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?

Comments

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Water rules.

Start with Midnight`s Children or The Moor`s Last Sigh if you`re gonna read Rushdie. I`d go for TMLS myself; I adore that book and I think it`s the most readable and the most luscious and sparkling of the two.

Books books books...

South of the Border, West of the Sun, Haruki Murakami. I think you`d just adore this. infinitemonkeys sent it to me before I went to Japan. It`s not a big book but it`s absorbing and slightly creepy and sad and very beautiful. The last few pages make me ache.

Hmmm. It`s hard for me to think, this far away from all my books. I tell you what, I`ll throw some titles at you and if you haven`t read them, tell me and I`ll tell you more.

Fugitive Pieces, Anne Michaels.

The Satanic Verses, Salman Rushdie.

White Teeth, Zadie Smith.

The Glass Palace, Amitav Ghosh.