I have a big stack now thanks to Christmas. Right now I have started:
Under the Dome
Aye, and Gomorrah by Samuel R. Delany
The Owl Service by Alan Garner (re-read)*
*I was excited to get a...
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I have a big stack now thanks to Christmas. Right now I have started:
Under the Dome
Aye, and Gomorrah by Samuel R. Delany
The Owl Service by Alan Garner (re-read)*
*I was excited to get a...
Breezing through Eyes of the Dragon and it feels like an empty story. Sure, Flagg is in it and there's stuff happening in All-World I guess...still very ho-hum. :/
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I will definitely track down the related suggestions you posted earlier, pathoftheturtle! This is just what was waiting for me on the 25...
I am now regretting assigning UTD to my "Christmas books" list (along with the new Psalms of Isaak book). :/
All the Pretty Horses is such a normal, romantic story compared to other books by him. It started way slow for me..put it away a couple times..but I ended up really enjoying it. Frank Muller reads...
No kidding, only having time for school books is tough! It's like a treat when you finally get to read what you want to read..
Right now I'm reading "On Writing." Figured it would be appropriate...
Have you gone on to read anything else by him? It took me a while, but I liked Narcissus and Goldmund, and Journey to the East when I got around to them.
Also try Alan Watts' lectures and essays...
Everything's Eventual. Well...more like "Little Sisters of Eluria" and then the rest of the stories.
It's making me homesick. Probably sounds weird but that's the closest to describing it.
Just finished Lamentation by Ken Scholes. It's one of the best new fantasy books I've read, but it's weird because immediately after finishing the Dark Tower I couldn't get through it...I had to...
Duma Key - this one is going fast. I've got the giant hardcover version so I've been hauling that around in my bag everywhere.
This sort of makes me want to read it!
I wouldn't start with Haunted...something like Survivor, Fight Club, or Lullaby for a Chuck P-Whatever intro may be better. I love Rant to pieces, dunno about it as an intro.
Now it's
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Went back to Insomnia shortly after I last posted...most of the way through now. It's fast reading but a slooooow build-up!
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.
Thinking about it reminds me of a graphic novel by Dan Clowes...
Infinite Jest is a book that made me feel a little sick sometimes, but I couldn't stop reading it.
Yes, I know the feeling. :(
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...