"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Somebody wrote:
>>
>> "sf" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>> > Did you mean to say "blame-the-victim" approach? There's no shame in
>> > using a kill file. The only posters who are against it are those who
>> > don't have the capability to kill and are too lazy to change or they
>> > are the perpetrators. Personally, I love kill files. Not only do I
>> > kill posters, I also kill key words for trolls/spam and I kill
>> > legitimate threads I'm not interested in reading or become bored with
>> > after a while. Some people call it killing "noise".
>>
>> Have you ever read "White Noise" by Delillo? I always liked the title
>> and
>> finally got around to reading it a few months ago.
>
> I'm always open to a new book. I'll look for it at my library this week.



I'm enjoying "You can't catch Death"; would be a good book for a recovery
group.

"Bryan" > wrote in message
...

I read more than half of the posts here--I am a very fast reader--and
have plenty of time to cook, though I admit to not doing my share of
the dish washing.

--Bryan

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I just read Brautigan did not actually leave a note. There are a lot of
places that report he wrote: "messy, isn't it?" before he shot himself in
the head. But his daughter says that is apocryphal... According to the
wikipedia edits, it was changed Sept 18, 2012. He died in '84, so that is
a long time for an apocryphal story to linger. There is a reference now in
wiki saying the note is not real and has a citation. "Michael Caines, My
Richard Brautigan Mistake. In his Times Literary Supplement blog, September
25, 2012."

I've read 5 pages of "an unfortunate woman" and so far I like it... It's
very short, barely over 100 pages... I've never read any Faulkner, and
would like to read "As I lay Dying" Ianthe mentions it. I hear that is a
good place to start.

On Oct 16, 7:58*pm, Bryan > wrote:

> Don't waste your money on *An Unfortunate Woman*. *It just isn't a
> good book. *Perhaps Brautigan was so disappointed in it, that it
> tipped him over the edge. *It is the only one of his books that is
> crappy.

I just finished it, and liked it. Made me chuckle out loud every few
pages.