Not very far in but from what I have read it seems like I will really like it.
AWESOME book. Keeps getting better.
I have no idea how they're ever going to produce the movie without some massive reference cuts from it though.
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What are you reading? (December 2011)
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AWESOME book. Keeps getting better.
I have no idea how they're ever going to produce the movie without some massive reference cuts from it though.
Yeah, it definitely takes some adjusting. Luckily it hasn't detracted from my overall enjoyment of the book.
A dyslexic 15-year-old with ADD should probably be starting with simpler work than Abercrombie and Morgan. Still, if you're looking for something in that vein, try Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence.
Well, physically 17. And that looks really promising. I'll check it out.
I'm on a crime kick right now and reading Lawrence Block's Matthew Scudder novels in order. I'm four in and will probably take a break around the eighth and read 1Q84 before going back and reading the rest of them.
I don't like Scudder as much as I like one of Block's other characters, Keller, but I'm told the Scudder novels get better as they go, so maybe I will by the time I'm done.
A question: Where does one start with Lois Bujold McMaster? Regular posters in fiction threads know I'm a pretty serious science fiction reader, but I've never been able to figure out a good entry point for her, and keep not getting around to reading her. Help a nerd brother out?
I don't like Scudder as much as I like one of Block's other characters, Keller, but I'm told the Scudder novels get better as they go, so maybe I will by the time I'm done.
A question: Where does one start with Lois Bujold McMaster? Regular posters in fiction threads know I'm a pretty serious science fiction reader, but I've never been able to figure out a good entry point for her, and keep not getting around to reading her. Help a nerd brother out?
There was this post a while back. And I believe Cyan had a long post about it too, can't find it though.
Thank you. Also, I don't feel so bad about not knowing where to start now.
Man, everyone loves this book. I haven't enjoyed King's recent stuff, but I may have to read this soon.Finished reading 11.22.63.
Loved it. The pacing dragged a bit in the middle, but in the end I think it worked out to help sell the ending, which was actually pretty good for a King novel. Probably the best thing he's written in 15 years, maybe even 20.
Maklershed
Member
Bookmarked. The covers are terrible but I've always been interested in these books.
11.22.63.
Put me in this boat. Just started it a day ago. I have also jst finished
I feel like it got just a bit to far away from what I really enjoyed about the books. Dexter does still make me smile though ..
I can't remember if this was a late November book or early December but Horns by Joe Hill was excellent!
Freeza Under The Shower
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Guileless
Temp Banned for Remedial Purposes
Finished 11/22/63. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Stephen King can draw you in to any premise and make it seem totally natural and something you have to keep turning the pages for. The most interesting aspect of his style is how effortlessly he makes the everyday seem sinister. if you have been to Dealey Plaza and seen the Schhol Book Depository, it does seem wrong, just as King describes it in this book.
Just seems like an old building to me, but I drove past it daily for years.
DesertEater
Member
Just finished 1Q84 
So beautiful.
For the next book, I'm thinking either Blood Meridian or the Left Hand of Darkness.
So beautiful.
For the next book, I'm thinking either Blood Meridian or the Left Hand of Darkness.
Grinchy
Banned
I haven't read a book in a couple years (aside from textbooks or anything school related). A couple nights ago I realized I was in the mood for a novel. I looked at my old stack of books, and realized one of the ones I hadn't read yet was:
I have always liked Crichton, but I haven't read all his books. The last one I read was The Andromeda Strain, which I didn't actually care for. It was like a poor man's Sphere (which makes sense, considering it was written very early into his career).
This book is way different from the other Crichton books I have read. It's medical drama with some law thrown in. He uses medical terminology and annotates it so you know exactly what he's talking about when medical jargon is used. I'm a little over halfway through right now and I've really enjoyed it.
I have always liked Crichton, but I haven't read all his books. The last one I read was The Andromeda Strain, which I didn't actually care for. It was like a poor man's Sphere (which makes sense, considering it was written very early into his career).
This book is way different from the other Crichton books I have read. It's medical drama with some law thrown in. He uses medical terminology and annotates it so you know exactly what he's talking about when medical jargon is used. I'm a little over halfway through right now and I've really enjoyed it.
The former. Not because I have particular affection for it, but Left Hand of Darkness is a puddle of drool.
nakedsushi
Member
Finished this last night.
The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides
Thumbs down! Whiny college people and their overanalyzed feelings.
The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides
Thumbs down! Whiny college people and their overanalyzed feelings.
AndyAutomaton
Neo Member
Just finished Horns by Joe Hill now i'm starting Zone One by Colson Whitehead.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Also finished this recently. Fantastic. I totally bawled at the end. I'm such a fucking mark for his stuff.
well that's specific
Not very far in but from what I have read it seems like I will really like it.
Just finished the book and really liked it. This has been one of the few books that I couldn't stop reading. Now I need to decide what I want to start reading. With Christmas break coming up I may try to get through A Dance with Dragons.
Grinchy
Banned
What a shitty publishing job. Not only are there typos throughout the book (maybe they left them in on purpose) but after page 320, it repeats p.289-320 again, then it skips to 353, so 30 pages are missing. I am not happy about that. Just as things are unraveling, I find that I have to run to the library and borrow a better copy to finish it lol
sparky2112
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Just finished. #11, and I've managed to stretch my reading of the series over, what, 10 years now, maybe? It's gonna be a sad, sad day when I reach the end. O'Brian was an absolute genius.
awilliams213
Member
I'm reading some more Dresden Files. Turncoat.
Huh, NY Times makes a tremendous hire - but puts an end to a killer blog in the process.
http://thesecondpass.com/
Huh, NY Times makes a tremendous hire - but puts an end to a killer blog in the process.
http://thesecondpass.com/
The Road - Probably third best novel from the man himself. Dark, gritty post-apocalyptic story that feels believable. Prose is amazing and the story has certain flow that makes the story easy and interesting to follow, I read the book from start to end in one sit. Ending was huge disappointment tho and my only complaint.
beelzebozo
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TOUCHSTONE ANTHOLOGY OF CREATIVE NONFICTION
cannot recommend it enough.
cannot recommend it enough.
Freeza Under The Shower
Member
Nah, it was probably just not an interesting book or you didn't regurgitate it in your mind at the right time.
Summaries or notes really are the only way to remember a book in detail after a year or so. In the case of a generic novel, I would probably forget about in a matter of days. I don't read many novels though, so I'm just guessing it's the same with novels (particularly digital ones) as it is with movies and articles.
I even find myself wondering wtf I was watching after just one commercial block on tv. So if you're going senile, then I must already be.
Was not really wanting to read any of the new books I have laying around so I grabbed this one off the shelf to read again
Still just as good the 3rd time through. I am not religious at all, but the story still hits all the emotional beats it would for those Christians who are open minded enough to read a humorous and mostly fictional account of the life of Jesus.
Can't wait for his new book next year.
Still just as good the 3rd time through. I am not religious at all, but the story still hits all the emotional beats it would for those Christians who are open minded enough to read a humorous and mostly fictional account of the life of Jesus.
Can't wait for his new book next year.
This month I finished:
Great fantasy series and has made me a big Sanderson fan. I recommend it to all.
Loved it although the ending makes me shake my fist at Haruki Murakami.
Very weird book. Half Catcher in the Rye and half surrealist craziness, it was an entertaining and gripping read, even the moments when I didn't know what was happening.
Currently reading:
Sanderson marathon continues. The world is definitely more complicated than Mistborn's so the slower pace of the novel is pretty welcome as I absorb it all.
Thought the first book was pretty good. Heard the series turns bad in the middle somewhere but turns good again when Sanderson takes over. Knowing that i've decided to slog through it all.
I've never actually read Sherlock Holmes before but I enjoyed the BBC series and the Robert Downey Jr movie, so I decided to just read the books from the start now.
Great fantasy series and has made me a big Sanderson fan. I recommend it to all.
Loved it although the ending makes me shake my fist at Haruki Murakami.
Very weird book. Half Catcher in the Rye and half surrealist craziness, it was an entertaining and gripping read, even the moments when I didn't know what was happening.
Currently reading:
Sanderson marathon continues. The world is definitely more complicated than Mistborn's so the slower pace of the novel is pretty welcome as I absorb it all.
Thought the first book was pretty good. Heard the series turns bad in the middle somewhere but turns good again when Sanderson takes over. Knowing that i've decided to slog through it all.
I've never actually read Sherlock Holmes before but I enjoyed the BBC series and the Robert Downey Jr movie, so I decided to just read the books from the start now.
Thought the ending was the best part, myself. Don't remember much of the rest of the novel, but the end and the things that lead up to it still remain clear in my mind.
BertramCooper
Banned
Almost done with...
Will soon start...
I've read some really awful things about ADWD, but I'll soldier on nonetheless.
Will soon start...
I've read some really awful things about ADWD, but I'll soldier on nonetheless.
I've been falling off! I finished reading Doomsday Book by Connie Willis earlier this week. It was pretty good, particularly the segments taking place in the 1300s, but I wasn't as enamored by the present and the whole 'human nature is universal, now look as I pound this into your head' thing.
After that I read Goethe's The Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily. It was an interesting fairy tale, though after reading on Wikipedia and the essay that came with it, I hadn't really gotten the symbolism of the whole "river representing divide between outer life of senses and ideal aspirations of the human being" thing (though I suppose it's understandable given that it was written in response to something Friedrich Schiller had written with that idea in mind and I wasn't aware of the context).
And I've barely started Alexandre Dumas' The Women's War, which will be the second thing I've read by him (after The Count of Monte Cristo).
After that I read Goethe's The Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily. It was an interesting fairy tale, though after reading on Wikipedia and the essay that came with it, I hadn't really gotten the symbolism of the whole "river representing divide between outer life of senses and ideal aspirations of the human being" thing (though I suppose it's understandable given that it was written in response to something Friedrich Schiller had written with that idea in mind and I wasn't aware of the context).
And I've barely started Alexandre Dumas' The Women's War, which will be the second thing I've read by him (after The Count of Monte Cristo).
Read Blink from Malcolm Gladwell and it was a very quick read. A light topic on Thinking without thinking. You can read it in a day and the fun part was that you started thinking about your own decision making process a bit. After this I would like to read an actual scientific book about unconscious and conscious thinking.
Currently reading a study related book Spatial Augmented Reality from Oliver Bimber and Ramesh Raskar. A bit tough for me to read occasionally as my math skills suck ass. Still paints a fairly nice picture of different AR techniques while focusing on Spatial one while being understandable.
This thread was a nice find for me as I constantly fail at finding interesting books myself. Will subscribe.
Currently reading a study related book Spatial Augmented Reality from Oliver Bimber and Ramesh Raskar. A bit tough for me to read occasionally as my math skills suck ass. Still paints a fairly nice picture of different AR techniques while focusing on Spatial one while being understandable.
This thread was a nice find for me as I constantly fail at finding interesting books myself. Will subscribe.
Finished Book 1 and Book 2 of 1Q84 by Haruki murakami... eh I'm feeling kind of lukewarm on it, despite being a big fan of Murakami in general, it just felt like to much of a re-trend of his previous works, and it didn't feel as magical nor was it as funny as his previous works, and as a result I'm putting Book 3 on hold for now.
Now Reading - For Whom the Bell tolls by Ernest Hemingway - read around 76 pages so far, and I'm enjoying it immensely.
Now Reading - For Whom the Bell tolls by Ernest Hemingway - read around 76 pages so far, and I'm enjoying it immensely.
Murakami has nothing left to say, last decade was all downhill for him. Tengo and Aomame are such paper thin characters so it's really hard to become invested in them and it only makes it harder to become invested in their love story. I don't even understand why 1Q84 was so long, so many stupid twists, turns and gimmicks so Murakami could write another 100 pages of "thrilling suspense". Not his worst book but it's up in there.
DeathIsTheEnd
Member
I'm currently about half way through this:
It's the second book in a trilogy and I certainly like it more than the first book. Not sure if it's particular good though, but I do enjoy it at least.
It's the second book in a trilogy and I certainly like it more than the first book. Not sure if it's particular good though, but I do enjoy it at least.