Just as an FYI, I did not like IT. I don't think there's a gray area with that one.
But yes, READ HP!!!!
Just as an FYI, I did not like IT. I don't think there's a gray area with that one.
But yes, READ HP!!!!
"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
Originally Posted by Daghain
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
World War Z - Same guy that wrote 'zombie survival guide'
Gunslinger Born
Duma Key
No Country For Old Men
Dearly, Devoted, Dexter
Dexter In The Dark
I Am Legend
Mystic River
Gone, Baby, Gone
Blaze
Lisey's Story
Frankenstein
Snow Falling on Cedars
Othello
This is how my 2008 is looking so far:
Finish the A Song of Ice and Fire series.
Pick up Duma Key.
Start the Harry Potter books. (I give in, I gave in!)
Updated:
1. Insomnia ~ SK (reread)
2. The Shining ~ SK (reread)
3. A Rage In Harlem ~ Chester Himes
4. A Thief Of Time ~ Terry Pratchett (reread)
5. The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat ~ Oliver Sacks - currently reading
don't assimilate! REFUSE POTTER
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Updated...
Read:
Wolves of the Calla [audiobook re-read] - Stephen King
Song of Susannah [audiobook re-read] - Stephen King
Road to the Dark Tower - Bev Vincent
The Act You've Known for All These Years - Clinton Heylin
War Fever - J.G. Ballard
Currently Reading:
Wizard & Glass [audiobook re-read] - SK
Passion Is a Fashion [The Real Story of The Clash] - Pat Gilbert
So far mine is very short
Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk (started in 2007, but I'll include it here)
20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill - currently reading
Finished Foucault's Pendulum finally--it was fucking great!
Now to read Vonnegut's Jailbird in three days...
My favorite bands can kick your favorite bands' asses.
The horizon is right and motionless like the EKG of a dying woman.
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I lost my copy of Foucault's Pendulum in Amsterdam 15 years ago, I wasn't getting on too well with it though...perhaps that level of reading doesn't suit Amsterdam mode
I have In The Name Of The Rose too which I've yet to read - do you recommend that too, Jean?
oh yes, but they are very different. I like Foucault's more, but Rose is a very good book, too. Then, of course, a lot depends on translation. There's a lot of humor in Foucault's, which may be lost if the translator is not bold enough. We here are happy to have a superb Eco translator.
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Perhaps I should give Foucault's another try...a gap of 15 years is time enough for my literary tastes to have changed
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Updated:
1. Insomnia ~ SK (reread)
2. The Shining ~ SK (reread)
3. A Rage In Harlem ~ Chester Himes
4. A Thief Of Time ~ Terry Pratchett (reread)
5. The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat ~ Oliver Sacks
6. The Colorado Kid ~ SK - currently reading
let us know if you like Colorado Kid Lisa. curious because I hated it.
Really? I was so-so on 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
i just couldn't get into it. by the time i finally think i got into the flow of it, it was over. i tried it a second time on audiobook but couldn't get past the first few chapters.
Still stuck on that book about the nativity story's historical roots, halfway through The End of the Alphabet, by C.S. Richardson, and have reached the third chapter of my reread of The Bell Jar. I read one or two pages of the prologue to Prey before I stopped.
So basically the only book I've read this year is 'Salem's Lot, and that's because I only had fourteen pages left by the end of last year.
Blah.
My Updated 2008 Reading Lists
FinishedCurrently Reading
- The Memory Keeper's Daughter
- Peter and the Secret of Rundoon, Dave Barry/Ridley Pearson (audio)
Planning on Reading
- Duma Key, Stephen King
- 20th Century Ghosts, Joe Hill (audio)
- The Yiddish Policeman's Union, Michael Chabon (audio)
- The Long Road Home #1 - #5, Marvel Comics
- The Water's Lovely, Ruth Rendell (audio)
- Candles Burning, Tabatha King/Michael McDowell
- We're All In This Together, Owen King
- The Golden Compass, Philip Pullman (audio)
- No Country for Old Men, Cormac McCarthy (audio)
- A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini (audio)
- Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen (audio)
- Paul of Dune, Brian Herbert/kevin J. Anderson
- Brisingr, Christopher Paolini
- Pedro Páramo , Juan Rulfo
DT Spoiler - Enter at your own risk!
Spoiler:
The Fifth Vial (audio)
The Wastelands
It's stressful being an other. ~ Juliet
I believe there ought to be a Constitutional Amendment outlawing Astroturf and the designated hitter. ~ Crash Davis
1. Insomnia ~ SK (reread)
2. The Shining ~ SK (reread)
3. A Rage In Harlem ~ Chester Himes
4. A Thief Of Time ~ Terry Pratchett (reread)
5. The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat ~ Oliver Sacks
6. The Colorado Kid ~ SK
7. The Stand - Uncut Version ~ SK (reread) - currently reading
RofG, I've started a thread for The Colorado Kid in Cara Laughs
Well, who knows... O.o
I guess I want to read Duma Key by Stephen King and I have Bridge to Terabithia that I've been meaning to read. I'd like to read as many books on architecture as possible. Also, finally reading Four Seasons would be nice too.
Ah yes, I'd like to read some classics like Catcher in the Rye and Foucalt's Pendulum and Todos los Fuegos el Fuego by Cortazar. And finally, Don Quixote by Cervantes.
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