2007 What you reading in January to start the new year?

I still need to finish John Irving's A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY and Paul Auster's BOOK OF IILLUSIONS. This has been going on for months now.. months! I haven't had any time to read since I've been working.

House of Mirth

My first book of the year is Clown Girl. I'm 100 pages in and diggin it.

I got Pamuk's "New Life". It's quite good so far.

DBC Pierre's Ludmila's Broken English.

I'm about 50 pages in and I've chuckled a few times. More fractured and less engaging than Vernon God Little so far, but still very good. The man is a simile-freak though. There must be 20 "like___________" per page.

I'm reading a book about a gay teenager that is clearly for gay teenagers so they feel better about themselves, something i used drugs for. its called geography club and i only read it at the gym.

I'm reading the back of cereal boxes.

I just finished Darkness at Noon (again).

[QUOTE=Mr. Brown;912085]I still need to finish John Irving's A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY and Paul Auster's BOOK OF IILLUSIONS. This has been going on for months now.. months! I haven't had any time to read since I've been working.[/QUOTE]

I hope you didn't start A Prayer For Owen Meany back when it was a book club book - because THAT would be unacceptable. After you're done though - I still urge you to post in the book club section about it! Let us all know what you think.

[QUOTE=PGoutis01;912463]I hope you didn't start A Prayer For Owen Meany back when it was a book club book - because THAT would be unacceptable. After you're done though - I still urge you to post in the book club section about it! Let us all know what you think.[/QUOTE]

I started during, what was it, Septermber or October I believe? Thing is, I've been so busy I haven't watched any films or read books for that matter much. I will get back on it though, it just cracks me the fuck up in places and makes me go all mush in others.

[QUOTE=Mr. Brown;912469]I started during, what was it, Septermber or October I believe? Thing is, I've been so busy I haven't watched any films or read books for that matter much. I will get back on it though, it just cracks me the fuck up in places and makes me go all mush in others.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, I remember loving most of the book. There were parts that were so funny and then parts that were so sad. It was written so well you can feel what the people are feeling. That was and is the only John Irving book I've read. The only thing I wish is - I wish it were just a little shorter. All his books are super long.

[QUOTE=PGoutis01;912473]Yeah, I remember loving most of the book. There were parts that were so funny and then parts that were so sad. It was written so well you can feel what the people are feeling. That was and is the only John Irving book I've read. The only thing I wish is - I wish it were just a little shorter. All his books are super long.[/QUOTE]

Being like sixty million pages, you really get to live with the characters and feel, not watch, but experience the seasons change (in the book I mean, not cause I took so long reading that my real world seasons changed), but it sometimes does feel rather long. Or maybe we're used to the standard 200, 300 pages for a novel?

i finished stephen clarke´s " a year in the merde " last night.
strictly for research for me but it had some funny moments indeed. i´ll hand it to ludwig now. he´ll hate it.

At home I'm reading the Derren Brown book 'Tricks of the Mind' (I love him)
and on the bus I'm reading 'Grey Souls' by Phillipe Claudel which I'm only a few chapters in but is fucking good so far.

my first book of the year was [U]Catching the Big Fish[/U] by David Lynch. pretty bizarre that a freak like him has been practicing transendental meditation for 33 years. it's a great (and quick) read for lynch fans or anyone interested in expanding their creativity.

Flannery O'Connor's collected stories

I am curently reading Norwegian Wood by Murakami which I got from my girlfriend for christmas... It`s my third Murakami, i`ve read a wild sheep chase and kafka on the shore, and it is enjoyable so far... quite capturing, really... Also reading a short story collection by Bukowski called The most beautiful woman in town and other stories... i LOVE IT, AS I DO WITH ALMOST ANYTHING BUKOWSKI PUT HIS HANDS ON... he is one of my favourite writers... can`t deny it....

[B]Blood Meridian[/B], by Cormac McCarthy

yeah... still looking to finish no country for old men... my first cormac mccarthy... been reading it to and fro for a while now... never read any of his previous works.. the dialogue is kind of, what should i say... unfamiliar.. but still kind of nice,though... also looking to finish perfume by Patrick Süskind (reading it in norwegian,though) and Nine Stories by Salinger... as well as a few books by norwegian authors that none here have heard about.....

Shouts:D

Im reading [I]A Simple Plan[I][/I][/I]by Scott smith, only regret is that I didnt start it earlier in the the weekend

[QUOTE=Johnny Roastbeef;913343]I am curently reading Norwegian Wood by Murakami which I got from my girlfriend for christmas... It`s my third Murakami, i`ve read a wild sheep chase and kafka on the shore, and it is enjoyable so far... quite capturing, really... Also reading a short story collection by Bukowski called The most beautiful woman in town and other stories... i LOVE IT, AS I DO WITH ALMOST ANYTHING BUKOWSKI PUT HIS HANDS ON... he is one of my favourite writers... can`t deny it....[/QUOTE]

go read The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle it is my fav of his, i've read that and kafka, and am reading norwegian wood

also reading the third odd thomas book by koontz, brother odd

[QUOTE=Barca Boy;913357]Im reading [I]A Simple Plan[I][/I][/I]by Scott smith, only regret is that I didnt start it earlier in the the weekend[/QUOTE]

I read that a couple of years ago. It is a sad story.

I am currently reading House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski.

Going to pick up Cormac McCarthy's THE ROAD
and finish up reading Alfred Bester's TENDER LOVING RAGE.

Still trudging through Gaddis' The Recognitions. It's slow going, but pretty enjoyable when I understand exactly what's going on. The guy who wrote the intro said just to plow through it the first time, don't worry if you don't know what the hell he's talking about with all of the references and foreign languages, so that's precisely what the hell I'm doing.

[QUOTE=Vendetta;912096]House of Mirth[/QUOTE]

Sorry for the double post, but crikey, how many times have you read that? I think it's about the 15th time I've seen you say you were reading House of Mirth.

"fight club" in english

it´s a little hard for me but it´s ok

[QUOTE=Rents;913394]Sorry for the double post, but crikey, how many times have you read that? I think it's about the 15th time I've seen you say you were reading House of Mirth.[/QUOTE]
I dunno. More than five, less than ten. Sometimes I just don't feel like reading anything new.

I'm going to finish off The presitge today then its either Henry Miller's Big Sur and the Oranges of Heironymous Bosch or Dostoevsky's The Idiot

What`s crackin!!
I`m ordering some books from amazon.com , right now... anyone got any recommendations as to which books I should order??

certainly none of the ones that have already been mentioned

[QUOTE=nathaniel parker;913605]certainly none of the ones that have already been mentioned[/QUOTE]
LMAO. It [i]is[/i] easy to find recommendations around here.
[QUOTE=Johnny Roastbeef;913600]What`s crackin!!
I`m ordering some books from amazon.com , right now... anyone got any recommendations as to which books I should order??[/QUOTE]

My first suggestion would be to go to Features at the top of the page and click on Palahniuk-esque Authors. After that just read the "Now Reading" threads. There's recommendations everywhere on this site man!

[QUOTE=wickerkat;913358]go read The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle it is my fav of his, i've read that and kafka, and am reading norwegian wood

also reading the third odd thomas book by koontz, brother odd[/QUOTE]

yeah I`ve got the wind-up bird chronicle in my pile as well... just need to finish norwegian wood first.... read a few pages, though, just to get a little taste and it seems really good !! Looking forward to it...

PS! I`m kind of new here as some might see... and yeah I`ve come to see that there are lots of recommendations around... haha... but yeah, I can handle the sarcasm! no problemo:biggthump goodie goodie... see y`all around...

Shouts, Johnny R.

So I just finished [COLOR=Blue]House[/COLOR] of Leaves last night. I'm not going to spoil anything because I know there are a couple people here still reading it, but I will say that not since I first started reading Chucky P. have I been totally bitch-slapped by a book. In a good way.

It definitely took me by surprise and it may have just weaseled its way into my top 10. I am looking forward to reading more of Danielewski's work. I am also convinced that everybody should have a "lewski" somewhere in their name. Like Bobbylewski or Stevenlewski. It just makes everything better.

[QUOTE=Rents;913394]Sorry for the double post, but crikey, how many times have you read that? I think it's about the 15th time I've seen you say you were reading House of Mirth.[/QUOTE]
This book always [I]always[/I] ends in the same way, no matter how much advice I throw at its protagonist.

Dumb bitch. You'd think she'd get the hint.

Just finished reading haunted and the story guts was not the one that turned my stomach,it was very funny i thought.
Exodus actually made me feel sick.
The book itself was very clever in parts..My hat goes off to chuck.thanks for a strange few days

[QUOTE=Brainfat;914435]So I just finished [COLOR=Blue]House[/COLOR] of Leaves last night. I'm not going to spoil anything because I know there are a couple people here still reading it, but I will say that not since I first started reading Chucky P. have I been totally bitch-slapped by a book. In a good way.

It definitely took me by surprise and it may have just weaseled its way into my top 10. I am looking forward to reading more of Danielewski's work. I am also convinced that everybody should have a "lewski" somewhere in their name. Like Bobbylewski or Stevenlewski. It just makes everything better.[/QUOTE]
it's been a couple years now since i read it and that last page still comes back and haunts me every now and then

i'm finishing up 'fugitives & refugees' which i got for xmas, and i want to read 'heat' by
bill buford nest, but my boyfriend is not done yet--it's his book.

Holy shit, enough vodka and you'lll start posting anywhere. Half joking, but I haven't posted up in here in quite some time. Hopefully Vig Pup and Dennis still remember me!

As far as reading.......I bashed Tom Robbins to no end during most of 2006, but I just broke my 30 page hump of Still Life With Woodpecker (my third attempt in 365 days), and I love what I'm reading! I thought Robbins was a joke, but now I catch myself laughing outloud to his little quips and puns. Good shit. I'm not sure what I'll read after Woodpecker, but it probably best that I don't read anything and get my ass gear with writing my own shit. That aside.....it's time for Sarah's chicken parm and I'm not missing that for anyone.....

Later!
G

Now I'm reading Age of Innocence. It's different for me every time! The first time I read it is was a heartbreaking romance. The second it was a scathing satire. I won't know what it is this time until I'm done, but I've read a lot of critical writing on the text since I last read it and I have a newfound appreciation for May Welland. Poor lamb!

Point to Point Navigation by Gore Vidal, i just picked it up today, its part two of his memoir. he's my hero.

I'm re-reading Choke.
Not sure what to read next. I guess it will depend on my mood.

[QUOTE=Vendetta;916282]Now I'm reading Age of Innocence. It's different for me every time! The first time I read it is was a heartbreaking romance. The second it was a scathing satire. I won't know what it is this time until I'm done, but I've read a lot of critical writing on the text since I last read it and I have a newfound appreciation for May Welland. Poor lamb![/QUOTE]

I was really pleasantly suprised with Scorsese's adaption of the book. Granted I haven't read the book, but boy, was the film a thing of delicate beauty. It's amazing how the same things are still happening in the traditional culture back home in the motherland. (and here for that matter)

[URL=http://www.amazon.com/Covenant-Vampire-Diaries-Family-Dracul/dp/0440215439/sr=8-1/qid=1168866924/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-1915778-6571207?ie=UTF8&s=books]Covenant With the Vampire[/URL]
A while back I bought a whole box of books on ebay for $5 and this was in there.
It finally percolated it's way to the top of the pile....and it is surprisingly good.

re-reading All the Beautiful Sinners. Took a break from Pynchon's new one, I just haven't had the focus for that kind of stuff lately.

I'm reading "Fast Food Nation", totally making me not want to eat ground beef ever again.

[B]D[/B]arkly
[B]D[/B]reaming
[B]D[/B]exter

I like it. Not as good as I expected, but a solid read.

I'm going through these books in this order this month.

Stephen King - The Gunslinger
Les Claypool - South of the Pumphouse
John Fante - Wait Until Spring, Bandini
Cormac McCarthy - The Road

Hey,

This is my frist post here. Yeah!

I've been coming here for a while to see what was happening with Chuck. Now I'm glad to be a member.
Right now I'm reading .:
[B]The Ruins by Scott Smith[/B]..it's pretty good so far (130 pages into it).

After this I'll read.:
[B]The People's act of Love by James Meek,
The Road by Cormac McCarthy [/B]
or
[B]The Terror by Dan Simmons.[/B]

There's a lot more on my ''unread'' shelf

Later guys.

Currently read Ethics by Spinoza