tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post8435254236900848630..comments2024-03-29T10:09:22.033+00:00Comments on Shadows & Light: Broadway, SoHo, July 2007Steve Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-90748555925680084292007-07-18T13:09:00.000+01:002007-07-18T13:09:00.000+01:00I'm not a fiction reader, mostly, though as of thi...I'm not a fiction reader, mostly, though as of this coming Saturday I'll be reading the final Harry Potter book. I love Harry Potter! He's a real mystic: his family treats him like sh*t, his friends get jealous and won't speak to him for a year at a time, his romantic life sucks, and when he's doing his most incredible magic, the experience for him is just like blundering through the fun house at a carnival. Later people tell him how brilliant he was. In the moment, he's a mixed up mess.<br><br>Not that I'm suggesting you read Harry Potter. One of my fav bloggers has been writing about Paul Auster books. There are some great NY books!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-8096110220903739832007-07-18T15:21:00.000+01:002007-07-18T15:21:00.000+01:00I tend to read nonfiction more than fiction. I ha...I tend to read nonfiction more than fiction. I have been reading the current crop of anti-supernatural books that have come out recently.<br><br>Sam Harris - End of Faith<br>Richard Dawkins - The God Delusion<br>Christopher Hitchens - God is not Great.<br><br>And the hilarious Julia Sweeny book, Letting go of God.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-13409866403779174402007-07-18T19:05:00.000+01:002007-07-18T19:05:00.000+01:00just took this out of the library:Liam O'Flaherty:...just took this out of the library:<br>Liam O'Flaherty: The Collected Short Stories Vol 2 so far it is good.<br><br><br>Recommend Maeve Brennan's New York short stories <br>"The Long Winded Lady"<br><br>or the New York stories (very short short stories) of John McNulty "This place on third avenue"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-36185086844574885832007-07-19T00:03:00.000+01:002007-07-19T00:03:00.000+01:00have you read the philip pullman trilogy - his dar...have you read the philip pullman trilogy - his dark materials? you must. starting with northern lights.<br><br>i am reading 'special topics in calamity physics' at the mo!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-41293839515216590562007-07-19T04:39:00.000+01:002007-07-19T04:39:00.000+01:00Darling, as a doctoral student I haven't read a bo...Darling, as a doctoral student I haven't read a book for entertainment in YEARS. I'm serious. The best I can do is skimming magazines - I just get too tired of reading. So, you enjoy it for me, at least until I finish school in December. Hope you have been well!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-41473066450736715562007-07-19T12:58:00.000+01:002007-07-19T12:58:00.000+01:00yes, pod is right about the pullman.(tho i think t...yes, pod is right about the pullman.<br>(tho i think the US edition might have been called something diff....)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com