April Fools and I am reading
Ive about 100 pages to go in The Crimson Labyrinth by Yusuke Kishi and Im enjoying it. At first i thought it would be a poor mans Battle Royale but its a lot different and stands on its own.
Whats everyone else reading?
knockemstiff, i need to finish it. iv'e had it for awhile, but i'm busy, after that
the book of mormon.
nothing is as perfect as you can imagine it.
Rainbow Stories, William Vollmann. Gritty, real life accounts of people he lived with and around on the west coast. Pimps, whores, crack dealers...the usual cast.
Also Roberto Bolano's excellent story collection Last Evenings on Earth.
the book of mormon.
I am reading that right now and don't really like it.
"The Warmth of Blood" 30 min Short Film
which one? cuz one i wonder why you don't and one is just funny
nothing is as perfect as you can imagine it.
Knockemstiff, I find all the short stories kinda boring. I will finish it though.
"The Warmth of Blood" 30 min Short Film
Been meaning to pick up some Vollmann for months it seems. Do tell how this is.
Knockemstiff, I find all the short stories kinda boring. I will finish it though.
The only story in there I even remotely liked was the self titled "knockemstiff" the rest were either boring or stupid.
Oh, and I'm reading The Bible. JK LOL APRILFOOLS!!1!
Tentacle rape manga. It's kind of like an incestuous soap opera. With tentacle rape.
about 100 pages into Microserfs by Coupland. Next up, the Book of Frank by someone (i can't remember).
“Those who argue that art and philosophy are proof of human worth neglect to mention that, in the scheme we have devised, artists and philosophers are powerless and largely without prestige. Art, music, and philosophy are merely poignant examples of what we might have been had not the priests and traders gotten hold of us.” - George Carlin
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh by Michael Chabon
The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop by Robert Coover
The Best New American Voices
Poems of Horace and Propertius
Now: Sirens of Titan- Kurt V
Next: Kafka On The Shore- Murakami
Then: The Drinker by Hans Fallada
Then, in whatever order:
Einsteins Dreams- Alan Lightman
How We Are Hungry- Dave Eggers
I´m in the middle of "Stone Junction" by Jim Dodge
Im starting a short novel called Julius Winsome by Gerard Donovan, this guy is going to be signing books in Galway later in the month so if its good I will be going along.
Neil Gaimans Fragile Things... usually I cant get into a collection of short stories. Ill read one or two and then put the whole anthology away but this one... this one shows promise. Im enjoying it a lot.
also reading A Blue Hand by Deborah Baker. Its about the Beats and their pilgrimage to India. Mostly it revolves around Alan Ginsbergs correspondences with everyone else... Bill Burroughs, Jack Kerouac, Hope Savage, Neal Cassady- and then the Bengali poets, the Beats of India, "the Bauls", and the search for purity of religion and poetry.
Ive also started my first audio book, William Burroughs The Naked Lunch, read by the author. I saw the movie and didnt really "get it" so I got the audio book when I saw it was read by Burroughs... I figured it would give me that insight, you know? I dont think Id like to listen to an audio book not read mby the author. Anyway. The Naked Lunch is good. Fucked up to the extreme. Still doesnt make much sense to me... I dont know what the actual story is. But its fun to listen to. Maybe Ill actually read the book once Im done.
Crime and Punishment
Just started the Kindly Ones, Jonathan Littell.
"What cha readin' fer??"
family and other accidents-by shari goldhagen
I'm going to pick up a copy of geek love tomorrow, and I'm also looking for a few Chuck P audio books.
This is one of my favorite books ever. Kinda hard to follow at times because of the names (why does everybody have to have first and last names that are 15 syllables...). But well worth the effort.
ooh.. let me know how this is. I read Kavalier and Clay a few years back and loved it.
I'm reading Revolutionary Road for classics book club. So far, so good.
"I thought I had mono once for an entire year. Turns out I was just really bored."
Wayne Campbell
painful in a good way and you'll feel good about yourself for having read it... I agree with pgoutis in that the names are a bitch but at least the names are different. I'm talking to you, Marquez and 100 Years of Solitude.
"I thought I had mono once for an entire year. Turns out I was just really bored."
Wayne Campbell
Im going to read a bit of Elephant by Raymond Carver, I love his stories but may want to savour them over time.
How is this? I picked it up recently, never read any of his stuff
I am reading Amnesia Moon by Jonathan Lethem
this book will save your life-by a.m. homes
cprv23 wrote:
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh by Michael ChabonHow is this? I picked it up recently, never read any of his stuff
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The Mysteries of Pittsburgh by Michael Chabonooh.. let me know how this is. I read Kavalier and Clay a few years back and loved it.
It's been good so far, I'm only about a 1/3 of the way through but I'm enjoying. It's more of a realistic novel than Kavalier and Clay or Yiddish Policeman's Union, both of which I loved. This is good too, but not as good as those others. Can't say for sure yet.
I'm finishing The Boy in the Striped Pajamas for school, and as far as school assigned books go, it's pretty damn good.
I'm going through Hemingway's short stories slowly, but surely. Just read the Killers, and I don't really know what to think of it. I'll have to let it soak in.
"My hopes lay shattered like a mirror on the floor
I see myself and I look really scattered
But I lived my broken dreams"
- Daniel Johnston
I'm still reading Bolano's 2666 which I've nearly finished and is, quite frankly, amazing. Comic-wise I'm reading Grant Morrison's The Filth which is a bit of a mind-fuck but quite enjoyable.
I'm still reading Bolano's 2666 which I've nearly finished and is, quite frankly, amazing. Comic-wise I'm reading Grant Morrison's The Filth which is a bit of a mind-fuck but quite enjoyable.
Is it a tough read I bought it but Im not sure if I should start it since Im crap with names and want to appreciate it. I have a copy of Savage detectives by him so maybe I should start that.
I'm still reading Bolano's 2666 which I've nearly finished and is, quite frankly, amazing. Comic-wise I'm reading Grant Morrison's The Filth which is a bit of a mind-fuck but quite enjoyable.
Is it a tough read I bought it but Im not sure if I should start it since Im crap with names and want to appreciate it. I have a copy of Savage detectives by him so maybe I should start that.
I decided to reread Fight Club since Ive only read it once more and I want to be able to discuss it with various Noobs with names like Tyler Durden90210FTWLOL.
I like it, I really like it and maybe afterwards I will watch the movie again.
Invisible Monsters-Mr.P. and as for what is next,I paid my fine at the library so the possibilities are endless.
I am fueled by filth and fury.
A friend gave me "q&a" last night - which has now been titled 'slumdog millionaire'. I haven't seen the movie and I've heard it's very different from the book. I can work my way through it slowly since she's already read it and doesn't need it back any time soon.
Good coffee is like drinking Rock and Roll.
Samuel Beckett's Trilogy
Summer of the Fall by Kevin Vachna
I went to high school with this guy, so he's a really young author.
Very similiar to some of Chuck's early stuff.
Worth a look, if anyone's interested.
Summer of the Fall by Kevin Vachna
I went to high school with this guy, so he's a really young author.
Found it on Amazon.
Very similiar to some of Chuck's early stuff.
Worth a look, if anyone's interested.
Finished Fight Club and really liked it. Its a lot darker than I remembered it.
I picked up this today and Im flying through it, The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch. I needed a break from fiction and this is welcome.
Next up for me is The Juggler by Sebastian Beaumaont, its his second book and I loved his debut novel.
the book of mormon.
I am reading that right now and don't really like it.
I loved Knockemstiff, didnt find it boring at all.
Reading Let the Right One In after enjoying the film. The book, unsurprisingly, is much more detailed. Really enjoying it.
"What cha readin' fer??"
Just finished The Meaning of It All by Richard Feynman and am now reading Illustrated Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking while taking a break from Che and On the Origin of Species.
Think for yourself. Question Authority.
Beautiful Children by Charles Bock. It has a blurb from A.M. Homes, one of my favorite writers.
halfway through dermaphoria, mixing it up with the complete sherlock holmes and clinical pharmacology manuals. good times!
Im about to start I am not a serial killer by Dan Wells, his first book and its supposed tobe good. It better be.
I just finished Amnesia Moon by Jonathan Lethem, and am now about to start his As She Climbed Across the Table... I'm all about the Lethem right now
DR. bloodmoney-P.K. Dick, I like it
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In two weeks the Galway Literature Festival is on and Tim Parks will be there, Im reading his latest one Cleaver.
Franny and Zooey for the Book Club
And
The Forest For The Trees by Betsy Lerner
I just finished Never Let Me Go. It was really good, but I found the style bland and hard to get over.
I'm thinking I might read some 217 Babel Street, it's a collection of stories by four different writers (I've only read the work of one - Jeff Noon). It's all online-
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The Complete Sherlock Holmes, vol. 1 by AC Doyle. Also, mixing in Jesus Son by Denis Johnson; as soon as that's through, I've Jar City by Arnaldur Indridason nearby, ready to go drop into the breech. I'm excited, as it's been slowly drifting upward through my reading pile. It's almost time! SQUEEEE!