Its October and Im Octobreading....
Zuckerman Unbound by Philip Roth
I started To Kill A Mockingbird, so I guess that now.
Good arms vs bad arms will win hands down.
i thought that said "Raymond Chandler is a writer. " across the bottom. I was all like "Now that's a hell of a blurb!"
Yeah but what are you reading, you psychopath?
Out of Touch by Brandon Tietz.
Whole New Religion by Bob Jakubovic.
The Last Tycoon by Fitzgerald. I haven't read any of his work in a long time, so I'm really happy I picked this up.
Just finished The Island of Dr. Moreau and started God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
"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
Halfway through Douglas Couplands new book, Player One and its excellent.
He's got a new one out again? Didn't he just release Gen A, or whatever it was, not that long ago?
Yip, Generation A was out about 10 months ago. I was pleasantly surprised to see this new one by him so soon. Its good stuff.
Finished Absalom, Absalom! and started The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov.
Just started The Double Helix by James Watson, you know, the Nobel Prize winner.
Anyway wow, this guy's a total dick - he says Rosalind Franklin (who some say should have won the prize over Watson and Crick) is "not unattractive" but wouldn't hurt to dress like a lady. Spends a whole chapter talking about how he wasn't working and was still getting paid and asking for more grant money, wtf. I have much less respect for him after reading 30+ pages.
Think for yourself. Question Authority.
Anyway wow, this guy's a total dick - he says Rosalind Franklin (who some say should have won the prize over Watson and Crick) is "not unattractive" but wouldn't hurt to dress like a lady. Spends a whole chapter talking about how he wasn't working and was still getting paid and asking for more grant money, wtf. I have much less respect for him after reading 30+ pages.
Is he the one that came out a few years ago and said black people were genetically inferior, DNA-wise, or was it the other one, crick?
It was Watson indeed, so I suspected him being eccentric, but now just crazy and opportunistic.
Think for yourself. Question Authority.
I'm onto the 6th TrueBlood book. Definitley Dead by Charlaine Harris.
They get more and more ridiculous, but I'm totally hooked.
Star Wars: The Old Republic: Fatal Alliance by Sean Williams...Getting close to the last chapter...I dig it 
"For most of this century, scientists have worshiped the hardware of the brain and the software of the mind; the messy powers of the heart were left to the poets."
They get more and more ridiculous, but I'm totally hooked.
Omg omg I can't wait til you get caught up to where we are in the states. It's just retarded now, it makes me squeal with delight and confusion.
There is hope, but not for us.
Almost finished with The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison and started Fight Club by that one guy last night. I can't help but read the book and hear Ed Norton's voice. 
it's a curse.
It is. I knew I should have waited longer but now that I have the book in my possession I can't help but continue on and finish the darn thing.
Day by Day Armageddon by JL Bourne, 40 pages in and its poop.
The Anomalies by Joey Goebel.
That was a pretty fun book. I hope you like it.
Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon
Man, I bought that ages ago because Berto was saying how brilliant it was, and let's face it, the man has good taste, but for some reason i haven't read it yet. It's been sitting on my bedside table for fucking months. I read the first chapter or two (they're small chapters, so it was only like 10 pages) but i had to stop for whatever reason, and i didn't pick it up again. What i read i really liked, but yeah.
I should read it soon.
I should read it soon.
You should. Its great.
"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
They get more and more ridiculous, but I'm totally hooked.
Omg omg I can't wait til you get caught up to where we are in the states. It's just retarded now, it makes me squeal with delight and confusion.
I guess I should read those. I hate to read anything that isn't one of the 30 books on my TBR shelf, but I love silly girl books. I guess i'll see if there are any available on PBS.
"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
I just used all of my PBS credits for the first four. I guess I need to post more books now. Bah.
"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
The Quiet Life by Marguerite Duras.
Show me the Sky by Nicholas Hogg.
I'm reading The Suicide Club by Rhys Thomas, loving it, it's tense. Really thoughtful and genuine, too. It's interesting to read something written in an honest character voice, a teenager that sounds like a teenager. It makes it more believable. Anyway, it's awesome, I recommend it.
I'm trying to finish The Closing of the American Mind, and after the last disc of Diary finishes next up is Philip Roth's Indignation.
Wait — what?
I loved Naked Lunch.
I also enjoyed Indignation.
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
It's Stephen Graham Jones week. Just finished his old shorts collection Bleed Into Me, which is ridiculously good. And now it continues with his It Came From Del Rio via Kindle.
They get more and more ridiculous, but I'm totally hooked.
Omg omg I can't wait til you get caught up to where we are in the states. It's just retarded now, it makes me squeal with delight and confusion.
I guess I should read those. I hate to read anything that isn't one of the 30 books on my TBR shelf, but I love silly girl books. I guess i'll see if there are any available on PBS.
You really should. They are silly girl books, but so quick to read. I'm onto the 9th book Dead and Gone.
It's good to read something not very serious.
It will be the same for me soon. I'm starting Ledfeather within the next week or so, and will shortly get to It Came From Del Rio after that.
As for me, I'm reading Pablo D'Stair's 2 new ones (what, new stuff from Pablo D'Stair, you say? I know, shocking).
Nothing More Than Murder by Jim Thompson.
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams
"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
I loved Naked Lunch.
This is a fucking crime against humanity!
I am now questioning the existence of God.
I'll never read that 'cause the title annoys me.
Damn Derek! You're back and attacking those books with a vengeance. No book will survive.
I'm glad to see your back in top form.
I loved Naked Lunch.
This is a fucking crime against humanity!
I am now questioning the existence of God.
I tried reading it a few years ago and I hated it. I thought it was gibberish, pure tripe, the kind of writing meant to intimidate readers, etc.
But I reread it recently and loved it. I think it only makes sense if you're into the question of language as something other than a tool for communication.
I've been thinking a huge amount about the idea of language — kind of inevitable, given my interest in linguistics, French philosophy and psychoanalysis, etc. Naked Lunch is a giant fireball of linguistic fuck-you. That's what I love about it. It says fuck you to everything, and it shows how destructive language is — how we don't only have to use it to communicate, but also to destroy. But I don't think it's a nihilistic book. I don't even know if it's a novel. I would, however, argue that it's the best demonstration of the evil power of language. Language as evil — not enough novelists focus on that. So I'm glad Burroughs did.
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
With a cameo by the author himself
I loved Naked Lunch.
This is a fucking crime against humanity!
I am now questioning the existence of God.
I tried reading it a few years ago and I hated it. I thought it was gibberish, pure tripe, the kind of writing meant to intimidate readers, etc.
But I reread it recently and loved it. I think it only makes sense if you're into the question of language as something other than a tool for communication.
I've been thinking a huge amount about the idea of language — kind of inevitable, given my interest in linguistics, French philosophy and psychoanalysis, etc. Naked Lunch is a giant fireball of linguistic fuck-you. That's what I love about it. It says fuck you to everything, and it shows how destructive language is — how we don't only have to use it to communicate, but also to destroy. But I don't think it's a nihilistic book. I don't even know if it's a novel. I would, however, argue that it's the best demonstration of the evil power of language. Language as evil — not enough novelists focus on that. So I'm glad Burroughs did.
What about Mein Kampf or DeSade as Language as Evil? I guess Naked Lunch might be better than Hitler's book because it has all the sex and giant bugs and whatnot, but DeSade's got all that covered and more.
Anyways, on Language, have you read that Pontypool Changes Everything or seen the movie? It might interest you with the whole Language as Other thing. The movie at least, I haven't read the book of it yet.
I haven't read either but I'm going to say go with the blind owl one.
I don't know what to read next. Crap.
"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
I think one of my problems with getting into a regular reading rhythm is because I have literally over 100 books to be read. I think i'm going to do that whole chinese journey of a thousand steps thing and just pick up one and power through it, then the next and the next. Just go one at a time and let the progress take care of itself.
but first, i'm gonna watch a couple episodes of the Office...
but first, i'm gonna watch a couple episodes of the Office...
That's what I've been doing for a while now. But this time I actually tried to pick and ended up walking away and turning on the tv.
"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
Starting The Devils Staircase by Helen Fitzgerald. I havent read much so far this month. Time to kick into reading again.