Originally Posted By Anatole69 I just finished Naomi by Junichiro Tanizaki. I bought it from Sanseido bookstore when I was in Japan. Nice read, it has been compared to Lolita and Lady Chatterley's Lover, though it found it more like Pygmalion. It's about a 30 year old office worker in Taisho era Japan who falls in love with a 15 year old commoner and tries to remake her into his image of a beautiful woman. It has interesting insights into male/female relations, Japanese view of foreigners from the turn of the century, and a mix of the erotic and psychological. - Anatole
Originally Posted By Longhorn12 >Same thing only with more detail and a better index.< Haha. Whenever this book is brought up that is the argument for BOTH books. I do need to check it out though as Papers are not going to be stopping anytime soon. Also I'm reading "An Incomplete Education" by Judy Jones & William Wilson
Originally Posted By TINK-MOBILE Can't sleep, so i started reading Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson..
Originally Posted By ecdc "The War for Late Night" on the Conan/Leno debacle. So far I'm thoroughly enjoying it, and I'm surprised at how much there is to learn after the entire sordid affair was covered so thoroughly in the media. I don't know if this will change as I get further into it, but I find myself feeling sorry for Jay Leno. I'm no Leno fan, and I did not expect that development.
Originally Posted By ecdc >>I'm surprised at how much there is to learn<< Let's rephrase; this book is more gossip than scholarly detail. "I'm surprised at how much the author reveals that I hadn't heard before."
Originally Posted By sarahwithbaloo Labuda so glad you are enjoying them I'm thinking they might be on my re-read list however got a pile too read first lol. Still finishing The historian but not much left too go. Need to choose between Anne Rice's, Angel Time. Or Rhett Buttler's People by Donald McCaig next RB was recommended to me by Tinkeroon and I'm leaning towards that one at the moment.
Originally Posted By DAR <<"The War for Late Night" on the Conan/Leno debacle. So far I'm thoroughly enjoying it, and I'm surprised at how much there is to learn after the entire sordid affair was covered so thoroughly in the media. I don't know if this will change as I get further into it, but I find myself feeling sorry for Jay Leno. I'm no Leno fan, and I did not expect that development.>> I'm halfway through chapter 2 and so far it's been interesting. But man Jay bombing through his monologue at the upfronts that was painful.
Originally Posted By Labuda I finished the His Dark Materials trilogy this morning.... wow, what a wonderful series.
Originally Posted By Labuda I agree wholeheartedly, Sarah! I just wish an author as talented as Philip Pullman had written that Twlight crap.
Originally Posted By Tinkeroon I've heard that's good Alex. You must have liked it to re-read it. Sarahwithbaloo...if you do read Rhett Butler's People I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. I was so afraid it would be like "Scarlett" (the sequel to GWTW) but it wasn't at all. I just finished The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (fairly good...it kept my interest) and Virgin River by Robyn Carr (which I loved). I am now about a quarter of the way into The Girl Who Played With Fire also by Larsson (#2 in the series) and am liking this one very much.
Originally Posted By alexbook Yes, it's really good. I need to read the sequels, and I thought it would be good to go back and start the series from the beginning.
Originally Posted By alexbook Just finished "Lost in a Good Book" and started "The Well of Lost Plots."
Originally Posted By WDWdreamin Still working on the bible, and A Storm of Swords by George RR Martin
