Happy New Year and I am reading...
The Splendor of Portugal by Antonio Lobo Antunes.
Today a friend loaned me a bunch of the Dresden Files books, so I couldn't really justify buying the next one for my kindle. So instead I borrowed a book from the kindle library, 50 Shades of Alice in Wonderland. It's a parody. It was a quick read, but I really should have gone with Water for Elephants.
But my new Kindle is awesome!
"I'm glad I live in the GPS era. In a different century, I would've set off to visit the other side of the village and wandered off into the mountains and been eaten by a carnivorous plant. Or discovered the Americas."
-LaJessica
I've heard of that on NPR. Isn't it like an alternate universe of post WWI France or something?
Are you thinking of this:
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec
http://www.amazon.com/The-Extraordinary-Adventures-Ad%C3%A8le-Blanc-Sec/...
Lizard, you should try The Dark Tower series. The first book is kinda zzzzz but 2 - 4 kick ass. Wizard and Glass is SO SO SO GOOD. The last three are alright (plus, there's The Wind Through the Keyhole that came out last year that's also part of it all).
Alright, you've convinced me. Book one purchased.
I think I'm gonna read those later this year.
This is why we can't have nice things.
I don't want to go back to a regular book from the Kindle, so I'm not reading A Christmas Carol.
"I'm glad I live in the GPS era. In a different century, I would've set off to visit the other side of the village and wandered off into the mountains and been eaten by a carnivorous plant. Or discovered the Americas."
-LaJessica
I finished Miss which was excellent. Pete, I think you would really enjoy it.
Also making more progress in Middlesex finally. I really love the book, I don't know why it's taking me soo long to read it. I guess I'm savoring it. I can tell I'm gonna be sad once I get to the end of it.
I've heard of that on NPR. Isn't it like an alternate universe of post WWI France or something?
Are you thinking of this:
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec
http://www.amazon.com/The-Extraordinary-Adventures-Ad%C3%A8le-Blanc-Sec/dp/1606993828/ref=pd_sim_sbs_b_2
That's the one.
I like Adèle Blanc-Sec a lot, Paris around 1900 was visually very inspiring.
There is also a film based on her adventures (don't know if it's any good, but the trailer has a quick boobie shot):
The Earth and Sky of Jacques Dorme by Andrei Makine.
There is also a film based on her adventures (don't know if it's any good, but the trailer has a quick boobie shot):
Holy crap that looks awesome.
This is why we can't have nice things.
Last night I started the unabridged version of Les Miserables. I read for a few hours last night and a couple this morning and I was STILL reading about the bishop. My Kindle tells me that I have another 55 hours of reading. I'm just not sure I can do it. Okay, I can do it, but I'm not sure I want to do it. I read the abridged version and loved it, I didn't realize it was abridged at the time. Maybe I should just leave it at that? I don't know. I keep finding myself speed reading, which I hate doing, just to get through all this crap about the bishop.
So, I put that down for the time being and started Journey to the Center of the Earth.
"I'm glad I live in the GPS era. In a different century, I would've set off to visit the other side of the village and wandered off into the mountains and been eaten by a carnivorous plant. Or discovered the Americas."
-LaJessica
It is a long read, but it's really beautiful. All the characters have something to do with something - which I'm sure you know. I loved it, even though it took me a month to finish.
A lot of the stuff about the bishop is beautiful, but a lot of it is very tiresome. It may just be something I read in pieces over time.
"I'm glad I live in the GPS era. In a different century, I would've set off to visit the other side of the village and wandered off into the mountains and been eaten by a carnivorous plant. Or discovered the Americas."
-LaJessica
At some point I put down Journey to the Center of the Earth and picked up the fourth book of The Dresden Files. Then UPS came with the last volume of The Walking Dead, so I read that. I'm not sure which book I will continue reading when I go to bed. I may give Les Mis another go. I'm not sure.
"I'm glad I live in the GPS era. In a different century, I would've set off to visit the other side of the village and wandered off into the mountains and been eaten by a carnivorous plant. Or discovered the Americas."
-LaJessica
I'm reading Rabbit, Run by John Updike but struggling to get into it.
Whaaaaaat? I loved all four of Updike's Rabbit books.
Whaaaaaat? I loved all four of Updike's Rabbit books.
It's okay. It's just not doing it for me at this early stage. We'll see though.
Finished Slapstick and began A Man Without a Country today, both by Kurt Vonnegut.
I started The Passion According to G.H. by Clarice Lispector. She's a big must-read for me, so I'm glad I found one of her books.
I'm reading Trainspotting by irvine Welsh. Playing around with Kindle's text-to-speech is pretty funny.
I'm sort of just rereading The Great Gatsby for the film, at the moment. Gonna read Speaker for the Dead right after.
Si vis pacem, para bellum
I was thinking of doing that with Gatsby too.
I fucking hate Irvine Welsh.
I was waiting for this one!
I'm reading Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami and obviously like it so far.
I commented your goodreads, but I'll comment here too. I think that might be my favorite Murakami of all the ones I've read.
So far, mine is Norwegian Wood.
The Dark Tower 1: the Gunslinger by Stephen King.
The Recognitions by William Gaddis. I have the highest expectations possible for this book.
And Pete, Hard-boiled Wonderland... is now my second favourite Murakami. So..full.
Anybody here a "Librarian" for goodreads?
I added a book and didn't know how to post a cover shot until after I was done. Can't change it now unless I have "Librarian" status. I applied for that, but they haven't gotten back to me yet. Also - there's a typo in the 2nd word of the description. This is really bothering me!
Yes you can. I did that a few times and I'm not a Librarian. Tuffy is, if I remember correctly.
I can't go back and edit it. I've tried. And my research says I need to be a "Librarian."
Unless there's a way I'm not seeing. If you figure it out, let me know.
I don't remember, but it was a tiny button/link somewhere around the title. "Edit cover", I guess.
I started reading Eddy's book Ash Cinema. So far I'm really enjoying his writing style.
I've had that for a very long time but keep not doing. I'm gonna now later!
I've had that for a very long time but keep not doing. I'm gonna now later!
Liar! Quit sneaking your mom's vodka and read ydde already.
The Sound of Loneliness by Craig Wallwork. It's a bit too much like John Fante.
Finished Journey to the Center of the Earth, finally. It was meh. I haven't been reading that well lately with everything that has been going on. Last night I read a few pages of The Fault in Our Stars.
"I'm glad I live in the GPS era. In a different century, I would've set off to visit the other side of the village and wandered off into the mountains and been eaten by a carnivorous plant. Or discovered the Americas."
-LaJessica
I'm reading it too. I can't stop comparing it to John Fante too.
I haven't read Ask the Dust. The Sound of Loneliness is on my to-read list, whenever I get it.
The Recognitions is awesome so far, I've read about a quarter of it. And I LOVE that he uses the "Romanian" way of marking dialogue. With long dashes instead of inverted commas.
I just finished Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together. (Which is Volume 4) I never asked for these books but my friends wanted me to read them since I like the movie so much. They're pretty good. Spoiler warning: By the end of the volume, Scott gets his shit together.
Started The Last Temptation of Christ by Nikos Kazantzakis. Almost halfway through with The Recognitions, which is fabulous and I'm taking slow.
Everyone needs to read The Fault in Our Stars.. It's been a while since there was a book that everyone around here read and raved about and I feel like this could be one of those books.
Last night I started A Tale of Two Cities.
"I'm glad I live in the GPS era. In a different century, I would've set off to visit the other side of the village and wandered off into the mountains and been eaten by a carnivorous plant. Or discovered the Americas."
-LaJessica
I loved that one. And by the sound of it, I would probably like The Fault in Our Stars. Whenever I find it, I'll read it.
One of my favorites.
This is why we can't have nice things.
You're one of the people I'm most sure will like it.
"I'm glad I live in the GPS era. In a different century, I would've set off to visit the other side of the village and wandered off into the mountains and been eaten by a carnivorous plant. Or discovered the Americas."
-LaJessica
So.. yeah, I'm gonna read that very soon. Or at least maybe after I finish The Recognitions. I ordered The Book of Tea by Okakura Kakuzo, it was at half-price AND it came with a tea sample from a fancy tea house in Bucharest whose teas I've never tried, so I couldn't resist it. Might read that one first, since I'm on sort of a spring break and have all the time for beautiful tea-ridden literature afternoons.
The premise sounds a bit like that of the movie Restless, which I loved, so yeah.
From IMDb: "The story of a terminally ill teenage girl who falls for a boy who likes to attend funerals and their encounters with the ghost of a Japanese kamikaze pilot from WWII. "
Oh and I started reading the comic Miss. I really love this one and I'm almost finished with it too.