i have seen the sunrise over the river

[parkergray]

Hey, look! It's a book post!

Since last we spoke -

13. Under the Banner of Heaven, Jon Krakauer - which was awesome. The story itself was interesting, and frightening, but it was the history of the Mormom church that riveted me. My knowledge of church history is strictly Reformation-era stuff; I studied Catholics in Elizabeth's reign for a

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[arianaeh]

I want to read The Feminist Mistake after we talked about it.

second-hand bookstores are instruments of the devil that are out to bankrupt you

This is so true. I went to one in Detroit recently that was five stories. FIVE! And there's one in Ann Arbor that is basically my dream idea of a bookstore. It's all high shelves and narrow alleys and it's entirely possible to get lost. Plus, it's called The Dawn Treader (from Chronicles of Narnia) and it always makes me smile.

Hmm... I might have to copy some of your list and then go to the bookstore.

[caversham]

McEwan might be my favourite modern novelist. If you haven't read them already, "Amsterdam", "Black Dogs", "Enduring Love" and especially "Atonement" are magnificent- the last is even better than "On Chesil Beach".