subzero9285
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What are you reading? (October 09)
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After reading The Zombie Survival Guide and American Gods in September, I'm halfway through:
Will read Norwegian Wood next, most likely. It will be my second Murakami book(after The Wind-Up Bird..) and I've got high expectations about it
Also got this on the backlog, but I'm trying to save it for christmas:
Will read Norwegian Wood next, most likely. It will be my second Murakami book(after The Wind-Up Bird..) and I've got high expectations about it
Also got this on the backlog, but I'm trying to save it for christmas:
British Monsoon
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Currently reading;
And I recently finished these;
And I recently finished these;
Night_Trekker
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Still reading Hard-Boiled Wonderland and The End of the World (very good so far).
I'll probably move on to All the Pretty Horses next.
I'll probably move on to All the Pretty Horses next.
About 50 pages from the end of this - it really picked up during the last 100 pages or so. I don't think I'll read the second book right away unless there is some crazy cliffhanger. I want to read something better / classic.
Cohsae said:
Transmetropolitan TP #1
first time reading this? you're in a for an awesome ride - i just finished TP #7 (of 11) and it's been incredible. one of the best comics ever written.
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im reading a game of thrones. fuck it's good. WHO IS THE BAD PEOPLE?! don't tell me, it's just great that you don't really know who are nice and who are rotten 200 pages in.
I've been in the dumps lately and want to read some inspirational stuff. Does anyone have any non-fiction recommendations that deal with someone overcoming great difficulties to succeed, such as, survivor stories. I prefer stories of physical triumphs but I wouldn't overlook social, emotional, or mental stories either.
gamergirly
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Skittleguy
Ring a Bell for me
Finished these two recently:
Chuck Palahniuk - Snuff (it was meh, I can barely get into his books)
Yevgeny Zamyatin - We (I liked it better than Brave New World, but not as much as 1984)
Working my way through this one:
Lionel Shriver - We Need to Talk About Kevin (liking the style so far, but a bit too early to make impressions)
Chuck Palahniuk - Snuff (it was meh, I can barely get into his books)
Yevgeny Zamyatin - We (I liked it better than Brave New World, but not as much as 1984)
Working my way through this one:
Lionel Shriver - We Need to Talk About Kevin (liking the style so far, but a bit too early to make impressions)
movie_club
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Just finished that last week. I thought it was great but i had to power read it for a class and it was hard to follow at some points. I was also disappointed in how similar it was to 1984. I thought Orwell was being original....Skittleguy said:
Yevgeny Zamyatin - We (I liked it better than Brave New World, but not as much as 1984)
movie_club
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All for class...
Just finished:
I liked it alot but i thought the other book i read by Atwood, The blind Assassin, was soo much better. Looking forward to eventually checking out her newer dystopian novel Oryx and Crake
Starting:
Just finished:
I liked it alot but i thought the other book i read by Atwood, The blind Assassin, was soo much better. Looking forward to eventually checking out her newer dystopian novel Oryx and Crake
Starting:
I am reading Reeds and Mud by Vicente Blasco Ibanez. It's pretty good so far, let me give you a quote from the beginning of the book, where everyone in town is very poor and starving to death:
"Everybody knew what was wrong with "Cañamel. He had the sickness of the rich. One had only to observe his belly, his red face and his eyes, the latter smothered in layers of fat. We should have his worries! ...Without letting go of Neleta and moaning weakly, Cañamel placed one foot inside the boat. He grumbled in criticism of those who minimized the seriousness of his illness."
"Everybody knew what was wrong with "Cañamel. He had the sickness of the rich. One had only to observe his belly, his red face and his eyes, the latter smothered in layers of fat. We should have his worries! ...Without letting go of Neleta and moaning weakly, Cañamel placed one foot inside the boat. He grumbled in criticism of those who minimized the seriousness of his illness."
It was technically September, but after wrapping up The Road, I zippsed through Never Let Me Go pretty quickly:
I had mixed feelings about it. On the one hand, Ishiguro clearly had a very specific plan with this book, and he executed on it masterfully. It's amazing how layered the entire thing is, so that when you finally find out what's "going on" it's still like a bomb was dropped, even though you sort-of knew the whole time. Same as the characters themselves, I guess.
But all that masterwork being said, the novel is still largely about a group of catty girls at a boarding school. So... not really my thing. It was a nice change of pace from The Road and the fantasy trilogy I read before that, though.
Up next for Oct... I really don't know. I counted, and I have TWENTY TWO unread books on my bookshelf. And yet all the stuff I wanna read most I don't own (Lies of Locke Lamora, The Blade Itself, Dresden Files). I'll most likely be doing American Gods next:
I had mixed feelings about it. On the one hand, Ishiguro clearly had a very specific plan with this book, and he executed on it masterfully. It's amazing how layered the entire thing is, so that when you finally find out what's "going on" it's still like a bomb was dropped, even though you sort-of knew the whole time. Same as the characters themselves, I guess.
But all that masterwork being said, the novel is still largely about a group of catty girls at a boarding school. So... not really my thing. It was a nice change of pace from The Road and the fantasy trilogy I read before that, though.
Up next for Oct... I really don't know. I counted, and I have TWENTY TWO unread books on my bookshelf. And yet all the stuff I wanna read most I don't own (Lies of Locke Lamora, The Blade Itself, Dresden Files). I'll most likely be doing American Gods next:
Finished Cormac McCarthy's Border trilogy at last. The third book, "Cities of the Plain", was perhaps not as memorable as the first two, but still had several very intense moments. The dog chase, the knife fight... A truly great trilogy, that's for sure, and I will definitely read more McCarthy after this.
Now, "Emma" by Jane Austen - the fourth of seven books in my complete edition of her novels. Emma is her best main character so far. The others were way too perfect and virtuous.
After that, I'm going to start on the Illuminatus! trilogy... really looking forward to it! Few things beat a good conspiracy theory.
Now, "Emma" by Jane Austen - the fourth of seven books in my complete edition of her novels. Emma is her best main character so far. The others were way too perfect and virtuous.
After that, I'm going to start on the Illuminatus! trilogy... really looking forward to it! Few things beat a good conspiracy theory.
excelforward
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For any of you who haven't read American Gods yet and are going to be, I suggest you savor it. Read it slower than usual and take in the atmosphere the book has to offer. I re-read this last month and it was much better the second time (and I loved it the first time) because I took the time to read it slowly and get all the detail.
As for me, I'm starting on:
Not sure what I'm going to read next, but I'm LOVING Murakami thus far.
As for me, I'm starting on:
Not sure what I'm going to read next, but I'm LOVING Murakami thus far.
The Walking Dead Vol.10 "What We Become" (cover has spoilers.)
DMZ Vol.4 "Friendly Fire"
A Drifting Life (800+ pagessssssssssss!)
Northlanders Vol.1 "Sven The Returned"
Haven't really started the last three due to being so busy with school lately. I wish I had some time to read actual books because I just read about 50 pages of William Gibson's IDORU before school started ramping up.
DMZ Vol.4 "Friendly Fire"
A Drifting Life (800+ pagessssssssssss!)
Northlanders Vol.1 "Sven The Returned"
Haven't really started the last three due to being so busy with school lately. I wish I had some time to read actual books because I just read about 50 pages of William Gibson's IDORU before school started ramping up.
Christoff Yurievich
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Ha! I just finished that book this morning, and I got it on a complete whim from the library last Saturday. The book has a strong first 2/3 where things are thrown at you and it's left to you to figure it out and then in the last 1/3 everything starts getting spelled out a bit more. I was a little disappointed in that but the idea is so fresh (to me, at least) that I could overlook it. Wonderful book though.GDJustin said:Up next for Oct... I really don't know. I counted, and I have TWENTY TWO unread books on my bookshelf. And yet all the stuff I wanna read most I don't own (Lies of Locke Lamora, The Blade Itself, Dresden Files). I'll most likely be doing American Gods next:
Up next is, oddly enough, a Dresden book: White Knight
I need to read Neuromancer and Snow Crash again. I only just read them last year and they were both great. Matrix lite, sure, but then they both came first.
i need something to read after i'm done with the blade itself. no more fantasy, i've come to the realization that GRRM does it best and i don't have a tolerance for much more than that. i will go read Gene Wolfe later but for now i want a classic.
what should i read next:
The Brothers Karamazov
The Old Man and the Sea
East of Eden
Catch-22
or some other 'classic' that i MUST read?
what should i read next:
The Brothers Karamazov
The Old Man and the Sea
East of Eden
Catch-22
or some other 'classic' that i MUST read?
Was not a fan of one of his previous books titled "The Age of Missing Information", but this one is a great read. Does more stuff equate to more happiness? McKibben argues it does, up to a certain point, but we've passed that point in Western society. A very good non-fiction recommendation.
excelforward
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jon bones said:
The Stranger by Albert Camus, translated by Matthew Ward (unless you are fluent in French, of course).
blazinglord
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BlueTsunami
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Short stories from various authors based on During and Post Apocalyptic scenarios. I love the lead in message....
My lazy response...
100 pages in and about to start Part III of the book. I -still- don't know what the heck is going on, who the characters are, or anything. Frustrated and confused. I'll do some extra reading once I finish this, to help me understand the plot and themes. Right now, I just don't get it.
100 pages in and about to start Part III of the book. I -still- don't know what the heck is going on, who the characters are, or anything. Frustrated and confused. I'll do some extra reading once I finish this, to help me understand the plot and themes. Right now, I just don't get it.
Future PhaZe
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Read Game of Thrones a week or so ago in anticipation of the HBO series and I can't help but to read through the rest of the series twice. With Dragons not launching until probably this summer I may end up reading this series three times if I finish Feast before spring :lol.
I'm really intrigued about this one. I initially said that it starts off a bit slow and then is every bit as good as Thrones later but so far it's starting out really well for me. Love this series...its amazing.
You did the same mistake as IFireblend said:Will read Norwegian Wood next, most likely. It will be my second Murakami book(after The Wind-Up Bird..) and I've got high expectations about it
I read Wind-Up Bird first and it sets bar too high imo. Nothing wrong with Murakami's other books but I just think they don't even come close to wind-up bird. Murakam's new book and Kafka on the shore are the only books I haven't read from him.
'The Henry Root Letters' by Henry Root (in fact, William Donaldson). Terrific satire on Thatcher's Britain.
'Flight of the Renshai' by Mickey Zucker Reichert. New book in an excellent Norse fantasy series.
'Nor Shall My Sword' by F.R Leavis. Caustic essays on literature and culture.
'Paper Tigers' by Nicholas Coleridge. An old biographical/journalistic study of the major newspaper barons of the day (Maxwell, Murdoch, the Sulzbergers).
'Flight of the Renshai' by Mickey Zucker Reichert. New book in an excellent Norse fantasy series.
'Nor Shall My Sword' by F.R Leavis. Caustic essays on literature and culture.
'Paper Tigers' by Nicholas Coleridge. An old biographical/journalistic study of the major newspaper barons of the day (Maxwell, Murdoch, the Sulzbergers).
Cerebral Assassin
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jon bones said:
Catch-22, one of my favourite books(also the Malazan book of the Fallen is good fantasy with the advantage that Erikson will finish his series on time)
As for me I'm still working my way through David Foster Wallace's work, just finished A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again,:
Fernando's Autobiography:
& this was in September but as I didn't know that he had a new book out I thought I'd post it here:
Cool thriller/ detective story but if you haven't read any Winslow read Power of the Dog, its about Mexican drug-runners , DEA agents, the CIA & a kind of love story jammed in there too, highly recommended.
Naked Snake
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I've only been reading business books lately. I finished three books the last month and almost done with the fourth. The following two were the best:
World Wide Rave - for David Meerman Scott
One of the best business books I've read. I can't recommend it enough for anyone who's interested in online marketing. This book gave me the confidence to quit the corporate world and pursue my own thing.
The New Rules of Marketing & PR - also by David Meerman Scott
Another great book on online marketing by the same author. I didn't like it as much as World Wide Rave, if only because he repeats the same advice over and over in different chapters which got annoying. Still a great book and highly recommended if you're running any kind of business or organization.
David, if you're reading this (which I suspect you might), then please accept my heartfelt gratitude for all the knowledge and advice I got from your books. You rule!
World Wide Rave - for David Meerman Scott
One of the best business books I've read. I can't recommend it enough for anyone who's interested in online marketing. This book gave me the confidence to quit the corporate world and pursue my own thing.
The New Rules of Marketing & PR - also by David Meerman Scott
Another great book on online marketing by the same author. I didn't like it as much as World Wide Rave, if only because he repeats the same advice over and over in different chapters which got annoying. Still a great book and highly recommended if you're running any kind of business or organization.
David, if you're reading this (which I suspect you might), then please accept my heartfelt gratitude for all the knowledge and advice I got from your books. You rule!