What are you currently reading??

**witchcurlgirl** · September 13th, 2009, 05:07 PM

Brodeck- Philippe Claudel

**calcifer** · September 15th, 2009, 04:52 PM

Originally Posted by immature

Brilliant, thank you! Some of Schuiten's work is like a visualization of Calvino's 'Invisible Cities' filtered through Giardino, if that makes any sense.

i've never heard of this book. i just looked it up on wiki & it looks like the kind of book that i'll love. i really want to read this - am going to order it on amazon. thank you!

Originally Posted by sputnik

hey, calcifer, i'm going to be in brussels for a few days in october, can you recommend any good bookstores, especially ones where i can find good bandes dessinées? i know you're in ghent but if you know of anything in brussels it would be greatly appreciated.

np. i spent part of my youth wandering the streets of brussels.. still do..

* brüsel, boulevard anspach 100. you'll love it. it's named after the imaginary city brüsel, invented by schuiten.

it's probably the best bd store in brussels. should be your first stop.

* (la) bulle d'or, boulevard anspach 24
* multi bd, boulevard anspach 122-124
* slumberland (tome 1), rue des sables/zandstraat 20. museum shop - overpriced imo but they do have a nice collection. (housed in the waucquez magasins, designed by horta.)
* nine city, boulevard (auguste) reyers 32
* la bande des six nez, chaussée de wavre 179

you can find a comprehensive list (because there are up to 50 bd stores in brussels alone & i can't list them all) -> here.
(note : 'het b-gevaar' sells only flemish/dutch bds/strips)

and sputnik, can you put le cycle de cyann/les passagers du vent/... by françois bourgeon (& claude lacroix) on your shopping list? it's essential reading. bourgeon is out of this world. and don't forget to look for roger leloup's yoko tsuno - la frontière de la vie. and maybe 'la fièvre d'urbicande' in the obscure cities series, too. brilliant stuff.

**Just Kill Me** · September 15th, 2009, 09:12 PM

I just picked up The Shock Doctrine - The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein. I have read the first 6 pages and I will be up all night.

**sparklehead** · September 17th, 2009, 02:29 PM

"What We Talk About When We Talk About Love" Raymond Carver

and

"The Girl in the Flammable Skirt" Aimee Bender

I'm on a short story kick.

**calcifer** · September 19th, 2009, 08:55 AM

the colour of magic by terry pratchett. it's a funny book, very enjoyable to read.. but there's one thing that puzzles me : the elephants, that are carrying discworld, are they standing on that huge turtle?

**wonderina** · September 25th, 2009, 11:01 AM

The best book that I have read in years.......its about relationships between black domestic help and the white woman they work for in Jackson, MS in the early 60's. I can't recommend this book highly enough.....I laughed, cried and stayed up till 3 in the morning until I finished it. I'm so sad that I finished it and wanted it to go on forever. Its been years since a book affected me this way.

**Shelly** · September 25th, 2009, 05:37 PM

**calcifer** · September 26th, 2009, 10:16 AM

flaubert's parrot - julian barnes

**LaFolie** · September 26th, 2009, 10:49 AM

^Have you read "Un Coeur simple"?

**Nightdragon** · September 27th, 2009, 08:26 AM

Just started the Sookie Stackhouse series

**LaFolie** · September 27th, 2009, 08:29 AM

The Crying of Lot 49, among other things.

**calcifer** · September 29th, 2009, 01:17 PM

Originally Posted by LaFolie

^Have you read "Un Coeur simple"?

no, not yet. i'm planning to read it; félicité seems like an interesting character.

**AquariusMoon** · September 30th, 2009, 07:01 PM

I just finished "An Echo In The Bone" by Diana Gabaldon.. It's the 7th in the Outlander series.. I did not like it as much as the others in the series..