tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035771623800448582.post7576726863435082686..comments2023-11-02T04:23:13.748-07:00Comments on brooke: Summer Readingbrookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02319057752729247563noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035771623800448582.post-51251611893348706552009-06-02T01:03:32.340-07:002009-06-02T01:03:32.340-07:00okay, the one that always comes to my mine and is ...okay, the one that always comes to my mine and is my favorite is My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult. Its sad but I love it. It makes you think. Anyway, I'll add more later but I always recommend this one.Cassidynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035771623800448582.post-72855217316185432942009-05-28T21:00:34.553-07:002009-05-28T21:00:34.553-07:00Middlesex, Dharma Bums, Journey to the Center of t...Middlesex, Dharma Bums, Journey to the Center of the Earth. All stellar reads that just hum along.Ryan Lee Sharphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04483142871305228497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035771623800448582.post-88693027559919092342009-05-23T14:29:13.386-07:002009-05-23T14:29:13.386-07:00I feel like I recommend the same books over and ov...I feel like I recommend the same books over and over, but:<br /><br />Anything by Hermann Hesse, especially Narcissus & Goldmund, Steppenwolf, Siddhartha (which I think you've already read) and Demian.<br /><br />Tracy Kidder - Mountains Beyond Mountains<br /><br />Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale<br /><br />Tom Robbins (Jitterbug Perfume, Fierce Invalids, Skinny Legs, Still Life with Woodpecker, etc etc)<br /><br />Paulo Coehlo (Alchemist, Devil and Miss Prym, Fifth Mountain)<br /><br />Kurt Vonnegut (God Bless You Mr Rosewater, Slaughterhouse-Five)BShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03424628843049633726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035771623800448582.post-60850324213773664692009-05-19T19:17:50.115-07:002009-05-19T19:17:50.115-07:00Thank you to everyone for the great comments and s...Thank you to everyone for the great comments and suggestions.<br /><br />I have already read: Purity and Exile, Their Eyes Were Watching God, The Time Traveler's Wife, The Kite Runner, and A Thousand Splendid Suns.<br /><br />So, I guess your recommendations are pretty good!<br /><br />Joel: I hope to come to Portland in the fall. In the same way that I hope to be employed. And they are kind of dependent on each other.<br /><br />Anonymous #2: Who are you?brookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02319057752729247563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035771623800448582.post-53482004043964480272009-05-18T20:35:00.000-07:002009-05-18T20:35:00.000-07:00Theodore Dreiser's "An American Tragedy" is awesom...Theodore Dreiser's "An American Tragedy" is awesome. This 800+page book is extremely hard to put down. It's based off a geniune domestic violence/murder case that occured in the early 1900s about how an emotionally unstable, pschopathatic man decides to drown his pregnat girlfriend in a quest to develop a relationship with another girl and therefore gain wealth and become a part of high society. This is an ABSOLUTE CLASSIC!! You won't regret reading this book! Happy reading :)<br />P.S. Khaled Hossein, the dude who wrote "The Kite Runner", also wrote "A Thousand Splendid Suns".<br />It's a great book!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035771623800448582.post-40414423311786850922009-05-16T17:32:00.000-07:002009-05-16T17:32:00.000-07:00The Time Travelers Wife by Audrey Niffenegger is a...The Time Travelers Wife by Audrey Niffenegger is a really great and easy read. <br />kara muranoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035771623800448582.post-57882148929522032652009-05-16T15:51:00.000-07:002009-05-16T15:51:00.000-07:00Anarchy and Christianity by Jaques Ellul
History ...Anarchy and Christianity by Jaques Ellul<br /><br />History of Nonviolence by Mark KurlanskyJason Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08059231128332598156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035771623800448582.post-40701565591103342212009-05-15T22:09:00.000-07:002009-05-15T22:09:00.000-07:00The Awakening by Kate Chopin---my all time favorit...The Awakening by Kate Chopin---my all time favorite book and a quick summer read filled with romance and despair ;)<br /><br />One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest by Ken Kesey<br /><br />Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonMeggan Lambesishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02363654236118724654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035771623800448582.post-55761197133898965332009-05-15T20:49:00.000-07:002009-05-15T20:49:00.000-07:00Here it goes brooke, and i hope my categorizations...Here it goes brooke, and i hope my categorizations do not offend...<br /><br />theological-in-nature<br />How (Not) to Speak of God, Peter Rollins -- brilliantly conveys the difficulties many of us have in understanding and expressing the Jesus of the gospels after Nietzsche declared His death. <br /><br />historical/anthropological-in-as-much-as-i-can-tell<br />Purity and Exile, Liisa Malkki -- this book looks at the problem of the Other, byway of refugees in Burundi. It's phenomenal and worth the work. <br /><br />for fun<br />Austerlitz, WG Sebald<br />A great book that weaves history, memory and the mind with great subtlety and insight that you just get lost in his wanderings, enjoying every savory detail (one of my favs).<br /><br />political-philosophical-brilliantical<br />Homo Sacer, Agamben <br />This is my favorite philosophy book of all time and continues to influence how i think. I think it should be read by everyone...at lest twice. you'll quote it in all your papers, your friends will be impressed by your astute observations and i will respect more than ever before...or just read it because it's just so good. <br /><br />and then drive up to portland.joelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350688606790291671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035771623800448582.post-22458911826316777012009-05-15T16:34:00.000-07:002009-05-15T16:34:00.000-07:00Snow by Orhan Pamuk
Adventures of Kavalier and Cla...<I>Snow</I> by Orhan Pamuk<br /><I>Adventures of Kavalier and Clay</I> by Michael Chabon<br /><br />I love both those books, and they both have some great themes as well as awesome writing. I own them boht, if you want to borrow either, I live just up from you.<br /><br />Have fun this summer Brooke!Greghttp://gregwiese.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.com