What are you reading?

Rufusboi · 01-19-2010, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Ryobi

I have that book. I've read it a couple times, and I feel the same way. It was different at 17 than it is at 37.

Have you seen the movie? "Apocalypse Now". I think it's the movie that has changed the book for me.

And now 'The End' by The Doors is stuck in my head! LOL.

I'm reading over my instructors manual for, Adult, child, and infant first aid, CPR and AED, for a class I have to teach in a couple weeks. Helps to brush up and keep my times in check.

I haven't seen that film, but need to/want to. I forgot how heavy handed the symbolism is in Heart of Darkness. A very dark book but very true. I realized that it still remains popular because we can apply this book and its themes to a lot of what happens today.

I've got the two women knitting with black wool stuck in my head and keep thinking about hounds of hell and gatekeepers of hell. This image is getting mixed up with images from Paradise Lost and the woman/dog hounds of hell stuff that Milton used. Urgh no wonder I didn't sleep well last night. I've got Kurtz, hounds of hell and black wool running round in my head. So remind me what's so uplifting about reading again

Rufus

daisygrrl · 01-19-2010, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Ryobi

I have that book. I've read it a couple times, and I feel the same way. It was different at 17 than it is at 37.

Have you seen the movie? "Apocalypse Now". I think it's the movie that has changed the book for me.

And now 'The End' by The Doors is stuck in my head! LOL.

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Originally Posted by Rufusboi

I haven't seen that film, but need to/want to. I forgot how heavy handed the symbolism is in Heart of Darkness. A very dark book but very true. I realized that it still remains popular because we can apply this book and its themes to a lot of what happens today.

I feel the same as Ryobi--Apocalypse Now helped change how I viewed Heart of Darkness. Conrad's novella is, like Rufus says, pretty heavy handed with the symbolism; the film helped me put all that abstractness into more "real" terms ("The Horror!").

And, if you ever get the chance to see it, I encourage you to watch the mini-documentary by Francis Ford Coppola (and his Ex-wife Eleanor) that they made during the turbulent filming. Between mortgaging everything they owned to make the film, numerous health crises (Sheen almost had a heart attack), a typhoon, and difficulties with Brando, doubled filming time (and six hours of tape to edit)--the film truly was a labor of love.

The new editions of the film probably (and if it doesn't, it should) include the documentary

SassyLeo · 01-19-2010, 03:38 PM

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Crooked-Little-Heart-Anne-Lamott/dp/0385491808"]Crooked Little Heart[/ame] by Anne Lamott

I love [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Anne-Lamott/e/B000APMU80/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_pop_1"]Anne's books[/ame].

This one is taking some time to get into...and I'm not sure if it is the story or my mood

I also LOVE Operating Instructions, Traveling Mercies and Blue Shoe (the latter 2 rival for #1 )

I've got Joe Jones next.

daisygrrl · 01-25-2010, 05:54 AM

selections from Lucy Grealy's Autobiography of a Face--an excellent read & really wonderful to discuss with others

Alice Walker's “Beauty: When the Other Dancer is the Self”--a lovely short piece where Walker discusses her childhood trauma and how it shaped her identity

Random · 01-25-2010, 10:43 AM

I am franticly re-reading The Data Valentine stories..

I'm on the last book... To Hell and Back..

Inuus · 01-25-2010, 10:56 AM

Homer's Odyssey By Gwen Cooper

Very good book about a woman who rescued a blind kitten and her life with him. I was totally moved by this book..truly heartwarming story

More info here
[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Homers-Odyssey-Gwen-Cooper/dp/038534385X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264438382&sr=1-1"]Amazon.com: Homer's Odyssey (9780385343855): Gwen Cooper: Books[/ame]

Well worth reading for cat and animal lovers

Random · 01-25-2010, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Ms Cyn

I am franticly re-reading The Data Valentine stories..

I'm on the last book... To Hell and Back..

Let's make that the Dante Valentine..

BestButchBoy · 01-30-2010, 05:35 AM

The Franchise Babe-Dan Jenkins

nycfem · 05-13-2010, 08:12 PM

I loved Lucy Grealy's book and also truly adored the non-fiction book that Lucy's best friend, Ann Patchett, wrote about their relationship: "Truth and Beauty: A Friendship." Unexpectedly wonderful!

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Originally Posted by daisygrrl

selections from Lucy Grealy's Autobiography of a Face--an excellent read & really wonderful to discuss with others

Alice Walker's “Beauty: When the Other Dancer is the Self”--a lovely short piece where Walker discusses her childhood trauma and how it shaped her identity

MissItalianDiva · 05-13-2010, 08:16 PM

Texts from a handsome sarcastic ass....

Gemme · 05-13-2010, 08:18 PM

A bunch of books on altered art.

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