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i just started "The Seduction of Water" by Carol Goodman. It seems pretty good so far. Has anyone read it? Also reading "Big Fish". i didn't see the film, but i love Tim Burton and wanted to see it. i'm loving the book. :)

i read it years ago, and it was a trip. would not read it again for fear i'd go crazy.

Has anyone ever read Russell Edson? He's wonderful. I just recently re-read "dinner time" by him after several years, and I can't stop thinking about it. It is very short prose and completely bizarre. Most of his work is, if not all of his work. I can hear sound effects that he never even...

don't lol. you definitely should try. this was an awesome piece. i particularly like very short pieces like this. "tiny wet heartbeats" is excellent!

thank you for sharing that. it was music. have you ever been published?

I just met Frank McCourt. He came to my writing workshop at my university. He was amazing. He spoke about technique and inspiration and I am thrilled to the bone with having met him. I only recently started reading "Angela's Ashes." I think it's brilliant.

Thank you. I will definitely look into Sedaris. As far as happy fiction goes, I suppose I like most the more sappy friendship story. Perhaps something like Fannie Flagg. Unfortunately, I haven't walked away from the philosophical bruisers in quite a while.

That must have been a good show.

I have just begun "Angela's Ashes" and even though the reality of the story is not very funny at all, I have been giggling wildly. It is necessary to put down the deep depression of sartre. Can you recommend something?

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Cool. Enjoy it.

Which book is it? Let me know how you like it when you do read it.

I think that that is probably THE best first sentence, but here are a couple more: "Yesterday afternoon the six-o'clock bus ran over Miss Bobbit." from the story Children on their Birthdays in Capote's "The Grass Harp." "That night we lay on the floor in the room and I listened to the silk...

It is about a girl who comes to terms with who she is in relation to the world she lives in. However, I do have my suspicions that it was actually written by Shakespeare. A classic tragicomedy.

should i be embarrassed to admit that i like his book "Shop Girl"? :o

I have never heard of this, but I have never been more excited about anything in my life. I'm in.

Humber Humbert from Nabokov's "Lolita." But, Nabokov will not allow me to hate him entirely. Can I pose a counter question? Have you ever read a book to its end only to discover that you don't like it very much, but have fallen in love with one of the characters? I struggle through "A Tale...

i can't help but read "The Shining" by Stephen King atleast once a year, also, "Great Expectations" by Dickens is another of my compulsions. I love the tragedy that is Pip. "The Long Walk" by King (originally by Bachman, i think.) is yet another haunt of mine.

I'm thinking of every possible way to avoid writing my story that is due on Monday. My current maneuver is posting at this forum.

of course that counts, and thanks, i think i will.