it's too dark and I can't read

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musesfool, gamesiplay, dampha, thanks for the book recs. To update:

Today I bought In the Time of the Butterflies thanks to Victoria P (and because G was clever enough to remember what the LJ post said), and am looking forward to it. I also bought Philip Caputo's Exiles on its own recognizance, because I love Philip Caputo and because A Rumor of War is just so excellent.

I have read (and enjoyed!) I Capture The Castle, Homicide: AYOTKS, And the Band Played On, and A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain (one of my all-time favorite books, ain't it great, Dampha?).

I can't deal with Saramago because he doesn't use quotation marks -- how gauche of me, I know, but still. The rest of your recs I'm looking forward to exploring -- which Rushdie should I start with?

Also, more books please, folks? Five books, five bucks, no whammies, big money? Help!

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In other news, I saw the Band of Brothers extras DVD, which included "We Stand Alone Together," a documentary about Easy Company with interviews from the surviving E-company men and photos and newsreel clips from their actions in WWII. Good stuff. Though the best part of the DVD was Ron Livingston's video diary, which chronicled their Actor's Boot Camp under the iron boot of Captain Dale Dye, Drill Instructor to the Stars! He's the same guy who ran boot camp for my Starship Troopers and I've already had a behind-the-scenes drill with him on the ST DVD; so interesting to see him doing combat training here too, for such a different kind of ground war.

Spoiled ourselves on oysters and steaks. Now I'm drinking a lot of water. Years ago I met a girl who told me she was "really into water" and I laughed at her. Hippie freak. Reluctantly, I withdraw my mockery, because it turns out there's nothing better than a whole lot of water, all the time.

Which reminds me -- how excited am I about Finding Nemo?