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More a back to nature than apocalyptic. The idea is interesting, this time, it's not a bomb or a virus but just a complete economical colapse. No more trades, no electricity, a country folding back on itself. The story is about two sisters living in a wood with there hippy like parents, and...

A house in the forest with my sister. American economie has colapsed , not more electricity or supplies of any kind. Back to the roots. Into the forest-Jean Hegland

Shutter Island-Denis Lehane:stars4: neat stuff.

Because they usualy are sex enthusiats. Why women feet are always so cold?

After spending a while with Wolff old school, i started to realise that i could clearly find similarity with some other works and more than that, a sort of familly of authors both English and American. All with the same sense of subtle irony about their characters, not hard because in many ways...

Are you going to let Jojo bully you !!!!!

She is a bit the adoptive virtual Mum to all of us in the forum.(even though sometime we are not far in age)and she travel around the world through books. So let's give Abc a hell of a applause. Well a very Happy Birthday Vicky, all the best to ye.

Tobias Wolff-Old School:stars5: Great book about future writer, writing and authors, humorous and dark, with a strong 60 atmosphere.

Ayn Rand is visiting our school and selected a story from one of us would-be writers. She picked the one we thought was a dim-wit. She is scarry. Tobias Wolff-Old School

And they are modest.

I'm being carefull, the last time i nearly eat one of my dog with your "hot dog" stories, the only thing that saved him is that i could not find bread big enough. Now if i have to stick there hears betwin pages, they might try rebelion....Plus dog tend to flap their hears when happy. The...

6 feet under in New York, just died. Everyman -philip Roth.

Alaa El Aswany-The Yacubian Building:stars3: Interesting fresque of Egyptian society, all charactères link by a building.

Most of them are more or less linked. Even the liveship take place on the same world. The following of the Assassin trilogie i like the most the Tawny man, starting with the Fool's errand. Poor Fitz is a bit harder on his enemies...

VS Naipaul-A bend in the river 4 Donald Westalke- Bad news 4 Guy de Maupassant- Les rosier de Madamne Husson 3 Edith Wharton - False Dawn- 3 Mark Helprin-A city in winter 2(but good for young adults) Henry Miller-To Paint is to love again 3...

I was unfair, i'm warming up to this thread. I just used a Clive Cussler to stabelize a piece of wobbly furniture. Nice.

I agree with Robert, a great book, not easy or pleasant though. You have to be ready to go along with the young man caught in delirium of hunger, with shorts up when he manage to make a little money of sell something, to long phases of fall. The shortness of the book however make it barable. I...

Got two Colum McCann- let the great word spin and dancer Alain fournier -Le grand Maulnes Orhan Pamuk- the Museum of innocence Emile Zola-Theres Raquin

You're so right, lunch is deadly for books, greasy thumbs mark, mustarde, ...you nam it. Read a few pages of my Arabian/French dictionary in the toilet which i keep at hand there, and Sofia, please don't ask....

Harrrrgg , i'm done. First an undercover threat of moderation from a guy trying to grab menbers from BaR to moto with his discrete banner. and them pure archive work from the "Where are you" thread. Sur can't be always imaginative but somehow i love this thread, make me travel sometime...