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Newspaper, Novel, Comics, Screenplay, or whatever.
Im reading light. Binging on Garth Ennis's comic series - The Boys.
Just finished issue #2 :up: Dont think itll turn into brain dead drivel like Preacher did.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a8/The-Boys_Volume_One.jpg
Hit Girl
03-12-16, 03:33 AM
Reading a few things at the moment.
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Great book, but it'll take a few re-reads to get my poor head around it.
http://www.fantasybookreview.co.uk/images/the-gunslinger.jpg
Love King's writing.
Confession: I am a dedicated bibliophile.
The Kid
03-12-16, 04:32 AM
Grimm Fairy Tales comics. The writing is sub-par at best, but I've been re-reading the series for over a week now so I can't very well stop now till I catch up with the latest books in the series.
I've also gained a habit of watching movies featuring similar stories from the books (watching them while reading the books at the same time is no easy task, but it's given me an immersive experience... of sorts), hence why I've been watching 'fairy tale' movies over the past few days, including Sleeping Hollow and The Wild Hunt.
Coming up in my reading is "Madness of Wonderland" in the 'Wonderland' spin-off series of the franchise, a spin-off that's relatively much more well-written than the main series sometimes, if only because Wonderland has such a rich lore to borrow from.
http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/scale_large/6/67663/3116950-01.jpg
After that, it's the sequel to The Jungle Book spin-off series, "Last of the Species".
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False Writer
03-12-16, 06:42 PM
Currently reading Tolkien: An Illustrated Atlas.
It's got an awesome cover:
http://image1.archambault.ca/3/8/9/9/ACH003709368.1434081330.580x580.jpg
SeeingisBelieving
03-14-16, 05:19 PM
Newspaper, Novel, Comics, Screenplay, or whatever.
Im reading light. Binging on Garth Ennis's comic series - The Boys.
Just finished issue #2 :up: Dont think itll turn into brain dead drivel like Preacher did.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a8/The-Boys_Volume_One.jpg
I've just finished reading An Event in Autumn by Henning Mankell, the only Wallander story I hadn't read. It was nice dipping back into that world again.
Screw "The Boys", Im gonna read a real book. Reading jockey hall of famer Jerry Baileys autobiography.
The hell these jockies go thru now is surprising, but what they used to have to go thru is outright shocking.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51G3G77BWJL._SX327_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg
The Kid
03-14-16, 05:48 PM
Currently sorting through the Grimm Fairy Tales "Unleashed" mini-series (filled with werewolves, zombies, demons, and vampires, *wink-wink*) when I stumbled upon this cool little cover-art:
http://i.imgur.com/Kn2CZld.jpg?1
So cool, especially just after watching the retro 'White Zombie'.
mistique
03-20-16, 06:42 AM
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Victoria48
03-21-16, 11:40 AM
Nabakov-invitation to a Beheading
earlsmoviepicks
03-21-16, 04:19 PM
Not now, but I am patiently waiting for my wife to finish The Martian so i can read it
mistique
03-23-16, 07:12 AM
This morning I started:
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http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1434604933l/18831347.jpg
Been trying to find this for YEARS. Never have read them, but heard its top tier stuff.
matt72582
03-27-16, 10:02 PM
1001 Movies That Will Change Your Life
I've been reading while I wait at the dentist's. I always forget to bring it inside so I can write down movies I wanna see next... Tomorrow :)
Would anyone be interested in a cinema book-exchange? If you read a book, you can trade it to someone who wants it, and they do the same, so everyone is reading a new book instead having it collect dust after reading it the first time and depriving some other people who might be interested in your kinda stuff.
AboveTheClouds
03-27-16, 10:08 PM
http://www.mangagate.com/ressources/images/couverture/manga/ubel-blatt-volume-2.jpg
http://cdn.topshelfcomix.com/catalog/covers/fromhell_cover_lg.jpg
First one is an Omnibus edition of a Manga, the second is a graphic novel that's pretty much self explanatory.
Captain Steel
03-28-16, 12:03 AM
There Are No Accidents: Synchronicity and the Stories of Our Lives by Robert H. Hopke (1998)
and...
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I'm lovin' these Marvel Epic Collections: large numbers of issues in each collection, full color, flat (non-glossy) paper, paperbacks of comfortable size (good for reading in bed), reasonable prices. My one gripe is they are not releasing the volumes chronologically - I'm only interested in the Silver & Bronze Age stuff I missed as a kid.
I'm lovin' these Marvel Epic Collections: large numbers of issues in each collection, full color, flat (non-glossy) paper, paperbacks of comfortable size (good for reading in bed), reasonable prices. My one gripe is they are not releasing the volumes chronologically - I'm only interested in the Silver & Bronze Age stuff I missed as a kid.
I ADORE comic book TPBs. Im an old school comic collector, but nothing can beat the convenience of reading a huge story arc stright thru. ;)
Captain Steel
03-28-16, 12:43 AM
I ADORE comic book TPBs. Im an old school comic collector, but nothing can beat the convenience of reading a huge story arc stright thru. ;)
Have you seen any of the "Epic Collections," Tongo?
Have you seen any of the "Epic Collections," Tongo?
I have, but I thought they released all these years ago too. The epic collections are reprints of all the silver age stuff though, right?
Dude go to a comic dealer and look in a bin of old TPBs, and I bet youll find what youre looking for.
Captain Steel
03-28-16, 01:13 AM
I have, but I thought they released all these years ago too. The epic collections are reprints of all the silver age stuff though, right?
Dude go to a comic dealer and look in a bin of old TPBs, and I bet youll find what youre looking for.
Well, the Epic Collections are fairly new (within the last few years), but what they're intended to do is ultimately reprint certain titles in their entirety.
The big difference from former affordable reprints like the "Essentials" (which were all in black & white) is these are in full color.
Before this, many comprehensive collections of major titles in full color (from both Marvel & DC) were often collected in hard cover versions and they cost a fortune (such as the DC's "Archive" editions or the "Marvel Masterworks" series. Or the "Omnibus" editions - which cost into the hundreds of dollars and are not "light" reading as they are these huge books - so big you pretty much have to read them on a table.)
But the weird thing is Marvel is not releasing the Epic Collection volumes in order - for instance they've released Fantastic Four volume 1, collecting the first 18 issues of FF starting in 1961. And they've released volumes 17, 20 & 25!
But they haven't released volume 2 - and to make matters worse, no one knows when they might (or if they ever will). Personally, I don't want reprints from the 1990's (I pretty much had most of those when they came out and it's an era I'd rather not revisit), but I do want to read the stuff that came out before I started collecting. So I wish they'd release them chronologically.
Some of their releases seemed timed to movie events - for instance they released an Ant Man Epic edition when that movie came out, and they released an Avengers Epic Collection Vol. 4 "Behold the Vision" (the volume that covers the creation of Ultron & the Vision) when Avengers Age of Ultron came out.
linespalsy
04-03-16, 06:42 PM
I'm reading a few things right now. I don't usually mention them until I've finished them but I've been anticipating reading this one for a while now so I guess I feel I should mark the occasion:
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jiraffejustin
04-05-16, 08:48 PM
I went to the library and checked out Don Quixote. Haven't started it yet, but I'm hoping it lives up to its lofty reputation.
linespalsy
04-06-16, 10:11 AM
I don't think it does, but maybe you'll like it better.
I had to read parts of Don Quixote for one of my classes and ended up picking it up later and reading the whole thing. It did take me over a month to finish but was well worth it.
teeter_g
04-06-16, 10:51 AM
Been reading on the latest Yasmine Galenorn for a good bit. I really don't have a ton of time to read....
Well, the Epic Collections are fairly new (within the last few years), but what they're intended to do is ultimately reprint certain titles in their entirety.
The big difference from former affordable reprints like the "Essentials" (which were all in black & white) is these are in full color.
Before this, many comprehensive collections of major titles in full color (from both Marvel & DC) were often collected in hard cover versions and they cost a fortune (such as the DC's "Archive" editions or the "Marvel Masterworks" series. Or the "Omnibus" editions - which cost into the hundreds of dollars and are not "light" reading as they are these huge books - so big you pretty much have to read them on a table.)
But the weird thing is Marvel is not releasing the Epic Collection volumes in order - for instance they've released Fantastic Four volume 1, collecting the first 18 issues of FF starting in 1961. And they've released volumes 17, 20 & 25!
But they haven't released volume 2 - and to make matters worse, no one knows when they might (or if they ever will). Personally, I don't want reprints from the 1990's (I pretty much had most of those when they came out and it's an era I'd rather not revisit), but I do want to read the stuff that came out before I started collecting. So I wish they'd release them chronologically.
Some of their releases seemed timed to movie events - for instance they released an Ant Man Epic edition when that movie came out, and they released an Avengers Epic Collection Vol. 4 "Behold the Vision" (the volume that covers the creation of Ultron & the Vision) when Avengers Age of Ultron came out.
I didnt see the response from last week till now, sorry.
Yeah man Marvels releasing TPBs to coincide with whatever new marketing schemes they have for that quarter. Theyve been like this since they went public on the NYSE almost 20 years ago. If youre waiting for the TPBs to be released that are supposed to be next...truthfully it may never come.
Hey give the old B&W TPBs a go. I would, B&W is hugely underrated in comic books. ELFQUEST was one of the greatest stories Id ever read, and it was released in B&W. When they rereleased it in color, the art didnt look near as good. The B&W TPBs would probably be dirt cheap too.
Omnizoa
04-15-16, 05:40 AM
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AboveTheClouds
04-15-16, 05:44 AM
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The newest issues of Horror Hound and Rue Morgue. My bookstore stopped carrying Fangoria apparently, so now I only have 2 horror magazines a month worth reading :mad:
mistique
04-15-16, 06:01 AM
^ They look pretty cool - especially Horror Hound.
AboveTheClouds
04-15-16, 06:17 AM
Yeah, the Rue Morgue is kind of weak this month, and I'm not the biggest RZ fan, so meh.
christine
04-15-16, 06:35 AM
The 19th Wife by David Eberschoff.
SeeingisBelieving
04-15-16, 06:56 AM
Young Winstone by Ray Winstone. Very good, with a lot of social history.
Omnizoa
04-15-16, 07:38 AM
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The Sound and the Fury. I'm trying so hard to like it. I really am.
Dylan Dog
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Godoggo
04-16-16, 05:48 PM
The Sound and the Fury. I'm trying so hard to like it. I really am.
That's a difficult read, Gatsby. I remember the first go-around with that book was a fairly frustrating experience, but the second time I started to get exactly how good it is.
I'm currently reading We were the Mulvaneys~Joyce Carol Oats. I'm more than halfway through and less than thrilled with it. I feel like I don't really know any of the characters more than on just a surface level and I'm not in love with Oates's style. It's not bad, just wish I was more invested.
Omnizoa
04-16-16, 11:09 PM
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That's a difficult read, Gatsby. I remember the first go-around with that book was a fairly frustrating experience, but the second time I started to get exactly how good it is.
Well, I'm currently reading the third part, and I admit that the book is getting better and better as I go through it. I'm finally getting some explanations, which is great because the first 50 pages were unbearable. :p
Godoggo
04-17-16, 03:22 AM
Well, I'm currently reading the third part, and I admit that the book is getting better and better as I go through it. I'm finally getting some explanations, which is great because the first 50 pages were unbearable. :p
Yup. It's like jumping into the middle of a movie with a complicated plot and having to figure it out quickly. I'm still not sure if I understand the point of writing that way and if we were introduced to the characters in a more traditional way if it have made a big difference.
mistique
04-17-16, 05:22 AM
That's a difficult read, Gatsby. I remember the first go-around with that book was a fairly frustrating experience, but the second time I started to get exactly how good it is.
How long does it go before you reread a book? I'm asking because I'm always curious about people's reading habits. I myself hardly ever reread - I often have an idea that I would like to, just doesn't get it done. Also in this case with a book that has made me frustrated I would hardly want to read it again, but in your case it sounds like it was really worth it.
I myself hardly ever reread - I often have an idea that I would like to, just doesn't get it done.
I don't reread books often either - there are only a small handful of all-time favorites I've read twice. There are two books I've read three times, one is Slaughterhouse Five and the other one isn't.
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Work in progress for my thesis.
Omnizoa
04-17-16, 08:02 PM
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matt72582
04-17-16, 08:50 PM
1001 Movies That Will Change Your Life - I've only read it in SF, on the airplane, and the many visits to the dentist, even while I'm on the chair. I need to start watching some.
Omnizoa
06-09-16, 07:18 PM
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mistique
06-10-16, 06:59 AM
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c5/Elantris_cover.jpg
Omnizoa
06-10-16, 07:08 AM
How is that, mistique?
mistique
06-10-16, 07:16 AM
I'm only five pages in so can't really say anything yet.
Dylan Dog
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CosmicRunaway
06-21-16, 04:46 PM
Fables vol 2
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I started to read Fables shortly after finishing the Tell-Tale Wolf Among Us game, but it's slow going. I'm currently at volume 2, and so far it's nowhere near as interesting as volume 1 was, but I still want to see where the series goes from here.
Been reading too many damn articles about Trump :sick:
Omnizoa
06-22-16, 12:02 AM
Will be beginning shortly:
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Omnizoa
06-30-16, 05:20 AM
Finished Glass Sword. WAY BETTER than most of the other female-oriented modern YA stuff out there right now (that I've tried).
Hit Girl
07-03-16, 09:55 PM
Mortality - Christopher Hitchens
https://reasoningpolitics.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/mortality-hitchens1.jpg
From the back cover: "Hitchens account of his ordeal battling esophageal cancer. It poignantly describes the torments of illness, discusses its taboos, and explores how disease transforms experience and changes our relationship to the world around us."
Guaporense
07-06-16, 12:05 AM
Assassination Classroom
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3c/Assassination_Classroom_Volume_1.jpg
Really good stuff. I even cried in the end. One of the best shounen Mangas I ever read.
linespalsy
07-08-16, 02:54 PM
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Omnizoa
07-22-16, 11:33 PM
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Captain Steel
07-23-16, 12:26 AM
Recently purchased some used copies of the Aubrey - Maturin (Master and Commander) series - the first 4 novels - by Patrick O'Brian.
I liked the movie so much, I thought I'd enjoy the books.
I read some reviews of the first novel "Master and Commander" and have to agree with some of the criticisms (luckily reviewers say the books improve as the series continues.) Here is a case where the movie was better than the book! Keep in mind that the movie is based on a couple of the novels, not just the first one. But the first book really has no plot! Stuff happens, there are battles and naval politics and you get a sense of the developing relationship between the Captain, the Dr. and the first mate, but there's really no plot or story line that builds. It's more like just the day to day occurrences of what happens aboard a ship. And even though the books were written in the 60's, they read like old English and are laden with never-ending nautical terms from the 19th century. Some reviewers say the first novel reads more like a text book than a fictional adventure.
Hoping the next three books are a bit more gripping (but I doubt I'll seek to collect the whole series).
Omnizoa
07-24-16, 09:14 AM
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banality
07-24-16, 02:22 PM
This dumb thread
Omnizoa
07-24-16, 02:49 PM
This dumb thread
Hi, what?
Guaporense
07-25-16, 11:57 PM
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Nice book about mathematizing historical battles. Also, they show mathematically that the Germans were superior to the Allies in WW2 (apparently, 1 German soldier = 1.5 Allied soldier or 2.5 Russians).
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One of the best mangas I ever read. Thumbs up. ;)
Omnizoa
08-03-16, 10:41 AM
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Kinda fun. It's somewhat annoying when the perspective shifts every chapter, especially to one-off auxiliary characters. SUPER cliched at times; opens with a brooding once-hero sitting in a bar who responds to a direct question about how he used to be with something to effect of, "yeah I was like that, BUT THAT WAS BEFORE MY WIFE AND CHILDREN WERE MURDERED". Total lack of self-awareness.
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Now this is bloody fantastic. I know nothing comparable to it except LOTR. Except it's nor stiff nor particulary intense. It's unwined. Paul was able to kill people with his voice in the end. Here we have horses to ride. There they have 1500 ft long worms. It has everything in it - phylosophy, psychology, sociology, even math, physics, chemistry, love, romance, biology, drama, thriller, horror, film noir :p, obviously litterature.
I wish they would make an epic trilogy with Brannagh or Scott directing it. What do you think would be a suitable cast?
Omnizoa
08-12-16, 10:45 AM
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Surprisingly engaging Harry Potter-esque fantasy school drama which suddenly shifts into mystery and then war by the final quarter with a light sprinkle of romance without the cringe.
It has some amusing and subversive characters, the two main protagonists being a male character who pursues a female archetype and a female character who pursues a male archetype. That's refreshing.
Omnizoa
08-12-16, 10:48 AM
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Barely started, didn't finish. Bored the crap outta of me.
mistique
08-12-16, 05:54 PM
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Saga volume 6.
Omnizoa
08-13-16, 07:36 AM
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Kin of Kings had a pretty solid twist ending, so I'm reading the sequel.
mistique
08-13-16, 08:50 AM
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mistique
08-14-16, 05:23 AM
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Sister by Rosamund Lupton
Just started this one as an audiobook.
Omnizoa
08-30-16, 11:37 PM
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Fricken' weird. EXTREMELY obvious liberal leanings when it's main character monologues to herself about asexuality and gender identity in a "these are just facts" sort of way. Definitely planning to give it up.
AboveTheClouds
08-31-16, 12:31 AM
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These just came in the mail, and will both be done by halfway through this coming month. There's a few others I want to grab right now, Amazon has some decent sales.
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Captain Steel
08-31-16, 02:02 AM
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Just started it. It's amazing!!!
I've been trying to read IT by Stephen King for the last 3 months. It's really good...I'm about 1/8th through lol...no but it's really good but it's so long. I was reAding it at night but I'm on a mission to make a gaming pc so I've been on my phone at night reading about different comp components. I seriously had no knowledge a couple of weeks ago, now I know what a 6th gen Intel cup i5 is lol, that and I've been on the forum so it's gonna take me a year to finish, thought I'd share my thoughts instead of reading. Hopefully it entertains someone.
Omnizoa
09-15-16, 06:06 AM
Finished Rise of Legends. It's a decent follow-up. Some interesting developments, some crap.
Starting:
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The Sandman Omnibus
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Went to the local library a few days ago and went exploring the stacks in the sub-levels. Found this stashed away in the mythology section. Now half-way through.
Im reading NFL news now that the seasons started. :shrug:
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The redemption of Althalus
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Re-reading, actually. My favourite of David Edding, among my favourite books ever. I've allways loved Eddings writing, especially the way he portrays gods and godesses. He leans towards a greek representation of them more as humans with superpowers rather than all powerful, aloof, nonhuman boring deieties. They're petty, proud, angry, stupid...relatable. Which I'm allways for.
NextScorsese
09-20-16, 03:42 PM
Well obviously I'm reading the posts in the thread.
thegoldenfatty
09-21-16, 11:41 PM
The Son of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs. I'm also reading Peanuts strips 1955-1956, and Countdown to Lockdown by Mick Foley. So, I'm reading 3 at a time.
Captain Steel
09-21-16, 11:55 PM
I've completed "Master and Commander" and have started "Post Captain."
So far the second book seems a somewhat easier read, while Master and Commander was one of the most difficult, slow, drawn out, virtually plot-less books I ever got through!
mistique
09-22-16, 05:42 AM
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Halfway House - Ellery Queen
papagallo
09-23-16, 05:31 AM
I like to read all books of sven hassel since late seventies
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Omnizoa
09-28-16, 08:46 AM
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Described as "the ultimate vegan revenge story". Hrhrhrhr.
Redwell
03-23-17, 08:17 PM
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Being familiar with the History of Poland in the 20th century is a big part of understanding their cinema. Norman Davies is a very accessible writing. Good stuff so far.
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Being familiar with the History of Poland in the 20th century is a big part of understanding their cinema. Norman Davies is a very accessible writing. Good stuff so far.
I own his Europe: A History but haven't read it yet.
Redwell
03-23-17, 08:23 PM
I own his Europe: A History but haven't read it yet.
This book is kind of unique in that it works backwards from its publication date, and God's Playground is his more thorough and complete work on Polish history, but I'm definitely enjoying it. I might check out some of his other writing as well. Europe: A History seems like his most popular work.
cat_sidhe
03-23-17, 10:55 PM
Newspaper, Novel, Comics, Screenplay, or whatever.
Im reading light. Binging on Garth Ennis's comic series - The Boys.
Just finished issue #2 :up: Dont think itll turn into brain dead drivel like Preacher did.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a8/The-Boys_Volume_One.jpg
Dude. I LOVE The Boys. One of my best friends is Irish and he got me into Ennis BIG TIME. Ennis is now my fav. <3
Captain Steel
03-23-17, 10:56 PM
I just finished reading "Think And Grow Rich" ... it didn't work.
cat_sidhe
03-24-17, 01:03 AM
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mistique
03-25-17, 09:11 AM
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Omnizoa
03-25-17, 09:23 AM
Described as "the ultimate vegan revenge story". Hrhrhrhr.
Actually sucked.
resopamenic
03-25-17, 09:25 AM
o yeah, i haven't finished this one
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Omnizoa
05-22-17, 12:03 PM
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Learning about Geoism (Georgism) economic theory and finally getting around to The God Delusion, which I've never read.
HashtagBrownies
05-22-17, 02:27 PM
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Ultraviolence
05-22-17, 05:15 PM
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BERSERK
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I_Wear_Pants
05-22-17, 06:08 PM
I'm on page 800 or so of Lonesome Dove. Only 145 to go! Next up is the British version of Harry Potter.
The manual from my latest video game purchase.(The Godfather: Don's Edtion)
cat_sidhe
11-13-17, 04:08 PM
I had to buy a book at the airport as I forgot to pack one. I was about to buy a Patricia Cornwell, when another cover caught my eye. The colour was very appealing to me, but mostly, the title was something I said to someone recently. Bought it purely based on that.
Opened it, and it's written in the first person. :( I'm not a fan of those, usually.
I still have the feeling this will deliver.
Stalin: Volume I: Paradoxes of Power, 1878–1928
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It's pretty fascinating, should have probably read one focusing on Lenin or the Revolution first though. Both are obviously focused on just not quite as much as i'd like as Stalin wasn't involved with every facet of the revolution like Lenin or Trotsky.
Miss Vicky
11-14-17, 02:34 AM
Stalin: Volume I: Paradoxes of Power, 1878–1928
You suck.
Fight Club (Chuck Palahnuik; 1996)
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9 chapters in and am liking it so far. Probably gonna see the film again when I finish it to see how they compare
I had to buy a book at the airport as I forgot to pack one. I was about to buy a Patricia Cornwell, when another cover caught my eye. The colour was very appealing to me, but mostly, the title was something I said to someone recently. Bought it purely based on that.
Opened it, and it's written in the first person. :( I'm not a fan of those, usually.
I still have the feeling this will deliver.
Ok. So who is the mystery author? ( As long as it's not James Frey :D )
You suck.
Wouldn't have guessed you were a Trotskyist.
:shifty:
Killigraphy
11-14-17, 10:57 AM
Looking Backward.
cat_sidhe
11-14-17, 10:59 AM
Fight Club (Chuck Palahnuik; 1996)
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9 chapters in and am liking it so far. Probably gonna see the film again when I finish it to see how they compare
He's one of my favs, I think he's awesome. My first was "Survivor".
cat_sidhe
11-14-17, 11:00 AM
I had to buy a book at the airport as I forgot to pack one. I was about to buy a Patricia Cornwell, when another cover caught my eye. The colour was very appealing to me, but mostly, the title was something I said to someone recently. Bought it purely based on that.
Opened it, and it's written in the first person. :( I'm not a fan of those, usually.
I still have the feeling this will deliver.
Ok. So who is the mystery author? ( As long as it's not James Frey :D )
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Not since Ray Bradbury has there been an author that wrote in that poetic prose style.
James Lee Burke is some one that can make you smell, touch and hear nearly every thing he describes. He is the virtual reality of novel writers.
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Dr-strange
11-26-17, 12:18 AM
This forum, and a biography on prince
cat_sidhe
11-26-17, 06:38 AM
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Omnizoa
11-26-17, 07:39 AM
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On the third book in the series so far and it's pretty solid. Basically the premise is an alternative near-future where knowledge is taken to be the source of all power and therefor books are considered more important that a human life. There's an Orwellian international organization known as The Great Library which has unilaterally banned the private ownership of original books worldwide and instead hands out "Codexes" which can be used to access Library-approved information. Main character is born into a book smuggling trade and eventually joins the Library undercover only to discover it's greatest sin is seizing any and all information that could have lead to the invention of the Printing Press and murdering anyone who threatens to undermine it's power.
Surprisingly progressive book, one of the main characters is Muslim, another two are gay, and another is a butch girl with military training. The romance is a pretty crap, but otherwise I've by and large liked the characters and the book isn't afraid to jeopardize their lives at a moment's notice. Much better than the usual drek I try to get into.
jiraffejustin
08-16-18, 05:45 AM
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by Madonna
cat_sidhe
08-16-18, 08:11 AM
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Had to take a small break from it, but back at it again.
MovieGal
09-01-18, 04:08 PM
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The Hot ZoneRichard Preston
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Man, this is probably the most horrifying thing i've ever read but it's also incredible. Earlier this year i got interested in the History of HIV, i didn't read any books on it (did buy And The Band Plays On though) but i did read a bunch of articles and essays and watched a documentary. Well this is about something similar but much much worse: The Biosafety Level 4 Agents. A group of related viruses the best known of which is Ebola, although there's more than one kind of Ebola the one we call by that name is the most deadly one officially called Ebola-Zaire (Zaire being where it originated or at least where the first detected outbreak was) and the less deadly but still incredibly lethal Ebola-Sudan now often referred to as the Sudan Virus which was the Virus at the cause of the first known Ebola outbreak in Sudan. Compared to these AIDS is a goshdarn sneeze, they are much more contaegeous (with them being airborne in some cases of course), they kill you much faster and more violently and the survival rate is much lower. They are also unpredictable to a terrifying degree and everything they've thought to be the case so far has later proven to not always be the case. This was written in 1995 so it doesn't include the most recent outbreak and historically i don't do well with diseases so i deliberately avoided reading anything about it while that epidemic was going on and since meaning i'm no doubt missing a lot of recently gained information, and i've not even finished this but still it's very informative and well written.
One of the best things about it is how he presents the characters/real people, he managed to get me to care about them making their demises/near calls/whatever with these viruses so much worse. One in particular had me close to tears about a young african nurse who had been accepted to a university in america and had big dreams of becoming an important doctor who of course contracted and died from it and that had a sort of not happy but something at least twist because she did end up important to medicine, her blood was the main sample the primary virus research lab in america used for a long time in its studies of Ebola. The human stories aren't the only devastating parts there's also the animals, ones who were caught and tested to see if they carried the viruses in the suspected place of origin as well as the monkeys they intentionally infected to see if they could cure them with various drugs. Anyway, yeah this is amazing. I'm not even finished yet, the thing i'm most interested in is the origins and while i know we still don't know for sure where they come from and what carries it (although it's largely thought to be Fruit Bats) reading the theories and the efforts scientists and doctors go to in an attempt to figure these things out is so good.
He goes into horrifying detail about the effects of these viruses it's probably the toughest thing i've ever read, barely made it past the first chapter with the description of the death of the French man in Kenya who contracted Marburg. I'm glad i pressed on though as he doesn't repeat it every time, he only goes into effects again if there's new symptoms particularly when he moves on to one of the different viruses. The book is downright terrifying, i've never found any horror books scary but this more than does it for me. Think the most terrifying thing i've ever read in a book is the end of the Zaire Epidemic. By the end everything has been destroyed, a bunch of uninfected people are quarantined with both infected people and infected corpses in a building caked with tainted blood. The scariest thing is that it just stops though and it's described as quietly descending back into the jungle to wait for another opportunity to infect a new host. A big part of the reason why i've got so interested in these viruses is because of how amazing and beautiful i find Africa. For example two people infected with Marburg years aparts stories are told and it's thought that they both got it from a place called Kitum Cave on Mount Elgon because that's the only place both of them definitely were. After reading that i watched a bunch of videos and looked at pictures of both the mountain and the cave and it's such an amazing place. Would love to go there, except i wouldn't because i'd maybe inhale powdered bat sh*t and end up bleeding out my eyes. Just shows you how cruel and sometimes ironic nature is haha.
Miss Vicky
09-07-18, 01:52 PM
Camo
You suck.
Camo
You suck.
No, i think you'll find it's Ebola that sucks. There's an outbreak in a war zone right now :eek:
Miss Vicky
09-07-18, 02:14 PM
No, i think you'll find it's Ebola that sucks. There's an outbreak in a war zone right now :eek:
Ebola also sucks.
But you suck plenty.
Ebola also sucks.
But you suck plenty.
Assuming that was a typo and you meant "But you sick plenty" as that's true of Ebola.
Miss Vicky
09-07-18, 02:36 PM
Assuming that was a typo and you meant "But you sick plenty" as that's true of Ebola.
:coleman:
Omnizoa
11-11-18, 02:11 AM
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I don't know how to summarize this book. You might say it's an argument in favor of objective value. It's a challenge to read (like most any philosophy book is), but at base it seems to affirm what I've been saying for at least a decade: A thing is good insofar as it fulfills it's concept, a thing is bad insofar that it doesn't.
One of this idea's very many logical conclusions is that... movies can be objectively good or bad. Which I still believe.
mistique
11-18-18, 06:47 AM
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I'm reading a book mostly written by a French scientist, Jean-Pierre Petit: "Cosmic Contacts - How far can we think too far?".
That scientist is the person who spread in France the news regarding alleged extraterrestrials, the Ummites from the Ummo planet (and maybe regarding other associated extraterrestrials). He claims he's gotten much valuable information from "them", which he can make the most of as a scientist.
In this book, he explains his discoveries, theories, observations, knowledge. Not all can necessarily be taken for granted, however this reading is inspiring. Also he's 81 and has no scientific career left to lose. You can imagine how controversial he's considered in his scientific community, without mentioning his own cosmological theory invalids many of the mainstream theories.
This book actually is the transcript of a loooong dialogue between Jean-Pierre Petit and a guy who asks him questions. This makes it all pleasant to read.
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France123
11-26-18, 12:39 AM
I'm reading the "The Mist by Stephen Kings".
cat_sidhe
11-26-18, 06:10 AM
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Just finished this morning:
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Alongside "Death in Venice" this is one of my favorites of what i have read in 2019, superbly written and very lyrically.
Highly recommended if you are into Eastern European literature from the interwar period.
Hopefully i will be able to finish it tonight.
GulfportDoc
04-18-19, 07:39 PM
The Tin Collectors (2001) by Stephen J. Cannell, published by St. Martin's.
This is a re-read for me from 10 years ago. Cannell writes very readable and eclectic stories that hold one's interest. He wrote 18 novels, but he's best known for his TV series writing, including The Rockford Files, The A-team, The Commish, 21 Jump Street, Diagnosis Murder, and dozens of others.
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Efter solen (After the Sun) by Jonas Eika Rasmussen (2018)
I have been looking forward to reading this hyped collection of Danish sci-fi short stories. Hopefully I wont be disappointed.
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Freedom by Jonathan Franzen (2010)
I found this at a thrift shop for around two dollars and remembered quite like The Corrections (Though this was many years ago).
Gangland
05-10-19, 02:13 PM
With my semester coming to an end, I can finally read what I want again. I've been meaning to tackle Arnold J. Toynbee's 12 volume A Study of History, which charts and compares the rise and fall of different civilizations. BUT, I just found out about this cult leader/serial killer/drug runner named Adolfo Constanzo, and his cult/drug running gang which the FBI dubbed the Narcosatantist. There's something about that name that gets me going, so I'm probably going to do as much reading as I can on Constanzo before I start A Study of History.
From the little of what I've read so far, Constanzo would perform voodoo rituals for cartel hitmen, and his cult members thought the sacrifices would be stronger if they started using live people, so it slowly graduated from animals, to digging up dead bodies, to kidnapping people, one of them being an American pre-med student on spring break in Mexico, and dicing them up. Constanzo wanted to join the cartel, but he was too ****ed up for their standards, so when he was refused, he then started kidnapping cartel members and sacrificing them. I think the law only came down on him when he kidnapped the American student and his body was found sans a head and spine.
He also disappointingly looks like Corey Feldman.
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True story of the Galvin Family and their history with schizophrenia when six of their twelve children were diagnosed with the disorder. Just started reading it and it's already proving to be a fascinating read.
Mr Minio
06-10-20, 10:00 PM
Right now I'm reading this thread!
IQ 400!!!
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About halfway through and so far it's pretty craptastic. I kept seeing rave reviews and it was recommended to me a few times. The synopsis piqued my interest, so I thought what the hell. I don't know if it's lost in translation but it's very poorly written. Also very boring. But I got this far, may as well finish it. Plus I'm told the end will be worth it. We'll see.
Yeah, I couldn't finish "Tender is the Flesh". I did look up the ending and I'll just say I made the right decision.
Moving on...
Just started this...
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Fingers crossed.
LAMb EELYAK
12-20-22, 08:13 PM
Not much of a reader these days, but I'm currently enjoying Earth, Air, Fire and Custard, the 3rd book in Tom Holt's "J.W. Wells & Co." series.
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I'm also listening to John Voth read Harry Potter on YouTube, which is great, because I get to hear the whole story again while also getting his reaction since he had never read it before.
Act III
02-03-23, 09:11 PM
The Complete Works of Nostradamus (1555)
PDF download free from holybooks.com
Probably the oldest book I ever tried to read, almost 500 years old.
KeyserCorleone
02-19-23, 03:30 PM
The Inheritance series. I'm seed-reading them, and I plan on reading at least 150 pages a day. In the case of the third book, if I increase that to 250, I'll be done in two days. But considering that tomorrow's a work day, I might have to do the three day one. Plus, when I'm "Inheritanced-out," I usually read something else. I just finished Handbook for Mortals today. :P :P :P!
The Snow Is Dirty by Georges Simenon. He's one of my favorite writers, whether it's his Inspector Maigret books or his romans durs (his "serious" novels), and this is one of his best, if not the best, book of his I've read so far, about a teenager in an unnamed city under occupation by an unnamed army, who goes on a crime spree. To be fair, I've read somewhere between twenty and thirty Simenon books and the guy wrote hundreds (with maybe around 200 having been translated into English). He was amazing, but also very dark. It's the one thing that keeps me from binge reading him for weeks on end, but I've liked or loved everything of his I've read.
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mrblond
03-02-23, 04:27 PM
Metropolis: A History of the City
by
Ben Wilson
Very nice and informative research-journey through one of the top urban spots in the mankind civilization for 5,000 years.
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Al pacone
03-03-23, 02:07 AM
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Just started reading this, fun book.
John McClane
03-03-23, 02:35 AM
Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World by Anand Giridharadas
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KeyserCorleone
03-13-23, 06:36 PM
I just sped-read 130 pages of The Appeal by John Grisham. This is gonna be my second Grisham after The Whistler. Then I'm gonna check out a couple of his classics before returning to John Updike.
I'm re-reading F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, this book is a beautiful metaphor of the illusory American Dream.
Austruck
04-06-23, 02:03 PM
I'm breezing through this crazy novel, although I'm confuddled by something I think I must have missed about midway through. It's been a long time since I've read a novel where I think about it all day and keep finding reasons to stop doing other things so I can sit and keep reading. I've got about 100 pages to go and will be sad to see it end. But I'm SO CURIOUS to see how it ends! :)
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Wind, Sand, and Stars by Antoine Saint-Exupery.
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Just started reading this, fun book.
The title alone rating_4
Starting this soon...
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The title caught my fancy. The synopsis is all over the place which works in its favor. Will it live up to...anything? Stay tuned.
EDIT: :down:
Austruck
04-28-23, 06:50 PM
About a quarter of the way through this and enjoying it quite a bit:
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Started off a bit rocky, but the House of Heorot chapter left me intrigued. I actually look forward to reading this.
LAMb EELYAK
05-13-23, 12:25 AM
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LAMb EELYAK
05-16-23, 09:27 PM
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chongjasmine
06-24-23, 07:25 PM
I am currently reading a sign of four by conan doyle.
Austruck
06-24-23, 11:07 PM
About halfway done with this one:
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I'm also slowly making my way through this classic. This edition is a really nice, sturdy, well-made hardback edition with dust jacket.
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Then I'll probably be hopping into this one:
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No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai
and
Philosophy in the Bedroom by Sade
TheDoctor
07-30-23, 05:59 AM
Right now I am actually reading this line of text i am typing.
Galactic Traveler
07-24-24, 11:22 PM
Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Quarter way through it. So far it's delivering what all the reviews promised.
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Vainajaiset by Marja Kyllönen
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I haven't read that many new (or newish) Finnish books, but this one is by far the best-written Finnish prose I've read in ages. The writer has only published three books in 25 years, and this one was rejected by one publisher in 2006 before it was finally released by another in 2022.
It's a very poetic but dark and brutal story about young lovers and how their childlessness sours and rots their marriage, love, life, and even those around them. It freely flirts with mythology and horror, too.
I don't think it's been translated, and I think it would be extremely hard.
Deadpan
07-25-24, 05:42 PM
5 stars- can't recommend enough
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The Sermon on the Mount by Emmet Fox
WHITBISSELL!
07-25-24, 08:23 PM
All I Did Was Shoot My Man by Walter Mosley. It's his fourth novel featuring Leonid McGill, a NYC private investigator but it's also my introduction to the character. I make it a point to always start a preexisting series with the introductory installment. It was a freebie so I decided to go ahead and try but it's too confusing. He keeps dropping names and mentioning side characters and I have no earthly idea who these people are. I'm even having trouble keeping track of all the players in this story. Maybe it's just one of his weaker efforts.
WHITBISSELL!
08-25-24, 09:48 PM
Fever House - If you like utilitarian gangster noir, paranoid conspiracists, the occult and black ops skullduggery then this is the book for you. Plus a dash of the Portland music scene and have it all told in an incisive and singular voice by author Keith Rosson. This book is a trip.
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cat_sidhe
09-02-24, 12:24 PM
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Part of my Welsh journey.
Hey Fredrick
09-03-24, 09:58 AM
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Getting away from thrillers at the moment and trying to find a good scare. I've only read one book by Ketchum and it was a rough one (fast paced but brutal). About halfway through this and it reminds me of The Hills Have Eyes if The Hills Have Eyes were set in Maine.
FilmBuff
09-03-24, 10:22 AM
I'm reading 1984 and it feels so BORING.
Nausicaä
09-03-24, 03:47 PM
Just finished:
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WHITBISSELL!
09-06-24, 01:06 AM
Just started Walter Mosley's latest Easy Rawlins mystery, Farewell, Amethystine.
Hey Fredrick
09-10-24, 10:48 AM
I have never read a Jane Austen novel and didn't know which one to start with but I went with:
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Nausicaä
09-11-24, 04:02 PM
Reading this at the moment:
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~An eye-opening investigation into the science, economics, history and production of ultra-processed food.
It's not you, it's the food.
We have entered a new 'age of eating' where most of our calories come from an entirely novel set of substances called Ultra-Processed Food, food which is industrially processed and designed and marketed to be addictive. But do we really know what it's doing to our bodies?
Join Chris in his travels through the world of food science and a UPF diet to discover what's really going on. Find out why exercise and willpower can't save us, and what UPF is really doing to our bodies, our health, our weight, and the planet (hint: nothing good).
For too long we've been told we just need to make different choices, when really we're living in a food environment that makes it nigh-on impossible. So this is a book about our rights. The right to know what we eat and what it does to our bodies and the right to good, affordable food.~
WHITBISSELL!
09-30-24, 02:20 PM
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FilmBuff
09-30-24, 02:34 PM
Still with 1984... I admit, it gets a little better once Winston finds some "romance"
KeyserCorleone
10-05-24, 06:13 PM
Still with 1984... I admit, it gets a little better once Winston finds some "romance"
I've had trouble motivating myself to check out Orwell, considering that his endings are typically grimm... at least the ones I know about. I typically love reading classics, though, and one of these days I'll motivate myself to check those books out.
I just finished Mickey7 #2: Antimatter Blues in a three-hour span with breaks for a meal and to do laundry. Better than the original. It gets even more invested in developing its weird world, especially with the alien race having a stronger say. It's much weirder, and delightfully so. On top of that, character development is practically doubled, although I would've loved more action from Marshall, who made a great villain before.
Damn the movie better rock as hard as the books or I'm gonna riot. But now I'm officially an Edward Ashton fan and I'll likely buy his next novel first chance I get. I really wanna support this guy's ambitions.
EDIT: Now I'm gonna see why people hate Susan Moody. Knowing what not to do when writing a good story is just as important as knowing what to do.
KeyserCorleone
10-11-24, 06:42 PM
After having read four Susan Moody books, I see why people don't like it. She's not so much writing intriguing mysteries as she is writing about conversations and asking questions.
Right now I'm on Good Omens. My first venture into Pratchett, and my second into Gaiman. I'm only 68 pages in and this book has elicited a surprising number of reactions from me.
Hey Fredrick
12-31-24, 11:41 AM
After the last "novel" I read, which was more of a disgusting pamphlet, I was looking for something exciting and one book kept coming up in every list I looked at:
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So far it's living up to it's reputation.
Just finished Treasure Island and now I am on to:
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Mesmerized
12-31-24, 02:32 PM
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ueno_station54
12-31-24, 03:09 PM
i read far too slowly and noncommittally to be picking the long ass books i do. been working my way through Ducks, Newburyport for idk how long now.
WHITBISSELL!
12-31-24, 03:46 PM
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KeyserCorleone
01-04-25, 04:50 PM
I think I'm going to go on a Kurt Vonnegut marathon.
KeyserCorleone
01-10-25, 12:55 AM
Kurt Vonnegut's Breakfast of Champions. About halfway done, and I'm not really impressed. I mean, I can appreciate the attempt at capturing the little things in life, but not every one of these little things seems to matter much. I still want a story, and if the little things are going to matter, they should at least be a little more powerful than just being too close to everyday life.
mrblond
01-10-25, 08:40 AM
Just started Al Pacino's Sonny Boy - A Memoir
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Geddy Lee's memoirs, My Effin' Life. Highly recommended even if you already know everything about Rush. A highlight so far is the long chapter about his parents' experiences as Holocaust survivors.
MovieGal
02-25-25, 11:13 PM
It's a linguistic book.
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Something a bit lighter
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I_Wear_Pants
02-28-25, 08:10 PM
I'm about a quarter way through Prisoner of Azkaban in the original British. Yes; Americans and Brits both speak English. However they use different dialects, and the Harry Potter books were "translated" (read: the slang and prose were changed) when they came across the Atlantic, so now I'm reading the books the way Rowling originally wrote them. They're a lot better this way.
The Incerto series by some guy who i don't feel like spelling, it's a neato smarty pants kind of work which evaluates randomness, and huge cataclysmic changes called Black Swans, and Antifragility which is better than mere resilience. If i can follow along for the duration of the relatively short chapters, i can thereby get the feeling that i perhaps have a brain that still operates the way brains should optimally. And more to the point, the essence of why this work matters to me grows out of the interest in Stoicism, and living in uncertain times, the latter being not the thing to go into on this website. That's ok, but i need to think of those things regardless. ...... i also desire to be plunged into an extremely sad novel, that doesn't irritate me in any way. On the hunt of a lifetime for such a book.
Austruck
03-03-25, 08:03 PM
For decades I've read Stephen King books with no sense of order (since the early 1980s when I first read The Stand). Someone in a SK reader group suggested reading the books in order of publication. She stated that this gave her an interesting sense of seeing King's style develop and also let her see small throwbacks King put in later novels, referring to earlier ones.
So, I'm taking up this task and will reread any of his novels I'd read previously when I get to them. I've gotten through Carrie and 'Salem's Lot, neither of which I'd read before, and am now about 25% through The Shining (which I read so long ago that I don't remember much).
[Side Note: Actually, I should be reading his story Rage next, but that story is no longer available unless you can get your hands on an older copy in The Bachman Books that has it. King pulled it from publication once he learned that the Columbine shooters used it as a sort of handbook and manifesto for their crimes. And I don't want to pay more than $1,000 for a used copy of that collection.]
I'm constantly reminded as I read King's novels that he is a gifted storyteller and that nearly all screen adaptations of his work fall far short of the books. The best bits of his stories are getting inside a character's head, which rarely translates to the screen.
Anyway, I'm enjoying this and trying not to see or hear Jack Nicholson as I read. (Sorry, all you Kubrick fans, but Nicholson's portrayal is nothing like the Jack Torrance in the book.)
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For decades I've read Stephen King books with no sense of order (since the early 1980s when I first read The Stand). Someone in a SK reader group suggested reading the books in order of publication. She stated that this gave her an interesting sense of seeing King's style develop and also let her see small throwbacks King put in later novels, referring to earlier ones.
So, I'm taking up this task and will reread any of his novels I'd read previously when I get to them. I've gotten through Carrie and 'Salem's Lot, neither of which I'd read before, and am now about 25% through The Shining (which I read so long ago that I don't remember much).
[Side Note: Actually, I should be reading his story Rage next, but that story is no longer available unless you can get your hands on an older copy in The Bachman Books that has it. King pulled it from publication once he learned that the Columbine shooters used it as a sort of handbook and manifesto for their crimes. And I don't want to pay more than $1,000 for a used copy of that collection.]
I'm constantly reminded as I read King's novels that he is a gifted storyteller and that nearly all screen adaptations of his work fall far short of the books. The best bits of his stories are getting inside a character's head, which rarely translates to the screen.
Anyway, I'm enjoying this and trying not to see or hear Jack Nicholson as I read. (Sorry, all you Kubrick fans, but Nicholson's portrayal is nothing like the Jack Torrance in the book.)
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I've wanted to do this too, read all his stuff chronologically, have most on my kindle. Good luck and enjoy the 70s, 80s and 90s Stephen King!!
Austruck
03-03-25, 09:39 PM
I've wanted to do this too, read all his stuff chronologically, have most on my kindle. Good luck and enjoy the 70s, 80s and 90s Stephen King!!
So far I really am enjoying reading the earlier stuff. HOWEVER...
I've always been able to read King's books, even the scary ones, any time of day or night, even alone in my old, creaky house at 3 a.m. on Halloween... but with 'Salem's Lot I found that I really didn't want to read it after dark at ALL.
This has never happened to me with any horror book before. The way he does the slow-burn of suspense in that story is so fabulous.
So far I really am enjoying reading the earlier stuff. HOWEVER...
I've always been able to read King's books, even the scary ones, any time of day or night, even alone in my old, creaky house at 3 a.m. on Halloween... but with 'Salem's Lot I found that I really didn't want to read it after dark at ALL.
This has never happened to me with any horror book before. The way he does the slow-burn of suspense in that story is so fabulous.
I found Salem's Lot pretty scary too!!
AgrippinaX
03-05-25, 06:00 PM
A few things. Finishing Palahniuk’s Adjustment Day. It’s an odd one, I can’t say I liked it, but it had a few interesting ideas. Don’t want to read any more stuff like Technofeudalism, so tentatively planning to try some Bradbury. Haven’t read any Bradbury in over twenty years.
I'm listening to David Lynch's memoirs, Room to Dream. As I should have expected, it's the most unusual audiobook I've ever listened to. Like a panel discussion, co-writer Kristine McKenna gives a preamble of each chapter of Lynch's life followed by him adding the color to it as if he were having a conversation with you.
So far, I'm loving it. His own life was full of the contrasts, dualities, dichotomies, what have you found in his art. On one end, there's the picket fence idyll of his 1950s America childhood and him being a popular student who did student council, always has a steady partner, etc. (kind of like Laura Palmer, huh)? On the other end, there's personal experiences ranging from strange to traumatic, i.e. ones you would assume would never happen in such a time and place.
Anyway, I've probably said too much, so I'll stop there and say you should check it out even if you only have a faint interest in the man. I'll just add that luckily, like his movies, he just gives you the puzzle pieces and leaves it totally up to you to assemble them.
TheManBehindTheCurtain
03-09-25, 01:04 AM
When Roger Ebert wrote about movies he liked, he was very good. When he wrote about movies he hated, he was brilliant. I have Kindle versions of "A Horrible Experience of Unbearable Length," "I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie," and "Your Movie Sucks" on my phone and tablet to fill in blank moments during the day.
For extended reading, I'm trying to relive my childhood. The works of Harlan Ellison (as writer and editor) set my early teen brain on fire. I'm trying to make my way absolutely chronologically through "Dangerous Visions," "Again, Dangerous Visions," and "The Last Dangerous Visions." Alas, what seemed "dangerous" circa 1970 ... well, some of it comes off like avocado-colored kitchen appliances. Thought they were sleek and "with it" back then; now, well, some still are ... and some aren't." Continuing the quest though.
And also flipping back and forth through Ellison's other works, including his brilliant non-science-fiction story about Old Hollywood, "The Resurgence of Miss Ankle-Strap Wedgie."
BigBendHiker68
03-13-25, 08:34 PM
Actually, I should be reading his story*Rage*next, but that story is no longer available unless you can get your hands on an older copy in The Bachman Books that has it
If you don't mind reading a digital format, The Bachman Books (Rage included) can be borrowed online at Open Library/Internet Archive.
The Long Walk is my favorite early SK novel, and I'm really excited about the long-awaited film adaptation coming out some time later this year!
BTW, I second not being able to read Salem's Lot after dark ⚰️
BigBendHiker68
03-13-25, 08:40 PM
Just started Vol. I of Proust's epic novel In Search of Lost Time
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Austruck
03-13-25, 10:21 PM
If you don't mind reading a digital format, The Bachman Books (Rage included) can be borrowed online at Open Library/Internet Archive.
The Long Walk is my favorite early SK novel, and I'm really excited about the long-awaited film adaptation coming out some time later this year!
BTW, I second not being able to read Salem's Lot after dark ⚰️
Oooh, I will look into the borrow. Thanks for that tip! I borrow e-books from the Free Library of Philadelphia quite often (you don't need to live in Philly to do this). I'll look into Open Library!
I'm waiting for my first edition copy of Night Shift to show up (any day now!) since I just finished The Shining yesterday and that should be next. I started the uncut/unabridged edition of The Stand this morning in the meantime. (The Stand was my first King novel, read in the early eighties, but not this longer version, nearly 1200 pages of tiny print. It'll be the next book after Night Shift chronologically.)
BigBendHiker68
03-14-25, 06:26 PM
Oooh, I will look into the borrow. Thanks for that tip! I borrow e-books from the Free Library of Philadelphia quite often (you don't need to live in Philly to do this). I'll look into Open Library!
I'm waiting for my first edition copy of Night Shift to show up (any day now!) since I just finished The Shining yesterday and that should be next. I started the uncut/unabridged edition of The Stand this morning in the meantime. (The Stand was my first King novel, read in the early eighties, but not this longer version, nearly 1200 pages of tiny print. It'll be the next book after Night Shift chronologically.)
The Stand is epic, his best work still, IMO, and the uncut version fleshes out a lot of details and adds interesting background scenes that make an already excellent novel even better (and richer).
Glad I could help btw, let us know what you think of Rage. I thought it was an interesting exploration of the darker side of of humanity and the idea that any one of us, given the proper nudge and set of circumstances, is capable of committing acts of unspeakable violence.
I do understand why he (King) had it pulled from circulation though..
Austruck
03-14-25, 06:38 PM
The Stand is epic, his best work still, IMO, and the uncut version fleshes out a lot of details and adds interesting background scenes that make an already excellent novel even better (and richer).
Glad I could help btw, let us know what you think of Rage. I thought it was an interesting exploration of the darker side of of humanity and the idea that any one of us, given the proper nudge and set of circumstances, is capable of committing acts of unspeakable violence.
I do understand why he (King) had it pulled from circulation though..
I started Rage last night and will return to it today. (Trying to keep the King reading in order of publication.) One of the book scans is pretty clear, and the whole story is only about 130 pages, so reading onscreen won't bother me too much. (Wouldn't want to read The Stand that way, although I'm reading it on my Kindle--a much better screen experience for reading.)
Austruck
03-16-25, 10:21 PM
My copy of Night Shift arrived yesterday, so when I want to sit on the sofa in my office, I'll read that King work. If I don't mind reading on my computer screen, I'll continue with Rage (digital, onscreen reading only). I'm enjoying doing this chronological reading of King's works.
Austruck
03-16-25, 10:22 PM
My copy of Night Shift arrived yesterday, so when I want to sit on the sofa in my office, I'll read that King work. If I don't mind reading on my computer screen, I'll continue with Rage (digital, onscreen reading only). I'm enjoying doing this chronological reading of King's works.
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MovieGal
03-16-25, 10:50 PM
This shouldnt be a surprise to the people who really know me.
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Captain Quint
03-22-25, 09:13 PM
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I've been watching Irish cinema; thought I might as well read an Irish book. Slight novella, beautifully written - was adapted into one of my favorite movies (The Quiet Girl)
Smart NPR review here... https://www.npr.org/2022/11/01/1131828533/with-foster-claire-keegan-asks-that-readers-look-outward
MovieMeditation
03-22-25, 09:19 PM
Right now I’m reading What Are You Reading Right Now on mofo.
Captain Quint
03-24-25, 11:48 PM
Welp, if I'm going all in on the Irish this year, I might as well take the plunge
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wish me luck.
BigBendHiker68
03-25-25, 08:32 PM
Welp, if I'm going all in on the Irish this year, I might as well take the plunge
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wish me luck.
That one's a cakewalk compared to
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BigBendHiker68
03-25-25, 08:38 PM
Started Vol. 2 of Proust's In Search of Lost Time
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Captain Quint
03-25-25, 08:54 PM
40 pages in on the Joyce and I'm already near to throwing in the towel. Last time I did that was with a William Faulkner. And while I was fine with Lolita and Pale Fire, Nabokov's Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle kicked my tail, and I quit on it too.
As much as I "get" movies" and will muscle through difficult ones, I don't believe I'm at that level with literature. I can do writers like Dostoevsky (I adore his work), so I'm not completely hopeless, but I have this point sometimes, where I go, "Yup, nope - probably a classic, but I can't do it - I don't have the wherewithal."
Takoma11
03-25-25, 09:05 PM
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I've been watching Irish cinema; thought I might as well read an Irish book. Slight novella, beautifully written - was adapted into one of my favorite movies (The Quiet Girl)
I just finished a great Irish novel, History of the Rain. I'm totally serious when I say I laughed, I cried, I fell a little bit in love with the woman narrating (both in the story and the voice of the person reading the audiobook). I thought the writing was so good.
Captain Quint
03-25-25, 09:08 PM
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But while I was at the library, I picked up another collection from Keegan, so I'm going to switch to it.
I was thinking of doing more Alice Munro, but I'm having a difficult time remembering what I've read from her. I know I've read the 3 stories that made up Almodovar’s Julieta… “Chance”, “Soon” and “Silence” and some others - guess it wouldn't hurt to re-read them, pick up a few collections and see what's familiar and what's new to me.
I just finished a great Irish novel, History of the Rain. I'm totally serious when I say I laughed, I cried, I fell a little bit in love with the woman narrating (both in the story and the voice of the person reading the audiobook). I thought the writing was so good.
Just put a hold on it at the library.
Takoma11
03-25-25, 09:28 PM
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But while I was at the library, I picked up another collection from Keegan, so I'm going to switch to it.
I don't think I've read anything from Keegan before. I put her on my list.
My favorite short story writers are Flannery O'Connor and George Saunders. I've also recently been reading some Ted Chiang and he's really brilliant. "Babylon" is probably one of my favorite short stories ever.
I've also recently been reading some Ted Chiang and he's really brilliant. "Babylon" is probably one of my favorite short stories ever.
I'm like 90% sure we've already waxed rhapsodic to each other about Chiang before, but just in case, I'll second this, as fervently as I am capable of seconding anything. Chiang's short story collections are marvelous, and I'm actually planning on rereading both, which is something I almost never do.
Takoma11
03-25-25, 10:09 PM
I'm like 90% sure we've already waxed rhapsodic to each other about Chiang before, but just in case, I'll second this, as fervently as I am capable of seconding anything. Chiang's short story collections are marvelous, and I'm actually planning on rereading both, which is something I almost never do.
I think it might have been on your recommendation that I checked out one of his collections and I really loved it.
Have you read any George Saunders? Both his short story collections and Lincoln in the Bardo are really excellent. The latter made me cry, embarrassingly, while I was at work setting up my classroom and listening to the audiobook. It was like, quick! Close the blinds and pretend it's just really dusty in here!
I_Wear_Pants
03-30-25, 10:11 PM
To answer in the spirit of the thread, this:
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I just started it last night. After the house settles I'll try to read another chapter or two. I liked the first Oregon Files book so hopefully Sacred Stone is good too.
Captain Quint
04-09-25, 08:47 AM
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Oh my my, I love the way this person writes, the phrasing, the poetic quality of it, there's so much personality in its pages - the places, the people, the stories being told. I just picked this up from the library and started reading tonight, but I'm head over heels with it already.
I think it might have been on your recommendation that I checked out one of his collections and I really loved it.
Oh, nice. His stuff is one of a handful of things I'm an effusive evangelist for, IE: I'll completely burn my rec cred, such as it is, in a way I won't with most things, so I hope this is the case.
Have you read any George Saunders? Both his short story collections and Lincoln in the Bardo are really excellent. The latter made me cry, embarrassingly, while I was at work setting up my classroom and listening to the audiobook. It was like, quick! Close the blinds and pretend it's just really dusty in here!
I have not, but if Chiang's work made you think of Saunders, that's reason enough for me to give him a shot. Thanks. :up:
Takoma11
04-09-25, 07:38 PM
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Oh my my, I love the way this person writes, the phrasing, the poetic quality of it, there's so much personality in it - the places, the people, the stories being told. I just picked up it up and started reading tonight, but I'm head over heels with it already.
Yay, so glad you're liking it so far! I'm most of the way through Claire Keegan's Small Things Like These, so our Irish literature exchange program is well underway!
I have not, but if Chiang's work made you think of Saunders, that's reason enough for me to give him a shot. Thanks. :up:
So mostly Saunders is not sci-fi, and the connection for me is that I simply think they are both very evocative writers who do a great job at both setting up memorable premises, and then also populating those stories with deeply-felt characters. (I feel like many writers can do one or the other well, but doing both is rare and delightful). Literally whenever I see or think of the title Lincoln in the Bardo, I can almost feel physically the way I felt listening to it for the first time.
So mostly Saunders is not sci-fi, and the connection for me is that I simply think they are both very evocative writers who do a great job at both setting up memorable premises, and then also populating those stories with deeply-felt characters. (I feel like many writers can do one or the other well, but doing both is rare and delightful). Literally whenever I see or think of the title Lincoln in the Bardo, I can almost feel physically the way I felt listening to it for the first time.
Yeah, no worries on the sci-fi thing. I like sci-fi, but mostly I like the memorable premise thing, which just happens to show up a lot more in speculative fiction.
I've already bought one of the short story collections, will give it a try.
crumbsroom
04-10-25, 10:32 AM
Small Things Like These was alright, which is about as enthusiastic as I can get about anything that has been written in the last forty years.
ueno_station54
04-10-25, 10:39 AM
i recently started Ulysses and this shit is way above my pay grade.
i've also been plucking away at Ducks, Newburyport for forever now as the book i read a few pages of during my commute. surprisingly readable for a book that's mostly one run-on sentence for a thousand pages.
Takoma11
04-10-25, 09:17 PM
Yeah, no worries on the sci-fi thing. I like sci-fi, but mostly I like the memorable premise thing, which just happens to show up a lot more in speculative fiction.
I've already bought one of the short story collections, will give it a try.
Great, I hope you like it! Tenth of December is one of my favorite books to catch a glimpse of on my shelf.
Takoma11
04-15-25, 08:42 PM
Small Things Like These was alright, which is about as enthusiastic as I can get about anything that has been written in the last forty years.
I think you need to read I Cheerfully Refuse.
crumbsroom
04-15-25, 08:55 PM
i recently started Ulysses and this shit is way above my pay grade.
I didn't make it either.
My memories are it starts pretty dry, then has a really great bit where a guy is walking down a beach watching a dog piss or something, then goes into a long slog of newspaper people sitting around talking about newspaper stuff and I bailed.
Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man is the Joyce that does a lot of his fun weird amazing stuff without feeling like a Latin/Gaelic Encyclopedia being dropped on your head
Dubliners is really good too, even if it's a little standard compared to his rest.
And Finnegan's Wake....I didn't finish that one either, but at least with it and unlike Ulysses, you don't even have to pretend that you know what is going on. It's basically like reading a completely new language so it's sort of fun to just pick up and just read chunks of from time to time. He makes up some great sounding words.
crumbsroom
04-15-25, 08:56 PM
I think you need to read I Cheerfully Refuse.
Never heard of it, probably since I like to pretend no new books have been written since 1965
ueno_station54
04-15-25, 10:51 PM
I didn't make it either.
My memories are it starts pretty dry, then has a really great bit where a guy is walking down a beach watching a dog piss or something, then goes into a long slog of newspaper people sitting around talking about newspaper stuff and I bailed.
Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man is the Joyce that does a lot of his fun weird amazing stuff without feeling like a Latin/Gaelic Encyclopedia being dropped on your head
Dubliners is really good too, even if it's a little standard compared to his rest.
And Finnegan's Wake....I didn't finish that one either, but at least with it and unlike Ulysses, you don't even have to pretend that you know what is going on. It's basically like reading a completely new language so it's sort of fun to just pick up and just read chunks of from time to time. He makes up some great sounding words.
yeah i'm not too far in yet but it's been getting more fun as it goes. i do look forward to Finnegan's Wake for the stated reasons i love just ripping through fun prose without a thought.
Takoma11
04-17-25, 10:11 PM
Never heard of it, probably since I like to pretend no new books have been written since 1965
You know what else I bet you would like: Creation Lake.
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