I know! I'm so excited!
I know! I'm so excited!
Big town's got its losers, small town's got its vices...
With their sensibilities, it will make an excellent movie. The story is good. The characters are good (and perfect for the Coen's to adapt). I am really looking forward to it.
I read it via audiobook, which was read by Peter Reigert (Boone from Animal House) and he did a remarkable job with it.
Glad someone else is reading it now.
And thanks for the rec on The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay. I will add it to my list today.
Just finished a reread of The Green Mile and am now reading Good Calories, Bad Calories: Fats, Carbs, and the Controversial Science of Diet and Health by Gary Taubes.
"People, especially children, aren't measured by their IQ. What's important about them is whether they're good or bad, and these children are bad." ~ Alan Bernard
"You needn't die happy when your day comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from beginning to end and ka is always served." ~ Roland Deschain
I just purchased The Lightning Thief at Target
If you're reading this - Thanks Blake!
Yes, I know the feeling.I'm trying to make DT last
I really need some new books to read now that I'm finally done with the DT books myself. I want to try this series:
http://store.tor.com/book/9780765321275
But I don't think I'm ready for another book like that yet...too soon!
SO I'm awaiting this from my library instead:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Dark
It should be creepy and Western enough to satisfy me for now.
I started reading "Insomnia" too, but it just made me sad that I wasn't reading the DT series, so I'll take that one slow and see how it goes.
Finally starting to read Infinite Jest. (though I know a lot of you may not have liked it)
Hopefully I can get through it! I'm doing the summer plan:
www.infinitesummer.org
"The wise are not wise because they make no mistakes. They are wise because they correct their mistakes as soon as they recognize them."
-Orson Scott Card
Infinite Jest is a book that made me feel a little sick sometimes, but I couldn't stop reading it.
[quote=AcidBumbler;406814]I think they're entertaining, and let's leave it at that.Originally Posted by Ka-Shume
Hold on - fantastic books?? If by fantastic you mean derivative, devoid of any real literary merit, and general pabulum, then I agree. Paolini has managed to parlay a history of plagiarism into a career. Tolkein, Lucas, and a couple other guys all rub elbows in the horrific pages of what he calls a "book." Quotes are needed since they only make great kindling for camping in my mind.
Haha. I can understand people being pissed off at the 'plagarism' but I love the Inheritance Cycle. True, it's ridiculously similar to LOTR and such but it's still one of my favourite series.
awesome choice.I'm trying to make DT last
It should be creepy and Western enough to satisfy me for now.
"So many vows. They make you swear and swear. Defend the King, obey the King, obey your father, protect the innocent, defend the weak. But what if your father despises the King? What if the King massacres the innocent? It's too much. No matter what you do, you're forsaking one vow or another."
I felt that way until I finished the first quarter of a page.
I can understand why it's polarizing - I don't think I would recommend it to a friend out of the blue. It's not an enjoyable book.I felt that way until I finished the first quarter of a page.
Thinking about it reminds me of a graphic novel by Dan Clowes called "Like a Velvet Glove Cast In Iron." It's nonsensical/surreal/grotesque/story-less and I still read the whole thing, for better or for worse.
And I'm not trying to sound snobby or anything...I'm just fascinated by why someone keeps reading any book that is mostly plotless and miserable. Morbid fascination? Weird literary peer pressure?
awesome. i read it last fall. i adore DFW. in fact, i just bought "This is Water", a book consisting of the transcription of his commencement address at Kenyon College (very beautiful and DFW to the core) and a copy of "Best American Essays 2007" which DFW edited and wrote the intro to today. can't wait to dig into both. but first:
Finally starting to read Infinite Jest. (though I know a lot of you may not have liked it)
Hopefully I can get through it! I'm doing the summer plan:
www.infinitesummer.org
Ulysses
So it goes.
"There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all. "
- Oscar Wilde
It seems pretty crazy, I'm really interested. I've only gotten through a few pages (15) because I was on the bus but it is exciting. Oh and I like tennis.
I read through the Forward by Dave Eggers, and it really hyped me up for the book. He seems to love it; it seems like it is a love or hate book. He said that the book will make you actually use your brain, and give it a work out. He said a whole lot of other things, and I guess I'm glad I read the Forward to this book because if other people can appreciate the craziness, maybe I can too.
I guess we'll see!
"The wise are not wise because they make no mistakes. They are wise because they correct their mistakes as soon as they recognize them."
-Orson Scott Card
yeah. i really liked it, but it does take awhile to read. i typically read a book with an average of 500 pages a week, but Infinite jest, which should have only taken me two weeks or so took me a month. so it's fairly slow and difficult but very rewarding imo
So it goes.
"There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all. "
- Oscar Wilde
I'm almost finished with Amusing Ourselves to Death, and I am recommending this book to everybody (but particularly Americans). However, it will really help to read, or at least be familiar with, Brave New World and 1984. They are both worth the read but Sparknotes will do if you're in a rush to read AOtD.
Likewise. The Forward was the best part of the book, IMO. Not to disparage Mr. Wallace's skills as a writer. Some of his non-fiction essays were pretty interesting, IIRC.
In any case, this is what I'm reading now,
I'm just about halfway through The Collector by John Fowles. After I finish that, I was thinking about reading Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill. Can anyone tell me if it's any good?
A NEW GAME BEGINS
Yes. I loved it.
"People, especially children, aren't measured by their IQ. What's important about them is whether they're good or bad, and these children are bad." ~ Alan Bernard
"You needn't die happy when your day comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from beginning to end and ka is always served." ~ Roland Deschain
Yes, it's great. Definitely read it, I don't think you'll be disappointed.
Have you read 20th Century Ghosts at all?
Only the gentle are ever really strong.
No, I haven't. That's the short story collection, right?
I'm trying to get all this summer work done then I'll be free to read whatever I want (Ah, I remember those days).
A NEW GAME BEGINS
Yep. I'd highly recommend this one as well. Both are good but I enjoyed this one a bit more.
Only the gentle are ever really strong.
20th Century Ghosts is absolutely fantastic. I didn't think much of Heart Shaped Box, but it looks like everyone else liked it.
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In any case, this is what I'm reading now,
Elodin: "Tombs is for feckless twits who can't chew their own food. My boy's a Re'lar! He has the feck of twenty men!"
Kvothe: “Books are a poor substitute for female companionship, but they are easier to find.”
Simmon: ”It’s just ointment in case you get burned...but if you mix it with piss, it turns into candy.” Sim’s expression was deadpan. “Delicious candy.”
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