It's March and I am reading

I actually bought that book because it sounded so good. I'll be reading it next, thanks for saying about it Pepper, it's right up my alley.

Twelve by Nick McDonell. Not too bad for a 17 year old. Bret Easton Ellis fans would probably enjoy this one.

Which one, A Thousand Splendid Suns or The Devil in the White City?

I'm almost done with A Thousand Splendid Suns. I've been cringing the whole time, it's terrifying.

Indeed it is.

I've got to where they're all super poor and I'm placing bets inside my head on who gets sold first.

Devil in the White City. I am a serial killer kind of person.

House of Psychotic Women: An Autobiographical Topography of Female Neurosis in Horror and Exploitation Films
by Kier-la Janisse

requesting an ILL in for this book today

I finished A Thousand Splendid Suns. I'm going to read a Japanese love story next to feel better - The Sound of the Waves by Yukio Mishima.

hey guys. if you're looking for books to read, i have a few dozen reviews up at The Nervous Breakdown:

http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/author/rthomas/

Just finished reading THE COST OF LIVING by Rob Roberge. Dark, sexy, sad story.
Up next, DONNYBROOK by Frank Bill.

I can't wait to get my hands on that one (The Cost of Living). Gina sent me a copy. It's also going to be a LitReactor Book Club selection.

yeah, took me a little while to get into the voice, but overall it was a really powerful experience. i think you'll dig it.

Donnybrook by Frank Bill. A little rough, but good, like his shorts collection. Before that it was Craig Wallwork's The Sound of Loneliness, which I liked a lot (and he's a friend) and Akashik's Kansas City Noir, which was mediocre.

funny, Gordon. i've read SEVERAL Akashic noir books now, and most have been mediocre at best. a real shame, as i WANT to love that series. i've passed on reviews for the last two because they were not very good, regardless of the names involved.

This one does have Daniel Woodrell (Winter's Bone), whose story was a standout. I was trying not to let my grumblings about having been passed over for inclusion myself (ha! Actually, I didn't even know about it) influence my perception of its quality. And even though they were all local writers, I thought the integration of our landmarks and locations was a bit heavy-handed throughout.

I hate that.

Gonna read Red-Dirt Marijuana and Other Tastes by Terry Southern next.

I started another classic thriller The Attic Murder

A Room With A View by E.M.Forster.

Soft by Rupert Thomson. This is the third of Thomson's books I've read. I've enjoyed them all. About half way through this one and it's shaping up to be my favorite of his so far.

I actually liked that one more than I like Ellis. I didn't love it, but then I pretty much can't stand Ellis.

Mhm.

Hello everyone i'm new to the forum. (And thus my first post)

Just finished reading Syrup by Max Barry last night, and starting tomorrow I'm gonna be reading Invisible Monsters for the first time.

Hi Mike Danger! Invisible Monsters is a good one, you'll enjoy it.
Go make a newbie thread! (If you have already, dismiss this.)

The Explorer - James Smythe
One of the new British authors that I think will make Brit-lit way more exciting. Plus, he is good to follow on Twitter. A real inspiration in how hard he works, he always makes me want to write more.

Syrup is a great book.

I'm kind of between books at the moment. I'm pretty sure I have a bunch of books that authors and publishers sent me waiting at my dad's house. So I'm kind of waiting on starting any new fiction until I can get there and pick them up.

I have been reading Hey, Whipple, Squeeze This by Luke Sullivan.

welcome, Danger. is that your first Palahniuk? it's a tricky book, i struggled the first time i read it. but do stick with it. maybe start with Fight Club, Survivor and/or Choke, they're easier to digest, i think. but IM is a great book.

Just got around to reading this thread. I was supposed to read Devil in the White City with my brother's girlfriend. But then they broke up. Now I'm back to Sherlock Holmes stories instead.

Thanks for the welcome guys
@wickercat

If I could show you a pic of the books I have at home...I have all Chuck's books from Fight Club to Rant. And a few other Misc. good books to read in between because I don't want to read them all in a row.

I already read Fight Club a few months ago (twice), then got curious and bought Survivor and Invisible Monsters. And with time I've slowly been getting them all in chronological order.

I finished Survivor about a week ago, and now I'm digging in to Invisible Monsters. Already up to Chapter 3. After i'm done I got Choke lined up.

Now i'm still really a "noob" in novel reading, I used to be a comic book reader, but lately it has felt a little stale and heavy on the ads and crossovers, so I opened up to new things.

So any novel suggestions outside of my comfort zone (Chuck, Easton Ellis, Vonnegut, S.King) is welcomed, like the person who recommended me Max Barry(Syrup).

Welcome MikeDanger! And congratulations on expanding your literary experiences! It always makes me happy when people desire and decide they want to expand their reading.

I do not have any suggestions right now as far as what you may enjoy novel wise, but I am sure others will chime in, plus just explore the whole book club section of the site and don't be afraid to join us in General Discussion for non book non Palahniuk banter.

Making a welcome thread is also fun, but not required. I never made on myself until three years after I was here as a joke.

you're on the right track for Chuck. everything up to Rant is good to great. BEE for sure read American Psycho. King, I love. My favorites are The Stand, It, The Long Walk, Dead Zone, and The Shining. but all of his old stuff is good.

Don't forget Phillip K. Dick! Epic author for sci-fi or just in general.

This is a really good place to start expanding your reading tastes. It helped me find loads and loads of good reading and now I hope that I've passed good reading on to other people maybe?

Max Barry's other books are really good too. Jennifer Government and Company are among my favorite books ever. He also has a new one coming out that sounds good - Lexicon.

And required Cult reading:
- You have to go out and get yourself a copy of Craig Clevenger's The Contortionist's Handbook.
- Will Christopher Baer's Poe trilogy - Kiss Me, Judas, Penny Dreadful, and Hell's Half Acre.

I'd also add the short story collection Jesus' Son by Denis Johnson to that list.

And probably one of the books I recommend the most is Apathy and Other Small Victories by Paul Neilan.

Also, check here: http://chuckpalahniuk.net/recommended
and here: http://chuckpalahniuk.net/recommended/authors/palahniukian

That'll all keep you busy for a while.

Oh also I can't stop recommending By the Time We Leave Here, We'll Be Friends by J. David Osborne.

I keep hearing about that one and I think I really want to read it at this point.

I love that book. His new book, Low Down Death Right Easy, is going to be LitReactor's Book Club pick next week.

Wow, thanks everyone really! After I finish up with my backlog of reading, i'm gonna do my best to hunt some of those down.

Book Recommendations: We Got 'Em.

Selected Poems 1908-1969 by Ezra Pound.

Trust (George V. Higgins)

Just received today

BASTARD!

I am. Really.

Feeling kinda smug about the whole thing.

I'm digging this.

Are those Cocoa's drawings on the cover?

Indeed they are.

Low Down Death Right Easy - J. David Osborne. Only a few pages in and loving it.

The Master of Go by Yasunari Kawabata.

The Boys from Brazil by Ira Levin.