Comments on: Book A Week: Interview with the Vampire http://www.lazylightning.org/book-a-week-interview-with-the-vampire-a-long-way-gone-ishmael-beah http://www.lazylightning.org - The South Metro "News" Source! Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:02:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Advocates for Human Rights Awards Dinner: Minneapolis, MN | Bill Roehl http://www.lazylightning.org/book-a-week-interview-with-the-vampire-a-long-way-gone-ishmael-beah#comment-4885 Advocates for Human Rights Awards Dinner: Minneapolis, MN | Bill Roehl Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:39:27 +0000 #comment-4885 [...] Last night, Kim and I attended the 25th anniversary of The Advocates for Human Rights 2008 Awards Dinner which included a keynote from Ishmael Beah author of a book I read earlier this year entitled, A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Solider. [...] [...] Last night, Kim and I attended the 25th anniversary of The Advocates for Human Rights 2008 Awards Dinner which included a keynote from Ishmael Beah author of a book I read earlier this year entitled, A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Solider. [...]

]]> By: Bill http://www.lazylightning.org/book-a-week-interview-with-the-vampire-a-long-way-gone-ishmael-beah#comment-2925 Bill Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:27:11 +0000 #comment-2925 <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/books/01/31/books.ishmaelbeah.ap/index.html">Here</a> is an interesting article which raises a lot of the points I was pondering while reading <i>A Long Way Gone</I>. Mostly about his memory and how well it survived the years between his teens and late twenties, especially while he was supposedly under the influence of numerous drugs including marijuana and cocaine mixed with gunpowder. Here is an interesting article which raises a lot of the points I was pondering while reading A Long Way Gone. Mostly about his memory and how well it survived the years between his teens and late twenties, especially while he was supposedly under the influence of numerous drugs including marijuana and cocaine mixed with gunpowder.

]]> By: Bill http://www.lazylightning.org/book-a-week-interview-with-the-vampire-a-long-way-gone-ishmael-beah#comment-2919 Bill Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:22:18 +0000 #comment-2919 I finished <i>The Giver</i> last night as well. When Kim said it would be a quick read, I had no idea that it would be that quick heh! I finished The Giver last night as well. When Kim said it would be a quick read, I had no idea that it would be that quick heh!

]]> By: Bill http://www.lazylightning.org/book-a-week-interview-with-the-vampire-a-long-way-gone-ishmael-beah#comment-2918 Bill Sun, 27 Jan 2008 14:19:03 +0000 #comment-2918 I finished up both <i>Interview with the Vampire</i> and <i>A Long Way Gone</i> this weekend. I'm a bit ahead of the curve, I know. I have a bunch of homework that I need to do so it'll be nice to have a break from reading novels all week. Kim suggested that I read <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Giver">The Giver</a> by Lois Lowry which is yet another critically acclaimed book that has been marred by controversy because it is supposedly includes content that is not child friendly. When we were over at Chris and Laura's on Saturday, he let me know that he had a few books he thought I'd enjoy reading during my year long quest and that once he found them in his house he'd pass them along. I finished up both Interview with the Vampire and A Long Way Gone this weekend. I’m a bit ahead of the curve, I know. I have a bunch of homework that I need to do so it’ll be nice to have a break from reading novels all week.

Kim suggested that I read The Giver by Lois Lowry which is yet another critically acclaimed book that has been marred by controversy because it is supposedly includes content that is not child friendly.

When we were over at Chris and Laura’s on Saturday, he let me know that he had a few books he thought I’d enjoy reading during my year long quest and that once he found them in his house he’d pass them along.

]]> By: Bill http://www.lazylightning.org/book-a-week-interview-with-the-vampire-a-long-way-gone-ishmael-beah#comment-2905 Bill Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:04:45 +0000 #comment-2905 <i>You should be on the Century College common book committee. Maybe I'll nominate you.</i> I'll pass, thanks though :) Perhaps you should be on the Century College eApp committee and get to deal with Her ;) You should be on the Century College common book committee. Maybe I’ll nominate you.

I’ll pass, thanks though :) Perhaps you should be on the Century College eApp committee and get to deal with Her ;)

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.lazylightning.org/book-a-week-interview-with-the-vampire-a-long-way-gone-ishmael-beah#comment-2904 Anonymous Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:59:58 +0000 #comment-2904 Nice Bill. I hope you like the book. It was pretty good (at least the part that I read.) You should be on the Century College common book committee. Maybe I'll nominate you. Andy Nice Bill. I hope you like the book. It was pretty good (at least the part that I read.) You should be on the Century College common book committee. Maybe I’ll nominate you.

Andy

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