The Gospel According to Larry

[MaryMaryGoose]

Just read it. Fantastic. Conceptually. But Fantastic. Anyone else read it? You all must, must, must.

[Monpot]

Ah I though this'd somehow be about my friend Larry, who is known to *ahem* exagurate the truth.

[MaryMaryGoose]

Clearly no one's read Larry. I have and moved on. Now I am reading The Curious Incident of The Dog in the Night-time. Good, also reccomend it, but it tries to be really smart and sometimes this fails. It is a childrens book i think, so i may forgive it for this.
I would like to suggest a Brainlove Book club. Probably I'd be the only member, but no problem. I'll just post good books i'm reading and you can pretend to be interested.

[John Brainlove]

Can I join. I propose - A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggars.

[MaryMaryGoose]

Yeah, you mentioned it (or someone did) on Dis. Very ashamed to say have never heard of it.
And trust me, this stabs me right through the most sensitive, most fleshy, most tender parts of my heart. A wonderful wonderful book i've never heard of. I'm considering a cry.
Super title too.
Dammo.
Take a seat.

Edit: just googled it. Published 2001 which maybe explains why it's not in my briain. I'm only getting caught up with the twenty-first centuary. STill no excuse, looks fantastic, will locate and devour

[Smileadelic]

"A Heartbreaking Work..." is one of my favourite books of recent years.

I'll join too!

[ana milgram]

admin said:

I propose - A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggars.

Can I borrow this, John? I've spent all my money on Corduroy trainers and Panda Z DVDs

[MaryMaryGoose]

Okay. I'm going to tell you the name of the greatest book ever. And you have to read it. It's a rule or something. *nods head* Pretty sure. I didn't feel DiS was special enough in their greatest novel thread. So here you are-
A Confederacy Of Dunces by John KennedyToole.


And to quench your curiosity, at the moment I am reading I am Charlotte Simmons by Tom Wolfe, and also the Bride Stripped Bare which is crapola. And The Mirror Crack'd by Agatha Christie buts that just to fill in an hour, and I can listen to music while I read that.

[John Brainlove]

anamb said:

Can I borrow this, John? I've spent all my money on Corduroy trainers and Panda Z DVDs

OK! That brings the total of people who have read my well-thumbed copy up to 8.

[Monpot]

My copy of 12 Bar Blues by Patrick Neates is simillarly itinerant, I think it's in Bristol at the moment.

[MaryMaryGoose]

Have you heard of the thing where you leave a book in a random public place for others to read, then they leave it in another random place for someone else to read? The whole thing got a proper name. And you write your name and location in the cover. Some books travel the world like that.

p.s I have moved on to The Age of Reason, via Mister God This is Anna, via HP and the GOF. I am Charlotte Simmons was not fun.

[Monpot]

I am currently reading Another Bullshit Night In Suck City.

I like that book idea MMG, I first read Harry Potter in a guest room in Vienna.

[MaryMaryGoose]

Another Bullshit Night In Suck City? Is that a real book? I'd buy it and read it on the train (I feel slightly awkward writing that, i'm sorry) just for the title.

[Monpot]

It is indeed a real book. It's an autobiographical account about a son and his father. The father's homeless, the son works in a shelter.

[MaryMaryGoose]

Today I read the Time Travellers Wife and it is brilliantly sad and romantic and gives you a feeling like warm milk and honey.