tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8874293.post3655287604569242858..comments2023-10-21T12:02:06.956-04:00Comments on Qere Ketiv: Reading: You DecideRVWarrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02119355195028123284noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8874293.post-78312872878629490862007-03-10T16:08:00.000-05:002007-03-10T16:08:00.000-05:00Nice! I was going to recommend Eco's Foucault's Pe...Nice! I was going to recommend Eco's <I>Foucault's Pendulum</I>, but forgot to until now. So, FP is a great read too.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00879330932031937557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8874293.post-12831800098027668452007-03-07T07:34:00.000-05:002007-03-07T07:34:00.000-05:00Travels with Charley, though great and featuring a...Travels with Charley, though great and featuring a standard poodle, is non-fiction. I'd pass along The Name of the Rose by Umberto Ecco. Complex, compelling and full of symbolism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8874293.post-38309968059599458262007-03-04T20:20:00.000-05:002007-03-04T20:20:00.000-05:001. Tim O'Brien-- the Things They Carried is a book...1. Tim O'Brien-- <I>the Things They Carried</I> is a book I think everyone should read at some point. <I>Going After Cacciato</I> and <I>In the Lake of the Woods</I> are just as good. Some think O'Brien is a one-trick pony, since he tends to dip into his experiences in Vietnam for almost every novel, but whatever. Amazing author.<BR/><BR/>2. Dave Eggers-- <I>A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius</I>. While hard to stomach in spots, it's heart-breaking, touching and wildly funny in spots. And though it's technically a biography, Eggers takes so many creative liberties that it's basically fiction.<BR/><BR/>3. Flannery O'Connor-- anything. Duh.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00879330932031937557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8874293.post-52847263737187162422007-03-01T23:29:00.000-05:002007-03-01T23:29:00.000-05:00I find myself reading a lot of fictional stories a...I find myself reading a lot of fictional stories and sometimes getting more out of those than non-fiction. I will with hold and give you three books to read...<BR/><BR/>1. Five Smooth Stones by Ann Fairbairn. <BR/>(it's a thick read, but the most a-mazing read. One minute you become sorrowful and the next you want to throw the book out the window because you are so angry. It's wonderful.)<BR/><BR/>2. Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck <BR/>(a Winnebago, a dog, and john...going across America! It's a small read, quite amusing and insightful) <BR/><BR/>3. Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger<BR/>(short reads...each 15 or so minutes. It's J.D. Salinger so be prepared to be confused, delighted, and depressed all in a split second)Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13420153404791894827noreply@blogger.com