Crikey! It's June and I'm reading...

Why? Did you love it, I mean -I ask because I've seen the first one and didn't bother with the second because of it. But I mean if it's good, or an interesting new take on the series like I hoped his first one would be -I would probably want to see it. I don't much like horror movies in general, but I like the original Halloween and had hoped Rob Zombie would do something crazy with it.

I liked that it had a surreal timeless quality to it that made it seem like it was filmed both in the seventies and the present. Kind of like the four Grindhouse movies, but it seemed less artificial.

I finished The Orange Eats Creeps. That was... different. I did rather enjoy it but it was damn hard work.

Now I'm flitting between The Dark Side of the Sun by Terry Pratchett and Stories edited by Gaiman and Sarrantino. (the one with the Chuck P story in)

Will soon be taking a look at this as I'm a fan of Richard's writing and I have been meaning to check Nik Korpon out for a while now.

Pratchett is ridiculous fun.

It is true.

In related news, I've recently discovered that someone made movie versions (4 hour long movie versions) of Hogfather and The Color of Magic, and they're on netflix.

I'm very excited.

Oh yeah I love the guy's work. I have read everything he has published at least once.

My signed book of his is one of my treasures.

If you like Pratchett, do you also like Robert Rankin? I always recommend him to Pratchett fans as they have quite similar styles, though Rankin generally sets his stories in England rather than a fantasy world.

Edit - regarding those filmed versions - be warned, the only people I know that really liked those are not fans of his books.

I have heard the Pratchett/Rankin comparison before, but have yet to jump in. Should probably do that since the topic has come up more than twice now. Any recommendations?

I am rereading A Farewell to Arms starting tonight.

Hmmm from the top of my head Nostradamus Ate My Hamster, Waiting for Godalming, and The Greatest Show Off Earth, are amongst his best.

There are some mini-arcs between some of his books though. Repeating characters and the like. As long as you don't start with one that is a (kind of) sequel you should be fine.

I'd say The Greatest Show Off Earth would be a pretty good start.

Thanks. The Greatest Show Off Earth.

Hey, have you ever read The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster?
A religious satire by Bobby Henderson? Pretty damn funny.

Grindhouse, eh? I was talking about those movies in another thread a few weeks back. I heard there was a fake trailer between those movies with a guy fucking a turkey. Called Thanksgiving Day or Happy Thanksgiving or some shit. My friend Jose told me that, like years ago and I never knew if he was putting me on but I didn't care -couldn't stop laughing. It's funny either way.

I don't remember any turkey fucking, but it was a fake trailer that Eli Roth directed, which is the only thing that I've ever liked by him director-wise. I like him as an actor though.

I think it might have been before Planet Terror rather than between it and Death Proof. Maybe not.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZE7tyW8CYXs

The double-disc Grindhouse set they recently put out finally has all those trailers on it, this one included.

(sorry for the derail)

Turkey Fucking? Thanksgiving extravaganza.

Well jesus fuckin' Christ -that Trampoline Scene -ahahahahah. That's better than turkey fucking -thanks for the youtube! ahahaha That was crazy.

And yeah the discs came out individually at first and I didn't realize they were being released together or else I would've waited. I bought death proof and have never seen planet terror.

You made the right choice. Planet Terror is mostly terrible.

Madame Bovary by Flaubert.

Tobacco-Stained Mountain Goat

A Game of Thrones. Bandwagoneering.

Dude. Affliction? Really?

I used to take classes in MMA-style fighting if that redeems me any?

Now I'm reading Lean on Pete by Willy Vlautin. I feel like I can predict the ending, cause I heard it's heartbreaking, but it's an enjoyable read.

On a Chuck reading kick.

Burned through Fight Club today. Just started Invisible Monsters.

I promise not to think less of you if you end up stopping about halfway through the oeuvre.

I'm in the middle of Stephen Graham Jones's horror collection, The Ones That Got Away. Insanely good. If you haven't read him before, this would be an excellent introduction, this or his Bleed Into Me collection.

I'm starting The Prince of Tides tonight.

Reading Everyman by Philip Roth, I'm about halfway and liking it.

Now I'm reading Snuff by Chuck.

I went to library and wanted to borrow Slaughterhouse-Five but it was already borrowed by someone, so I took Perfume: The Story of a Murderer instead. That should do as quick read before Slaughterhouse-Five returns.

God, What a horrible book.

The Human Stain was excellent. I've just started Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami.

THAT is a great book.

xec8 wrote:

Goethe. Ausgezeichnet.

Now I'm reading Northline by Willy Vlautin

Still working my way through Stories by Gaiman and Sarrantino, there's been a few sparse gems so far but overall it's a bit slow. The Chuck story was a little underwhelming IMO.

Speaking of Chuck I decided to start rereading Lullaby because it's been ages since I first read that one.

Will start Tobacco-Stained Mountain Goat in the airport.

Finished Everyman by Philip Roth, which was alright. Started on Freedom by Jonathan Franzen, have read about 50 pages so far and I think this is gonna be a good one.

About half way through Satre's 'The Age of Reason'. Which is easily my most enjoyable read in some time... One of those books that are so easy to read because you like it so much, but you sort of don't want to chew through it too quickly for the same reason. Luckily it's the first part of a trilogy, yay for me.

Just started The Samaritan, which I'm really digging so far. My dads stealing my kindle for a week so I have to rush to read what I want off of it.

just picked up imperial bedrooms and the art of breaking glass

Finished The Prince of Tides. What a horribly depressing story, gawd!

That's one of the best books I've ever read. I don't know -I hope I'm not setting you up for disappointment, but the characters just did it for me on a reader level that I don't get to all that often. Hope you enjoy that book.

Only 20% in and enjoying it so far. Enjoying the friendship with the guy and can see how well it's written. Some of the metaphors and descriptions make me envious I didn't come up with them. Perhaps the whole stick ball thing is lost on me because it's such an American sport. However, I can't fault the writer for that as he is writing about what he knows. Excited to see how it progresses.

Yep.

I'm reading Dave Cullen's Columbine.

Great book!

Fo sho!

Excellent read. Staggering.