Its October 09 and I'm reading...
I'm still reading Helter Skelter. I'm also re-reading The Road whilst on the train to university.
What I have shown you is reality. What you remember... that is the illusion.
I don't know what to read now. I'm thinking about House of Leaves. Will it blow my mind?
I have HOuse of Leaves in my pile of books yet to be read. I was planning on reading it over summer. It's a bit intimidating just looking at it. 700 pages etc.
I'm still reading The Kindly Ones! [And still loving it <3]
I passed page 800 last night, so only about 200 to go, woohoo!
I just finished reading Eleanor Rigby, by Douglas Coupland. After I was disappointed by Gum Thief I was thinking that I tend to prefer his books about groups of oddballs, like Microserfs and Shampoo Planet. Then Eleanor Rigby came along and bucked that trend, I really enjoyed it.
Not sure what I'm reading next, maybe I'll re-read Kiss Me, Judas, but I'm going into town in a bit so hopefully I'll find something better. Maybe one of the Nobel Prize winners from that other thread. One nice thing about Plymouth is that it's got some good second hand book stores so I should be able to find something.
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Sum- 40 tales from the afterlives by David Eagleman.
After catching the movie last night, I'm going to reread From Hell.
I changed my mind about that long book. I feel like some sci-fi.
*goes off to look for sci-fi*
Speaking of sci-fi, I just picked up a book from the library called The Last Theorem by Arthur C. Clarke and Frederik Pohl. I've Heard of Clarke, but not the other guy. I felt like some sci-fi too. So I guess I'll be reading that after I'm done with Neverwhere and Good Omens.
"A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism." -Carl Sagan
"Am I cruel? Probably. Is she an idiot? Yes." -jane s.
Neverwhere is such a good story.
I know. I'm a little more than half way through and I love it. I've never read Neil Gaiman before, but Sandman has been on my to-read list for a while
"A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism." -Carl Sagan
"Am I cruel? Probably. Is she an idiot? Yes." -jane s.
i couldn't get into sandman, as interesting as the story seems to be. i love his novels though.
i am a fan of mr. gaiman.
try american gods next, then anansi boys. it'll make sense in that sequence.
you can also read the graveyard book and coraline, though they're intended for kids.
oh, and there's also stardust.
I think where he really shines is in his short story collections. Look for Fragile Things and Smoke and Mirrors.
I can't put it down. I will read his other books for sure.
"A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism." -Carl Sagan
"Am I cruel? Probably. Is she an idiot? Yes." -jane s.
forgot about this. yes, this.
I still need to find that Angels and Visitations. But apparently they only printed like 11 copies or some shit. Shits impossible to find.
Laura Hind Nail and other Stories.
i swear i've seen it around here. i'll grab it next time i see it.
I couldn't get hold of any of the books I really wanted to read, today I've read The Great Gatsby. Next I think I'll read Invisible Man.
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i swear i've seen it around here. i'll grab it next time i see it.
well, I mean, it can be found, but cheap copies are like 30-40 bucks, mint condition ones are like 80-120 bucks. I ain't paying that for a used book!
Snow White by Donald Barthelme
The Brief Wondrous Life of OScar Wao by Junot Diaz(my second read)
Hamlet
All are excellent
Oh no, I finished The Kindly Ones! 
I'm sad, I want it to continue!
Next up is Alecia's book, Night by Elie Wiesel. 
I'm reading Don Juan by Lord Byron.
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
Im halfway through Happy Baby by Stephen Elliott and I'm already considering ordering a few more by him.
The Trouble with Being God by William Aicher. I hope its good, it looks freaky.
The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli. Pretty interesting, but pretty bad writing I must say.
"Someone must have slandered Josef K., for one morning, without having done anything truly wrong, he was arrested."
"Jemand musste Josef K. verleumdet haben, denn ohne dass er etwas Böses getan hätte, wurde er eines Morgens verhaftet"
Endzone by Don Delillo
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
I have HOuse of Leaves in my pile of books yet to be read. I was planning on reading it over summer. It's a bit intimidating just looking at it. 700 pages etc.
i too have been contimplating House of Leaves as my next read. but it is intimidating. i just don't really like reading super-long thick books.i always think, why didn't you just cut it up into a trilogy or something. or fucking condense some of your ideas. alot of the time it's pointless jabber that adds nothing to the story and drags my attention away.
house of leaves seems like it has alot of pages where there are only like one or two lines on them though, so, i wonder what the actual word count is.
it's kind of up between that and the man who fell in love with the moon. i just finishd faraway places and loved it.
Tell me how it is and all your feelings about it so far.
English:
A confederation of Dunces by Kennedy-Toole
Spanish:
Kiss of the spider woman by Manuel Puig
I finally finished "Anna Karenina." It was good but it took me 3 weeks, and I was getting ready to be done.
Next I'll probably be reading "The Reader" by Bernhard Schlink or "Sunset Towns" by James W. Loewen.
There is hope, but not for us.
I read a book about the H-bomb tests that were carried out near Christmas Island in the sixties. It was interesting, because my grandfather was on the island at that time, he saw 24 H-bombs go off!
Now I'm reading Invisible Man, it's pretty good.
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The Keep by Jennifer Egan.
I have HOuse of Leaves in my pile of books yet to be read. I was planning on reading it over summer. It's a bit intimidating just looking at it. 700 pages etc.
i too have been contimplating House of Leaves as my next read. but it is intimidating. i just don't really like reading super-long thick books.i always think, why didn't you just cut it up into a trilogy or something. or fucking condense some of your ideas. alot of the time it's pointless jabber that adds nothing to the story and drags my attention away.
house of leaves seems like it has alot of pages where there are only like one or two lines on them though, so, i wonder what the actual word count is.
it's kind of up between that and the man who fell in love with the moon. i just finishd faraway places and loved it.
House of Leaves is one of my favorite novels. I think Danielewski writes beautifully and in a way that encourages the reader to involve themselves completely. I'd highly recommend it.
I just finished On the Road(Kerouac) and am thinking Clevenger's Dermaphoria is next. I loved The Contortionists Handbook so logically Dermaphoria sounds promising.
About to finish 'The Road'. Like tonight.
Tomorrow, I'll start
I have HOuse of Leaves in my pile of books yet to be read. I was planning on reading it over summer. It's a bit intimidating just looking at it. 700 pages etc.
i too have been contimplating House of Leaves as my next read. but it is intimidating. i just don't really like reading super-long thick books.i always think, why didn't you just cut it up into a trilogy or something. or fucking condense some of your ideas. alot of the time it's pointless jabber that adds nothing to the story and drags my attention away.
house of leaves seems like it has alot of pages where there are only like one or two lines on them though, so, i wonder what the actual word count is.
it's kind of up between that and the man who fell in love with the moon. i just finishd faraway places and loved it.
House of Leaves is one of my favorite novels. I think Danielewski writes beautifully and in a way that encourages the reader to involve themselves completely. I'd highly recommend it.
I just finished On the Road(Kerouac) and am thinking Clevenger's Dermaphoria is next. I loved The Contortionists Handbook so logically Dermaphoria sounds promising.
I will read it soon. It's just so weighty and thick. I want to read it in the summer when I've got some time off work.
Dermaphoria is really good. Probably the best book I've read this year.
Ripley is nearly finished so it's time to start contemplating a newbie. I'm thinking I might go classic this time... Watership Down or Age of Innocence. Is Watership Down a children's story? I know it's about rabbits but that's about it. Thoughts?
"I thought I had mono once for an entire year. Turns out I was just really bored."
Wayne Campbell
Yeah I'd say it's a kids story. It has some kinda dark themes like facism and stuff but it's still meant for young people. That's not to say you wouldn't enjoy it though.
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Heroes of American Industry by Mark Poirier and also The Engagement by Georges Simoneon.
Simenon is AWESOME.
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 think I'm gonna go with All the Kings Men by Robert Penn Warren... it just jumped out at me from the shelf. Plus, the guy on the cover is wearing 2-tone buck shoes... can't beat that.
"I thought I had mono once for an entire year. Turns out I was just really bored."
Wayne Campbell
That's been on my shelf forever and I haven't started it. Let me know how you like it.
I just finished Katie Kitamura's The Longshot and am starting Conquest of the Useless by Werner Herzog
Very Mercenary By the Cult's Rayo Casablanca.
Monkey, it's fun so far (60 pages in). It's about this economic-lord yuppy type with an asymmetrical prostate and a shark tank in his apartment and he's going coocoo for coco puffs (or already has), watching the whole world through special camera & monitor screens in his limo!
I've recently read:
The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolano which is incredible. One of my new favourites.
Also:
Rabbit, Run - John Updike, which I liked but didn't love.
Lunar Park - Bret Easton Ellis, overall liked it but I think it'd benefit from cutting out certain chunks.
Next up: Who knows!
Dermaphoria is really good. Probably the best book I've read this year.
That settles it, Dermaphoria will be next. I read Slaughterhouse Five over the weekend and it was excellent. My first exposure to Vonnegut and I really enjoy his writing style.
Currently about mid way through As I Lay Dying and honestly... I'm not into Faulkner. Hopefully in the end I'll enjoy the entire novel as a whole.
Bought Cosmopolis at a used book store on Friday so its convenient to read opinions here.
Now reading The Fast Red Load - Stephen Graham Jones