread for a while.
I just finished reading A Salty Piece Of Land by Jimmy Buffett. It's based on a character from one of his short stories in his book Tales From Margaritaville. It was quite enjoyable, however, I didn't think that it was as good as his Where is Joe Merchant?
I'm out of new books right now, and I haven't had a chance to go to the bookstore, so I'm rereading some oldies but goodies.

You know, I always wanted to contribute to this thread on the other forum but never did because my recommendations were a bit OT.

You see, my recommendations are not books, but blogs.

There are two in particular, that I have found to be a must read every day.

The first is by a sitcom writer named Ken Levine.

http://kenlevine.blogspot.com/

Here is his most impressive resume.




The second is an anonymus waiter in an Italian Bistro in NYC.

http://waiterrant.net/

Hillarious and dead on, find out what it is like dealing with the public and celebrities day in and day out.

speaking of oldies but goodies.. if you've never read it, pick up 1984.. one of the best classics of all time.

Arc, keep them coming. It doesn't matter to me whether it's a good book, or a good blog, or even a different message board. Speaking of which, if you like movies I recommend the message board at IMDB.com. However, you do have to register just to even read them.

I am a member at IMDB, if you enjoy that, try this.

http://televisionwithoutpity.com/

Archives and forum are in the drop down menu in the upper right hand corner.

No membership is necessary.

Also the best TV Blog on the web is here.

http://www.tvsquad.com/

Hey glad Meph ressurected this thread.
And, I was just starting the last scentence of Ulysses! I'll put it down now!!

Hey Hermann, glad you found us here. We're still missing a few posters, like Firefly and Sherlock. Ulysses huh, by Joyce? Never actually read it myself, seems a bit heavy for me, but hey, I'll give it a try. I'll try most anything once.

Actually, I never read it -- I don't think anybody has ever willingly read it!
None of the lit classes I took every required it!

The last sentence is something like 60 pages long!

I'm bouncing around right now - reviewing some of the new young adult authors. It's junk. There's a new group of "young adult" authors out there that have targeted an lucrative market in writing teen reads. The problem is -- the real teens these books are appropriate for (15-18yrs) aren't interested in reading these books. The kids that are interested are the 10-14yr old group -- and these books are basically PG-13 to R rated --including language - and nudity! Stuff that most parents wouldn't want their 10yr old to be reading.

I sound like an old fart!

Anyway, I've got Angels and Demons as my next choice, for my pleasure!

Good read. I think they're in preproduction for the movie version. but still a good read.

Yea, there was a mention of the upcoming movie during the coming attractions on the DaVinci DVD.

I liked DaVinci -- I thought everyone got all wadded up over a treasure hunt story/murder mystery! Dan Brown and his wife did a great job weaving fact and fiction together. The weave was so tight sometimes you couldn't tell the two apart!

Wow. I just have to tell you all, yesterday I came across a copy of To Kill A Mockingbird, finished reading it today. I was floored, it is a masterpiece, I think that I can honestly say that it left me emotionally drained. And on a creepy side note, I found the book yesterday, started reading it today, and the answer to Final Jeopardy today was, yep, you guessed it, To Kill A Mockingbird. Scary.

Creepy!
I've read that book a couple of times throughout my life. As a matter of fact - I'm due for a re-read! Each time I read it - it reads differently! A masterpiece - you are right!
I wonder why Harper Lee didn't ever write anything else.

Here's another book that reads differently each time you read it -- Oprah had it on her list -- it's not new -- The first time I read it was in H.S. and that's a loooooong time ago --- For $1000.00,

What is............








Night, by Elie Wiesel

Happy Turkey Day Everyone.

Oddly enough, I just read that book for the first time this summer. I picked it up at a freesale (as opposed to a yard sale) That book was absolutely one of the best I've ever read.

Harper Lee didn't publish anything else, as far as I know. However, she did assist Truman Capote (who is the little blonde haired boy in To Kill a Mocking Bird) in researching the In Cold Blood.