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The Stars, the snow, the Fire: Twenty-Five Years in the Alaska Wilderness by John Haines. John Haines is a writer of non-fiction and poetry. Over his lifetime he spent time off and on in a remote homestead in Alaska. His longest stretch was twelve years. He lived simply, surviving by doing...

I finished this book last week, and it was the most beautiful book I have ever read. True, sometimes it kind of lulled me into not paying attention, and I would make it a few pages before I snapped back from day dreaming, but still. It was like reading a painting. It was colorful, and the prose...

Sounds like I'm going to have to get busy shopping, and then get busy reading. I'm very interested in the small scenes in My Antonia and Robinson Crusoe. They are insignificant sections in the novels, but nonetheless stood out for me because of their apparent sensationalism. I know wolves are...

I'm enjoying The Man Who Walked Through Time, by Colin Fletcher. He was the first man to walk from one end of the Grand Canyon to the other below the rim. He has some nice thoughts about the insignificance of man.

Any books with wolf situations you know about? How were they portrayed? I just finished My Antonia, and there is a recollection by one of the characters of life in Russia. There had been a wedding in a neighbouring village, and when the wedding party was returning to their home village they...

I read it a few months ago. I seem to remember the family becoming prosperous by the end. The reward for sticking with the land I guess. My Antonia is fresh in my mind, as I just read it. In this Cather book there is one of the Shimerda sons who is mentally challenged and has webbed fingers...

I read a lot of the recommended titles. The Education of Little Tree was very warm, and I was sad when it was finished. It would be nice to stay in that story forever. Desert Solitaire was way better than I expected. I never visited that geography, but was sucked in by Abbey's thoughts anyway...

What do you mean? I could see books such as The Last of the Mohicans being inadequate for learning about Native culture, but would think of tons of other fiction as being fine. I liked The Education of Little Tree by Carter, and Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko. Native culture has a...

I remember really enjoying Laura Ingalls Wilder at one point. I think a couple of my friends made fun of me, me being a boy. I thought they were fine for boys or girls. I guess I'm now enjoying Willa Cather more than I might have, because of early associations.

I read them all recently. I thought it was great to be able to read in a short time books that were written over a thirty year period. I think the fact that he got Pulitzers for two of them says enough. I was sad when I finished the final one, because I had gotten kind of attached to...

In my opinion, the conclusion of the book contains a positive message, so it's not like the book leaves a bad taste in your mouth. Also, I found most of the interactions between Kuniko and Masako to be downright hilarious.

Actually, I think you're right. The quote is: "He realized that he was stabbing the knife into her side. From her screams, he could tell that she had reached her climax, and he came inside her with a rush of intense pleasure." (Apartment 412, Chapter 4) I think the climax is her climax of...

Just some questions or comments. I thought about these after my post. This book is definitely a mature topic book, so maybe there could be a warning in the thread title. I think it's impossible to discuss this book without talking about explicit sexual topics. Or, maybe it doesn't matter...

I hope the Koreans win, although they are likely to flop. If they do well the government here will call national holidays. I like time off. None of my students, despite the fact they all have soccer fever, think their country will do too well.

If you're into subway perverts, you could also give his novella "J" a try.

I also began to care for the characters. For some reason Kuniko was my favorite character, despite her fumbling attempt at life, or maybe because of it. I was shocked when she was murdered by Satake (I'm not holding off commenting on plot). Satake is a strange one, that's for sure. He seems...

I just finished reading this collection of short stories, and found it mostly wonderfully enjoyable. I particularly enjoyed "Death by Landscape". I'm interested in people versus nature, and this story had some new ideas for me. However, I found the story "Hairball" to be the most...

I really enjoyed the book. It was very dark, to say the least. I thought the overall idea was interesting, of Masako needing a way "out". She tried the night shift, and eventually turns to the underworld. Most of the other Japanese fiction I've read (stuff by Murakami and Yoshimoto) seems...

Thanks everyone. I'll look into the recommendations. It's so great to have so many avid readers' brains to pick. I'll keep reading this thread, too, if other people have more to say. He's just a bit too young now, but I feel very guilty when I'm reading, and Mommy is in the other room...

Neat. I'm from Amherst originally. I went to university in Sackville. I don't feel confident communicating in French, though, since I come from the English side of the Tantramar marsh. I'm very familiar with Moncton.