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Re: Book genres that rock your world
Originally posted by kimo55I love that new hardback that chronicles all the boulders that have rolled down the hills into homes built right up against the mountains in Hawaii. Seen it?
That tome rocks my world....
To be honest, so many genres rock my world that I am hoping someone will toss out an idea and I can glom onto it...
pax
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Originally posted by Pua'i Mana'oYou. Are. Sassy.
To be honest, so many genres rock my world that I am hoping someone will toss out an idea and I can glom onto it...
ya know, the gary glitter, early Bowie era?
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A well-written book is a good book, whatever it's about and whatever the genre.
However, there are a few genres I enjoy so much that even mediocre writing is good enough for me: sports biographies, murder mysteries, rock criticism, most of the "complete idiots" and "...for dummies" books (which are all very well written), for sure. I'm also huge on books of lists, including almanacs.
I am a sucker for those books written by people who sorta wander around and write about the people they meet. That A Walk Across America series, for example, is amazing, and Charles Kurault's On the Road totally rock my world.But I'm disturbed! I'm depressed! I'm inadequate! I GOT IT ALL! (George Costanza)
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I once saw a movie with tom hanks and melanie griffiths.
fairly awful flik.
a year or so later, picked up a big tome.
(see whatcha made me do?!)
and poured thru it. couldn't put it down.
excellent writing.
it was Tom Wolfe.
I put it down one night amazed. stunned.
thought to meself:
dis thing should be made into a movie.
Then realised it had been. and i saw it a while back.
Can you guess the title?
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That's gotta be The Bonfire of the Vanities, but shouldn't this be in the other book thread?But I'm disturbed! I'm depressed! I'm inadequate! I GOT IT ALL! (George Costanza)
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Re: Book genres that rock your world
Originally posted by kimo55I once saw a movie with tom hanks and melanie griffiths.
fairly awful flik.
a year or so later, picked up a big tome.
(see whatcha made me do?!)
and poured thru it.
poured what through it?
whiskey? sugar?
shoyu?
wasn't it messy?
how'd you read it after that?
(/kimo55)
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Re: Book genres that rock your world
Originally posted by MadAzza(kimo55)
poured what through it?
whiskey? sugar?
shoyu?
wasn't it messy?
how'd you read it after that?
(/kimo55)
poured my hard and sole thru it.
poored people on welfare thru it.
poured and starboard thru it.
poured stiff so I read sumpin else.
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Re: Book genres that rock your world
Originally posted by scrivenerA well-written book is a good book, whatever it's about and whatever the genre.
However, there are a few genres I enjoy so much that even mediocre writing is good enough for me: sports biographies, murder mysteries, rock criticism, most of the "complete idiots" and "...for dummies" books (which are all very well written), for sure. I'm also huge on books of lists, including almanacs.
I am a sucker for those books written by people who sorta wander around and write about the people they meet. That A Walk Across America series, for example, is amazing, and Charles Kurault's On the Road totally rock my world.
In fact, the personal finance genre is so hit-or-miss, that some of those titles belong in the other thread™.
pax
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Originally posted by Pua'i Mana'obut there is only one title that is 1)worthy enough to sit on my shelf and 2)worthy enough to give as grad/wedding/bday gifts: Personal Finance for Dummies.But I'm disturbed! I'm depressed! I'm inadequate! I GOT IT ALL! (George Costanza)
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