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I'm named after Bertolt Brecht. I'm the runt of eight siblings; born, like Jazz, in New Orleans. I've lived in seven countries, and went to the oldest boarding school in England. Then I came back. I've got 1000 books, 3000 CDs & 3000 LPs.

Location: Los Angeles, California

Groups: Readers and Book Lovers, Rock Gems, Los Angeles Kossacks, Festival of Books, Team Bernie

Diaries published: 65 (2 days since last diary on Fri Jul 17, 2015 at 05:15 PM PDT)

Comments posted: 11348 (0 days since last comment on Mon Jul 20, 2015 at 12:01 AM PDT)

Diary frequency: often

Comment frequency: frequent

Total Recommends: 2277

Total Comment Ratings: 8181

Most Recommended Diary: Books Go Boom!   Hermann Hesse's 'Siddhartha', 128 comments, 120 recommends

People Following Brecht: 120

Brecht's Most Recent Diaries:

Books Go Boom!   Hermann Hesse's 'Siddhartha'
Everyone is seeking for Something. Each unhappy seeker is unhappy in their own way. Few of them know just what they most lack. Only if they finally fill that hungry hole, will they ever find the ...
by Brecht
Comment Count 128 comments on Fri Jul 17, 2015 at 05:15 PM PDT with 120 Recommends
Books Go Boom!   Raymond Chandler's 'The Simple Art of Murder'
Raymond Chandler is a bit like Jane Austen: he wields a dazzling array of skills, with deep insight behind them; however, he's easy to take for granted. His style is so lucid, and his stories such ...
by Brecht
Comment Count 31 comments on Fri Jun 12, 2015 at 09:04 PM PDT with 52 Recommends
Books Go Boom!   Evelyn Waugh's 'The Loved One'
The Loved One is a short satire with very sharp teeth. It is hilarious in that dry, mordant vein the British mine so well. I'm confident you'll enjoy The Loved One if you like sparkling prose, ...
by Brecht
Comment Count 69 comments on Fri May 29, 2015 at 05:36 PM PDT with 48 Recommends
Books Go Boom!   Dai Sijie's 'Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress'
This book review is slightly long - but I crammed it full of thought, feeling, experience and imagination. Then I lovingly planished the prose until it flowed smoothly. This diary has sandpipers vs.
by Brecht
Comment Count 69 comments on Fri May 01, 2015 at 05:33 PM PDT with 39 Recommends
Books Go Boom!   Kate Chopin's 'The Awakening'
The Awakening (1899) was bold and prescient. Chopin's heroine, Edna Pontellier, evolves and escapes the box in which her husband and New Orleans society see and keep her. She awakens to her own ...
by Brecht
Comment Count 107 comments on Fri Feb 27, 2015 at 06:32 PM PST with 47 Recommends
Books Go Boom!   Juan Rulfo's 'Pedro Páramo'
I found the path through Pedro Páramo a bit tricky to follow. I've read it twice, yet parts of it are still hazy. My path through this review will be tricky too. I'm tempted to pick the book apart,
by Brecht
Comment Count 79 comments on Fri Feb 13, 2015 at 05:15 PM PST with 33 Recommends

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