Its September 09 and I'm reading...
Im chugging along at yet another Marlyn Monroe biography.
What's everyone else reading?
Los detectives salvajes by Roberto Bolano.
thanks for sharing.blackhawk tactical pants.
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re-reading 'american tabloid' by james ellroy and 'the cold six thousand' is next because the new one is out soon i think.
When the Finch Rises by Jack Riggs
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The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell and I am loving it so far. <3
As soon as I'm seated on the train, in about 45 minutes, I'll be starting What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, by Haruki Murakami.
Working my way through The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway. I'll be putting that aside once a buddy finishes his current book, so we can read Thomas Pynchon's "Inherent Vice" at the same time. I'm also planning on reading Philip K. Dick's "Now Wait For Last Year" and Gabriel Garcia Marquez' "Memories of My Melancholy Whores" this month.
A lean month!
A lean month!
lol...yeah, I get very little mental stimulation in my day to day life, so reading is like a vitamin supplement.
Hemingway is the next author I'm planning on picking up. Would you recommend his short stories as a good introduction to his work?
"Spend the afternoon, you can't take it with you" Annie Dilard
Hemingway is the next author I'm planning on picking up. Would you recommend his short stories as a good introduction to his work?
I would. I think they're better than a lot of his novels.
I'm reading Michael Muhammed Knight's "Impossible Man." About halfway through and I'm enjoying it. He has an incredible way of using language.
The Ultimate Spider-Man reboot.
Yep, back to issue #1.
Really? Me to. have you read "And the Hippos were boiled in their tanks" ? It was the first thing he wrote, and he wrote it with Willam Burroughs. It details a murder based on passion that all the characters know about but don't say anything.
W.
Demons by Fyodor Dostoevsky
W.
Aldous Huxley - "Brave New World"
"Staring at a blank page and trying write the best thing ever is a guaranteed way make sure the page stays blank." - Trent Reznor
Brought Choke to the doctor's office today for the near 2 hour fricking wait....
But at home, I'm re-reading Perfume by Patrick Suskind. GOD I love this book.
But at home, I'm re-reading Perfume by Patrick Suskind. GOD I love this book.
Great movie, too.
"Perfume"...not "Choke."
'In Pursuit of Reason: The Life of TJeff', for a class on the man.
'Healing Our World in an Age of Aggression', almost done.
'Pygmy', almost done.
'The Selfish Gene', shelved until I finish the latter two, which is any hour now, about 40 pages left in each.
"They sold you hippies grunge, hip hop, now liberty activism."
But at home, I'm re-reading Perfume by Patrick Suskind. GOD I love this book.
Great movie, too.
"Perfume"...not "Choke."
Haven't seen the movie version of Perfume. Yet. Though I am intrigued as to how well they cast Jean-Baptiste Grenouille. Also, if they bothered with the mass orgy scene at the end, and if they actually pulled it off.
But at home, I'm re-reading Perfume by Patrick Suskind. GOD I love this book.
Great movie, too.
"Perfume"...not "Choke."
Haven't seen the movie version of Perfume. Yet. Though I am intrigued as to how well they cast Jean-Baptiste Grenouille. Also, if they bothered with the mass orgy scene at the end, and if they actually pulled it off.
They did an excellent job with casting...with everything, really. And yes, they've got the orgy at the end.
Deliverance by James Dickey
Excellent book.
Reading "Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex" and since it seemed slightly unacceptable to read that aloud to my infant son, I am also reading "Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea" by Carl Zimmer whenever I want to read to him and we already got through a baby book (twice)
Think for yourself. Question Authority.
Hemingway is the next author I'm planning on picking up. Would you recommend his short stories as a good introduction to his work?
I would. I think they're better than a lot of his novels.
Based on the Hemingway I've read so far, I agree. I'd recommend this edition:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4625.The_Complete_Short_Stories_of_Er...
Awesome. I'll keep an eye out for it. Thanks guys!
"Spend the afternoon, you can't take it with you" Annie Dilard
But at home, I'm re-reading Perfume by Patrick Suskind. GOD I love this book.
I went through a similar experience with Dorian Gray in a docs office. You can imagine the looks I got in a Tennessee docs office opening not only a book but a barnes and noble classic.
I can't believe I'm the only one here who hated Perfume the movie. It was so gross AND boring. Not a good combo. I'm willing to try it again but seriously? One of the worst I've ever seen... yep, I thought it was that bad.
I'm reading Fahrenheit 451
"I thought I had mono once for an entire year. Turns out I was just really bored."
Wayne Campbell
Gross maybe. But buddy had some serious issues. I think his actions mirrored his dis-function and disconnection to reality very well. I loved this movie, and can't wait to read the book
"Spend the afternoon, you can't take it with you" Annie Dilard
I'm about to re-read The Song Is You by Arthur Phillips, since this book was personally responsible for me being unable to read anything else (except for The Beach by Garland). After that, I'm giving The Savage Detectives a try, at Phil's recommendation.
All The Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy.
Pride and Prejudice........ and Zombies, its fucking great, I think all the "classic's" could be greatly improved by throwing zombies into the mix
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Hidden in Plain Sight, by Ellis Amdur.
I just finished Sense and Sensibility a few minutes ago. I think Neuromancer is going to be next.
"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
Next up for me is Tethered by Amy MacKinnon.
Bit of a jump there! Neuromancer is cool. You like Vurt, right? You should like neuromancer.
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God is not great by Christopher Hitchens, and shitton of poetry and prose by Yeats.
Bit of a jump there! Neuromancer is cool. You like Vurt, right? You should like neuromancer.
I'm working my way through 1001 Books you must read before you die. I find what I can for as cheap as I can and throw them on a to be read shelf. The last 3 were classics, so i'm in the mood for something a liiiittle different.
"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
This sounds fun! The list must be taking you through all kinds of genera... Is that spelled right? Cause Looking at it the word disease comes to my mind - lol... Anyway back to the list what's your favorite one that's come out of it so far?
"Spend the afternoon, you can't take it with you" Annie Dilard
But at home, I'm re-reading Perfume by Patrick Suskind. GOD I love this book.
I can't believe I'm the only one here who hated Perfume the movie. It was so gross AND boring. Not a good combo. I'm willing to try it again but seriously? One of the worst I've ever seen... yep, I thought it was that bad.
I thought it stunk too. (PUN!)
The gross parts are really the only thing interesting about it.
Who are you talking to/about?
Genre? or are you trying to find the plural form of "genre?" I got no idea what that would be.
But at home, I'm re-reading Perfume by Patrick Suskind. GOD I love this book.
I can't believe I'm the only one here who hated Perfume the movie. It was so gross AND boring. Not a good combo. I'm willing to try it again but seriously? One of the worst I've ever seen... yep, I thought it was that bad.
I thought it stunk too. (PUN!)
The gross parts are really the only thing interesting about it.
gross parts as in the murders or the mass orgy scene?
Or do I just have my mind in the gutter...
yeah, the murders, but stuff like his birth too and all the other weird shit he smells.
The orgy scene is one of the clumsiest things i think i've ever seen in a film, both in the way it was filmed and in relation to the story.
The orgy scene is one of the clumsiest things i think i've ever seen in a film, both in the way it was filmed and in relation to the story.
Hmmmm....maybe I will finally break down and rent it. After all, Alan Rickman is in it....I was just reticent about seeing it because I already have a mapped out image in my head of Jean Baptiste Grenouille, and I'm usually disappointed if a movie adaptation of a book I love messes with that image.
Just finished Sunnyside by Glen David Gold (fantastic and heartbreaking), and I am beginning Major Inversions by one Gordon Highland.
But at home, I'm re-reading Perfume by Patrick Suskind. GOD I love this book.
I can't believe I'm the only one here who hated Perfume the movie. It was so gross AND boring. Not a good combo. I'm willing to try it again but seriously? One of the worst I've ever seen... yep, I thought it was that bad.
I thought it stunk too. (PUN!)
The gross parts are really the only thing interesting about it.
gross parts as in the murders or the mass orgy scene?
Or do I just have my mind in the gutter...
Gross as in how and where he was born... those streets, the vendors selling entrails... disgusting. I didn't even make it to the orgy scene. You could just feel the filth (like dirt filth not porno filth) which I'm sure was the point but still... ewwww
"I thought I had mono once for an entire year. Turns out I was just really bored."
Wayne Campbell
Genre? or are you trying to find the plural form of "genre?" I got no idea what that would be.
Yeah I guess I was aiming for a plural form. Just add an 's' to genre? I'm not sure. That's how I would write it french... So I'll go with that.
"Spend the afternoon, you can't take it with you" Annie Dilard
Yeah, that would be genre. And Nate, the plural of genre is genres. Very complex.
And thats a hard question. I have enjoyed almost everyone. The top three are probably Crime and Punishment; Go Down, Moses; and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
"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
just finished Baer's "Kiss Me, Judas" - still not entirely sure how much i liked it. enough to want to read "Penny Dreadful" but not as excited as i was after i read "Suffer The Fools" on here. i guess i'm still just thinking about it all, stweing it over in my brain.
trying to decide what to start next. Brandon's Tietz's "Out Of Touch" should be arriving at my door real soon, and i'm super keen to read that. but i think i could finish somethign else by the time it gets here.
either "The Never Enders" by Michael Sonbert
or
"Dermaphoria" by Clevenger.
or maybe i'll just dabble in some shorts.
Finally picked up Pygmy. That's first.
After that, a rather interesting book called Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith. If I can get through that I'm moving on to the "sequel" Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters by Ben H. Winters. Austen is even listed as co-author of both novels. Should be....entertaining to say the least...
I'm reading Jack Kerouac's Desolation Angels.
I recently started to pick up his stuff, and I can't believe it took me sooo long! I'm really liking his work. It's gentle and raw all at the same time.
"Spend the afternoon, you can't take it with you" Annie Dilard