It's back to school time! What are you reading this September?
I'm a bit further through it now and I'm a bit annoyed at all this self-referential crap. You'd have to be pretty dumb to find it funny. I know he's subtly mocking the book itself for being so similar to his previous books but it still doesn't make it good. I stand by my position - a bad idea is still a bad idea, and a cliche is still a cliche. It doesn't matter how post-modern it is. I think this is why I still don't appreciate Adaptation as much as many people do.
It's three years later and I stand by my position!
Anyway, this Semptember I'm mostly reading research papers and textbooks so when I feel like reading for pleasure I'll probably pick something fairly light that I've read before. Maybe a Coupland book!
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The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolano.
thanks for sharing.blackhawk tactical pants.
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"I could have done worse!" exultantly cried the murderer Lebret, sentenced at Rouen to hard labor for life. — Félix Fénéon
Opening old monthly "What are you reading" posts is annoying.
People don't want to sift thru all these books again, its bad enought you have to hear people talk about the same 5 authors all the time as it is.
I like it when Barca Boy opens it up every month. He's consistent and it works.
Perfume by Patrick Suskind, for the umpteenth time.
Then Pygmy followed by The Regulators by Stephen King.
[QUOTE=Rents;878570]Eegads! I smell an imposter! Get 'im, boys!
P.S. You don't HAVE to read To Kill a Mockingbird, you GET to read To Kill a Mockingbird. Soak that sucker in, it'll be one of the best reads you'll get in school.[/QUOTE]
I'm not an imposter I'm just a doppleganger. You know one of those nightmarish characters from a horror book. If you say Irvine Welsh five times in front of a mirror you might get whacked.