The Border Book Club

You are welcome. :)

Oh geez!!! Another one on my pre-order list. I now have 3 or 4 coming. I think the next one due is next month--Steven Pearcy of Ratt.

Thanks for the heads up, Austin.

I've been thinking of getting Anna Karenina to read, but it seems there are several different versions available.

Fp or Soda, I think you both have mentioned here that you recommend it. Which would be best?

I like reading but books other than guitar, music, or rock autobio books don't seem to keep my attention. In other words, serious books don't appeal to me much. :D Nor do fiction books.

I'm waiting anxiously for the Joe Perry (of Aerosmith) book which is yet to be even dated as to a release. I've read Steven Tyler's and Joey Kramer's autobios and the Walk This Way book about the band but I want to hear it from my favorite Aero member, Joe Perry... Not that I'll be biased to his side but just to here it. Steven and Joe are the biggest of the 5 members and I'd like to compare what they say. They have had a very, very intense "relationship" in Aerosmith.

Well...I got a little serious with the last book I read...Science Formative Assessment :lol:

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Originally Posted by Brooke

I've been thinking of getting Anna Karenina to read, but it seems there are several different versions available.

Fp or Soda, I think you both have mentioned here that you recommend it. Which would be best?

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I recommend the Pevear and Volokhonsky translation: [ame]http://www.amazon.com/Anna-Karenina-Oprahs-Book-Club/dp/0143035002/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1231873513&sr=1-1[/ame]

But the story, while compelling, is too dark to be a favorite of mine.

Well, it's a favourite of mine, though it doesn't have the broad sweep of War & Peace. Tolstoy's psychological insight is astounding. I have the Penguin Classics edition.

I actually have read Anna Karenina...when it was the Oprah Book Club pick...it was excellent...my version is the Penguin Classics edition...go for it Brooke!!!

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Originally Posted by zeldabjr

I actually have read Anna Karenina...when it was the Oprah Book Club pick...it was excellent...my version is the Penguin Classics edition...go for it Brooke!!!

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I did the Oprah Book a club for awhile. I read some good books.

Here's a short list:

Eat, Pray, Love - Elizabeth Gilbert
East of Eden - John Steinbeck
She's Come Undone - Wally Lamb
I Know This Much Is True - Wally Lamb
Where the Heart Is - Billie Letts
The Book of Ruth - Jane Hamilton
The Road - Cormac McCarthy
Songs In Ordinary Time - Mary McGarry Morris
White Oleander - Janet Fitch