It's a hot August night and I'm reading...
Tempest Rising by Nicole Peeler.
"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
Let us know how that is. I'm trying to get into his non-Marvel stuff.
Just finished Torso today. You should definitely check it out if Pete hasn't forced you to read it yet.
Let us know how that is. I'm trying to get into his non-Marvel stuff.
Just finished Torso today. You should definitely check it out if Pete hasn't forced you to read it yet.
Will do. Need to cut down my book queue first.
I can't get into Sinister Miniatures. I haven't touched it in 2 days...
So should I skip it and come back to it another time?
If so, I can't decide what to start next:
- Rust and Bone by Craig Davidson
- Men, Women, & Children by Chad Kultgen
- A Fighters Heart by Sam Sheridan
or - Warmed and Bound by everybody I know! (I just kind of want to read this closer to discussion time though)
So should I skip it and come back to it another time?
If so, I can't decide what to start next:
- Rust and Bone by Craig Davidson
- Men, Women, & Children by Chad Kultgen
- A Fighters Heart by Sam Sheridan
or - Warmed and Bound by everybody I know! (I just kind of want to read this closer to discussion time though)
I suggest Rust and Bone, some seriously terrific stories.
Currently reading The Devil All The Time by Donald Ray Pollock.
So should I skip it and come back to it another time?
If so, I can't decide what to start next:
- Rust and Bone by Craig Davidson
- Men, Women, & Children by Chad Kultgen
- A Fighters Heart by Sam Sheridan
or - Warmed and Bound by everybody I know! (I just kind of want to read this closer to discussion time though)
I'd skip it altogether - there's only a handful of decent stories in there - or maybe just read the stories that people said were good in the book club thread.
Reading The Hand Of Fatima by Ildefonso Falcones.
I've been reading The Odyssey again; I last read it years ago and in a different language, so it's like discovering it for the first time. What a dude that Homer guy was.
thanks for sharing.blackhawk tactical pants.
— Spambot
"I could have done worse!" exultantly cried the murderer Lebret, sentenced at Rouen to hard labor for life. — Félix Fénéon
Eye of the Tempest by Nicole Peeler
These books are silly, but I'm enjoying them anyway. I had all day off yesterday and I read the second and third ones.
"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
Going to the seaside for a few days, so I'll take Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen and The Blind Owl by Sadegh Hedayat for when I'm on the beach and can't take the Kindle (because people steal), and plan on reading Dermaphoria when I'm inside and can bask in the darkness.
I'm saving The Iliad for our cruise around the Greek islands in september.
Today : The Feng Shui Detective (Nury Vittachi).
Very funny and clever.
I'm saving The Iliad for our cruise around the Greek islands in september.
Today : The Feng Shui Detective (Nury Vittachi).
Very funny and clever.
I never read The Iliad. It's one of those texts where you kind of feel like you know most of it even when you haven't read it. Which is silly. I plan on reading it to fill the gap it represents.
thanks for sharing.blackhawk tactical pants.
— Spambot
"I could have done worse!" exultantly cried the murderer Lebret, sentenced at Rouen to hard labor for life. — Félix Fénéon
I'm saving The Iliad for our cruise around the Greek islands in september.
Today : The Feng Shui Detective (Nury Vittachi).
Very funny and clever.
I never read The Iliad. It's one of those texts where you kind of feel like you know most of it even when you haven't read it. Which is silly. I plan on reading it to fill the gap it represents.
I read that in 8th grade, I barely remember it. All I remember is this huge list of characters that were in the book. I'm curious to reread it since it's not because I have to read it just to make my book report quota.
Ring by Koji Suzuki
I'm saving The Iliad for our cruise around the Greek islands in september.
Today : The Feng Shui Detective (Nury Vittachi).
Very funny and clever.
I never read The Iliad. It's one of those texts where you kind of feel like you know most of it even when you haven't read it. Which is silly. I plan on reading it to fill the gap it represents.
I've been trying to find a copy of The Iliad for a few years now (I book shop almost exclusively at secondhand book stores unless there is a specific book I can only get at a new book store) and I can't find one anywhere. Find a copy of The Odyssey every few months, but never The Iliad.
I'm saving The Iliad for our cruise around the Greek islands in september.
Today : The Feng Shui Detective (Nury Vittachi).
Very funny and clever.
I never read The Iliad. It's one of those texts where you kind of feel like you know most of it even when you haven't read it. Which is silly. I plan on reading it to fill the gap it represents.
I've been trying to find a copy of The Iliad for a few years now (I book shop almost exclusively at secondhand book stores unless there is a specific book I can only get at a new book store) and I can't find one anywhere. Find a copy of The Odyssey every few months, but never The Iliad.
Really? I'll send you the next copy I come accross. Give me a couple of months.
"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 I went to the library today to drop off the books I never ended up finishing. I picked up 4 new books and somehow between all the cleaning I had to get done today I finished one of the books I picked up. It's called I Have The Right To Destroy Myself by Young-Ha Kim. The writing is a little rough around the edges but I really enjoyed the storyline/concept. The author also describes a lot of art pieces which I enjoyed, of course.
Oh and I started reading Animal Farm by Orwell
I started Already Dead by Charlie Huston last night too.
I'm saving The Iliad for our cruise around the Greek islands in september.
Today : The Feng Shui Detective (Nury Vittachi).
Very funny and clever.
I never read The Iliad. It's one of those texts where you kind of feel like you know most of it even when you haven't read it. Which is silly. I plan on reading it to fill the gap it represents.
I've been trying to find a copy of The Iliad for a few years now (I book shop almost exclusively at secondhand book stores unless there is a specific book I can only get at a new book store) and I can't find one anywhere. Find a copy of The Odyssey every few months, but never The Iliad.
Really? I'll send you the next copy I come accross. Give me a couple of months.
That'd be awesome. 
lmao. You sure dove in! You became somebody that went from reading no books a month, to somebody reading a book in a day. Good job!
Well I was busy with school and having a life. Now that I ride the bus and it's summer, I have all the time in the world to read leisurely. It's kind of awesome. Pretty sure I'll finish Animal Farm tonight. I didn't realize how short it was because the copy I picked up has extra "Related Readings". I want to hurry up and finish these two so I can move onto A Clockwork Orange.
You've created a monster Pete!
I'm about halfway through Order of the Phoenix. There is all kids of stuff I forgot about. Going back to that argument about whether the books are worth reading if you have already seen the movies.. they definitly are. There is so much going on inside Harry's head, so many emotions, I'd say at least a third of the story at this point is how he feels, and that just does not translate in the films. The films are everything that happens the story, in written form, has so much more in terms of anguish over everything that is happening.
Agreed, it is worth reading a book regardless of wether you've seen the movie or not. I reread Alan Moore's 'Watchmen' just recently, the graphic novel and the movie are worlds apart. The film lacks everything that the comic is considered a masterpiece for, it was all style and no substance, which is generally the case with movie adaptions.
Reading Lois Lowry's 'Gathering Blue'. I like her work, it's simple young adult stuff really, but amusing all the same. The guilty pleasure kind of books.
Finished Warmed and Bound. Can't wait for the book club discussion.
Moving on to Lost at Sea by Bryan Lee O'Malley.
That movie was baaaad. I don't read Graphic Novels so I don't know if it's any better.
Finished Animal Farm and I started Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote today. Still reading Already Dead.
Read Water for Elephants, Dermaphoria and The Never Enders while I was away. I'll get back to my classics tomorrow.
I thought it was pretty alright but I would have liked it a lot more if I hadn't already read the comic (since I already knew everything before it happened). The comic was far superior to the movie but at least the movie was a hell of a lot better than 300 and Sucker Punch. I think the director is decent as long has he keeps his hands off the script. His remake of Dawn of the Dead was a lot better than I had expected it to be. But coming into the (dollar) theatre, I had no idea the screenplay was written by the guy who wrote the two Scooby-Doo movies, which ruled.
Lost at Sea was meh. Didn't care for it. Too emo.
Moving on to My Inner Bimbo by Sam Keith.
Half Blood Prince.
That movie was baaaad. I don't read Graphic Novels so I don't know if it's any better.
I despised the movie, i don't mind when they make horrible 'superhero' flicks like Batman or Spiderman. But Watchmen is regarded (and deservedly) by many as the greatest graphic novel ever written.
Was very impressed with Capote's 'In Cold Blood', so will also start reading Breakfast at Tiffany's today.
Breakfast at Tiffany's is great guys. Enjoy!
Finished it, Loved it. I was actually taken back a few times at how crude/crass Capote is with his writing but that's what made it so enjoyable for me.
Yeah it's a little dirtier than the movie.
Christopher Booker - The Seven Basic Plots
Frank Herbert - Dune
Gene Wolfe - There Are Doors
Well the movie kinda touches on things here and there but yeah the book is just raw. I love writing like that.
Winter of Artifice by Anais Nin.
Exit Ghost by Philip Roth
Ghostwritten by David Mitchell. The only Mitchell I haven't read.
Just finished My Inner Bimbo; it's quite the mindfuck of relationships, philosophy, and sex, but I guess that's the Sam Keith way.
Moving on to The Devil All the Time.
Help! A Bear is Eating Me!
Alecia - I have that sitting right here next to my computer. It just sounded great so I bought it on an impulse a while ago. Let me know what you think.
Will do, Pete...so far, so funny!
It seemed like it would be a similar "feel" as Rico Slade.
That's why I got it.
Just read Les Miserables by Victor Hugo. It was amazing. I couldn't put it down. I think it took me less than 24 hours to read.
Now I've started Tess of D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy. I love Hardy and I've heard this one is his best, so I'm sure I'll love 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
Now I've started Tess of D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy. I love Hardy and I've heard this one is his best, so I'm sure I'll love it.
Less than 24 hours to finish 1,194 pages? Bloody hell!!
Good luck with Tess, I thought she was awful.
Finished it, Loved it. I was actually taken back a few times at how crude/crass Capote is with his writing but that's what made it so enjoyable for me.
Also greatly enjoyed Breakfast at Tiffany's. Capote has been a wonderful surprise, between this and 'In Cold Blood' i'm blown away. I've never seen the film, though i'm quite keen to now.
Now I've started Tess of D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy. I love Hardy and I've heard this one is his best, so I'm sure I'll love it.
Less than 24 hours to finish 1,194 pages? Bloody hell!!
Good luck with Tess, I thought she was awful.
Yeah, good luck indeed. I hated Tess. I think it was actually the first book I ever hated, and I think I only ever hated three books in my life.
I am currently reading The House of the Dead by Dostoevsky.
"...human speech is like a cracked tin kettle, on which we hammer out tunes to make bears dance when we long to move the stars."
Did enjoy Cohelo's The Alchemist, but that whole 'follow your destiny', mysticism shit never spoke to me. Have tried getting into DH Lawerence's 'The White Peacock', but can't find the will to keep going with it. Going to reread Satre's 'Nausea' instead.