[Powderworks] NMOC What's on your bookshelves?
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Powdworker@aol.com
Sat, 24 May 2003 16:14:24 EDT
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Hmmm... the all-time "pillars" of my reading life over the past 40 years....?
"Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
"Hamlet" by W. Shakespeare (though it must also be seen, not just read)
"All the President's Men" by Woodward & Bernstein
"The Right Stuff" by Tom Wolfe (tied with "Coming of Age in the Milky Way" by
Timothy Ferris and "Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos" by Dennis Overbye)
"Main Street" by Sinclair Lewis (tied with "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott
Fitzgerald and "An American Tragedy" by Theodore Dreiser)
The next political book in my "To Be Read" pile: "What Liberal Media?" by
Eric Alterman
Book I'm reading now: "Domesday Book" by Connie Willis (time-travel science
fiction)
I guess this would be a good time to mention the awesome Web site
http://www.bookcrossing.com, which is a giant "global book club that crosses time and
space" to quote the home page. I can just imagine a whole bunch of Powderworkers
passing around a copy of "Willie's" among themselves, registering it each time
it goes to a new 'worker, and creating a giant amount of buzz around this
book. (Hint, hint, hint!) Do check out this site!
Cheers,
Patty in Maryland
http://lilpatoodle.bookcrossing.com
In a message dated 5/24/2003 12:55:51 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
redzed84@yahoo.com writes:
>
> > After seeing the limited response to the release of
> > Willie's I started wondering if perhaps, Workers
> > were not much book people.
>
> When I ordered my copy of Willie's on May 7, I was
> told that it was currently out of stock and will be
> available in 2 to 3 weeks. I guess some book reports
> will be 2-3 weeks late!?
>
>
> Pillars? hmmm... how about interesting reading:
>
> Fortunate Son - J D Hatfeld
> Fast Food Nation - Eric Schlosser
> The Fatal Shore - Robert Hughes
> Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee - Dee Brown
> Lies My Teacher Told Me - Janes Loewen
>
> Fiction: Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton
> (we *can*, but *should* we?)
>
> (also enjoyed Capricornia & Rabbit-Proof Fence)
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<HTML><FONT FACE=3Darial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=3D2 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=
=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0">Hmmm... the all-time "pillars" of my reading life over=
the past 40 years....?<BR>
<BR>
"Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank<BR>
"Hamlet" by W. Shakespeare (though it must also be seen, not just read)<BR>
"All the President's Men" by Woodward & Bernstein<BR>
"The Right Stuff" by Tom Wolfe (tied with "Coming of Age in the Milky Way" b=
y Timothy Ferris and "Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos" by Dennis Overbye)<BR>
"Main Street" by Sinclair Lewis (tied with "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fi=
tzgerald and "An American Tragedy" by Theodore Dreiser)<BR>
<BR>
The next political book in my "To Be Read" pile: "What Liberal Media?" by Er=
ic Alterman<BR>
<BR>
Book I'm reading now: "Domesday Book" by Connie Willis (time-travel science=20=
fiction)<BR>
<BR>
I guess this would be a good time to mention the awesome Web site http://www=
.bookcrossing.com, which is a giant "global book club that crosses time and=20=
space" to quote the home page. I can just imagine a whole bunch of Powderwor=
kers passing around a copy of "Willie's" among themselves, registering it ea=
ch time it goes to a new 'worker, and creating a giant amount of buzz around=
this book. (Hint, hint, hint!) Do check out this site!<BR>
<BR>
Cheers,<BR>
Patty in Maryland<BR>
http://lilpatoodle.bookcrossing.com<BR>
<BR>
In a message dated 5/24/2003 12:55:51 PM Eastern Daylight Time, redzed84@yah=
oo.com writes:<BR>
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> After seeing the limited response to the release of<BR>
> Willie's I started wondering if perhaps, Workers<BR>
> were not much book people.<BR>
<BR>
When I ordered my copy of Willie's on May 7, I was<BR>
told that it was currently out of stock and will be<BR>
available in 2 to 3 weeks. I guess some book reports<BR>
will be 2-3 weeks late!?<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
Pillars? hmmm... how about interesting reading:<BR>
<BR>
Fortunate Son - J D Hatfeld<BR>
Fast Food Nation - Eric Schlosser<BR>
The Fatal Shore - Robert Hughes<BR>
Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee - Dee Brown<BR>
Lies My Teacher Told Me - Janes Loewen<BR>
<BR>
Fiction: Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton<BR>
(we *can*, but *should* we?)<BR>
<BR>
(also enjoyed Capricornia & Rabbit-Proof Fence)</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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