Either. I've given him a Molly Ivins book before. He's a leftie like me, obviously.
I've really got to learn to just do the damage and get out of town. It's the 'stay and gloat' that gets me every time.
Ethan Rayne ,'Potential'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Dana - May 20, 2007 10:16:08 am PDT #2670 of 28176
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Strix - May 20, 2007 10:55:42 am PDT #2671 of 28176
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Hmm. What about a collection of Sarah Voewll essays? Combine history and leftie politics? And she's a fun writer to read/
dcp - May 20, 2007 11:55:05 am PDT #2672 of 28176
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America is very good.
Hil R. - May 20, 2007 12:29:44 pm PDT #2673 of 28176
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I second dcp's recommendation. I only read about half of it (someone had left a copy in a dorm common room, and I started reading it, but then the next time I was in that lounge, it was gone), but it was very good.
flea - May 20, 2007 12:38:12 pm PDT #2674 of 28176
information libertarian
I am generally pimping John Hope Franklin's Autobiography: [link]
My stepfather (age 75, likes history, lefty) seems to have liked it.
Dana - May 20, 2007 2:02:57 pm PDT #2675 of 28176
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
That sounds like a great recommendation, dcp, though he might already have it. Which is the problem with my father.
Thanks for all of the recs. I'll check them out when I make it to the bookstore.
DavidS - May 20, 2007 4:52:40 pm PDT #2676 of 28176
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'll second the Sarah Vowell recommendation and specifically the book Assassination Vacation.
Kathy A - May 21, 2007 7:49:20 am PDT #2677 of 28176
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Has he already read Devil in the White City? My dad's into history books, as well, and I loaned him my copy a few years ago, and he loved it.
Dana - May 21, 2007 7:58:08 am PDT #2678 of 28176
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I don't know, but it looks cool.
Volans - May 25, 2007 11:07:58 am PDT #2679 of 28176
move out and draw fire
Anybody read Vellum ? I think I'm almost halfway in, and there does not appear to be a plot. Or a story. Barely any characters. And it's too clever by half.
I need to start using different criteria to choose books - the last few I've picked have been oh-so-clever and erudite and so completely lacking in any story to hold my attention that they get put down.
Plus, the DH and I aren't speaking because he hated Inkheart and really liked Thirsty.