Kinda interesting how Wally Lamb's book titles
are all lines from songs-
"She's Come Undone."
The Guess Who, Undone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLMF5GM0Kt8&feature=PlayList&p=82B8A6A282C8A64C&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=15
"I Know This Much Is True".
Spandau Ballet, True
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W734Bw5YxcE
"The Hour I First Believed".
Song, "Amazing Grace."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3XdXEJEI4E
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Mark LLC
I like Dr. Patel; I always did.
"The Graveyard Book"
Richard Grant, "God's Middle Finger". True account of a British
adrenaline junkie's attempt to travel the length of Mexico's Sierra
Madre. Drug smugglers, religion-crazed Indians, more drug smugglers,
the drug economy, people who help for no reason, people who try to
kill him for no reason, more drug smugglers. Finally, being hunted for
sport in a forest and an escape back to the US border. My favorite
book of 2008.
This year's front runner, John LeCarre, "The Constant Gardener", which
reminds me of the health care debate.
DB
Only Rhyme.
A good companion read to Wally Lamb's novel on Columbine ~
"Columbine," a journalist's coverage after suppressed testimony was
released from the National Archives, after a 20-year court-ordered
hold.
[There's a lot stuff you probably didn't know in this book!]
Correction ~
The Natonal Archivs stash has a 28-year hold, which releases testimony
on 2027. But lots of other stuff remained unreleased for many years.
Some helpful views on Evangelical Christian communities, too.
A stong message against literal interpretation vs. allegory and
metaphor, and a scathing indictment against covert government systems;
as well an historical appreciation of the inconography of Washington
DC.
We are deeply disappointed not a single white dog marched through ...
I particularly apprecitated the author's references to "blacking out
with fear" and the severe pain of having a man kneel on your bicep.
The Likeness.
Where I eat lunch tomorrow ~
That's one sicko forensic psycholgist ..,.
http://www.patriciacornwell.com/books-novellas/the-scarpetta-factor/synopsis/
[6 years later, I finally read it]
"Angie Fortwell looked out at the most beautiful view in the British
Isles and hated it.
...
'The face of courage,' said the caption under a photograph that made
Trish Maguire's teeth ache ..."
"Her education at Auburn University from 1954 to 1958, where she
earned a bachelor's degree, became the inspiration for her first
novel, Heartbreak Hotel (1976), which subsequently became the film
Heart of Dixie in 1989. At Auburn she worked as a writer for the
college newspaper. An editorial she wrote favoring integration was
recognized nationally but criticized by the school administration, and
a second, similar editorial led to her dismissal from the newspaper."