"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
- yeah - but I LOVED 'The Road', bleakest book I've ever read, but magnificent too.
I'm on a DT re-read. Currently on 'Drawing'.
My daughter (14 - almost 15) finished Cell, and is now reading (& loving) The Stand. I've got a convert!
Awesome Brian! When are you starting her on the Dark Tower?
I am Daenerys Stormborn and I will take what is mine. With fire and blood.
Let me know what you think of it. I've been contemplating picking it up.Originally Posted by Daghain
Only the gentle are ever really strong.
I finished The Road. First off, his style is so hard to read. I had to reread conversations like four times to figure out who was saying what. And it was monotonous, I couldn't even remember what had been happening sometimes because it was just like, the same over and over. Also the ending was... meh. I don't know. Matt's upset I didn't like it. Every time I don't like a book he loves he pretty much thinks I'm uncultured.
Working my way through a re-read of The Deathly Hallows...sooo much crazyness goes on in this one.
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.”
i'm so impatient. i'm tempted to skip my re-read of OotP just to get to the stuff i like, but so far i've managed to resist.Working my way through a re-read of The Deathly Hallows...sooo much crazyness goes on in this one.
OotP is probably my favorite out of the series...if I could pick any sections as a whole for my favorite, it'd probably be the last half of OotP and the first half of tHBP.
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.”
I dunno Erin.
I think IT will be next on the agenda after The Stand.
Want her to read DT, but don't want her to try it too young, though at near-15 she ought to be ok with it?
Finished The Waste Lands, now reading Everything's Eventual before i begin Wizard and Glass
*stares at Fer jealously*
sigh.
But I'm glad we can share your journey down to End-World.
"...neither the stupid jokes nor the easy surface emotions were the truth of Cuthbert Allgood."
I believe that's just the perfect age to start with DT. Heck, I would've fainted with happiness if I had bumped into DT when I was 15!I dunno Erin.
I think IT will be next on the agenda after The Stand.
Want her to read DT, but don't want her to try it too young, though at near-15 she ought to be ok with it?
It sounds so lovely, to share the love of books with your daughter. I wish my mom would read King too, but alas, no. Neither does sister-sai. So I'll wait till I have children of my own.. Oh, hey! Now I know. My 15-years old little brother. He loved The Stand. Why didn't I think of this earlier? ha!
"...neither the stupid jokes nor the easy surface emotions were the truth of Cuthbert Allgood."
I want something new to read. Can you guys give me some more ideas?
What I'm reading. . .
The Holy Bible. . .for the past 5 months. I've learned a lot and it's made me a better person to myself and to others. But like any other book you get sick of it after awhile, thank God I've moved into the New Testament so it's really a breathe of fresh air.
Kafka - the Castle
huh, not easy but I like its sick world
Roland would have understood.
What do you usually like to read? True stories, horror, anything goes, etc etc? So I would know better what to recommend to you.
"...neither the stupid jokes nor the easy surface emotions were the truth of Cuthbert Allgood."
Check out the Make Me Read Books thread. Some good ideas in there.
"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
Great suggestion!
I love Kafka's humor. You should also take a look at his short stories, which were published by Shocken as a collection.
Has anyone read Infinite Jest?
http://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
Yes, and it is absolutely fucking great!
I decided to finally read The Tommyknockers. I saw the movie and thought it was alright and now finally reading the book. Thanks for all the suggestions. I will have to pick some books up soon as I can
I've read a few pages of it, but that's about it.Yes, and it is absolutely fucking great!
David Foster Wallace was a pretty good writer though, based upon some of the non-fiction essays of his, which I've read.
I've never read anything else by him. I was just in the book store (where I always hung out) and was looking for a big fat book. It looked sorta' interesting, so I bought it knowing nothing about it. I'm so glad I did.
rereading the bourne novels. Worse than I remember them, actually.
"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."
That's great! I actually have never heard about it, until Colin Meloy (of The Decemberists) tweeted about it. Yes, I've got a twitter lol.
"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
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