what books did you just buy?

[QUOTE=xec8;983601]The author is gorgeous. I've got the book at home and haven't read it yet, but each time I pick it up I have to put it down again or I know I'll just stare at the author photo.[/QUOTE]

You should definitley read it, youre dead right about the author shes beautifull. The book reminded me of the Secret History, I hope it doesnt take her as long to follow it up.

Speaking of staring at pictures its great to log onto the Cult and see that photo of Kelly Mc Donald.

[QUOTE=Barca Boy;983607]You should definitley read it, youre dead right about the author shes beautifull. The book reminded me of the Secret History, I hope it doesnt take her as long to follow it up.

Speaking of staring at pictures its great to log onto the Cult and see that photo of Kelly Mc Donald.[/QUOTE]
Thing is, it's sitting here on my shelf and it sounds interesting, and everyone keeps saying it's like The Secret History, but I don't know what The Secret History is and I'm trudging through the massive Gravity's Rainbow... so it may be a few weeks before I find myself willing to tackle a new author.

It was clever of the publishers to place her picture on the back cover. I'm sure that's helped the sales soar.

I'm currently reading Clown Girl. I put The Tesseract down because I'm finding it hard to get into at the moment. Which is nothing about the book, I'm finding Clown Girl hard too. I think I'm just not in the mood to read. I was in the mood to read two days ago though. I think I'm still soaking down from that party. I'm going to sleep again, now. Goodnight, take care everyone.

I'm going to bed too. Sleep well.

[QUOTE=xec8;983601]The author is gorgeous. I've got the book at home and haven't read it yet, but each time I pick it up I have to put it down again or I know I'll just stare at the author photo.[/QUOTE]

this author ?

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your so right..

she IS.

........................ Good God.

[QUOTE=JKabol;983617]this author ?

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your so right..

she IS.[/QUOTE]

:swoon:

wait, which book did she write again? I'm getting it next!!

TC Boyle: A Friend of the Earth, East is East and Inner Circle; Arthur Miller: Focus; Shirley Jackson: The Haunting of Hill House

I´ve traded some old CD´s for THE COMPLETE SHORT STORIES COMPLITATION of ROBERTO ARLT... he is my favourite argentinian writer. He was a journalist and the critics in his time keep saying that he cant write well... because he wrote in the common people language. Hes ideas were revolutionary for his time, He was a genious! . he died in poverty and unrecognized for his work. but I can tell you that any other writer in the spanish language should learn from him!

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finally made the lundge for Stephen G Jones' Demon Theory as it finally made it to soft cover a month or so back and the title (and he himself) fascinates me, so it's amazing that i hadnt placed the order until about an hour ago. also, Kristopher Youngs' Click, and Pop 1280 by Big Jim Thompson. Also reordered JeremyRJohnson's Angel Dust Apocalypse, as it was mis-borrowed late last year. Forty duckets, but i worked hard last week, so fuck it..

-kabol

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Im just after getting Blaze by Richard Bachman (Stephen King).

[QUOTE=nathaniel parker;983632]:swoon:

wait, which book did she write again? I'm getting it next!![/QUOTE]i realized at the bookstore yesterday that i rarely pick up books by women cause i think they'll be stupid, the last one i read was cruddy by linda barry and it was great. I went looking for kem nunn books cause i remembered i loved his surf stuff and i heard he has a show on hbo but i found nothing, and i can't go to the library cause i lost a bijou phillips cd and owe 40 bucks.

40 bucks for a bijou phillips CD? That's atrocious!

[QUOTE=JKabol;983617]this author ?

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your so right..

she IS.[/QUOTE]

Oh My, she looks even better than the photo at the back of the book. I think its time for a reread its been two days.

just bought Haruki Murakami - After Dark, Peter Hoeg- Miss Smilla`s feeling for Snow, Mark Haddon- A Spot of Bother, Ray Bradbury- Fahrenheit 451

Shouts

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I just bought Walden by Thoreau -- has anyone read this?

On a recent foray to the used bookstore, I got a copy of [I]The Best Short Stories of JG Ballard[/I], [I]My Mother's House [/I]by Colette, Selby's [I]Requiem For A Dream[/I], and a couple of books by Doris Betts, who is my new favorite writer of the moment. I believe they were [I]Beasts of the Southern Wild[/I], which I just finished and really loved, and one of her novels called [I]The Sharp Teeth of Love[/I].

Oh, and in other book-related news, I finished Stephen Elliott's [I]A Life Without Consequences[/I], and [I]Happy Baby[/I]. They were great! I emailed Elliott's MySpace page and he sent me back a response! That's the kind of writer I like... You can literally shoot them an email telling them how much you like their work, and they'll actually respond. Very cool.

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, anyone know it its supposed to be great?

I bought a bunch recently...

Contortionist's Handbook, Jesus' Son, Slaughter House Five, Cat's Cradle, Trainspotting, Atlas Shrugged, and The Trial. Mostly because of what I've been reading on this site.

[QUOTE=Caligula7;995054]Oh, and in other book-related news, I finished Stephen Elliott's [I]A Life Without Consequences[/I], and [I]Happy Baby[/I]. They were great! I emailed Elliott's MySpace page and he sent me back a response! That's the kind of writer I like... You can literally shoot them an email telling them how much you like their work, and they'll actually respond. Very cool.[/QUOTE]

I sent Sean B Carroll, the author of Making of the Fittest: DNA and the Ultimate Forensic Record of Evolution, and email and he responded the same day. I, of course, am a coworker of his in a roundabout way, we both work for the UW System.

Another good author that will respond to you is Steve Alten. He wrote the Meg series about an ancient giant shark that was trapped below the thermalcline in the Mariana Trench. The Domain Trilogy by him is also really good (only two books are out right now).

But I highly recommend Goliath, it was the fasted I ever read a book. I could not put it down, which was dangerous because I was reading it during finals and couldn't study. It is one of my favorites.:biggthump

WATCH OUT AND [I]Live From Golgoth[/I]a (awesome)

Well i just read "breakfast of champions". Didn't buy it but still a tremendous read!!!

[QUOTE=Mobkey;995618]I bought a bunch recently...

Contortionist's Handbook, Jesus' Son, Slaughter House Five, Cat's Cradle, Trainspotting, Atlas Shrugged, and The Trial. Mostly because of what I've been reading on this site.[/QUOTE]

If you like Trainspotting, I highly suggest reading Porno immediately after. It's the sequel and I think reading it right after Trainspotting is the only way to fully appreciate it. And if you like them both...I'd read Glue shortly after that.

[B]Pastoralia[/B] - [I]George Saunders[/I]

[B]Clown Girl [/B]- [I]Monica Drake[/I]
[B]
The Killer Inside Me[/B] - [I]Jim Thompson[/I]

[QUOTE=UbikRex;996753][B]Pastoralia[/B] - [I]George Saunders[/I]

[B]Clown Girl [/B]- [I]Monica Drake[/I]
[B]
The Killer Inside Me[/B] - [I]Jim Thompson[/I][/QUOTE]

Good choices Ubik.
The Killer Inside me is my favourite Jim Thompson book.

I bought Dreams Of Leaving by Rupert Thomson, does anyone else know this guy?

I don't. What is the book like?

[QUOTE=UbikRex;996831]I don't. What is the book like?[/QUOTE]

I havent started it yet but from his other ones I would say he is like something people here would read. His best wor is perhaps The Book Of Revelation, but my personal favourite is The Five Gates Of Hell. If you see a secondhand copy then grab it otherwise I would feel guilty if you went to expense and didnt like it.

The Informers by Bret Easton Ellis, per Corellion.

i got (at the used bookstore) :

the book of ruth.
the encyclopedia of modern murder.

American Psycho by Brett Easton Ellis
The Wind-up Bird Chronicle and Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

Sunday I picked up:
IV by Chuck Klosterman.

I couldn't put it down after reading the first section with Britney Spears. And then the section with Bono. Celebs are freaks!

my birthday was last month so i got a book or two;

rant by our beloved cp and salinger's catcher in the rye... still finishing moby dick so i haven't got around to em yet...

[I]On Writing[/I] by Stephen Kin
[I]Zen in the Art of Writing[/I] by Ray Bradbury
two books by Denis Johnson
a book about gay bears.

In 6th grade, we had a thing where everyone got a free book.

I went up to the cardboard box, and chose On Writting by stephen king. My science teacher, who was handing the books out, grabbed it from me, and said, "you don't want to read that, it's not fiction. Try a captian underpants."

I replied that I did indeed want this book, and I clutched it, and ran back to my desk. I still have that copy. Haven't read it though. Kinda sad.

"Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell" by Susanna Clarke

Lehahi, you shoulda tried the captain underpants. I used to love them when i was little. Their funyn plus they only take like half an hour to read.

I just picked up The Informers and The Rules of Attraction, both by Ellis, as well as Good as Gold and God Knows by Joseph Heller, and a short story collection by Fitzgerald. Oh yes, and something by this Don Delillo I've heard so much about. Underworld, maybe?

[QUOTE=Mricpx;1017434]Lehahi, you shoulda tried the captain underpants. I used to love them when i was little. Their funyn plus they only take like half an hour to read.[/QUOTE]

don't you think stephen king was a little up from captain underpants?

thjis morning i just rebought [I]what we do is secret[/I], by thorn hillsberry, it's about darby crash and is brilliant.

[url]www.warboy.com[/url]

[QUOTE=LeHaHi;1017635]don't you think stephen king was a little up from captain underpants?[/QUOTE]
Nope.

[QUOTE=xec8;1017644]Nope.[/QUOTE]I can't respect him, he's real large and his stories seem dumb!

[I]how come that car didn't kill him?

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I have no respect for Stephen King. In any way, actually.

[QUOTE=alexander_thorul;1017950]I have no respect for Stephen King. In any way, actually.[/QUOTE]

I salute you.

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This book has gotten some good reviews from Entertainment Weekly and Men's Health put it in their "recommended reading."

He's been compared to Denis Johnson.

And he seems like a pretty nice guy (I've talked with him on myspace). The book seems like it should be worth checking out.

[URL=http://www.myspace.com/deadboysbook]Richard Lange's Myspace Page[/URL]

P.S. - The above pic is a link to amazon.

I just purchased Dostoevsky's [I]Notes From the Underground[/I], Alex Garland's [I]The Beach[/I], and Brett Easton Ellis' [I]The Informers[/I].

And for some reason I started on [I]Notes From the Underground[/I] first even though [I]The Informers[/I] is this month's book club book and that is why I bought it.

"Selected Poems" by George Gordon Byron

"Faust, part I" by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"The Inhuman Condition" by Clive Barker

Kafka on the Shore - Haruki Murakami

When I went to B&N the other day, they had an entire Murakami display.

He has become one of my favorites. For some reason I can just fly through his books. Kafka so far has exceeded my expectations of Wind up Bird, and I can't wait to read the rest of his stuff.

In Wind up Bird - The second chapter - He is sitting with the cat that is supposed to be missing. Let me know what you think this is all about.