I just started The Myth Hunters by Christopher Golden.
I just started The Myth Hunters by Christopher Golden.
Life is a garden...dig it!
Reading "The Stake" by Richard Laymon.
The Hobbit......yet again
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago. - Edgar Allan Poe
Bunch together a group of people deliberately chosen for strong religious feelings, and you have a practical guarantee of dark morbidities expressed in crime, perversion, and insanity. - H.P. Lovecraft
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The Hobbit......yet again
I love that book.
The Hobbit......yet again
I love that book.
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago. - Edgar Allan Poe
Bunch together a group of people deliberately chosen for strong religious feelings, and you have a practical guarantee of dark morbidities expressed in crime, perversion, and insanity. - H.P. Lovecraft
Currently halfway through "Saving Charlie" by Aury Wallington. It's part of the "Heroes" television series, dealing with Hiro.
Randomly received it during the holidays, and since I'm such a fan of the show, decided to read it...very not bad so far.
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.”
reading Just After Sunset. Meh.
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Currently reading McCarthy's The Road, and I am deeply enjoying it.The Road is still an amazingly great read though. One of the best Books by any author in recent years.
I've read No Country - pretty good too.
Also read the 'Border Trilogy' (Pretty Horses - The Crossing - Cities of the Plain) - reasonably good, though they dragged for me in parts and were good in others.
I must try some more of him one of these days.
Daghain - yes of course the quote thing can be very tedious at times. I honestly think he just uses it to deliberately seperate himself from other writers. He's good enough not to need it - but did 'Critics' maybe initially seperate him from the herd because of that quirky style? (You know what strange creatures critics can be sometimes...)
Maybe his " key is stuck on his keyboard.
Me too thanks to you, its grand to be sharing a 'book" with you. NO mehs about it!
The answer is within
all matter is energy, all energy is GOD
Yes, that's what bears love, too! Reading a book together is great. It might even make me feel better about what I'm reading... in fact, a whole lot better...
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 am currently reading "A World Without Us" by Weissman...very interesting look at what the world would be like if humans suddenly disappeared.
Buddy, you think you look strong? You’re wearing a cape.
Sorry, but if you can't be bothered to use proper punctuation when you're writing a BOOK, I can't be bothered to read it. I still think he's a moron.Currently reading McCarthy's The Road, and I am deeply enjoying it.The Road is still an amazingly great read though. One of the best Books by any author in recent years.
I've read No Country - pretty good too.
Also read the 'Border Trilogy' (Pretty Horses - The Crossing - Cities of the Plain) - reasonably good, though they dragged for me in parts and were good in others.
I must try some more of him one of these days.
Daghain - yes of course the quote thing can be very tedious at times. I honestly think he just uses it to deliberately seperate himself from other writers. He's good enough not to need it - but did 'Critics' maybe initially seperate him from the herd because of that quirky style? (You know what strange creatures critics can be sometimes...)
Book Meridian now has the distinction of being the ONLY book I have put down unfinished.
"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
*Blood Meridian?
I want to read that book as well, it's supposed to be a ridiculously bloody western.
LOL WTF was I doing. Yeah, Blood Meridian. The blood part is about all I can remember.
"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
bloody western ey?
what's it called again? *starts scribbling*
"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."
Finished up with "Saving Charlie"...meh.
Starting on my umpteen'th re-read of the Myst Trilogy...The Books of Atrus, Ti'ana, and D'ni...still waiting on those fourth and fifth books to come out.
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.”
Yeah, I've been keeping an eye on the local Bookshops fro Blood Meridian for a while now - but never see it.
I guess I'll have to find it on Amazon or something.
I'm still reading 'Brisingr' (the third Paolini 'Inheritance' Book)
Not bad, but the style (poor writing - poor editing ??) in places is annoying me a bit. Still worth a read though.
Just After Sunset.
I only have one more story to read, but I just can't motivate myself to do it. I don't know if I'm getting over Stephen King or if these just aren't up to his usual standard, but I'm not terribly impressed. The Cat From Hell was pretty good, but he did write it like 30 years ago, so....
I just finished The Time Traveller's Wife. Someone recommended it to me and I ended up liking it a lot more than I thought I was going to, it was surprisingly captivating to me.
I don't know if you're getting "over" King - I hope it's not the case because he is an outstanding writer - but this collection really is very disappointing. I can't remember being so bored since Lisey's Story - and I have to admit LS had at least something to speak for it, while JAS has nothing. I found two passable stories (Rest Stop and Mute), but passable isn't what you expect of King. The rest is absolutely excruciating.Just After Sunset.
I only have one more story to read, but I just can't motivate myself to do it. I don't know if I'm getting over Stephen King or if these just aren't up to his usual standard, but I'm not terribly impressed. The Cat From Hell was pretty good, but he did write it like 30 years ago, so....
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've felt that way with all the Paolini books. The story is very entertaining, (when he's not obviously ripping off other works), but the writing and editing are horrible. I'm incredibly pissed that the publishers couldn't get their shit together enough to find an editor that could make it a smooth read at least.
Yeah, I've been keeping an eye on the local Bookshops fro Blood Meridian for a while now - but never see it.
I guess I'll have to find it on Amazon or something.
I'm still reading 'Brisingr' (the third Paolini 'Inheritance' Book)
Not bad, but the style (poor writing - poor editing ??) in places is annoying me a bit. Still worth a read though.
Which is my other peeve with Cormac McCarthy, why couldn't Random House just tell him to eat shit? I don't think any primadonna now except maybe King has the unbridled respect from a publishing company to say "this is how i wrote it and this is how you're publishing it"
If I were the publisher I'd tell him to go whistle dixie. Why let these writers get away with this shit?
Honestly I've never read a Cormac McCarthy book. I've heard about him before, but not sure if it's worth plodding through.
"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."
I feel much the same way after finally reading No Country... last year. Was it worth it? Yes. The story itself was that good, I'll give it that. The reading is just a little more work than it needs to be. I suppose once you get around to reading one you can decide if you'd go through it again. Right now I wouldn't but I'm not far enough removed chronologically from that read so the style issues are still fresh in my mind.
i thought that was a wonderful book. i'm so glad you liked it. may i ask who recommended it to you? i'm always interested with that book if it was a male or female who recommended it. also, what's that as your av?
I finished Rose Madder yesterday. Awesome book. loved it.
now i read the bookclub book. assuming i can ever find it
I checked the library, and they have about sixty copies of Dandelion Wine (must be a popular book), but only one copy of "something wicked", and it's been overdue for a month.
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