My 'To Read' List
Okay, so this is book club and I have recently become oversaturated with books to read. I think I’ll share them, here, for you to criticize/praise/laugh at/discuss.
Junky by William S. Burroughs
My partner bought this for me for our anniversary, I read Naked Lunch a while back and it pretty much opened up my cranium and fucked my brain so I left Burroughs alone for a while. I went back and read Queer recently which was much more enjoyable (not really the right word as it was harrowing in places, but it was more bearable) and now I want to read this one. I doubt I’ll bother with any of his other books except maybe ‘Last Words’ because I read he went all a bit scientology for a while and then gave it up, before he wrote Last Words… which he wrote very close to the end of his life, which appeals to me in a bleak manner.
If One A Winters Night A Traveller by Italo Calvino
Again, bought for and recommended to me by my partner. I read the first chapter online and it made me laugh so I’m good to go with that one.
Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? by Raymond Carver
Another one recommended to me by a friend which after reading about on Wikipedia I bought straight away, looks amazing.
The Wasp Factory by Ian Banks
Again, recommended by a friend and then bought. I bought it second hand for 2 quid and when I got home I opened it up and it was signed! Result! The same thing happened when I bought Glamorama by BEE a few years back, I’m a lucky guy.
The Invention Of Solitude by Paul Auster
I have read The Book Of Illusions and I am now going to try and read all of his books in chronological order, starting with this one (of course) which sounds amazing. His whole ethos appeals to me more than any other writer.
My Friend Leonard by James Frey
Bought for myself, ready for when I finish A Million Little Pieces which I am reading at the moment and enjoying a lot more than I thought I would.
So there, that’s me fixed for the next few months… I might even come back to this thread and post little reviews of them if anyone is interested.
I've had Cities of the Red Night by WSB on my to-read list forever.
Here is a preface to Junky that Will Self wrote,
http://will-self.com/2006/01/11/junky-by-william-s-burroughs-preface-to-...
Sorry, double posted again.
Read Junky in the bathroom. Or late at night. Or on the subway. Pick random pages if you want. It's a great read... repetitive, yea, but that's sort of the point.
The Wasp Factory - absolutely fantastic. One of the few books I've ever read that had a passage which made me recoil in horror. If you've read it, you know what I mean. It's about time for a reread of this actually (if I actually had any time to read for fun, that is)
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Tobacco-Stained Mountain Goat is July's Book Club Selection!
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Hey, yeah that is the edition I have so I'll check it out when I read it!
Read Junky in the bathroom. Or late at night. Or on the subway. Pick random pages if you want. It's a great read... repetitive, yea, but that's sort of the point.
The Wasp Factory - absolutely fantastic. One of the few books I've ever read that had a passage which made me recoil in horror. If you've read it, you know what I mean. It's about time for a reread of this actually (if I actually had any time to read for fun, that is)
Yeah I have a pretty strong stomach with most things but I've heard it's pretty sick...
I am on the last pages of A Million Little Pieces, I really can't believe how much I loved that book!
What does everyone think I should read next? I am thinking maybe Auster or if I need something lighter then Calvino.
Dont read the vey end of a Million Litte Pieces if you havent already, read the last chapter but skip the bit where it tells you what happened to all the other characters, it ruins the surprise of My Friend Leonard.
The Wasp Factory is amazing, Banks best book but the others are worth a read. He also writes science fiction under the name Iain M Banks.
Oh, " Junky " is really good...I hope you will enjoy the reading
oh geesh, i'll need to get a legal pad and write all the ones i got on the shelf down and then come back here and spend a half an hour typing them all in.
bbl!