tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14752420.post115124407375103114..comments2023-08-20T01:16:36.709-07:00Comments on Decompose: Beached ReadsMike Duranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02223354088258809968noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14752420.post-1151421455724580112006-06-27T08:17:00.000-07:002006-06-27T08:17:00.000-07:00I'm heading off to Nags Head tomorrow. I'm bringin...I'm heading off to Nags Head tomorrow. I'm bringing Claudia Burney's, Murder, Mayhem & a Fine Man and War & Peace. I'm spending the summer on a break from genre fiction (attempting to anyway) and challenging myself a bit with either classics or prize winning fiction. Trying to keep balance.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16151988844185350316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14752420.post-1151418901788776932006-06-27T07:35:00.000-07:002006-06-27T07:35:00.000-07:00No guarantee I'll get through this list, but in pr...No guarantee I'll get through this list, but in process is Eat this Book by Eugene Peterson. I just finished Bad Ground, by Dale Cramer -- excellent, excellent book.<BR/><BR/>Next up is:<BR/>Waking Lazarus, T.L. Hines<BR/>Peace Like a River, Lief Enger (a re-read because it's such a beautiful book)<BR/>A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (I started it this spring, but haven't finished yet.)<BR/>A 'best of' book of Harlan Ellison short stories.<BR/>Flannery O'Connor's short stories.<BR/><BR/>Like I said, not sure how far I'll get through this list, but I do want to read more short stories -- never read Flannery O'Connor and I need to. Love Harlan Ellison and want to read more of his stories, too.<BR/><BR/>Also, love the profile pic! (Young Frankenstein is one of my favorites.)lindaruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08641353710444426267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14752420.post-1151389806460198452006-06-26T23:30:00.000-07:002006-06-26T23:30:00.000-07:00Uhhhh ... okay ... I'm feeling a little on the "du...Uhhhh ... okay ... I'm feeling a little on the "dumb" side here ;)<BR/><BR/>First ... gotta have time for reading ... then perhaps tackle the stack of books given/loaned or half read. Some of those half-read I really need to finish.<BR/><BR/>Of course, that's after reading another Junie B. Jones book - they really are great fun even though they're centered around a Kindergartener through her K and first grade years :) Oh, and after The Magic Tree House books ... those are fun, too. Umm ... yeah, and the Highlights that come every month are big hits, too. <BR/><BR/>For everything there is a season ... my lazy summer beach reading season will come ... someday ;)<BR/><BR/>btw - guess I'm a little late to the party - just saw your Flicker pics! Great pics! Do you live ON the beach???Amehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358641966141610513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14752420.post-1151374272480874942006-06-26T19:11:00.000-07:002006-06-26T19:11:00.000-07:00No room for the whole thing. Successes so far ... ...No room for the whole thing. <BR/><BR/>Successes so far ... Emma and Peace Like A River (as everyone gasps, "She hadn't read that?")<BR/><BR/>Julius Caesar<BR/>84 Charing Cross Road<BR/>The Importance of Being Earnest<BR/>Aiken's Dido Twite books (A+ dialogue)<BR/>Sproul's Holiness of God<BR/>Reread some Trixie Beldens<BR/><BR/>Croopus, I'm all over the board.<BR/><BR/>NoelNoël De Vrieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13461116221338023290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14752420.post-1151369824437899452006-06-26T17:57:00.000-07:002006-06-26T17:57:00.000-07:00To-reads coming up (won't be at a beach, but I rea...To-reads coming up (won't be at a beach, but I read part of Emma at a park):<BR/><BR/>Violet Dawn by Brandilyn Collins<BR/><BR/>Persuasion, Northanger Abbey, and others (I've already read Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Mansfield Park, and Emma in my Austen crash course this spring/summer)<BR/><BR/>Daughter of Silk by Linda Chaikin<BR/><BR/>My Life as a Doormat by Rene GutteridgeKatie Hart - Pinterest Managerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14892763965326103296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14752420.post-1151356296543546862006-06-26T14:11:00.000-07:002006-06-26T14:11:00.000-07:00Dang, you guys are prolific! Mike, you're all over...Dang, you guys are prolific! Mike, you're all over the map. Tozer and Piper are the equivalent of a theological heavyweight's combination. Don't know how familiar you are with Flannery O'Connor, but I've found many of her tales have left lasting memories. suz, I've always been fascinated with Jungian theory. But his flirtation with the occult has kept me from delving deeper. However, I am big on mythology. I still have a series of YA stories I outlined based on the reworking of Greek myths. Interesting stuff, folks. Thanks for biting!Mike Duranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02223354088258809968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14752420.post-1151354883189359662006-06-26T13:48:00.000-07:002006-06-26T13:48:00.000-07:00seriously? all right. mike bit, so shall i. (these...seriously? all right. mike bit, so shall i. (these are just the books piled around my feet right now):<BR/><BR/>robert a johnson: He!, She!, We! The Fisher King and the Handless Maiden (i've liked all of these, just starting we), owning your own shadow<BR/><BR/>mythology: all greek myths. roman parallel myths.<BR/><BR/>clarissa pinkola estes: The gift of story<BR/><BR/>emily dickinson: the complete poems<BR/><BR/>robert bly: meditations on the insatiable soul, my sentence was a thousand years of joy, selected poems by rilke, gratitude to old teachers (and any other bly books i can get my mitts on).<BR/><BR/>marion woodman: dancing in the flames, sitting by the well (audio), <BR/><BR/>ted kooser: flying at night<BR/><BR/>that's plenty, eh? don't hold it against me. you're the first one i've told what i'm actually reading at this moment.<BR/><BR/>ssshhhh!<BR/>suz.siouxsiepoethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15360917459079606172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14752420.post-1151351947150005422006-06-26T12:59:00.000-07:002006-06-26T12:59:00.000-07:00Okay, I'll bite. I won't get through them all, but...Okay, I'll bite. I won't get through them all, but here' the pile of read/re-reads:<BR/><BR/>-Paul Auster: The New York Trilogy, The Book of Illusions<BR/>-Douglas Coupland: jPod<BR/>-AW Tozer: Pursuit of God<BR/>-John Piper: Desiring God<BR/>-Billy Collins: Sailing Alone Around the Room<BR/>-Langston Hughes, collected works<BR/>-Flannery O'Connor, collected stories<BR/>-Walker Percy: The Moviegoer<BR/>-TL Hines: Waking Lazarus<BR/>-Robin Parish: Relentless<BR/>-Anne Tyler: The Accidental Tourist<BR/>-Colson Whitehead: Apex Hides the Hurt (current)michael snyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04928294752314542520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14752420.post-1151335011618119112006-06-26T08:16:00.000-07:002006-06-26T08:16:00.000-07:00Sunblock makes me feel...greazy.Sunblock makes me feel...greazy.Mike Duranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02223354088258809968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14752420.post-1151334277289293062006-06-26T08:04:00.000-07:002006-06-26T08:04:00.000-07:00I'm at the beach almost daily and never without a ...I'm at the beach almost daily and never without a book. I tackling Stephen King's The Stand, a book so fat I need to haul it in my wagon. Need to also get to Stein on Writing, Self-editing for Fiction Writers, two more books by my favorite new author, Charles Martin, and a few I'm supposed to review. That'll keep me busy:)<BR/>Don't forget the sunblockbatgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11095415308248827150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14752420.post-1151333109854372542006-06-26T07:45:00.000-07:002006-06-26T07:45:00.000-07:00I don't do the beach, I'm a mountains kind of girl...I don't do the beach, I'm a mountains kind of girl, but either way, I'll be reading while I'm there! Or I'll just go out by our lake and read and fish, but my stack of to-read books is pretty thick too. "Great Expectations" is among them! I read it in school, and I liked it. I also plan to read "Pride and Prejudice" even though I know the movie by heart! Hope you have a great summer!Heather Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15018641352722945047noreply@blogger.com