What book are you reading?

**Mon Jan 23, 2006 2:09 pm**

harrigan wrote:Finally finished Teacher Man.

How was it? Loved Angela's Ashes, but could have done without 'Tis.

**Mon Jan 23, 2006 3:54 pm**

GENDER IN MODERN IRISH DRAMA Susan Cannon Harris

**Mon Jan 23, 2006 4:04 pm**

I think I once started reading Trainspotting but didn't come far :oops:

**Mon Jan 23, 2006 4:22 pm**

it was hard trying to read TRAINSPOTTING--it was written in phonetics.
how do others manage??

"ah wis jist sitting thair,focusing oan the telly,tryin no tae notice the cunt.he wis brining me doon. ah tried tae keep ma attention oan the Jean-Claude Van Damme video".

Loved the movie though! maybe i will give it another try.

"yir jokin!eh gies a fukin brek ya cunt......."

**Mon Jan 23, 2006 4:26 pm**

Representation: Cultural Representations and Signifying Practices - ed. Stuart Hall

Adventure Capitalist by Jim Rogers - this is kind of fun

The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett (good fun, great violence)

**Mon Jan 23, 2006 10:05 pm**

Straw Dogs by John Gray.
Oh...and, of course, The Gyroscopic Light Technicians Handbook by Darryl Hunt

**Mon Jan 23, 2006 10:48 pm**

Aineen wrote:
harrigan wrote:Finally finished Teacher Man.

How was it? Loved Angela's Ashes, but could have done without 'Tis.

I was disapoointed. My husband thought it was great, I was not impressed. I see you are from the NYC area. My sons gf turned me on to Arthur Avenue and today I got the Arthur Avenue Cookbook, so i am very excited to read that. Have you been there?

**Tue Jan 24, 2006 12:15 am**

carmens827 wrote:it was hard trying to read TRAINSPOTTING--it was written in phonetics.
how do others manage??

"ah wis jist sitting thair,focusing oan the telly,tryin no tae notice the cunt.he wis brining me doon. ah tried tae keep ma attention oan the Jean-Claude Van Damme video".

Loved the movie though! maybe i will give it another try.

"yir jokin!eh gies a fukin brek ya cunt......."

If you get thru this and fancy something even more taxing try 'How late it was' by James Kelman, fantastic book but written in Glaswegian phonetics (Trainspotting is in softer Edinburgh parlance). You really have to slip into Scottish accent in yr head to read it.

**Tue Jan 24, 2006 2:43 am**

I've been reading a book on The Treaty of Washington 1871, but it was complete Shite. It was written in 1940 and it focused on the relationship between Canada and Britain, with very little very little focus on US involvement.

**Tue Jan 24, 2006 5:13 am**

yeah--the accent was in my head--but i couldnt really concentrate--i was busting up laughing.

i really should give it another try....are there any irish books that are written phonetically?? IrishRover would like that!!!

**Tue Jan 24, 2006 2:50 pm**

harrigan wrote:
Aineen wrote:
harrigan wrote:Finally finished Teacher Man.

How was it? Loved Angela's Ashes, but could have done without 'Tis.

I was disapoointed. My husband thought it was great, I was not impressed. I see you are from the NYC area. My sons gf turned me on to Arthur Avenue and today I got the Arthur Avenue Cookbook, so i am very excited to read that. Have you been there?

I haven't been there - that's in the Bronx and I don't go there much, although the Bronx Zoo is on my list of things to do this spring. I lived in Manhattan, lower east side, and now I'm in NJ, about 30 minutes out. I'm going to get Teacher Man and see what I think....

**Tue Jan 24, 2006 5:57 pm**

I like reading cookbooks so I enjoyed the Arthur Avenue Cookbook. Yes it's very close to the zoo and the botanical gardens. If you like/love Italian food it's a must go. It is so easy to get to from Manhattan. The food is delicious and very reasonable. If you want more info the website is:
http://www.arthuravenuebronx.com

Let me know what you think of Teacher Man.

**Wed Jan 25, 2006 12:43 pm**

No Applause--Just Throw Money : The Book That Made Vaudeville Famous

by Trav S.D.

(Most incisive book I've read on the subject in years)

**Wed Jan 25, 2006 1:01 pm**

The most readable cookbook must be Mark Crick's Kafka's Soup which gives loads of scrumptious recipes in parodies of famous writers. Such as Rich Chocolate Cake à la Irvine Welsh - "Ah pour on the sugar, watching the white grains dissolve intae the golden brown liquid. They're dissolving cleanly; it's good fuckin shite."

**Thu Jan 26, 2006 12:21 am**

Christine wrote:The most readable cookbook must be Mark Crick's Kafka's Soup which gives loads of scrumptious recipes in parodies of famous writers. Such as Rich Chocolate Cake à la Irvine Welsh - "Ah pour on the sugar, watching the white grains dissolve intae the golden brown liquid. They're dissolving cleanly; it's good fuckin shite."

I looked at various websites and could not find that book, I live in the US could that be the problem?

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