Vanessa's inspiration and us...

[AisforAdrn]

You guys have got me really excited to read WD. And I just ordered 'The Year of Magical Thinking.' It sounds like a book I'll like.

The Year of Magical Thinking is reaaaalllllyyyyy good. Just sad ):

Such an amazing book. Some of Didion's other writing is kind of dry, as was The Year of Magical Thinking, but it was still very very good.

[SilverIchor]

Ok, who else loves Fiver?

He's kind of freaky, but in a likeable way. Haven't read the book in a while, but I remember adoring him.

[Byoungforever]

Just got WD yesterday!!!!! YAY!!! Magical Thinking sitting around my house! Gonna read them in the next few weeks... can't wait!!!!

[SilverIchor]

I'm so freaking excited for my AP English summer assignment.

I have to read 2 books: one choice, on mandatory. For my choice, I'm choosing Year of Magical Thinking. For part of the assignment, I can relate the piece of literature to a song. I have a feeling that part of the work isn't going to be very difficult.

How awesome is that? I get to use one of favorite songs from Rabbits for English class! I might have already said this previously, but now I know for a fact that I can use Fairweather Friends for school.

[Byoungforever]

Just about to start reading Magical Thinking... can't wait!

[lilwizardman_gelo]

i've dove into A Brief History of Time and i love love love it!!!! It's so interesting and i thought it'd be complicated but it's so understandable... >.> crazy

[georgina]

read watership down years ago. I need to re-read it. as for the other books she's mentioned and been inspired by, i plan on reading them soon. this summer would be a good time haha.

[sarab]

Went to Borders today since everything is on sale.  They didn't have A Brief History in time, only A Briefer History in Time but I didn't want to get that one because it wasn't the one she read!  I couldn't find the section where Rebecca Solnit's A Field Guide to getting lost (or some such title).  I looked in the biography/memoir area but could not find it.  At Barnes and Noble it was in the "essay" section.  Any way, I did find one of Jack Kerouac diaries 1947-1954 so I'm excited to get to that.

[cassiemoy]

a field guide to getting lost, watership down, and once a dancer...

http://bnreview.barnesandnoble.com/t5/Guest-Books/Vanessa-Carlton/ba-p/5315

[raacheeel]

a field guide to getting lost, watership down, and once a dancer...

http://bnreview.barnesandnoble.com/t5/Guest-Books/Vanessa-Carlton/ba-p/5315

vanessa just keeps adding to my reading list

[sarab]

ventured back to borders today to see if they got anything new.  not that I could tell.  But I did find a My Morning Jacket cd Circuital.  So far I've only listened to the first four songs but me likey! They have a very neat vibe to them.  It looks like they recorded it all in a large loft type space so it's very echoy.  I'm digging it though the vocals seem halting.  What I mean is he pauses a lot.  But I really like his voice and the overall vibe is pretty chill.


EDIT: it's actually a gym in louisville! coolio

[Onyx]

I've started Watership down, i'm on the 5th chapter.

I'm going to a library this weekend. I'm bringing a list with me. 

[AisforAdrn]

I'm going to start looking for the Allegra Kent Autobiography. I'm a dancer and I feel like I might get some really great insight from it!

[sarab]

now we have another book to add to the list:

Straw Hat Theater by Mickey Klar Marks

[sarab]

Joan Didion, who wrote The Year of Magical Thinking, has a new book out called  Blue Nights, said to be a "companion of sorts to The Year of Magical Thinking".  Just thought I'd share!