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Dev · Joined: 18 Apr 2006

Mine?

This one's about the Taliban and 9/11. Good read.

georgiadawg · Joined: 04 Dec 2004

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini... brilliant book.

krats1976 · Joined: 14 May 2003

Aquariums of Pyongyang. Very enlightening.

Lao Wai · Joined: 01 Aug 2005 Location: East Coast Canada

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. Probably one of the most unique books I've read.

Alyallen · Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 11:46 pm Post subject:

Loved it. Loved the show. Loved the book. A rare one-two punch. Quite witty, edgy and sharp!

The second book is great too. I can't wait till the new book comes out this summer!

swetepete · Joined: 01 Nov 2006 Location: a limp little burg

"A Woman Soldier's Own Story," the autobiography of Xie Bingying.

Hater Depot · Joined: 29 Mar 2005

Killing Pablo.

chevro1et · Joined: 01 Feb 2007 Location: Busan, ROK

The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene... an interesting take on human interaction with historical anecdotes to corroborate statements made by the author... more entertainment than doctrine, certainly.

JMO · Joined: 18 Jul 2006 Location: Daegu

discostar23 · Joined: 22 Feb 2004 Location: getting the hell out of dodge

the time travelers wife by audrey niffenegger.

Chamchiman · Joined: 24 Apr 2006 Location: Digging the Grave

Niels Lyhne by Jens Peter Jacobsen. Not only one of the best books I've read recently, but one of the best books I've read period.

"Niels Lyhne will open to you, a book of splendors and depths; the more often one reads it, the more everything seems to be contained within it, from life's most imperceptible fragrances to the full, enormous taste of its heaviest fruits. In it there is nothing that does not seem to have been understood, held lived, and known in memory's wavering echo..."

- Rilke

faster · Joined: 03 Sep 2006

Man, I've been on a roll lately.

Non-fiction:

North Korea - Bruce Cumings

Intercourse - Andrea Dworkin

The Language Instinct - Stephen Pinker

Ways of the Hand - David Sudnow

Fiction:

Mason & Dixon - Thomas Pynchon

Trout Fishing in America - Richard Brautigan

Nightwood - Djuna Barnes

The Long Day Wanes - Anthony Burgess

Poetry:

Jackson Mac Low (the "Stein" poems online)

Collected Poems - George Oppen

Lao Wai · Joined: 01 Aug 2005 Location: East Coast Canada

VanIslander · Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 6:52 pm Post subject:

Best & Worst of April (so far):

Not the best writing but a good sense of how it was to be on the road and how their travel guide biz started. Glad I read it. The story of the Wheeler family is a good case study in vagabonding as a phase-of-life journey turned style-of-living project while still becoming a mainstream-values success.

If I'd known Potts had taught English in Korea beforehand I might have dipped into it more, as random pages will show how inane and obvious is the advice, how trite the format and quotations, how superfluous the suggested resources... no, check that, the books recommended and Internet sites addressed are the best part of this so-called 'uncommon guide', though kuddos for forwarding its basic premise: travelling for a year or two is within the grasp of most of us. The philosophic-sounding book is perhaps to be best judged by its therapeutic aim of showing how the road needn't be reserved for the idle rich, backpack bums and retirees. The chapters read like the rushed result of a well-crafted book idea, leaving one to think how it could have been done much better. Wish I had skimmed read it instead of finishing it all, but it was my Sunday afternoon reading material on an intermittently sunny day by the river.

jhaelin · Joined: 30 Aug 2006