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fernandito
10-08-2007, 02:05 PM
1.) The it in question is Lisey's Story. I really liked IT.
2.) I just finished Black Hole by Charles Burns. Holy shit--I normally am not one for graphic novels (just call them comics for fuck's sake), but this one was incredible. Touching, tragic, and engrossing, it shows everything right and wrong with being a teenager. All I can say is pick it up if you see it.
That's why they're called graphic novels :D. Not your typical mindless, action-oriented comic book.
Frunobulax
10-08-2007, 02:26 PM
To me, a graphic novel is a comic book. I think the term graphic novel is a way of justifying the reading of comics. Every now and then, something like Watchmen, Black Hole, Buddha, Phoenix, and Maus comes out and changes the way comics work--but they are not novels, per se.
fernandito
10-08-2007, 02:33 PM
Sorry Fruny, but I disagree with you. Especially when it comes to The Watchmen..the story for that particular piece of art was so engaging that a lot of times I seemed to forget that it was a graphic novel.
Frunobulax
10-08-2007, 02:34 PM
I acknowledge, understand, and respect your viewpoint. And so I shall say that the plots can be novel-like, but to me they are not novels in a sense to ME. Done.
fernandito
10-08-2007, 02:37 PM
Ok, that's it, you and me outside RIGHT NOW!
Frunobulax
10-08-2007, 02:40 PM
How about you take it outside and I stay here inside?
fernandito
10-08-2007, 02:57 PM
Sorry, it doesn't work like that, you know why? Because
It takes two baby
It takes two baby-aaaaahhh
Mordred Deschain
10-08-2007, 03:33 PM
hey hey, why don't you both take it outside?
Wuducynn
10-08-2007, 03:55 PM
Better yet, find a room..with some wine...make it a weekend.
fernandito
10-08-2007, 04:00 PM
Can we put it on your tab? :D
Wuducynn
10-08-2007, 04:02 PM
Sure.
Mordred Deschain
10-08-2007, 04:14 PM
I'll throw in sheep skins.
fernandito
10-08-2007, 04:18 PM
No, none of that. I don't want people to think we're weird or anything.
sarah
10-08-2007, 05:09 PM
I just finished His Dark Materials a three book series that was a fun easy good time read.
**** <--- that's four stars out of five :P
jhanic
10-08-2007, 05:24 PM
I'm rereading Robert A. Heinlein's Time Enough for Love for the umpteenth time. Lazarus Long rocks!
John
al'Lan Mandragoran
10-09-2007, 10:10 AM
If anyone is interested, I found a site a few minutes ago called literaryguild.com. They have books like eragon, eldest, heart-shaped box, and the dark towers (for those of us who, like me, dont have the whole collection) for around 20 cents each. I'm not sure if you have to join or anything, just thought someone might like to look at it and see if they can't get some books they like without having to wait weeks before they have time or money to buy them.
Sweet!
Cool find al'
I will check that out for sure because there are many King books I don't have.
al'Lan Mandragoran
10-09-2007, 10:24 AM
:lol: As soon as I get home I'm going to talk my dad into letting me order the rest of the DT series... I had the first five, but I lost all but Wolves in a move. :( (oops)
Wuducynn
10-09-2007, 10:26 AM
Did you leave them all in a move or love them all in a move?
al'Lan Mandragoran
10-09-2007, 10:31 AM
I meant lost, sorry. :doh:
:lol:
That's okay, you may be a love 'em and leave 'em kind of guy.
Ikilledthecrimsonking
10-09-2007, 12:18 PM
right now im reading The Stand for the third time
its the greatest book i have ever read
The Stand is far and above the best book for me.
I actually read it in the desert back in the early 90's :cool:
<--first gulf war vet
Wuducynn
10-09-2007, 12:28 PM
The Stand is far and above the best book for me.
Gee, Matt and this entire time I had you pegged as a Towerjunkie first and foremost... :orely:
I put in the other thread that as a series, these are the ones.
But I love The Stand, no way around it.
DotT and The Stand are tied for my favorite book of all time.
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides was really good.
Wuducynn
10-09-2007, 07:07 PM
I put in the other thread that as a series, these are the ones.
But I love The Stand, no way around it.
DotT and The Stand are tied for my favorite book of all time.
Oh I guess I can find it in what passes for my heart to forgive you.
ZoNeSeeK
10-10-2007, 12:17 AM
I'm reading Charles Bukowski's Post Office at the moment, and enjoying it. Havent read any beat generation type stuff before so will probably look for some more of his books.
Darkthoughts
10-10-2007, 01:52 AM
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides was really good.
Is that the book Sofia Coppola based her film on? Does the book make more sense? Her film really confused me, it didn't explain why everything happened.
Her film is based on the book. I've never seen the movie before, but the book does a good job explaining things. The girls have an incredibly overbearing mother and weak-willed father and are basically kept as prisoners in their home.
Darkthoughts
10-10-2007, 12:45 PM
"Based" is about right then! :D I thought the film had real potential, but never realised it...I'd definately read the book in that case!
The soundtrack is cool if you like Air - Playground Love is an awesome song.
fernandito
10-10-2007, 12:57 PM
Still reading Dolores Claiborne, although I can feel myself losing interest :( Tommyknockers is next in line
Darkthoughts
10-10-2007, 01:01 PM
I'm still on Dreamcatcher - I like the Duddits parts, but I didn't get to connect enough with th characters to care all that much for them - and all the army stuff bores me...but like any SK book - I still can't put it down :D
Wuducynn
10-10-2007, 03:06 PM
Wow, I LOVE everything about Dreamcatcher. Its one of my favorite non-DT books. Dolores Claiborne I can see boring some folk though, while I did enjoy it, it is a much slower book than most and less of a horror book than mystery/suspense.
Me too All Hail! I was crazy about Dreamcatcher.
Wuducynn
10-10-2007, 05:41 PM
Me too All Hail! I was crazy about Dreamcatcher.
:cool:
Odetta
10-10-2007, 07:00 PM
Still reading Dolores Claiborne, although I can feel myself losing interest :( Tommyknockers is next in line
Tommyknockers is an easy read! Barely seems like an SK book to me.
I reread THinner last weekend... another easy read.
Wuducynn
10-10-2007, 07:25 PM
Tommyknockers is an easy read!
Just don't drop it on your toe if you are reading the hard-cover edition.
Mordred Deschain
10-10-2007, 07:29 PM
Don't you guys read other things?
Wuducynn
10-10-2007, 07:34 PM
What? Like road signs?
Mordred Deschain
10-10-2007, 07:36 PM
I was thinking more like crop circles.
Wuducynn
10-10-2007, 07:37 PM
I only read messages in human entrails...
Mordred Deschain
10-10-2007, 07:38 PM
damn, that's to hard of read for me!:(
Wuducynn
10-10-2007, 07:39 PM
Youse needs to gets yourselves an edumucation
Mordred Deschain
10-10-2007, 07:40 PM
I only know pig-latin
Wuducynn
10-10-2007, 07:53 PM
So are you still reading that Dune book?
Mordred Deschain
10-10-2007, 07:54 PM
NO. Go back a few pages. I justed Finished The Children of Hurin by Tolkien.
Wuducynn
10-10-2007, 07:56 PM
I don't care enough to go back a few pages.
I only read messages in human entrails...
Do you now, Darken Rahl?
Wuducynn
10-11-2007, 05:33 AM
I only read messages in human entrails...
Do you now, Darken Rahl?
Don't know the reference, but I'll just say...yes.
Daghain
10-11-2007, 08:25 AM
Just finished On Writing (Very good!) and am starting a reread of The Bachman Books.
Mordred Deschain
10-11-2007, 08:40 AM
I don't care enough to go back a few pages.
Ah...it's good to be the king!
fernandito
10-11-2007, 08:41 AM
I don't care enough to go back a few pages.
Ah...it's good to be the king!
Robin Hood : Men In Tights, Mel Brooks's character? :)
Mordred Deschain
10-11-2007, 08:47 AM
Mel Brooks, but mine is from History of World pt 1
Oh piss boy!!
Darkthoughts
10-11-2007, 09:52 AM
Dreamcatcher update: I'm over halfway through - Jonesy has just spoken to Owen for the first time...I don't dislike it, its just not as involving as I usually find SK books to be.
Wuducynn
10-11-2007, 09:57 AM
Dreamcatcher update: I'm over halfway through - Jonesy has just spoken to Owen for the first time...I don't dislike it, its just not as involving as I usually find SK books to be.
No cookies for you then.
Darkthoughts
10-11-2007, 10:02 AM
Boo!!
al'Lan Mandragoran
10-11-2007, 10:07 AM
Dreamcatcher update: I'm over halfway through - Jonesy has just spoken to Owen for the first time...I don't dislike it, its just not as involving as I usually find SK books to be.
I agree. Dreamcatcher was probably the only SK book I didn't like enough to finish. I read the first hundred pages, but it just wouldn't click.
Dreamcatcher update: I'm over halfway through - Jonesy has just spoken to Owen for the first time...I don't dislike it, its just not as involving as I usually find SK books to be.
I agree. Dreamcatcher was probably the only SK book I didn't like enough to finish. I read the first hundred pages, but it just wouldn't click.
It's much better after the first 100 pages. Then, about 100 last pages, it's much worse. But it leaves about 400 or so very cool pages in the middle.
Darkthoughts
10-11-2007, 10:10 AM
^^Exactly, you normally get a connection with the characters, but the story jumped into the action straight away without you building up that bond with them.
sarah
10-11-2007, 10:10 AM
:lol: jean! so start on page 101 and stop on page 500
oh and right now i'm listening to harry potter and the deathly hallow. Jim Dale is growing on me.
al'Lan Mandragoran
10-11-2007, 10:15 AM
Well, I'll have to go check it out again. Hopefully I'll be able to finish it this time.
:lol: jean! so start on page 101 and stop on page 500.
What! and I'll never know who all those people are or how it all ended???
Seriously, though, I didn't like Dreamcatcher too much when I read it first... then I re-read it and it was much better... and then I read Eyes, and Hearts, and Bag of Bones, and [failed to read] Cell, and [now wading through] Lisey's Story, - and Dreamcatcher is growing better... and Better... and BETTER...
Next thing on my list is re-reading Tommyknockers. Something is telling me that after all the above-listed it might, too, grow better... and Better...
Wuducynn
10-11-2007, 10:27 AM
What! and I'll never know who all those people are or how it all ended???
Seriously, though, I didn't like Dreamcatcher too much when I read it first... then I re-read it and it was much better... and then I read Eyes, and Hearts, and Bag of Bones, and [failed to read] Cell, and [now wading through] Lisey's Story, - and Dreamcatcher is growing better... and Better... and BETTER...
Next thing on my list is re-reading Tommyknockers. Something is telling me that after all the above-listed it might, too, grow better... and Better...
You really hated Bag of Bones eh?
::does passable imitation of Dr. Pinderschloss from Addam's Family::
Deeply.
Wuducynn
10-11-2007, 10:29 AM
::does passable imitation of Dr. Pinderschloss from Addam's Family::
Deeply.
:thumbsup: good one! :lol:
sarajean
10-11-2007, 02:18 PM
i can't put a book down once i've got more than 50-80 pages invested in it.
i have to finish it or i'll feel like a failure.
:eta: also, i re-read patrick süskind's perfume the other night. i think it's in my top 10 now.
ManOfWesternesse
10-12-2007, 05:04 AM
[quote=maerlyn;45927]:lol: jean! so start on page 101 ......and [failed to read] Cell...
I really liked Cell Jean, and was re-reading it within only a few months.
Agree with you on Dreamcatcher. Originally read it when it came out. Did'nt think much of it. Left it for many years. Re-read it thi syear and thought it extremely good.
Currently re-reading David Gemmell's Legend.
Daghain
10-14-2007, 03:26 PM
Still on The Bachman Books. Just finished Rage and am almost through The Long Walk. Forgot how much I liked that story. :D
OchrisO
10-14-2007, 07:00 PM
:lol: jean! so start on page 101 ......and [failed to read] Cell...
I really liked Cell Jean, and was re-reading it within only a few months.
Agree with you on Dreamcatcher. Originally read it when it came out. Did'nt think much of it. Left it for many years. Re-read it thi syear and thought it extremely good.
Currently re-reading David Gemmell's Legend.
I love David Gemmell. His Rigante books(they start with Sword in the Storm ) are amazing. I was so sad when I heard that he had died. :(
There's still a ton of his books that I haven't read yet. I need to get back to them. Legend is great, as is The First Chronicles of Druss the Legend.
I'm a little over halfway through Blaze. I absolutely love it so far. The interactions between Blaze and Joe are great.
Darkthoughts
10-15-2007, 02:21 AM
Cool Erin, I'm just starting on Blaze today!!
ManOfWesternesse
10-15-2007, 05:27 AM
I love David Gemmell. His Rigante books(they start with Sword in the Storm ) are amazing. I was so sad when I heard that he had died. :(
There's still a ton of his books that I haven't read yet. I need to get back to them. Legend is great, as is The First Chronicles of Druss the Legend.
Yes, Gemmell is a hell of a good heroic fantasy writer.
I just recently read 'Troy: Fall of Kings' - which is the one he was working on when he died, and his wife, Stella, finished. Troy was a good series.
Agree with you on the Rigante series - brilliant!
Have you read the Jon Shannow books? (Veeeeeeery Gunslingerish! - and very good!)
Currently reading: David Gemmell - Ghost King.
al'Lan Mandragoran
10-15-2007, 10:12 AM
Finally got around to finishing The Shadow Rising. Still rereading Wolves and started on Balance Point, Jedi Search, Lord of Chaos, and Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina.
fernandito
10-15-2007, 10:25 AM
How did you like Shadow Rising 'Al?
al'Lan Mandragoran
10-15-2007, 10:34 AM
WARNING: Spoilers
It was great! I loved Rand's fight with Asmodean. And now that he has not only Callandor, but the power the sa' angreal in cairhein can give him, I can't wait to start the next one. It's too bad most of the Aiel ran off... I guess he might not have the army he had hoped for. Wondering how Couladin got the dragons on his arms as well... but maybe I shouldn't be posting all this, in case someone who is new to the series will see this and have it ruined.
had to make a break in the middle of reading Lisey Story -
thought if I saw the word SOWISA once again I would go raving mad
- and, after swallowing a couple of Russian books, am re-reading Sheckley's stories now. I adore him. The horrible thing is that it's the only English-writing author I read and love whose books I never read in English (with only a few exceptions), because I can't find them anywhere. But the translation is great (a rare case - and only because it was made in Soviet times, when the Great Russian school of translation was still alive), and it makes wonderful reading.
Jean :rofl: I feel you pain.
OchrisO
10-15-2007, 12:54 PM
I only read messages in human entrails...
Do you now, Darken Rahl?
Don't know the reference, but I'll just say...yes.
Pick up the book Wizard's First Rule. I am almost certain that you will love it. It is the first book in the 12 book Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind. Darken Rahl is a character in it.
OchrisO
10-15-2007, 12:55 PM
I love David Gemmell. His Rigante books(they start with Sword in the Storm ) are amazing. I was so sad when I heard that he had died. :(
There's still a ton of his books that I haven't read yet. I need to get back to them. Legend is great, as is The First Chronicles of Druss the Legend.
Yes, Gemmell is a hell of a good heroic fantasy writer.
I just recently read 'Troy: Fall of Kings' - which is the one he was working on when he died, and his wife, Stella, finished. Troy was a good series.
Agree with you on the Rigante series - brilliant!
Have you read the Jon Shannow books? (Veeeeeeery Gunslingerish! - and very good!)
Currently reading: David Gemmell - Ghost King.
I've not read those. I'll have to look into it when I am not buried in reading for school.
Fall of Gilead
10-15-2007, 02:01 PM
Started The Redemption of Althalus by David and Leigh Eddings.
Mordred Deschain
10-16-2007, 02:38 PM
Providence the Story of a Fifty-Year Vision Quest by Daniel Quinn
You should read Ishmael first.
BedOfRoses
10-17-2007, 06:13 PM
Billy by Whitley Streiber
sarajean
10-17-2007, 06:34 PM
since finishing the subtle knife, i haven't yet picked up the amber spyglass and now i'm reading nothing. i don't like the feeling of not having a book handy.
Daghain
10-17-2007, 06:40 PM
Finished The Long Walk and am 2/3 of the way through Roadwork. I forgot how much I liked this book. :D
Storyslinger
10-18-2007, 07:17 AM
Finished The Long Walk and am 2/3 of the way through Roadwork. I forgot how much I liked this book. :D
Those were great stories
Daghain
10-18-2007, 07:22 AM
Yeah, The Long Walk is one of my all-time favorites. :D
Storyslinger
10-18-2007, 07:23 AM
It really doesn't follow suit with his other books, but it is still an amazing read
Daghain
10-18-2007, 07:25 AM
I think that's why I like it. It was the first thing I read of his that wasn't patented King. Nice to know he has a range. :D
Storyslinger
10-18-2007, 07:29 AM
*ding ding ding*
We have a winner, That's what I loved about it too
Its like music, I'm normally a fan of older rock and some of the newer stuff, but its great when they do a slow song out of their range
alinda
10-19-2007, 08:30 AM
elemental mind / Nick Herbert
Asterisco
10-19-2007, 11:29 AM
I am, finally, reading the last volume of The Dark Tower!
fernandito
10-19-2007, 12:27 PM
(whistles) What took you so long hombre?
ManOfWesternesse
10-22-2007, 06:01 AM
Reading:- David Gemmell - Knights of Dark Renown.
Wuducynn
10-22-2007, 06:42 AM
I am, finally, reading the last volume of The Dark Tower!
That is awesome. :harrier:
Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay under the pen name "Publius".
Darkthoughts
10-22-2007, 12:42 PM
Started Blaze and left it in the car by accident (which Rob takes to work in the day) - so I'm getting stuck into "The God Delusion" which I'm really enjoying.
fernandito
10-22-2007, 12:47 PM
I've heard/read only good things about Blaze so far. Mayhap I'll take a break from Claiborne and pick that up. :)
BlakeMP
10-22-2007, 12:56 PM
Just started Practical Demonkeeping by Chris Moore.
CRinVA
10-23-2007, 05:51 AM
I just finished The Road by Cormac McCarthy - this is a truly awesome book. If you haven't read this yet go get it! It's heartwarming, it's scary, it's tragic! The boy's and his Papa's struggles to simply survive another day in the post-apocalyptic world is amazing - a tale of human spirit, love, determination, compassion, ruthlessness - a tale of hunger and pain and darkness, and hope - and a tale that could happen - shudder the thought!
Storyslinger
10-23-2007, 07:04 AM
You just sold me
It is a great book Storyslinger.
I'm currently reading Imajica by Clive Barker. So far, it's pretty intriguing, but i'm only about 40 pages in or so. I may pause in the middle of it to read Purfume though.
Storyslinger
10-23-2007, 08:30 AM
Thanks, I check it out
ManOfWesternesse
10-24-2007, 03:27 AM
I just finished The Road by Cormac McCarthy - this is a truly awesome book. If you haven't read this yet go get it! It's heartwarming, it's scary, it's tragic! The boy's and his Papa's struggles to simply survive another day in the post-apocalyptic world is amazing - a tale of human spirit, love, determination, compassion, ruthlessness - a tale of hunger and pain and darkness, and hope - and a tale that could happen - shudder the thought!
Agreed - it is an awesome book.
funky dredd
10-24-2007, 04:52 AM
John Grisham - Playing For Pizza
Cutter
10-24-2007, 05:33 AM
Reading The Keep by F. Paul Wilson (pretty cool atmosphere)
Listening in audio book to Donaldson's The Runes of the Earth (a re-read), and when finished will jump into Fatal Revenant.
Just finished Terry Brooks The Elves of Cintra, which I thought was his best effort since the Jerle of Shannara trilogy.
Also just finished a collection of short stories by Jeffrey Ford called the Fantasy Writer's Assistant. Good stuff, urban stories that are fantastical in nature, not your standard fantasy fare.
sarajean
10-24-2007, 01:41 PM
nearly 400 pages into the amber spyglass. i don't want it to be over. :(
i truly didn't expect to fall in love with lyra and will like i have.
sarah
10-28-2007, 07:19 AM
wasn't it such a fun light read, sarajean? Don't forget to read Lyra's Oxford.
I just finished Twlight and Full Moon. Such teenage Youth Fiction Drama. :rolleyes: I can't believe I'm as wraped up in this series. They are 17 for hellsakes yet i can't put the story down. :lol: I'm off to get the third book so i can ignore all the real world.
Patrick
10-28-2007, 10:11 AM
Currently reading (and nearing the end of): BLAZE by Richard Bachman
Kevin
10-28-2007, 11:13 AM
Currently reading Riddley Walker, by Russell Hoban.
It's extremely hard to follow because its written entirely in a broken form of English. For example:
'Coming pas that aulder wood that girzly morning I fealt my stummick go col. Like an aulder kincher ben putting eye on me. No 1 never had nothing much to do with the chard coal berners they come in to the forms fer ther new red clof but in be twean they kep to the woodlings.'
So far its been very good, despite that its hard to understand sometimes.
Daghain
10-28-2007, 11:21 AM
Almost done with The Bachman Books, then on to a reread of Bag of Bones.
Harrald
10-28-2007, 11:30 AM
I just finished The Road by Cormac McCarthy<<SNIP>>
You sold me too. I'm just starting The Silmarillion (for the 8th time) then I have The talisman (I think I've read this before) and I just ordered The Road from the library. Thanks for the tip.
sarajean
10-28-2007, 01:03 PM
yesterday at the store, i found a book someone had left on a bench. it was the unfortunate miss fortunes, which turned out to be a romance disguised as a fantasy. i was very disappointed.
i decided to start reading battlefield earth again this morning. that should last me for awhile.
Storyslinger
10-29-2007, 05:22 AM
Real Ponies Don't Go Oink
now that only about 100 pages separate me from the end of Lisey's Story, it suddenly became very, very good.
Since Lisey took Amanda from the hospital.
Darkthoughts
10-29-2007, 07:16 AM
:lol: You're like me with cd's Jean. Sometimes I buy one but only end up liking 2 songs on the whole album.
it's a better rate than what I'm now having with LS. You see, one can listen to specific songs separately...
sarah
10-30-2007, 08:37 AM
ok these past five days i have read three books that I was so utterly wraped up in that I'm embarrassed to even admit it. What is wrong with me that I got so absorbed in ooie gooie teenage love/lust?
btw, the books were
twilight, new moon, and eclipse
I even went to my parents house for a couple of days so they could watch my kids and i could read. wtf is wrong with me?
Storyslinger
10-30-2007, 08:40 AM
evil <_<
:rofl:
Patrick
10-30-2007, 09:06 AM
... I even went to my parents house for a couple of days so they could watch my kids and i could read. wtf is wrong with me?
Awesome. :lol:
I finished BLAZE. It was a good book, not great, but I enjoyed it. I know this book was mostly written long ago, but there's a device that SK uses a lot that I'm kind of tired of at this point.
Now reading, for the first time, FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS by Hunter S. Thompson. This book is freakin' hilarious.
fernandito
10-30-2007, 09:18 AM
We were somewhere around Barstow, at the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold...
Maer - I'm plan to read those books also, even though I have no idea what they're about ...well, now I do! [feels lusty]
Patrick
10-30-2007, 09:25 AM
We were somewhere around Barstow, at the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold...
...
Great opening line. :lol:
I'm in about Chapter 6, I think. I already know I'm going to be reading this book again. :thumbsup:
Fishonabike
10-30-2007, 09:57 AM
Just finished Harry Potter HPB last night... hope to pick up Deathly Hallows on the way home tonight.
ok these past five days i have read three books that I was so utterly wraped up in that I'm embarrassed to even admit it. What is wrong with me that I got so absorbed in ooie gooie teenage love/lust?
btw, the books were
twilight, new moon, and eclipse
I even went to my parents house for a couple of days so they could watch my kids and i could read. wtf is wrong with me?
:lol: I sometimes do the same thing Marelyn. I get really tied up and absorbed in the dumbest stuff, mainly stupid reality TV shows or sometimes when I go to my mom's house, I pick up one of those old cheesy teenage books where someone always has cancer or some other horrific disease and dies a terrible death. They make me sob like a little baby and I feel stupid for even wasting my time reading them.
I finished BLAZE. It was a good book, not great, but I enjoyed it. I know this book was mostly written long ago, but there's a device that SK uses a lot that I'm kind of tired of at this point.
Now reading, for the first time, FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS by Hunter S. Thompson. This book is freakin' hilarious.
What device would that be Patrick? And i've always wanted to read Fear and Loathing....I need to do it.
Patrick
10-30-2007, 10:30 AM
I finished BLAZE. It was a good book, not great, but I enjoyed it. I know this book was mostly written long ago, but there's a device that SK uses a lot that I'm kind of tired of at this point...What device would that be Patrick? ...
Spoiler-Lite alert for... let's see... Blaze, Secret Window/Secret Garden, Drawing of the Three, The Shining, and other unnamed stories..
I'm tired of people having another complete person in their head - either knowingly (like in Blaze) or unknowingly (like in SW/SG or DotT). King writes these types of characters very well, but I realized during Blaze that I'm just personally kind of tired of it. I think I prefer his stories where characters struggle with going outright crazy (like in The Shining for example).
Storyslinger
10-30-2007, 10:35 AM
Well said
Wuducynn
10-30-2007, 10:58 AM
then on to a reread of Bag of Bones.
Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet . http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e269/dncbear23/cartman.jpg
Storyslinger
10-30-2007, 10:59 AM
:lol:
Daghain
10-30-2007, 11:21 AM
OMG CK that pic...:lol:
ZoNeSeeK
10-31-2007, 06:22 PM
Rereading Dune again, after all of that Dune talk :) And i think im more switched on this time around and picking up way more than I have before :)
Patrick
10-31-2007, 08:44 PM
I'm still reading FEAR AND LOATHING and still absolutely loving this book.
fernandito
10-31-2007, 09:42 PM
I'm still reading FEAR AND LOATHING and still absolutely loving this book.
Okay, let's get down to brass tax here...how much for the ape? You can't have a circus without an ape!
at last finished Lisey's Story
now reading Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk, very good
I'm listening to "Next" by Criton (Jurassic park guy, I know its spelled wrong)
Its boring as hell.
I have Brother Odd next up in the CD shoot
fernandito
11-03-2007, 03:26 PM
New additions to my personal library, picked them up at Borders today :) : Catch-22, Good Omens [written by Neil Gaiman and Matt Pratchett - it follows the story of an angel and a demon in a sort of parody of a hypothetical apocalpype which neither want to take a part of. Oh yeah, and the antichrist goes missing :lol: Any Downside? nah], and the first book of the Song of Ice and Fire series, A Game of Thrones.
Looks like I have my work cut out for me :P
Kevin
11-03-2007, 03:32 PM
New additions to my personal library, picked them up at Borders today :) : Catch-22
Good book, sooo funny. :)
I'm rereading the golden compass to see what all the anti-christian hype is about. I didn't get that impression at all the first time I read it years ago...but supposedly Philip Pullman has publicly announced that its anti-christian and that its anti-christian on purpose.
Ikilledthecrimsonking
11-03-2007, 04:57 PM
rereading IT i love it
I finished Perfume: A Story of a Murderer last night. A fantastic book, I recommend it to anyone. Today at work I started a re-read of Skeleton Crew in preparation for the upcoming The Mist release.
Patrick
11-03-2007, 08:23 PM
New additions to my personal library, picked them up at Borders today :) : Catch-22
Good book, sooo funny. :)
I'm rereading the golden compass to see what all the anti-christian hype is about. I didn't get that impression at all the first time I read it years ago...but supposedly Philip Pullman has publicly announced that its anti-christian and that its anti-christian on purpose.
Yes, CATCH-22 is an excellent book!
I thought Pullman said that THE GOLDEN COMPASS wasn't just anti-Christian but anti-every-religion because he's an atheist. I'm not bothering to doublecheck my sources though. I haven't read it, but I may see the movie.
Anyway, I finished FEAR AND LOATHING. I look forward to reading it again sometime, it is such a funny book.
Just started LOLITA by Vladimir Nabokov.
Let me know how Lolita is Patrick. I've always wanted to read it.
Patrick
11-03-2007, 08:29 PM
Let me know how Lolita is Patrick. I've always wanted to read it.
It's on all the "best novel" lists, so I figure it must be good. Although I must say, I'm not far into it and the dude is already starting to creep me out. Maybe that's a sign of how well written the book is, I dunno.
OchrisO
11-03-2007, 08:37 PM
New additions to my personal library, picked them up at Borders today :) : Catch-22, Good Omens [written by Neil Gaiman and Matt Pratchett - it follows the story of an angel and a demon in a sort of parody of a hypothetical apocalpype which neither want to take a part of. Oh yeah, and the antichrist goes missing :lol: Any Downside? nah], and the first book of the Song of Ice and Fire series, A Game of Thrones.
Looks like I have my work cut out for me :P
Terry Pratchett. Great book, though. I was just re-reading my copy before I got swamped with homework.
Kevin
11-03-2007, 08:39 PM
New additions to my personal library, picked them up at Borders today :) : Catch-22
Good book, sooo funny. :)
I'm rereading the golden compass to see what all the anti-christian hype is about. I didn't get that impression at all the first time I read it years ago...but supposedly Philip Pullman has publicly announced that its anti-christian and that its anti-christian on purpose.
I thought Pullman said that THE GOLDEN COMPASS wasn't just anti-Christian but anti-every-religion because he's an atheist. I'm not bothering to doublecheck my sources though. I haven't read it, but I may see the movie.
True say.
Let me know how Lolita is Patrick. I've always wanted to read it.
one of my least favorite books in the world........
New additions to my personal library, picked them up at Borders today :) : Catch-22
Good book, sooo funny. :).
Yes, CATCH-22 is an excellent book!
and this is one of my very favorite ones; - I'm happy everyone seems to agree that it's great. http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/0134-bear.gif
Letti
11-04-2007, 12:50 AM
And if you have finished Lolita let me know what you think of it. It would be good to know that I am not the only one (around me) who liked it.
BedOfRoses
11-04-2007, 10:21 AM
I'm curious about Lolita, too.
I'm currently reading "Saving the World" by Julia Alvarez and "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini. Both are very good so far.
Daghain
11-04-2007, 10:50 AM
Just finished The Bachman Books and am now on a reread of Bag of Bones.
Darkthoughts
11-04-2007, 11:19 AM
I'm reading Blaze and wishing that I could have adopted him from HH :(
Good Omens is bloody brilliant Feev. A friend of mine is an RE (religious education) teacher and very christian. Whenever we write to each other he writes to me as Crawley and signs off as Aziraphale and vice versa :D
I read Lolita twice - once when I was much younger, and found it boring. Then again much more recently and found it more interesting, but Humbert annoyed rather than disgusted me.
<...> Humbert annoyed rather than disgusted me.
Precisely.
Darkthoughts
11-04-2007, 11:41 AM
He was a very insignificant and self obsessed man, wasn't he.
Brice
11-04-2007, 03:35 PM
I'm currently reading:
Stephen King-Wolves Of The Calla (reread)
Joe Hill-20th Century Ghosts (reread except for the story added to the US edition)
Albert Camus-The Stranger
Sussannah Clarke-Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell
Harlan Ellison- Edgeworks 2
Harlan Ellison-Edgeworks 3
fernandito
11-05-2007, 04:40 AM
Good Omens is bloody brilliant Feev. A friend of mine is an RE (religious education) teacher and very christian. Whenever we write to each other he writes to me as Crawley and signs off as Aziraphale and vice versa :D
I love it when a book has that kind of an impact on a person. Can't wait to finish it :D
Darkthoughts
11-05-2007, 05:19 AM
I'm currently reading:
Sussannah Clarke-Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell
I absolutely love that book. If you enjoy it "The Ladies of Grace Adieu" is also excellent - its a collection of short stories (one about the Raven King too :thumbsup: )
Storyslinger
11-05-2007, 05:59 AM
I'm currently reading:
Stephen King-Wolves Of The Calla (reread)
Joe Hill-20th Century Ghosts (reread except for the story added to the US edition)
Albert Camus-The Stranger
Sussannah Clarke-Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell
Harlan Ellison- Edgeworks 2
Harlan Ellison-Edgeworks 3
WOW, I can only read three books at a time
Rolands_Father
11-05-2007, 11:59 AM
I'm currently reading:
Stephen King-Wolves Of The Calla (reread)
Joe Hill-20th Century Ghosts (reread except for the story added to the US edition)
Albert Camus-The Stranger
Sussannah Clarke-Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell
Harlan Ellison- Edgeworks 2
Harlan Ellison-Edgeworks 3
Good to see that at least 1 other person reads as many books at a time as I do!!!!!
fernandito
11-05-2007, 12:12 PM
I don't like reading more than 2 books at a time. I feel as if I'll lose focus [story-wise] if I do.
sarajean
11-05-2007, 01:11 PM
didn't care for lolita.
loved good omens.
finished my re-read of battlefield earth. still loved it.
also read this incredibly boring and predictible james patterson book, black friday.
i hate when i run out of stuff to read and have to dig into the dan brown and james patterson books that my parents have sent me. :(
Ruthful
11-05-2007, 02:42 PM
Justinian's Flea
'Salem's Lot
Insomnia
Recently read:
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4165
http://www.whsmith.co.uk/whs/go.asp?isbn=0719566282&DB=220&Menu=Books
Patrick
11-05-2007, 10:35 PM
<...> Humbert annoyed rather than disgusted me.Precisely.
Having children (albeit boys) definitely influences my impression of this story. I'm still early in the book. As a parent, this guy creeps me out more than he would have before I had children of my own.
finished Survivor, it's great! Reading Haunted now, it's at least as good if not even better.
He was a very insignificant and self obsessed man, wasn't he.
I've been thinking if I could add something to that description; no, looks like it is exhaustive.
Having children (albeit boys) definitely influences my impression of this story. I'm still early in the book. As a parent, this guy creeps me out more than he would have before I had children of my own.
Understandable.
Darkthoughts
11-06-2007, 03:27 AM
Funny you should mention that perspective Patrick. Lolita didn't bother me in that way, because I found Humbert so ineffectual that I think he would have failed as a paedophile as well as everything else had Lo's mother not been such a vapid idiot. He just wasn't threatening enough to disturb me.
On the same note, I couldn't read Blaze without skipping bits. The violence that Blaze encountered as a child was realistic enough to upset me and I similarly couldn't read all the bits about the baby because they made me anxious that something bad was "about to happen").
I'm currently reading The Penelopiad by Margaret Attwood. It's The Odyssey as told from Penelope's perspective...which makes for a very different tale!
I'm reading "Forever Odd" at home and listening to "Brother Odd" in the car.
I just figured out the latter is the latter :lol:
Jean i'm so glad you're enjoying Chuck Palahniuk's books. He's my second favorite author (next to King of course :D)
When you get a chance, you should pick up his newest novel, Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey. I thought it was amazing, even better than a lot of his earlier work.
Haunted is great as well. I really like how it's written with the short stories spread out through the main story.
fernandito
11-06-2007, 10:29 AM
Palahniuk is the guy who wrote Fight Club, right?
Brice
11-06-2007, 10:30 AM
Yes, he is.
Jean i'm so glad you're enjoying Chuck Palahniuk's books. He's my second favorite author (next to King of course :D)
When you get a chance, you should pick up his newest novel, Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey. I thought it was amazing, even better than a lot of his earlier work.
When I'm in England (hopefully, in June), I'll leave no shelf unturned in Charity shops and other second-hand bookstores! Before that, I can only pray for a miracle.
Darkthoughts
11-06-2007, 10:58 AM
:o...!!!...Jean, you're going to be in England?!!! Whereabouts?
I don't know yet, it depends on Alexander. We might be in London, or go to some other city, maybe even to Europe.
fernandito
11-06-2007, 11:03 AM
Brice and Erin - Thank you for your responses. I don't really know too much about Palahnuik outside of Fight Club, but his fan base seems to be constantly expanding, and it must be for a good reason. I'll probably pick up one of his books after I finish the other ones I have at home. Any suggestions on which one I should start off with?
Brice and Erin - Thank you for your responses. I don't really know too much about Palahnuik outside of Fight Club, but his fan base seems to be constantly expanding, and it must be for a good reason. I'll probably pick up one of his books after I finish the other ones I have at home. Any suggestions on which one I should start off with?
Haunted!
or Survivor.
FP...both the books Jean mentioned are great. A lot of his fans tend to really like Choke as well. It seems to be a fan favorite.
For a first time Palahniuk reader, i'd stay away from Diary or Lullaby until you've read some of his other works. While they are amazing books which I suggest be read at some point, for a new reader to his work, i'd stick with the things we've listed here. They are real exciting, never-loose-interest, thrilling reads.
Oh, and Invisible Monsters is another recommendation. It's written in an out-of-order timeline if you're intersted in that. :D
fernandito
11-06-2007, 11:40 AM
Oh, and Invisible Monsters is another recommendation. It's written in an out-of-order timeline if you're intersted in that. :D
Can't say I've had much exposure to this sort of technique outside of the film media (Memento, Pulp Fiction etc.), but it certainly seems intriguing.
I think I'll start off with this book, the title and description you gave me already have their hooks in me anyway. :D Thanks!
Darkthoughts
11-06-2007, 11:49 AM
You've also enticed me to read him :thumbsup:
Jean - if you do come to England that'd be amazing...I'd travel to London to meet you and your wife! :rose:
Patrick
11-06-2007, 02:58 PM
...
He was a very insignificant and self obsessed man, wasn't he.I've been thinking if I could add something to that description; no, looks like it is exhaustive.
Having children (albeit boys) definitely influences my impression of this story. I'm still early in the book. As a parent, this guy creeps me out more than he would have before I had children of my own.Understandable.
Funny you should mention that perspective Patrick. Lolita didn't bother me in that way, because I found Humbert so ineffectual that I think he would have failed as a paedophile as well as everything else had Lo's mother not been such a vapid idiot. He just wasn't threatening enough to disturb me.
On the same note, I couldn't read Blaze without skipping bits. The violence that Blaze encountered as a child was realistic enough to upset me and I similarly couldn't read all the bits about the baby because they made me anxious that something bad was "about to happen"). ...
I know what you mean, but what bothers me isn't about whether this guy is effective, it is that he stands for those who, in real life, are. Maybe I've read too many newspaper articles or known a few too many women (and "a few" is too many, IMO) that were taken advantage of when they were younger by older males.
By the way, this book is very well written, much better than I expected (although I don't know what exactly I did expect), and the story is very well told. It's when I relate it to what really goes on out there in the world that it makes me kind of nauseous.
I can understand your comment about BLAZE. Although I didn't skip any of it, the same parts got me on edge - just like King intended, I suppose.
I'm reading "Forever Odd" at home and listening to "Brother Odd" in the car.
I just figured out the latter is the latter :lol:
Matt, watch out for spoilers about FOREVER in BROTHER!
I love the Odd Thomas books. :thumbsup:
On the Palahniuk recommendation discussion: I think SURVIVOR would be a great place to start.
Darkthoughts
11-06-2007, 03:10 PM
I know what you mean, but what bothers me isn't about whether this guy is effective, it is that he stands for those who, in real life, are. Maybe I've read too many newspaper articles or known a few too many women (and "a few" is too many, IMO) that were taken advantage of when they were younger by older males."
I know alot of kids who were abused by adults, as my dad is a social worker and the kind of places he's worked have always been residential for staff - so its a big issue with me too. Rather than being desensitized, I think I'm hyper sensitive about it, because I know its going on all the time.
Still, in relation to Lolita, the way he was written he wasn't...I dunno - I can't articulate what I'm thinking, but he didn't seem as predatory as I felt he should be.
Ruthful
11-06-2007, 08:02 PM
Okay, since there are some Nabokov fans here, may I ask you a question?
Do you think his synaethesia comes off of the page when you're reading his work?
I've always thought that was an interesting condition, which probably impacts how someone with an extremely creative personality writes, although I could be mistaken-I'm not really a medical expert.
Patrick
11-06-2007, 10:13 PM
... Still, in relation to Lolita, the way he was written he wasn't...I dunno - I can't articulate what I'm thinking, but he didn't seem as predatory as I felt he should be.
It's possible that I'm just not far enough into the story development to know just how predatory he gets, but he's definitely headed in that direction.
Okay, since there are some Nabokov fans here, may I ask you a question?
Do you think his synaethesia comes off of the page when you're reading his work?
I've always thought that was an interesting condition, which probably impacts how someone with an extremely creative personality writes, although I could be mistaken-I'm not really a medical expert.
Umm... what? :unsure:
By the way, this book is very well written, much better than I expected (although I don't know what exactly I did expect), and the story is very well told.
Oh yes. The guy is considered to have one of the best writing styles in history.
::spits::
The_Nameless
11-06-2007, 10:45 PM
I am currently in the midst of reading Petals in the Wind by V.C Andrews. I am also just getting started in on Diary of a Madman and Other Stories by Nikolai Gogol.
And, soon after either one is finished, I hope to begin reading Blaze by Richard Bachman.
Matt, watch out for spoilers about FOREVER in BROTHER!
I love the Odd Thomas books. :thumbsup:
Brother is the third right? Or are there 4 because he mention his "previous two manuscripts" in Brother so I figured it was after Forever Odd.
fernandito
11-07-2007, 09:50 AM
Matt, watch out for spoilers about FOREVER in BROTHER!
I love the Odd Thomas books. :thumbsup:
Brother is the third right? Or are there 4 because he mention his "previous two manuscripts" in Brother so I figured it was after Forever Odd.
To my knowledge, there are only 3 books...but I haven't read them, so don't take my word for it. I think Letti has read that series as well.
I think I understand Daggers post now. She meant that listening to Brother might spoil Forever...that makes total sense.
fernandito
11-07-2007, 09:56 AM
I like how you just completely ignored my post :lol:
I'm going to force feed you Oreo cheesecake for that!
Oh man--that's wrong as fuck Fever :lol:
I was actually responding to you as a charity act since you didn't offer any useful information in your post. :couple:
fernandito
11-07-2007, 10:05 AM
So you're saying I'm as useless as an asshole right here (pats elbow)?
:(
:P
It's cool man, I get what you're saying, just wanted to bust your chops a little. [sheaths oreos]
:huglove:
<--loves some gentle grief among friends.
fernandito
11-07-2007, 10:17 AM
:)
Anyway, getting back on topic - I'm about 200 pages into Good Omens, and I must say that I'm really liking it so far. I love the wisecracks that Azi and Crowley dish it out, even though it's fairly obvious that a lot of them are meant to appeal to British folk.
Stu Redman
11-07-2007, 11:55 AM
reading dreamcatsher right now
Patrick
11-07-2007, 11:14 PM
Matt, watch out for spoilers about FOREVER in BROTHER!
I love the Odd Thomas books. :thumbsup:
Brother is the third right? Or are there 4 because he mention his "previous two manuscripts" in Brother so I figured it was after Forever Odd.
I think I understand Daggers post now. She meant that listening to Brother might spoil Forever...that makes total sense.
:rolleyes: Dude. That was me. But, yes, that is what I meant.
And, yes, there are three book so far. In order:
Odd Thomas
Forever Odd
Brother Odd
:couple:
Daghain
11-08-2007, 08:38 AM
:lol: I didn't think it was me, but I was too lazy to look. :lol:
Reading The Gunslinger's Guidebook along with Bag of Bones. Now I have lots of goodies for the wiki. Damn, should have cleaned off my desk weeks ago. :D
Oh shit, I have a sinus headache. That's my excuse.
:lol:
Yes, I had one yesterday too!
al'Lan Mandragoran
11-08-2007, 11:24 AM
Finished The Fires of Heaven a couple days ago and started Lord of Chaos, sixth book in The Wheel of Time. By the way, does anyone know how many books there actually are in the series so far?
CRinVA
11-08-2007, 12:55 PM
Just finisheed The Thirteen Steps Down by Ruth Rendell and am startig up Rottweiller by Ruth Rendell. I was listening to a Stephen Podcast and he said he loves Rendell so I thought I'd give it a try.
Quirky British stuff I say mate. Once I got into Thirteen Steps I thoroughly enjoyed it. I love a book that makes you laugh out loud when you read (or in my case listen) to a specific character quote. In particular when Mix said "I just killed a dead person" - just cracked me up.
Darkthoughts
11-08-2007, 01:42 PM
Does Ruth Rendell write the Inspector Wexford stuff? Anyway, most people are pretty crazy on her over here - she has loads of stuff adapted for tv.
The_Nameless
11-08-2007, 01:51 PM
I'm going to force feed you Oreo cheesecake for that!
Can I be a part of this "torture"?
fernandito
11-08-2007, 01:56 PM
I'm going to force feed you Oreo cheesecake for that!
Can I be a part of this "torture"?
Sure! But only if you read me a bedtime story first!
(I'm a tough negotiator, I know, but I do have a reputation to keep!)
The_Nameless
11-08-2007, 01:58 PM
I'm going to force feed you Oreo cheesecake for that!
Can I be a part of this "torture"?
Sure! But only if you read me a bedtime story first!
(I'm a tough negotiator, I know, but I do have a reputation to keep!)
This can easily be arranged. I enjoy reading. And my voice will lull you into sleep in no time! Then I can eat oreo cheesecake with a good book.
What would you like me to read?
are we still on topic? http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/bear_unsure.gif
BlakeMP
11-09-2007, 04:03 AM
didn't care for lolita.
loved good omens.
finished my re-read of battlefield earth. still loved it.
also read this incredibly boring and predictible james patterson book, black friday.
i hate when i run out of stuff to read and have to dig into the dan brown and james patterson books that my parents have sent me. :(
Ew. Friends don't make friends read Dan Brown.
That, at least, is a problem I don't have. Running out, I mean. I tend to buy books faster than I have time to read them. :arg:
gunslinger19
11-09-2007, 05:00 AM
Currently I am rereading the Harry Potter series. After that I plan on going back through The Dark Tower for the one hundred billionth millionth time.
fernandito
11-09-2007, 08:03 AM
You must be a fast reader. :)
Patrick
11-09-2007, 10:29 AM
...Ew. Friends don't make friends read Dan Brown.
...
:rofl:
sarajean
11-09-2007, 02:49 PM
...Ew. Friends don't make friends read Dan Brown.
...
:rofl:
he speaks true, though.
blake, howsabout you send some of those unread books my way?
;)
Patrick
11-09-2007, 03:26 PM
SJ, have you read any of Blake's books?
sarajean
11-09-2007, 03:35 PM
no, actually, i haven't. :(
i r teh lam0rz, i know.
Patrick
11-09-2007, 03:38 PM
SJ, PM me your address. Way back when, in support of our friend and author, I bought two copies of THE BEGINNER. I'll send you the unread copy. :)
alinda
11-09-2007, 04:12 PM
Reread
Patrick
11-09-2007, 04:48 PM
SJ, PM me your address. Way back when, in support of our friend and author, I bought two copies of THE BEGINNER. I'll send you the unread copy. :)It's on its way to you now. Unfortunately there's no mail delivery on Monday, so you should receive it on Tuesday. Enjoy.
I just got done with "Forever Odd", it was really good.
I'm loving Brother as well, about half way through that one.
Patrick
11-09-2007, 05:19 PM
I just got done with "Forever Odd", it was really good.
I'm loving Brother as well, about half way through that one.
:rock: I knew there was a reason I like you, Matt. :couple:
sarajean
11-09-2007, 05:28 PM
patrick, you're aces. i doubt if i'll have it on tuesday, since tomorrow we're putting in a change of address and it'll have to be forwarded, but still.
aces, man.
^_^
Patrick
11-09-2007, 05:36 PM
patrick, you're aces. i doubt if i'll have it on tuesday, since tomorrow we're putting in a change of address and it'll have to be forwarded, but still.
aces, man.
^_^
You're moving this weekend? Damn. Well, I'm sure you'll get it sooner or later, even though I didn't include your last name:
To:
Sarajean
Somewhere in the vicinity of Disneyland
California, USA
sarajean
11-09-2007, 05:47 PM
:lol:
i'm sure they'll know that it's for me.
Patrick
11-09-2007, 05:52 PM
Yeah, you're too important for a zip code anyway.
I did send it priority mail, that may help. Or not.
On topic: I'm still reading LOLITA - now well past half way. This dude's behavior has really gone downhill.
Daghain
11-10-2007, 11:43 AM
SJ, you'll really like Blake's books. Other People's Heroes was a crack up, and The Beginner hooked me right in the beginning - they're fun reads. :D
Darkthoughts
11-10-2007, 04:15 PM
My concordance finally arrived. I'll start on that tommorrow :D
BlakeMP
11-10-2007, 05:46 PM
You guys are awesome. :blush:
Currently reading The Awful Truths by Brian Thomsen. Funny book about correcting popular misconceptions (St. Patrick wasn't really Irish, Bob Kane didn't really create Batman by himself, Chuck Berry only had one #1 hit -- and it was My Ding-A-Ling, etc.) Interesting book.
Patrick
11-10-2007, 11:30 PM
Just spreading the BlakeMP love, Blake. :)
I'm really getting into Imajica, but everything will get put on hold tomorrow when Confessor, the final book in the Sword of Truth series gets released! I've been waiting for this all year.
:excited: :excited: :excited:
OchrisO
11-13-2007, 07:01 PM
Hope Leslie by Catharine Maria Sedgwick for class. I'll probably have to put off the last Sword of Truth book for a bit, both because of money concerns and so much homework. :\
sarajean
11-13-2007, 08:28 PM
re-reading sorcerer's stone again. this is my first re-read since reading book seven (couldn't find it before) and i'm trying to pick up on things i missed the last go-round.
Darkthoughts
11-14-2007, 05:36 AM
Ahem! Philosopher's Stone :P
sarajean
11-14-2007, 04:21 PM
look. if i had the fucking philosopher's stone version, i'd list it as such. :P i lost mine. :( now all i have is this crummy paperback, that has been revised for american english speakers AND has little stupid bits added in. like at the sorting, it talks about dean being a "tall Black boy." wtf is up with capitalizing it?
MonteGss
11-14-2007, 04:45 PM
I Am Legend
Richard Matheson
Brice
11-14-2007, 05:32 PM
look. if i had the fucking philosopher's stone version, i'd list it as such. :P i lost mine. :( now all i have is this crummy paperback, that has been revised for american english speakers AND has little stupid bits added in. like at the sorting, it talks about dean being a "tall Black boy." wtf is up with capitalizing it?
:o I knew the title was different. I didn't know they changed the text. :(
Now I need HP and the Philosopher's Stone.
JWskiman
11-14-2007, 05:46 PM
I'm a sicko... like Roland, I started on the wheel again. Just can't help myself... I hear the singing......
Daghain
11-14-2007, 06:55 PM
I Am Legend
Richard Matheson
Ooh, let me know how that one is. I almost picked it up the other day.
Other than than, I'm still reading Bag of Bones. I just picked up a copy of The Colorado Kid, so that's next!
sarajean
11-14-2007, 07:05 PM
:o I knew the title was different. I didn't know they changed the text. :(
Now I need HP and the Philosopher's Stone.
it's just little stuff, substituting americanized words for british ones for the most part. there are little things that were adjusted, though.
Brice
11-14-2007, 08:14 PM
I hate when books are changed though. :cry: I need the original.
Daghain, I am Legend is a great book. :D
Daghain
11-14-2007, 08:17 PM
Cool, I will put it on the list. :D
Patrick
11-15-2007, 12:56 AM
Finished LOLITA the other day. Excellent book although I had no pity whatsoever for ol' Humbert. Very well written, kudos to Nabokov.
Now reading THE ROAD by Cormac McCarthy based on a strong recommendation from Man from Westernesse (a.k.a. Brian).
I'm not far into the story but so far it feels like some sort of parallel other-world tale about twinners of Roland and Jake. On that basis alone I recommend it. :lol:
Darkthoughts
11-15-2007, 04:34 AM
I Am Legend is fantastic :thumbsup:
I'm rereading The Salmon of Doubt- Douglas Adams, and then I'm going to start on Heart Shaped Box - which I've said a few times...but this time I really am!! :D
Brice
11-15-2007, 04:41 AM
Heart Shaped Box is excellent. 20th Century Ghosts (his short story collection) is also. :D I haven't read Salmon Of Doubt, but love Douglas Adams. Is it good?
Darkthoughts
11-15-2007, 05:25 AM
It really is lovely actually, Brice. Basically he was writing a new Dirk Gently story and died before he completed it, but what he'd written so far makes up the latter half of the book. The first half is just allsorts of bits and bobs they found lurking in his hard drive - introductions to books he'd written, old newspaper columns etc.
To describe it better (and be self indulgent at the same time :P ) heres a review a wrote for it at another site years ago:
Douglas Adams
The Salmon of Doubt
If, after reading this book, you feel you'd like to settle down in a comfy chair, with something by Wodehouse and a cup of Earl Grey - then you've taken away with you some of the finer points of this collection.
If you feel perhaps you'd also like to listen to Bach, expand your Beatles collection, holiday in Australia, buy a Mac, help save the rhino, become an atheist, eat Japanese food, befriend large poodles and find a cure for hangovers - then you're really onto something.
If you'd like to do all these things whilst living in Santa Fe, New Mexico and reading everything Douglas Noel Adams ever wrote, in your spare time, then congratulations! You enjoyed The Salmon of Doubt as much as I did.
Brice
11-15-2007, 05:27 AM
Sounds great! I'll have to check it out. And I love your review. :D
fernandito
11-15-2007, 09:10 AM
Heart Shaped Box is excellent
Ruki told me about this book, she said the same thing. It's definitely on my To Read list for next year.
Brice
11-15-2007, 09:13 AM
You should move it up higher on the list my friend. :thumbsup:
I agree
I am listening to "Stationary Bike" Its a short story by SK, pretty good so far.
Chassit
11-15-2007, 11:58 AM
I'm currently between book. I am thinking of picking up Blaze, worth it?
I would say so. Its a very easy read but I really got close to Blaze during my time with him
fernandito
11-15-2007, 12:27 PM
You should move it up higher on the list my friend. :thumbsup:
Alright, I'll pick it up on December 31st and I'll start reading it at 11:59 p.m :rofl:
sarajean
11-15-2007, 02:39 PM
the Salmon of Doubt is something i read whenever i need a good laugh. i've read it 5 or 6 times over the last few years...it always makes me a bit sad, though.
fernandito
11-15-2007, 02:41 PM
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Brice
11-15-2007, 03:49 PM
You should move it up higher on the list my friend. :thumbsup:
Alright, I'll pick it up on December 31st and I'll start reading it at 11:59 p.m :rofl:
:rofl:
Spencer
11-15-2007, 04:52 PM
I'm reading The Memory of Running, by Ron McLarty. Reccommended to me by Avalonian a while back. I hope he's doing well.
I'm reading Confessor by Terry Goodkind and reading like crazy. :thumbsup: I'm trying to slow down and savor it though because it's the last book of the series. :(
Ruthful
11-15-2007, 09:31 PM
the Salmon of Doubt is something i read whenever i need a good laugh. i've read it 5 or 6 times over the last few years...it always makes me a bit sad, though.
I've had that book for close to a year now, but I still haven't gotten around to reading it, which is awful since I'm such a huge Douglas Adams fan.
sarajean
11-15-2007, 09:48 PM
the Salmon of Doubt is something i read whenever i need a good laugh. i've read it 5 or 6 times over the last few years...it always makes me a bit sad, though.
I've had that book for close to a year now, but I still haven't gotten around to reading it, which is awful since I'm such a huge Douglas Adams fan.
you really should. it will make you miss him like nothing else ever could.
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