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Oh there were a lot of chills and grotesque moment in Child of God. Jeez, I've had trouble sleeping a few nights even...
I know HFTTG is a bit of a polarizing series. A friend of mine loves it and I promised to read it to discuss it...I've liked some of Adams' nonfiction, so I look forward to it
Yeah, I'd like to be able to tell you it gets better, no seriously it does. Soon you'll sublimate any lingering unease, only to BLINDSIDED and B***H slapped by your subconscious when you least expect it!
Just Kidding?
HGTTG -- being familiar with the author offers you an "IN" I didn't have.
I can see why the Word polarizing could be attached to HGTTG, God consciousness, universal truths, ...... You KNow What? How About ..... if I actually create or contribute something tangible, then open my mouth.
A possible antidote for CHILD of GOD--
see my post re: The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade
Nothing like death to put life into perspective
I just finished "Child of God," wild book. Going to begin "Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy" has anyone read this?
Well, Hitchhiker's Guide is one of my all-time fav's but you have to be into the fairly silly humor that Douglas Adams employs. That said, I think it's hysterically funny and my husband and I still quote it now years after we both read it. "42 is the meaning of life" and stuff like that. (loosely quoted)
Who Am I? And if so, How Many: A Journey Through Your Mind. Richard David Precht..."an exhilerating journey through the history of philosophy and a lucid introduction introduction to neuroscience."
Journey Through the Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead edited by John H. Taylor published by The British Museum. Beautifully illustrated and a text that is intelligent and informative, and manages not to be inpenetrable.
The Last September by Elizabeth Bowen. A comedy of manners of the last year in one of the "Great Houses" of Ireland during the Anglo-Irish war of the early twenties. A privileged society totally ignoring its imminent slide into oblivion.
I'm currently reading Lincoln by Gore Vidal. A wonderful book for a history buff like myself .
I've learned so much about Lincoln's humanity in reading Vidal's. Abraham Lincoln was one of the "Iconic" personalities that I truly admire...and it was a delight to know about his human side...fraught with shortcomings and frailties as well, the way Vidal depicted the man.
I recently picked up "Abraham Lincoln: The Vampire Hunter" by Seth Grahame Smith out of inflamed curiosity (I'm halfway done.)
My first reaction was disgust with the exploitation of one of the most beloved person in history, just to outdo "Twilight" and make a few bucks.
Am I overreacting to a little Lincoln satire??? I'd like to know your thoughts....
I have not heard of it, ans57....is it a goofy fantasy involving Lincoln or what?
Yes...It's in book stores now together with the latest vampire bestsellers...
I guess for "adult readers" it would be just a change of pace (an injection of little horrific fantasy in an otherwise sombre reading.) But my concern is with the teens who don't have a clue about history, much less...Abraham Lincoln, who would read the book for its vampire lure....
Tony Morrison's "A Mercy"
Technically speaking, since my copy is an audiobook, I am listening, but still I think it qualifies. I provide this disclaimer because I don't really get the full experience of actually READING a book when I listen, but this book is still providing quite a "wallop."
I love reading old works, letters of the long dead, and memoirs because it gives me a view into the lives of people in other times. Though this is a fiction, it still provides that same voyeuristic appeal. While viewing life through the eyes of first one character, and then another, the reader (listener) is treated to life in 17th century (I think) America.
The audiobook is a special publication in that it is read by the author. Sometimes this is not the added feature that I once thought, but Ms Morrison has the dual talents of both great writer and reading aloud.
Again, I have not finished the work, so I cannot give it a full recommendation, but from what I have listened to so far I can say it is a qualified recommend.
Whatever you are doing, today, I hope you are taking time to read. Even better, read with a child!
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