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!!BOOK CLUB!!

??? <-- anyone know what the book is this month?

 

[Maklershed]

Reading Lucifer's Hammer

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Anyone know what the book club book is this month? Also, who decides what it is and where do I find this information?

 

[ItAintEasyBeinCheesy]

No book club this month im still getting through last months, this months been crazy hectic for me so havnt had chance to do anything. Recommendations if any one has any........... different genre maybe

As for where the book club and stuff. Its in the OP if you join goodreads and the GAF group there some stuff there, no discussion though lol. Need to try harder. Anyone can decide and choose as long as there is a majority i guess.

 

[LordPhoque]

Just finished Darkness take my hand by Denis Lehane, awesome. Starting Misery by Stephen King right now.

 

[British Monsoon]

Just finished Deathbird Stories by Harlan Ellison

Really enjoyed it for the most part, although I felt it was a bit unnecesary to include stories featured in other volumes.

Now i'm reading The Long Ships by Frans Bengtsson.

 

[ClosingADoor]

About 50 pages in, fine so far, but for some reason not as enjoyable as the previous parts.

 

[Xater]

Didn't have tha tmuch time for reading lately so I am still going trough The Fall of Hyperion. About 200 Pages left.

 

[Maklershed]

No book club this month. I'm still getting through last months, this months been crazy hectic for me so havnt had chance to do anything. Recommendations if any one has any........... different genre maybe

As for where the book club and stuff. Its in the OP if you join goodreads and the GAF group there some stuff there, no discussion though lol. Need to try harder. Anyone can decide and choose as long as there is a majority i guess.

Cool, thanks for the info. I just joined the group.

Now i'm reading The Long Ships by Frans Bengtsson.

<3

I wish I could erase it from my memory so I could read it again.

 

[Bowflex]

Still reading this, still blowing my mind with every page:

 

[Ninja Scooter]

the baseball season got me in the mood to re-read Moneyball

 

[Dresden]

Kraken is being dropped. I keep trying to read it now and then, but something is so wrong with his prose this time around. Mieville has never been the easiest--or the smoothest--writer around, but damn, everything is so goddamn obtuse and trying to get through some of the conversations is maddeningly dull. I love his books, but I'm dropping this one for now. It's a pity because as always you have some really cool shit he likes to drop on you, but for whatever reason it's just a pain to read.

 

[ilikeme]

Only 100 pages left. Great book.

Then I'll be reading Ursula K. Le Guin's The Dispossessed.

Looking forward to it as I loved loved loved The Left Hand of Darkness.

 

[SoulPlaya]

Richard Wright-Black Boy
Sean B Carrol-Endless Forms Most Beautiful

Will start "Paradise Lost" soon, as well.

 

[mello]

Really really good so far.

 

[SolKane]

the grammatical mistake in the mr. t comic bugs me every time.

 

[Kuraudo]

Kraken is being dropped. I keep trying to read it now and then, but something is so wrong with his prose this time around. Mieville has never been the easiest--or the smoothest--writer around, but damn, everything is so goddamn obtuse and trying to get through some of the conversations is maddeningly dull. I love his books, but I'm dropping this one for now. It's a pity because as always you have some really cool shit he likes to drop on you, but for whatever reason it's just a pain to read.

I love Miéville, but he's a really uneven writer. His imagination is incredible, but his pacing and wordflow are off in pretty much all his work.

 

[Cdammen]

I'm halfway through the Stephen King short story collection. They're good, but not that scary. Does anyone know if the Murakami book Kafka on the Shore is as otherworldly/wierd as The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle? I really liked the dreamy feel of that book.

(EDIT) Tried Goodreads, what a badly designed website. Really confusing to use.

Also want to add that I love pocketbooks and trade paperbacks (the regular-sized books with soft covers).

 

[Lorr]

Just started this and I'm really liking it so far.

Also about half way through On The Road.

 

[AnkitT]

Still reading through Anansi Boys. Probably will complete The Fountainhead after.

 

[Jex]

Superfreakonomics.

Fever Crumb.

Ray Bradbury Short Stories Collection Volume 1.

 

[BorkBork]

Only 100 pages left. Great book.

Then I'll be reading Ursula K. Le Guin's 'The Dispossessed'.

Looking forward to it as I loved loved loved 'The Left Hand of Darkness'.

The Dispossessed is much much better.

 

[GallonOMilk]

I'm reading Steve Martin's "Born Standing Up" right now. Great book, and a fairly quick read, but I can't help but notice that the book is good because of the interesting events that happened in his life, but not because of the writing. To be honest, the writing is not nearly as good or compelling as in some other autobiographies (ie. Craig Ferguson's) and comes off as a bit highfalutin at times.

 

[CajoleJuice]

the baseball season got me in the mood to re-read Moneyball

Someone needs to write "Saberball" about the Mariners. #6org

 

[Mifune]

After the completely glorious Cloud Atlas, I have returned to an old friend.

Only about 100 pages in, very little has actually happened, and it's still totally gripping.

Le Carre has a way of easing you into his story, painting the outer frame, doling out plot nuggets in the most leisurely way possible, and then sticking the knife between your shoulder blades when you get comfortable. He's meticulous, patient, and very very good.

If this were my first Le Carre I'd be wanting him to get on with it, but as a veteran I know this is how he works. He ratchets the tension little by little, so subtly that you don't even notice it, and builds to a climax of shocking power. Every damned time.

I haven't read anything of his post-Tailor of Panama but to me he is and forever will be the master.

 

[Leopold]

 

[DarkGiygas]

About 100pgs into this, and its sooooooo good.

 

[S. L.]

Does anyone know if the Murakami book Kafka on the Shore is as otherworldly/wierd as The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle? I really liked the dreamy feel of that book.

very much so and more fucked up.
Hard Boiled Wonderland is more ethereal and dreamlike (and also much better than Kafka on the Shore) It just flows much better.

 

[X26]

Started the lies of locke lamora, not too far in but enjoying it sofar

I'm halfway through the Stephen King short story collection. They're good, but not that scary. Does anyone know if the Murakami book Kafka on the Shore is as otherworldly/wierd as The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle? I really liked the dreamy feel of that book.

They're similar

 

[mjc]

About 150 pages in, just as fun as the first two books were. Now that I have a Nook I plan on blazing through the series.

 

[thomaser]

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace. Still. Will probably last me well into September. DAMN good book - just finished the epic Eschaton battle!

 

[Dresden]

About 150 pages in, just as fun as the first two books were. Now that I have a Nook I plan on blazing through the series.

Good job, bro.

Decided to start The Singularity is Near by Ray Kurzwell. Obviously an old book, but I've never read his stuff before.

 

[Salazar]

Don't eat or drink while you're reading this issue ! We have a feeling you're going to want to keep it forever as a COLLECTOR'S ITEM !

I think I like the hype as much as the actual story.

 

[Kildace]

Finished East of Eden - I love Steinbeck -, tore though the Forever War which was enjoyable and different from today's Sci-Fi, and now started the Lies of Locke Lamora. Quite into so far.

 

[bumbillbee]

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace. Still. Will probably last me well into September. DAMN good book - just finished the epic Eschaton battle!

That's one of the best parts of the book. Always has me in stitches.

 

[Afrodium]

I'm halfway through this and I am loving it. I was really intimidated by it before I stared, and didn't think I would make it to the end, but I'm finding it surprisingly readable and easy to follow. I will definitely be reading more Dostoevsky.

 

[Stat Flow]

With me about to be buying the new Kindle and starting to read books more often...I will be going through all of these threads. Shadow of the Wind looks interesting!

 

[SteveMeister]

Just finished Dan Sinmons' "Drood", which has inspired me to read some Dickens, and I'm now reading the latter author's unfinished last novel, "The Mystery of Edwin Drood". Picked it up from the public domain library on Kindle.

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

WHAAAAT??

Still no one got the new Rick Moody, The Four Fingers Of Death?

IT'S SO GOOD, MAN.

 

[FilthyLies]

Finished

A bit late on it, but it's one of those books ou have to read. Enjoyable, but Holden Caulfield is kind of a prick. Makes me depressed as hell that I can relate to him so much, if you want to know the truth.

About to start based on all the love in this thread

 

[Salazar]

LONG SHIPS

It's terrific. Even the priests are badass.

 

[newsguy]

 

[CruxisMana]

Finished the first 2 books in the space of a week and can't wait to get started on this one.

It's a shame knowing that this is the end of the 'trilogy' despite the fact that Larsson had further sequels planned before his death.

 

[Helmholtz]

Still reading a Clash of Kings, about half way now. Story has really picked up, can't wait to read more. Have to admit I'm interested in the Long Ships now, might have to pick it up sometime.

 

[Domo-Kun]

Thought I'd read up on the series before it hits AMC this fall. Great stuff so far, and it sounds like it only gets better.

The author's an interesting guy, and he has a lot of insight, but I'm only a third of the way through and it's dragging. Granted, it's a book about project management, so maybe I shouldn't be expecting a page turner.

 

[Narag]

Working on John Steakley's Armor as I feel compelled to finally get to my goodreads to-read list again.

 

[afternoon delight]

Invisible Man by Raph Ellison for the first time. It is worth every praise it receives.

 

[SephCast]

Got it recommended to me by a friend. It's pretty awesome so far, and I'm not all that into fantasy books.

 

[Tashi]

Still chugging through...

<3

 

[Like the hat?]

The Dark Tower 1 - The Gunslinger

 

[deadbeef]

This is a pretty fun book.



"In The Next 100 Years, Friedman undertakes the impossible (or improbable) challenge of forecasting world events through the 21st century. Starting with the premises that "conventional political analysis suffers from a profound failure of imagination" and "common sense will be wrong," Friedman maps what he sees as the likeliest developments of the future, some intuitive, some surprising: more (but less catastrophic) wars; Russia's re-emergence as an aggressive hegemonic power; China's diminished influence in international affairs due to traditional social and economic imbalances; and the dawn of an American "Golden Age" in the second half of the century. Friedman is well aware that much of what he predicts will be wrong--unforeseeable events are, of course, unforeseen--but through his interpretation of geopolitics, one gets the sense that Friedman's guess is better than most." --- from Amazon.com review.