What are you currently reading?

[Ageless Stranger]

It's the anticipation.

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Wait for it.

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Wait for it.

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Wait for it.

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That's what she said!

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JK

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Motherfuckin' popsicles bitch!

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[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

It's the anticipation.

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Wait for it.

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Wait for it.

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Wait for it.

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That's what she said!

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JK

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Motherfuckin' popsicles bitch!

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BDKBMMFMP

[Ageless Stranger]

Do I want to know?

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Yes.

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Bitches don't know bout my motherfuckin' mega popsicles? (Bitch)

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

Do I want to know?

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Yes.

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Bitches don't know bout my motherfuckin' mega popsicles? (Bitch)

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Mega meat

[Ageless Stranger]

Oh man! I just had to hold a conference call! Too funny man.

[John Blaze]

You guys are crazy!

I am almost finished with the third book of ASOIAF. When I am done, I am going to finish Winds of War and then tackle War and Remembrance. I miss Natalie and Byron.

I'm glad I was able to push my love of those books onto you. Both the War books and the ASOIAF books.

as for me, I'm currently reading Angelology and A Clash of Kings.

[Ageless Stranger]

You guys are crazy!

I know, right?

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It dosen't help that part of the above conversation occured via PM. Say sorry.

[Jean]

::cough cough::

when the bear is away, it does NOT automatically mean off-topicality can last forever

remember, bears see everything

About to start my 4 th book while reading LS

I wonder if you'll beat my record.

[giggler5]

started "eyes of the dragon" yesterday. i'm about 1/4 of the way through...solid book. i was gonna start "boy's life", but my sister likes to take my books and movies from me without asking. most of my book collection is at her apartment, somehow.

[Ruthful]

[Ageless Stranger]

::cough cough::

when the bear is away, it does NOT automatically mean off-topicality can last forever

remember, bears see everything

Cry your pardon!

[Heather19]

I'm about to finish Different Seasons. I am pleasantly suprised. I was looking forward to The Body, becasue I've nearly worn out a VHS copy of Stand By Me since I was a kid, but finding The Shawshank Redemption was a welcome suprise!

One of my favorites!
How are you liking Apt Pupil? It's such a good story, but easily one of King's most disturbing.

[Ageless Stranger]

Heather,
So far I am enjoying it. It is quite disturbing though. I will say that I really have no idea where he's going with the story, so that makes it more interesting. I just got past the part where:

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He has to bust his ass to keep from getting a flunk card. He just tried to sneak up behind the old man to push him down the stairs and the he told him about the safety deposit box.

So, yeah, I'm enjoying it. Thanks for asking!

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

Man, finally, Lisey's Story has started to get into a story with some meat on it.

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About 250 pages into it and we get into Paul and Scotts backstory. I have shot through a 150 pages in one sitting. Maybe the first 100 pages or so should have been eliminated.

I was about to give up.

Slaughter-house-five isn't bad. This is my only Vonnegut so far. Can anyone tell me if this crazy flash forward/backwar/sideways style is prominent in all of his books. It's very distracting from his otherwise very readable style.

[Kronz]

Slaughterhouse 5 is by far the most strangely written KV novel. Only Breakfast of Champions really gives it a run for its money in terms of out and out weird. For more normal KV books which are excellent try Mother Night, Galapagos or Cat's Cradle. His later books often find him repeating themes a lot and should be saved for last (aside from the aforementioned Galapagos). Slaughterhouse 5 is one of his great books but it's not particularly the best place to start.

[Ruthful]

The best Vonnegut novel is Cat's Cradle.

Mother Night is also regarded as one of his better works, but I've never had the opportunity to read it.

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

Thanks for the info Kronz, Slaughterhouse 5 is enjoyable, but I don't like the plot device of the main character being at all times in his life at once. Everytime I start to get into a part, it switches to something completely different.

In fact, Monty Python keeps coming to mind....."And now for something completely different"

SH-5 was recommended to me by someone I work with who's favorite author is KV. I had never even heard of KV before this guy tried to turn me on to it. I asked him where I should start, and he insisted on SH-5.

[Kronz]

Well as far as a lot of literary types are concerned, the weirder and more symbolic a book, the better. I don't fall for that trick, I like to understand what I've read. SH5 takes the most work to sort out and is more surreal than Vonnegut usually is. His books are almost all weird, but he has at least one straightforward novel in Mother Night, a brilliant and depressing novel about a Nazi war criminal hiding in the States (probably a major influence on Apt Pupil actually).

[Daghain]

Oh, you guys are making me want to go back and reread Vonnegut again. It's been a loooong time.

[pathoftheturtle]

You guys are crazy!

I am almost finished with the third book of ASOIAF. When I am done, I am going to finish Winds of War and then tackle War and Remembrance. I miss Natalie and Byron.

I'm glad I was able to push my love of those books onto you. ...

Hey, BTW, JB; thanks so much for also pushing your love of them onto me!

...So far I am enjoying ("Apt Pupil"). It is quite disturbing though. I will say that I really have no idea where he's going with the story, so that makes it more interesting. ...

Yeah, it's a great thriller. Hope you like the way it turns out! Then you can watch the movie and be in with those of us who understand how inferior it is to King's novella.

...Slaughterhouse 5 is enjoyable, but I don't like the plot device of the main character being at all times in his life at once. Everytime I start to get into a part, it switches to something completely different.
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Oh, I loved that. Not the main thing that makes that book so good, but still...
I'm real sorry to hear that it just bugs you.

[fernandito]

I want to read some more Vonnegut. I've only read Sirens of Titan by him, which I enjoyed immensely. I'm thinking I'll pick up either Mother Night or Slaughterhouse-Five next.

[John Blaze]

You guys are crazy!

I am almost finished with the third book of ASOIAF. When I am done, I am going to finish Winds of War and then tackle War and Remembrance. I miss Natalie and Byron.

I'm glad I was able to push my love of those books onto you. ...

Hey, BTW, JB; thanks so much for also pushing your love of them onto me!

Really? The War books, or the Song books?

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

What is ASOIAF?

[Brice]

A song of ice and fire, I believe.

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

A song of ice and fire, I believe.

Thanks, Brice.

*heads to Google*

Edit: Ahhh yes, this is the series that my buddy has been raving about for the last year or so. I know it by " that George RR Martin series that I must read".