It's May, right? So watcha reading?
Another month, another attempt to clear the backlog of books by the bedside.
So I'm about to start Stephen King's [B]On Writing[/B], but I suspect that I'll dip in and out of that and get stuck into [B]Skinny Dip[/B] by Carl Hiassen for a bit of whip-cracking trash.
And your good self? What are you reading?
Richard E Grant's The Wah Wah Diaries
I think you have read one million books. Am I right?
EDIT: That was to Vendetta - but I'm sure you're a bit of a book breezer yourself Harri
Still notes for exam, and trying to start Irvine Welsh's "Porno".
Because there is nothing over the rainbow… - http://theunsunnyvalley.wordpress.com
J.T Leroy - The Heart Is blah blah blah which is enjoyable so far.
Dermaphoria arrived today so I guess it's that next maybe.
[B]I have so little time right now :([/B]
[QUOTE=Riddlegimp]I think you have read one million books. Am I right?[/QUOTE]
Who, me?
You are correct.
Since making those posts in the April thread I realised that my exams start in two weeks so I might start on some early revision rather than reading, then afterwards when I'm hanging around for two months with nothing to do I'll probably spend most of my days reading.
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I'm reading All My Friends Are Going to be Strangers by Larry McMurty. Everything is Illuminated is next.
currently re reading Pieces by Stephen Chbosky for an English project. I'm looking for Dermaphoria...but my library is lacking it. Although, the Contortionist's Handbook won me over enough to order the other...
Middlesex by the guy who wrote Virgin Suicides, my neighbor loaned me it. Sbout a hermaphrodite, a Greek one.
half way through rereading KMJ by Will Christopher Baer.
His next novel Godspeed is coming out in Nov 06. Check it out on his site by the link to his work to read a sample of it.
[I]One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest[/I] by Kesey. Afterwards I might read [I]The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test[/I] by Wolfe, but I have so many damn books to read. I'm not sure....
I haven't read a book in quite some time, but I picked up Max Barry's lates, [b]Company[/b]. It was funny, and if you enjoyed [b]Jennifer Government[/b] or [b]Syrup[/b], you'll like this one as well. I think it's his most outright humorous story, but it also deals with some important issues, in the same way Jennifer Government did. The donut bit kind of reminded me of the stapler from Office Space, but in a good way.
And last night I started [b]Hey Nostrodamus![/b] by Douglas Coupland. I loved [b]Generation X[/b], but he's been hit-or-miss since then, but so far I'm really digging this one. I'm about as unreligious as a person gets, so I was a little wary about reading a book that revolves around people's faith in God and Jesus, but thankfully it's about people's motivations, which always fascinates me. Definitely good so far. I'm about a quarter through it.
Reasons to Live by Amy Hempel. not too bad. I gotta say though it is different.
[QUOTE=Dreamreader]stuff has been keeping me from reading lately. I'm hoping to finish Camus' [I]The Plague[/I] soon and then I'm going to read [I]Slaughterhouse Five[/I] for the first time. I have bunch of books I bought a long time ago that i promised myself I would read before I picked up anything new so [I]Candide[/I] is in my future as well.[/QUOTE]
Slaughterhouse Five actually kept my attention...Kurt Vonnegut is just that kind of writer
if you like that you should check out God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian...(also by Vonnegut) it's sort of out there but it's neat
[QUOTE=sexonaplane]Slaughterhouse Five actually kept my attention...Kurt Vonnegut is just that kind of writer
if you like that you should check out God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian...(also by Vonnegut) it's sort of out there but it's neat[/QUOTE]
Dr Kevorkian was actually my first Vonnegut. Rocked. Then I read slaughterhouse. I want to read the other popular one. Not breakfast of champs, the other one.
Picked up Brave New World this morning for work. I almost finished it in high school, but I didn't want to see that smug look on my english teacher's face. I had the reputation for not reading his assigned reading yet making a point to read stuff like Chuck in his class. I got his best friend started with choke. My teacher read the first couple lines and said, "Oh, of course you like this!"
AM Homes' new one 'This Book Will Save Your Life,' about half way through it. It rocks!!!
When we call soccer 'football' the terrorists have won.
Battle Royale
I like it, but I've seen the movie already.
Just started reading [I]Already Dead[/I] by Charlie Huston. It's very good so far, thought I'd prep with some Horror/Fantasy before the Master's Workshop starts.
Probably:
Naked Lunch - William S. Burroughs
Filth - Irvine Welsh
The Dice Man - Luke Rhinehart
maybe The Great Gatsby
[QUOTE=benjamin_anderson]Probably:
Naked Lunch - William S. Burroughs
Filth - Irvine Welsh
The Dice Man - Luke Rhinehart
maybe The Great Gatsby[/QUOTE]
Naked Lunch = one of my favorite books for some reason
Still reading [i]L'Âge De Raison[/i] ([i]The Age Of Reason[/i]) by Jean-Paul Sartre... and I'm half-reading [i]Either/Or, A Fragment of Life[/i] by Søren Kierkegaard (it's my on-the-john reading at the moment).
I might finally get around to reading [i]Choke[/i] this month. We'll see...
Hurrah! I just got an email from Amazon saying that I've been sent The Collected Works of Amy Hempel. It would be nice if it was sent first class, then I'll get it in time for my trip.
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innocence by karen novak (luddy dunn)
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“...There are so many ways of being despicable it quite makes one's head spin. But the way to be really despicable is to be contemptuous of other people's pain. You ought to have some apprehension that the man you see before you was once even younger than you are now and arrived at his present wretchedness by imperceptible degrees.”
-James Baldwin
Oh, man, I should have ordered the Hempel when I ordered 'Apathy.'
When we call soccer 'football' the terrorists have won.
Fucking A!
Amazon sent out the order for Amy Hempel - The Collected Stories early to make sure that I had it by the release date, which means that I got it this morning. It's great, I'm going on a trip tomorrow so I'll be doing a lot of travelling, this gives me something awesome to read on the coach.
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Screw Brave New World. I'm gettin it on with some Nersessian. Chinese Takeout.
[QUOTE=Michael]Screw Brave New World. I'm gettin it on with some Nersessian. Chinese Takeout.[/QUOTE]
Chinese Takeout is actually a pretty good book...
[QUOTE=sexonaplane]Chinese Takeout is actually a pretty good book...[/QUOTE]
I'm lovin it so far. About 50 pages left. It's my favorite of his that I read. I just looked him up and it was his only book at the library. Really great book. I've read The Fuck Up and Dogrun, but this is much better.
I was too busy the last couple of weeks to sit still and enjoy reading. I'm pretty well caught up now and it's 73 degrees outside so I am going out to the roof garden with my copy of Nothing Burns In Hell.
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I decided to visit the Waterstones in London, apparently it's the biggest bookshop in Europe. I got The Pugilist At Rest by Thom Jones because I haven't seen any of his books for sale anywhere else.
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right now fast food nation, after that who knows?
[QUOTE=Alejandro]Im reading Slapstick by vonnegut so far so good[/QUOTE]
I was about to read that a couple days ago, instead opting for Chinese Takeout, which I just finished today. Someon'e been on me to read Cat's Cradle, so I guess I'll pick that up next.
As soon as I finish 'This Book Will Save Your Life,' my copy of Paul Neilan's 'Apathy' just came!!!
When we call soccer 'football' the terrorists have won.
A Literate Passion- Letters oF Anais Nin and Henry Miller 1932-1953
Next I'm reading High Adventure in the Great Outdoors by Henry Rollins. Or if that doesn't come before I'm done with the letters I'll probably re-read either Battle Royale or The Book of Nods.
Reading "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance." Then, will move onto either Hubert Jr. or D.H. Lawrence.
I haven't been posting here because I haven't been reading a lot of fiction. I started reading other books for school. And got all caught up in that. Now school is over for the semester and I still seem to be in a non-fiction mode.
I'm currently reading Bang! by Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval. It's all about the advertising exploits of Kaplan Thaler Group and the advertising schemes they came up with. They were the ones that came up with the Aflac duck and the Herbal Essense "Orgasmic Experience" commercial to name a couple. If you're looking into advertising or marketing, this is a very cool book.
A Raymond Chandler omnibus (The Big Sleep, Farewell My Lovely and The Long Goodbye)
Survivor for approx the 5th time. I just cycle through my Chuck books until I stumble upon something I think I might enjoy.
I'm lazy like that. And cheap. I won't spend the money unless I'm pretty sure I'll finish the book.
I'm waiting for The Alphabet of Manliness by Maddox to come in the mail.
Someone suggest something for me to read.
No one has the right to teach us stuff we don't want to learn. That's what our Bill of Constitution's all about.
[QUOTE=Earthbound]A Raymond Chandler omnibus (The Big Sleep, Farewell My Lovely and The Long Goodbye)[/QUOTE]
I have that same on-the-bus! Great stuff.
I finished reading Ghost Town finally. It wasn't my favourite of Patrick McGrath's work but it had its moments.
I also finished reading Passing and that was great.
Now I'm reading In Cold Blood, I saw Capote a few months ago and while that didn't pique my interest enough to buy the book, the £2.99 price tag at HMV did. I'm only about twenty pages in so far. Seems fine.
I just started [URL=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0553378910/sr=8-2/qid=1147614681/ref=pd_bbs_2/102-8339463-9906539?%5Fencoding=UTF8]Lunatics[/URL] by Bradley Denton.
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[B]New York Trilogy[/B] by Paul Auster. I started it a while ago and put it down. I haven't had any time to read. It's so late when I get home, I just eat and reply to emails and get ready for the next day.
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Been really slow with reading lately so I'm still only 200 pages into [I]KAfka on the shore[/I]. Although I love it, and there are so many brilliant little subplots. I'll be reading the gambit of Murakami's work for the rest of my years.
I bought Invisible Monsters yesterday.
After reading this thread I have so many other books to go out and look for! I'm especially excited about Hey Nostradamus!, God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian, and Demon Theory.
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I don't know!!
i just finished "V" and don't know what to read next. Here's my possible list:
-Kafka by the Shore
-Some book by DeLillo (not the Body Artist)
-The Baghavad Ghita
-Survivor
- Slow Learner (Thomas Pynchon short stories)
and then there's the Cult authors, whom i haven't read any of:
Will Christopher Baer
Brett Easton Ellis
Amy Hempel
Stephen Graham Jones
suggestions?
[I]Fuck not with Rocketman [/I]
I had to read Their Eyes Were Watching God in english. Hated it. Proudly hated it.
[QUOTE=PokerDude422]Just finished Surivor, reading Alice in Wonderland as a very quick read, about half way done already, and then i am debating between Crash by J.G. Ballard and Invisible Monsters[/QUOTE]
Haven't read 'Crash' but 'Invisible Monsters' is (in my book) the only book to rival 'Haunted' for Not What You Expected From Chuck. Read the Ballard...
When we call soccer 'football' the terrorists have won.
[QUOTE=Chixulub]Haven't read 'Crash' but 'Invisible Monsters' is (in my book) the only book to rival 'Haunted' for Not What You Expected From Chuck. Read the Ballard...[/QUOTE]
I highly recommend Crash. I read that a few times a year.
I read High Adventure in the Great Outdoors by Henry Rollins. I'm in the middle of reading Literate Passions but it doesn't quite fit in my bag so I'm probably going to re-read Malcolm X's autobiography and/or a little book of local poetry.
Sucks when your choice in books comes down to portability.
[QUOTE=Clem]I'm reading All My Friends Are Going to be Strangers by Larry McMurty.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=mirka][B]New York Trilogy[/B] by Paul Auster. I started it a while ago and put it down. I haven't had any time to read. It's so late when I get home, I just eat and reply to emails and get ready for the next day.[/QUOTE]
I love those books.
Readıng Thom Jones' COLD SNAP (collected short storıes) whıch has an awesome fırst story.
have we reached where we're starting to go into the third round for each month with empty lists yet ?
Wow. It [I]is[/I] May!
Apart from the Ghost Town thing I'm reading Passing by Nella Larsen, about two ladies of black heritage who have the kind of looks that mean they could pass for white. One of them has married a black man and lives a very respectable, middle class existence and the other one has married a racist white man who doesn't know about her racial origins. I think Nella Larsen was a remarkable writer as I'm sure I've mentioned before.