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Eulogy · 04-24-2009, 09:18 AM

I'm in the middle of Jane Eyre and I probably won't get a chance to finish it because I have to return it to the library before I leave and I have a ton of other shit I need to do, but it's a fucking spectacular book.

I was pleased to find out that Charlotte Brontë thought Jane Austen was uptight bitch who wrote in a totally displeasing and passionless manner. Awesome. We would have been great friends.

Anyway I want to finish Jane Eyre at some point and then maybe read Wuthering Heights. I'm turning full on gay here aren't I.

We're reading E.M. Forster's Aspects of the Novel now which is pretty interesting. Seems like he was a cool dude.

28if · 04-24-2009, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by redbull

kafka - the judgement and other short stories - B

I just started The Metamorphosis. The intro talked about judgment and it seemed pretty cool. I'm really liking Metamorphosis so far.

Russel Banks - Cloudsplitter - A

It was about John Brown. Very good.

House of Bread · 04-24-2009, 11:47 AM

Dave Eggers - What Is The What

Mooney · 04-24-2009, 12:13 PM

Richard Hawkins - The God Delusion

MrPantyFAce · 04-26-2009, 12:02 AM

steve martin's born standing up. i almost forgot he did stand up. easy read, i kept expecting the book was about to get really good but then it didnt happen.

charles bukowski's women. i like simple writing like him and vonnegut. i prefer vonnegut because whereas he writes with morals, it seems like there more of a point to his writing.

charolette roche wetlands. pretty gross but there is some funny stuff too. she is a really great daughter to go to such great lengths to try to reunite her parents and save the family.

michael turners pornographers poem. i read half of this years ago. i liked it way more now though, as i am slowly becoming less of an idiot. he is fantastic writer, really gets into the mind of a young person

bob dylans autobigraphy. cant wait for the next volumes of this.

D. · 04-27-2009, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by D.

The last paragraph of the second-to-last chapter and the first half of the last chapter actually made me ill.

In case someone is going to read this, I don't want to spoil it, but the sentence "When [name] starts screaming a gloved fist plugged his mouth with an impact that ripped his front teeth from his gums."

something about that and the description of his injuries in the last chapter is making me feel really sick right now.

D. · 06-02-2009, 12:05 PM

You guys suck for letting this thread plunge so far down.

Anyway, since I last posted, I have read the following (reviews are from my GoodReads account) :

Sam Harris - The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
Sam Harris made a lot of good points and definitely had me thinking a lot about his stance. A lot of errors and misunderstandings, though. - 2/2.5 stars

Howard Hunt - Young Men on Fire: A Novel
For a modern novel, it was OK. - 2 stars

Tobias Wolff - The Barracks Thief: Stories
Really enjoyed every story in this collection. T. Wolff has a way of drawing you into the stories. I wished it went on forever. - 4 stars

Robert Lipsyte - One Fat Summer
I thought this was OK. Not good, not bad. - 2 stars

Steve Almond & Julianna Baggott - Which Brings Me To You: A Novel In Confessions
Book was pretty excellent, except the ending wasn't a big enough payoff. - 3 stars

Hemingway - Torrents of Spring

Hemingway is so hit or miss for me that it's kinda frustrating and this one kinda fell in between good and just okay. - 3 stars

28if · 06-02-2009, 12:34 PM

I finished Sophie's World a few weeks ago, my girlfriend got it for me for my birthday. It is a novel about this fifteen year old Norwegian girl taking a mysterious course in philosophy. It was pretty good.

I wanted to read War and Peace this summer but I saw The Toilers of the Sea by Hugo at the bookstore and so I'm reading that instead. Victor Hugo is probably my favorite writer. Have you read Les Mis yet, D? You should.

D. · 06-02-2009, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by 28if

Victor Hugo is probably my favorite writer. Have you read Les Mis yet, D? You should.

I have not read it. I liked that 1997 movie, though.

Eulogy · 06-02-2009, 05:33 PM

Ian McEwan - On Chesil Beach - A

Man writes so spectacularly I don't even know what to say about him. I will rifle through the rest of his work (already read Saturday) as soon as I have time. But I have some other stuff already that I should read too.

Joe · 06-02-2009, 09:10 PM

Choke
this hitchhikers guide
something wicked t his way comes

Sepiae · 06-02-2009, 09:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eulogy

Ian McEwan - On Chesil Beach - A

Man writes so spectacularly I don't even know what to say about him. I will rifle through the rest of his work (already read Saturday) as soon as I have time. But I have some other stuff already that I should read too.

I hated Atonement, but I was definitely intrigued by this one during my last trip to the bookstore. There were some hard copies on remainder. I may have to go back and grab it.

I just finished Before You Know Kindness by Chris Bohjalian. It was interesting, but not interesting enough to sustain the level of detail you have to delve through to get to the story. A little too repetitive.

Last night, I started The Sun Also Rises. Time to catch up on classics.

barden · 06-02-2009, 09:47 PM

the enchantess of florence - I enjoyed it.
But I'm a rushdie fanboy.

D. · 06-03-2009, 01:54 PM

Oh, I forgot to add what I am currently reading:

D. · 06-16-2009, 11:58 PM

The Night in Lisbon was awesome. Remarque is probably one of my favorite authors.

Now, I'm on to Hogg by Samuel R. Delaney:

mxzombie · 06-17-2009, 09:46 AM

aleksandr solzhenitsyn - the gulag archipelago (abridged)
great, but i sure am glad i read the abridged version. i don't know if i could take 2 more volumes.

charles burns - black hole
read this on the plane to panama, pretty cool graphic novel set in suburban seattle in the late 70s.

currently reading oil! by upton sinclair, the book upon which there will be blood is loosely based. i'm enjoying it.

barden · 06-17-2009, 06:10 PM

pygmy by palahniuk.
Must have been a bitch to write. requires undivded attention, but lots of fun.

Eulogy · 06-17-2009, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Sepiae

I hated Atonement, but I was definitely intrigued by this one during my last trip to the bookstore. There were some hard copies on remainder. I may have to go back and grab it.

Maybe you're just not into him, or maybe Atonement isn't as good. I dunno because I've only read two of his books but hot DAMN I loved the shit out of them. And On Chesil Beach is so short that it can't be considered a waste of much time if you end up hating it. Go get it.

Eulogy · 06-17-2009, 06:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by barden

pygmy by palahniuk.
Must have been a bitch to write. requires undivded attention, but lots of fun.

i really don't know if he deserves another chance from me. guh.

cork_soaker · 06-17-2009, 06:15 PM

the prophet- kahlil gibran, A
the alchemist- paul coelho, C

barden · 06-17-2009, 06:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eulogy

i really don't know if he deserves another chance from me. guh.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmy_(novel)

it's pretty fun. you got to concentrate. he wrote it first person / direct translation / back to english style. it's quite a ride.

Trotskilicious · 06-17-2009, 06:24 PM

i'm reading pynchon's against the day

cork_soaker · 07-23-2009, 05:21 PM

Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All Night Runner, Dean Karnazes

guy runs far a la forrest gump, writes about it:

Most notably, he ran 135 miles nonstop across Death Valley in 120°F temperatures, and a marathon to the South Pole at -40°F. In 2006, he ran 50 marathons, in all 50 US states, in 50 consecutive days, finishing with the New York City Marathon, which he completed in three hours flat.

quick read, cheesily recounted "dialogue", though not too distracting... overall makes you want to get up and almost kill yourself trying to run really far, climb a mountain or do more pushups than anyone ever has, etc. i like hearing people try to explain their will of endurance

redbull · 07-23-2009, 05:22 PM

A Civil Action - A
sad

Dogfighter28 · 07-23-2009, 05:41 PM

BLOOD MERIDIAN... not done yet

Mooney · 07-23-2009, 05:43 PM

Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World
by jill jones.

just finished. tesla was the man!

ATS · 07-31-2009, 01:53 PM

i just finished all the king's men. it was pretty good

D. · 07-31-2009, 01:57 PM

I'm still on:

and for quick reading where I can stop and start more easily:

Trotskilicious · 08-05-2009, 06:49 AM

And i recently finished reading all of Preacher.

nth0 · 08-05-2009, 08:33 AM

- A

(currently reading)

04-24-2009, 12:13 PM	#364
Mooney Socialphobic Location: halifax Posts: 14,821	Richard Hawkins - The God Delusion __________________

07-23-2009, 05:43 PM	#386
Mooney Socialphobic Location: halifax Posts: 14,821	Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World by jill jones. just finished. tesla was the man! __________________

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04-24-2009, 09:18 AM	#361
Eulogy huh Posts: 62,378	I'm in the middle of Jane Eyre and I probably won't get a chance to finish it because I have to return it to the library before I leave and I have a ton of other shit I need to do, but it's a fucking spectacular book. I was pleased to find out that Charlotte Brontë thought Jane Austen was uptight bitch who wrote in a totally displeasing and passionless manner. Awesome. We would have been great friends. Anyway I want to finish Jane Eyre at some point and then maybe read Wuthering Heights. I'm turning full on gay here aren't I. We're reading E.M. Forster's Aspects of the Novel now which is pretty interesting. Seems like he was a cool dude.

04-24-2009, 11:47 AM	#363
House of Bread FKA Siamese33 Location: Brooklyn Posts: 5,198	Dave Eggers - What Is The What

04-26-2009, 12:02 AM	#365
MrPantyFAce Apocalyptic Poster Posts: 1,781	steve martin's born standing up. i almost forgot he did stand up. easy read, i kept expecting the book was about to get really good but then it didnt happen. charles bukowski's women. i like simple writing like him and vonnegut. i prefer vonnegut because whereas he writes with morals, it seems like there more of a point to his writing. charolette roche wetlands. pretty gross but there is some funny stuff too. she is a really great daughter to go to such great lengths to try to reunite her parents and save the family. michael turners pornographers poem. i read half of this years ago. i liked it way more now though, as i am slowly becoming less of an idiot. he is fantastic writer, really gets into the mind of a young person bob dylans autobigraphy. cant wait for the next volumes of this.

06-02-2009, 12:05 PM	#367
D. Consume my pants. Location: Missouri Posts: 36,063	You guys suck for letting this thread plunge so far down. Anyway, since I last posted, I have read the following (reviews are from my GoodReads account) : Sam Harris - The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason Sam Harris made a lot of good points and definitely had me thinking a lot about his stance. A lot of errors and misunderstandings, though. - 2/2.5 stars Howard Hunt - Young Men on Fire: A Novel For a modern novel, it was OK. - 2 stars Tobias Wolff - The Barracks Thief: Stories Really enjoyed every story in this collection. T. Wolff has a way of drawing you into the stories. I wished it went on forever. - 4 stars Robert Lipsyte - One Fat Summer I thought this was OK. Not good, not bad. - 2 stars Steve Almond & Julianna Baggott - Which Brings Me To You: A Novel In Confessions Book was pretty excellent, except the ending wasn't a big enough payoff. - 3 stars Hemingway - Torrents of Spring Hemingway is so hit or miss for me that it's kinda frustrating and this one kinda fell in between good and just okay. - 3 stars

06-02-2009, 12:34 PM	#368
28if Apocalyptic Poster Location: yeah seriously i think we've more than established a consensus on reality, it's not that abstract. Posts: 3,454	I finished Sophie's World a few weeks ago, my girlfriend got it for me for my birthday. It is a novel about this fifteen year old Norwegian girl taking a mysterious course in philosophy. It was pretty good. I wanted to read War and Peace this summer but I saw The Toilers of the Sea by Hugo at the bookstore and so I'm reading that instead. Victor Hugo is probably my favorite writer. Have you read Les Mis yet, D? You should.

06-02-2009, 05:33 PM	#370
Eulogy huh Posts: 62,378	Ian McEwan - On Chesil Beach - A Man writes so spectacularly I don't even know what to say about him. I will rifle through the rest of his work (already read Saturday) as soon as I have time. But I have some other stuff already that I should read too.

06-02-2009, 09:10 PM	#371
Joe Apocalyptic Poster Location: down in an alley, having had enough of it all Posts: 2,619	Choke this hitchhikers guide something wicked t his way comes

06-02-2009, 09:47 PM	#373
barden Braindead Location: The Ghetto Posts: 19,611	the enchantess of florence - I enjoyed it. But I'm a rushdie fanboy.

06-03-2009, 01:54 PM	#374
D. Consume my pants. Location: Missouri Posts: 36,063	Oh, I forgot to add what I am currently reading:

06-16-2009, 11:58 PM	#375
D. Consume my pants. Location: Missouri Posts: 36,063	The Night in Lisbon was awesome. Remarque is probably one of my favorite authors. Now, I'm on to Hogg by Samuel R. Delaney:

06-17-2009, 09:46 AM	#376
mxzombie Braindead Location: i like traffic lights, but only when they're green. Posts: 15,578	aleksandr solzhenitsyn - the gulag archipelago (abridged) great, but i sure am glad i read the abridged version. i don't know if i could take 2 more volumes. charles burns - black hole read this on the plane to panama, pretty cool graphic novel set in suburban seattle in the late 70s. currently reading oil! by upton sinclair, the book upon which there will be blood is loosely based. i'm enjoying it.

06-17-2009, 06:10 PM	#377
barden Braindead Location: The Ghetto Posts: 19,611	pygmy by palahniuk. Must have been a bitch to write. requires undivded attention, but lots of fun.

06-17-2009, 06:15 PM	#380
cork_soaker full of longing Posts: 11,181	the prophet- kahlil gibran, A the alchemist- paul coelho, C

06-17-2009, 06:24 PM	#382
Trotskilicious Banned Location: I believe in the transcendental qualities of friendship. Posts: 39,602	i'm reading pynchon's against the day

07-23-2009, 05:21 PM	#383
cork_soaker full of longing Posts: 11,181	Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All Night Runner, Dean Karnazes guy runs far a la forrest gump, writes about it: Most notably, he ran 135 miles nonstop across Death Valley in 120°F temperatures, and a marathon to the South Pole at -40°F. In 2006, he ran 50 marathons, in all 50 US states, in 50 consecutive days, finishing with the New York City Marathon, which he completed in three hours flat. quick read, cheesily recounted "dialogue", though not too distracting... overall makes you want to get up and almost kill yourself trying to run really far, climb a mountain or do more pushups than anyone ever has, etc. i like hearing people try to explain their will of endurance

07-23-2009, 05:22 PM	#384
redbull Immortal Location: like liutenant dan i'm rollin' Posts: 21,035	A Civil Action - A sad

07-23-2009, 05:41 PM	#385
Dogfighter28 ILL KILL UR DOG Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 11,358	BLOOD MERIDIAN... not done yet

07-31-2009, 01:53 PM	#387
ATS Apocalyptic Poster Posts: 2,324	i just finished all the king's men. it was pretty good

07-31-2009, 01:57 PM	#388
D. Consume my pants. Location: Missouri Posts: 36,063	I'm still on: and for quick reading where I can stop and start more easily:

08-05-2009, 06:49 AM	#389
Trotskilicious Banned Location: I believe in the transcendental qualities of friendship. Posts: 39,602	And i recently finished reading all of Preacher.

08-05-2009, 08:33 AM	#390
nth0 Amish Rake Fighter Posts: 6	- A (currently reading)