Rant

[belleamaris]

I'm sure all of you are tired of my rants, but now here's a rant about ranting

Comments

[belleamaris]

Meep, sorries I missed you -- I was rushing to meet Meg. Did you have a good trip?

[puuj]

I just finished "Travels with Charlie" and "A Passage to India". The first resulted in introspection about my roadtrips and the second was interesting but not really compelling. I'm sure I could give you many book recommendations that are subtle or complicated enough to occupy you for a few days.

[belleamaris]

Are those the books you took with you on the trip and never once opened?

I checked out a few books on SQL and stuff... I'll be burried in those for a bit. Going to read "If on a winter's night, a traveller" by Calvino soon.

What else would you recommend?

[puuj]

Well, I bought ten or so books in New Orleans and only made it halfway through Graham Greene's "The Comedians" (also highly recommended)... Actually, I recently read "The End of the Affair", also by Greene, and wasn't as impressed, but it still built on some worthwhile themes

[ralphio]

He has a point, in fact, I miss your rants!

[belleamaris]

Aww, thanks guys. :-)

*hugs!*

[netropy]

What, Galapagos?

[belleamaris]

Yeah... but I really liked Cat's Cradle!

It's been too long since I read Breakfast of Champions or Slaughterhouse 5... So I can't remember how those compare.

I guess Galapagos isn't his best, is it?

[netropy]

No. Cat's Cradle, Sirens of Titan, and Slaughterhouse 5 are my three favorites.

[belleamaris]

I should read Sirens and return Galapagos. O:)

How was Vegas?

no one asked, i know...

[altgrave]

but i agree with puuj about calvino, and disagree about rushdie; i recommend, "the satanic verses".