October reading

I got Geek Love for my birthday, I'll be reading that after I've finished My Idea Of Fun.

[QUOTE=mikandrewz]I got Geek Love for my birthday, I'll be reading that after I've finished My Idea Of Fun.[/QUOTE]

Happy Belated Birthday dude.

It's not till Wednesday, I got some pressies early because my family came up today.

[QUOTE=mikandrewz]It's not till Wednesday, I got some pressies early because my family came up today.[/QUOTE]

Oh well, that was nice of them. And I'll be sure to remember this come wednesday.

Geek Love is fawesome, it's one of my [b] favourites. [/b]

I agree. But I thought the ending seemed a little rushed.

Cough.

Terry Pratchet and Neil Gaiman : Bad Omens

Went for a walk and came back with Paul Auster's THE BROOKLYN FOLLIES, hardcover and pretty cheap. I read the fist chapter on a bench outside, with elderly people walking by. The air was slightly cold eventhough the sun was shining.

I like Auster a fucking lot man.

Auster is amazing, if you haven't already, check out 'In the Country of Last Things'

I plan to read all of his work. THE NEW YORK TRILOGY was a helluva ride and ORACLE NIGHT just struck an immense blow for me.

What did you think of his films "Smoke" and "Blue in the face" ?

I quite liked SMOKE a lot and BLUE IN THE FACE lost improvisational steam fast. I saw Auster's own directed LULU ON THE BRIDGE, but thought it sonewhat of a failure.

So what I said about Dermaphoria earlier, that I felt like something was missing and I didn't know what, well that feeling has subsided and I'm really liking it now.

[QUOTE=Mr. Brown]Went for a walk and came back with Paul Auster's THE BROOKLYN FOLLIES, hardcover and pretty cheap. I read the fist chapter on a bench outside, with elderly people walking by. The air was slightly cold eventhough the sun was shining.

I like Auster a fucking lot man.[/QUOTE]
I didn't expect to love New York Trilogy so much, but man, now I want to read all of his stuff, too.
Now readin' Dermaphoria.

[QUOTE=Mr. Brown]I plan to read all of his work. THE NEW YORK TRILOGY was a helluva ride and ORACLE NIGHT just struck an immense blow for me.[/QUOTE]
If I remember right, you are the guy who pushed me off that bridge. I love Auster's writing style. Oracle Night was amazing. I still need to read The New York Trilogy, which is sitting on my shelf among all the other books I NEED to get to.

Last month - or the month before - you asked if I read any Richard Price and you asked about a specific book which I couldn't find. I asked if you liked Clockers - which I can get and did put on my wishlist - and apparently you didn't notice because you never replied.

So here goes again - Have you read Clockers? And what did you think?

I saw the Spike Lee film, where the screenplay was written by Price based on his own book. As far as the film goes, it's about a crackdealer kid who has dreams and plans, but the drug game and his surroundings keep him down. He's also involved somehow with a homicide. I like the film, but never read the original novel. I must say, that every time I saw the book in the secondhand stores I frequent I have always read the first few words: "STRIKE SPOTTED HER: baby fat, baby face, Shanelle or Shanette, fourteen years old maybe, standing there with that queasy smile, trying to work up the nerve."

I suggest getting a hold of LADIES MAN or THE BREAKS.

Alright guys, I finally started The New York Trilogy... It's - uh - gripping. I don't know. It's really good so far. Although that chapter 2 of City of Glass was tough to get through.

Yeah, I have time to read again!

On our honeymoon, I tried to read The Old Man and The Sea (since I never had) and didn't even get through it. But it was nice to read about half of it while swaying in a hammock on the beach, listening to waves. I finished it a few days ago, on my first day back to work. It was quite a book, but I think I'll go through it again to really get it all, cause what can I say, I read it on my honeymoon so I was slightly distracted most of the time.

I also just read The Great Divorce by Lewis (no, it's not actually about divorce... jeeze), and am just starting Voices in the Night by Dietrich Bonhoeffer (sp?).

That's all for now... it's good to be back 'round here.

[QUOTE=Vendetta]I started Mysteries of Pittsburgh by Michael Chabon yesterday, seems okay so far. Next I'll be reading Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen as I realise I've never read anything she's written.

One evening this week I plan to get myself a packet of Monster Munch and a bar of Fruit and Nut and read the first two books of Cate Tiernan's Balefire series....YAY!![/QUOTE]

Hooray I finished all the books I meant to read this month!
Now I'm going to read Mrs Dalloway. Meryl Streep in that one film seemed to like it.

Finished up with

Five Mile House - Karen Novak
American Gods - Neil Gaiman
Anansi Boys - Neil Gaiman

halfway through

Dermaphoria - Craig Clevenger
At the Gates of the Animal Kingdom - Amy Hempel

my stack of books that are leading into November

All The Beautiful Sinners - Stephen Graham Jones
Glamorama - Bret Easton Ellis
Torture The Artist - Joey Goebel
The Anomalies - Joey Goebel
Mona Lisa Overdrive - William Gibson
My Friend Leonard - James Frey

My reading is at a bit of a standstill right now. I've finished the [I]Harry Potter[/I] book I was reading and now I'm at a loss. It's almost like I'm not motivated enough to read. And I don't know what to read either. I guess it's between [I]The Tesseract[/I] and re-reading [I]The Virgin Suicides[/I], which is the book club's next book.

[QUOTE=Riddlegimp]Cough.

Terry Pratchet and Neil Gaiman : Bad Omens[/QUOTE]

Pshaw. Idiot!

It's called Good Omens.

May your gruts be drizzled with cayene pepper.

Halfway through Stephen Elliott's [I]Happy Baby[/I] for the second time.

Also just starting in on Irvine Welsh's [I]Marabou Stork Nightmares[/I] again. One of my personal favorites.

i made my roommate start reading good omens.

picked up dermaphoria and started dipping my toe in the waters of it

Finished The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster. The guy can write. I'm still thinking about the stories and I'm not sure what I thought of them yet, but they were extremely well written.

Started reading Coin Locker Babies by Ryu Murakami.

[QUOTE=PGoutis01]Finished The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster. The guy can write. I'm still thinking about the stories and I'm not sure what I thought of them yet, but they were extremely well written.[/QUOTE]

Welcome to the club. Reading his latest, THE BROOKLYN FOLLIES as we read.

[QUOTE=PGoutis01]Started reading Coin Locker Babies by Ryu Murakami.[/QUOTE]

I wanted to check that out sometime. Holla back in time.

I recently finished Quicksand by Nella Larsen. She was such a great writer, covered a lot of issues about race (raising some interesting points that I, being on the pinker side of black, wouldn't have thought about) and womanliness (I'm a woman). Such a great writer. She only wrote two books before she dropped off into obscurity, a very mysterious character. Look her up if you can, she had a great deal of talent.

[QUOTE=Mr. Brown]I wanted to check that out sometime. Holla back in time.[/QUOTE]
I'll try to drop a line quick. I like it so far. The thing is, the print's really small and there's a lot of pages.

I usually read at least a book a week, but I try to keep it to two a week. But I think this one will take me a little longer.

Hello-
This is my first post ever on The Cult.
Currently reading "The Tesseract" as per the many rave reviews its received on the site in the past. Good stuff so far. Just finished "The Beach" by Alex Garland as well and really enjoyed it, much better then the movie.

Next I'm going to start "The Inheritors", by William Golding. People have been saying it's his best book, but it's hard to imagine it being better then "Lord of the Flies". Has anyone read it"?

[QUOTE=Special K]Hello-
This is my first post ever on The Cult.
Currently reading "The Tesseract" as per the many rave reviews its received on the site in the past. Good stuff so far. Just finished "The Beach" by Alex Garland as well and really enjoyed it, much better then the movie.[/QUOTE]

Is it really your first post? I was sure you had posted before. Hunh, I guess I must have just noticed your cool username when you've been online.

How is the tesseract? I enjoyed the Beach and Coma was okay, a little short though so I was glad I got it from the library and didn't buy it.

"The Tesseract" is really good so far. The book is divided into three sections and i have just finished the first two. The book seems reminiscent of the movie "Crash" or "Pulp Fiction" the way the story and characters intertwine.