Currently Reading and Book Recommendations

Currently Reading and Book Recommendations

Page: < 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...Last >

09/04/08 11:51 AM
johnsic1 member Joined: 09/04/08 Posts: 12	Cormac McCarthy´s Blood Meridian.
Profile	back to top

09/04/08 11:56 AM
Fracture member Joined: 09/04/08 Location: UK Posts: 54	Everything's Eventual by Stephen King. It's a pretty interesting collection of 14 separate short stories, some better than others so far. Pretty creepy stuff as can be expected from King.
Profile	back to top

09/04/08 5:36 PM
genocide_kitten member Joined: 09/04/08 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 10	PapercutCrisis posted: currently reading: ape and essence - aldous huxley id reccomend: 1984, brave new world, fahrenheight 451, animal farm, tom sawyer and huckleberry finn. I very much like your taste in books!
Profile	back to top

09/04/08 5:37 PM
chrisgonzo member demand the impossible Joined: 08/05/08 Location: Florida Posts: 2,792	[ quote johnsic1]Cormac McCarthy´s Blood Meridian.[/quote] Tried reading it a few years ago. Got to page 34 before I gave it up. Bored the hell out of me, though my brother worships at the altar of McCarthy. Agree with those recommending William Burroughs. The Adding Machine, selected essays is one of his more overlooked books that deserves to be known more widely.
Profile	back to top

09/04/08 5:46 PM
AdrianBunn member Joined: 11/27/07 Location: Australia Posts: 32	I think most people balk at Blood Meridian the first time they try and read it, even the second time. But I've really learnt to appreciate it now. Probably the American novel I respect the most.
Profile	back to top

09/04/08 6:02 PM
Maragon member The Maid of Dishonour Joined: 04/12/08 Location: Kitchener Posts: 8	Currently re-reading A Clockwork Orange,The End of Faith and like 6 textbooks. Would highly recommend: Monkey Girl; Evolution, Education, Religion and the battle for America's Sould The Demon - Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark The Bell Jar Cosmos A Short History of Nearly Everything Letter to a Christian Nation As I Lay Dying 1984 Of Mice and Men East of Eden The Catcher in the Rye The Death of a Salesman The Diary of Anne Frank The Edible Woman Cat's Eye Choke Alias Grace The Handmaiden's Tale Animal Farm And of course, anything Tolkien wrote.
Profile	back to top

09/04/08 6:19 PM
djnixon member lines of wit, balls of sh Joined: 04/11/08 Posts: 1,777	Anything from the Beat-ish era. Jack Kerouac. Ken Kesey. Tom Wolfe.
Profile	back to top

09/04/08 7:40 PM
penguin member Never The Machine Forever Joined: 11/29/07 Location: FL Posts: 31	guardian452 posted: Currently reading Count Zero by William Gibson after having burned through Neuromancer a few days earlier. I highly recommend Neuromancer. It took me a few pages to adjust to Gibson's style, but after that it was smooth sailing, a pretty easy and entertaining read that kept me hooked the whole way through. Also cyberpunk is ftw. You are now my friend. trustno1 posted: Just finished "Glasshouse" by Charles Stross. I stumbled upon his book "Accelerando" and was hooked. Makes William Gibson seem like a n00b. And you added a book to my queue. Otherwise, Dune by Frank Herbert is astounding, I'm chopping through the sequel pretty fast. Ender's Game and Speaker For The Dead are great too, but appeal to a different part of my tastes. I finished building a book case from scratch over the summer, and I suspect this thread is going to play a major role in populating the bare, but finely crafted, shelves.
Profile	back to top

09/04/08 7:35 PM
zephyr6701 member Joined: 05/06/08 Posts: 72	lis-n posted: Just finished Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller, which I would strongly recommend. Henry Miller's "Black Spring" is also good. Anytime I think of Henry Miller I automatically think of Charles Bukowski (it's a love/hate thing with both). I stumbled on a posthumous collection of Bukowski's work entitled, sifting through the madness for the word, the line, the way: New Poems which had some brilliant poems. Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/04/2008 07:36PM by zephyr6701.
Profile	back to top

09/04/08 8:09 PM
daisymae96 member Joined: 04/11/08 Location: East Texas Posts: 6	Just for fun vampires/were stories: Currently reading Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris. I enjoy this series of books. I have also read most of Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake series...not a huge fan of the sexual theme that overwhelmed the books later in the series, but I thought the action and plot was very good in the first few books.
Profile	back to top

09/04/08 9:34 PM
katie_dollins member Joined: 11/27/07 Location: Saint Louis%2C MO Posts: 8	I just finished reading the entire Twilight series. I tore through all four books in about 10 days. I'm a pretty bitter sceptic when it comes to all things pop culture, but you know, I really loved this series. It was purely entertaining, so it was great for summer reading. Currently reading: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 by Joss Whedon American Gods by Neil Gaiman Comic Book Tatoo by Various writers Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald Twilight by Stephanie Meyer (again because I love it that much) Needless to say, I have a lot of books stashed throughout the house.
Profile	back to top

09/04/08 10:24 PM
Delial member in this twilight Joined: 08/31/08 Location: Victoria BC Posts: 107	I recently read the Twilight series as well. Badly written, but very entertaining. I'll read anything more or less, but I'm a big fan of Stephen King and the fantasy genre. some of my favourites... House of Leaves by Mark Danielewski The Song of Ice and Fire series by George RR Martin His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman The Novels of Tiger & Del by Jenifer Roberson The first 3 books of Elizabeth Haydon's Rhapsody series The Stand by Stephen King The first 4-5ish books of Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger The Deed of Paksenarrion by Elizabeth Moon And various books by Jacqueline Carey & Sharon Shinn I'd like to read Cormack McCarthy's The Road Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/04/2008 10:39PM by Delial.
Profile	back to top

09/04/08 10:39 PM
Becizzle member Joined: 12/05/07 Posts: 13	I'm just about done with the book Blindness by Jose Saramago. It is unbelievably good. It really dives deep to the core of human nature. Its just an amazing story...its translated from portuguese so if you're not used to reading translated books the writing can be a little weird. There's a movie coming out soon too. Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/04/2008 10:40PM by Becizzle.
Profile	back to top

09/05/08 12:42 AM
NscafeUnleaded member 24.24.2.2116 [Deceased] Joined: 08/26/08 Location: 255.255.255.0 Posts: 353	Ask A Ninja Presents: The Ninja Handbook - This Books Looks Forward To Killing You Soon by International Order of Ninja
Profile	back to top

09/05/08 12:45 AM
johnsic1 member Joined: 09/04/08 Posts: 12	chrisgonzo posted: Tried reading it a few years ago. Got to page 34 before I gave it up. Bored the hell out of me, though my brother worships at the altar of McCarthy. Give it a another try. McCarthys books are hard to read and I read them a lot slower than I normally do but they are definently worth it. Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/05/2008 12:47AM by johnsic1.
Profile	back to top

09/05/08 12:46 AM
johnsic1 member Joined: 09/04/08 Posts: 12	AdrianBunn posted: I think most people balk at Blood Meridian the first time they try and read it, even the second time. But I've really learnt to appreciate it now. Probably the American novel I respect the most. Have you read The Road? What do you think about it?
Profile	back to top

09/05/08 1:01 AM
Delial member in this twilight Joined: 08/31/08 Location: Victoria BC Posts: 107	Ack! Can't believe I forgot Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman!
Profile	back to top

09/05/08 1:49 AM
usedcondomromanc member Joined: 04/22/08 Location: Bloomington%2C Illinois Posts: 8	djnixon posted: Anything from the Beat-ish era. Jack Kerouac. Ken Kesey. Tom Wolfe. agreed. On The Road by Jack Kerouac is great. Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe is a awesome and informative read
Profile	back to top

09/05/08 2:21 AM
Theday01 member The Clockwork Ninja Joined: 06/12/08 Location: Kelowna BC Posts: 315	I'm currently reading the DC Comic Encyclopedia, I finished reading the Marvel one.
Profile	back to top

09/05/08 2:48 AM
AdrianBunn member Joined: 11/27/07 Location: Australia Posts: 32	johnsic1 posted: AdrianBunn posted: I think most people balk at Blood Meridian the first time they try and read it, even the second time. But I've really learnt to appreciate it now. Probably the American novel I respect the most. Have you read The Road? What do you think about it? I'm actually re-reading it at the moment, and glad I am, because I'm getting so much more out of it this time around. It is just so stripped down to its bare essentials that you really have to concentrate. I guess it was only a matter of time before McCarthy wrote a story about characters who are not just poor or living off the land (or the river, a la Suttree) but a whole world peopled by those who are barely scraping by and who really appreciate the simple things like shelter, warmth, food to eat, etc. But to answer your question: it is beautifully written, actually heartbreaking at the end. Wonderful stuff. What did you make of the whole motif McCarthy uses of "carrying the fire"? It is mentioned in No Country for old men also. It is kind of enigmatic, but we absolutely get it, i think.
Profile	back to top

09/05/08 3:02 AM
johnsic1 member Joined: 09/04/08 Posts: 12	I think its a noble thought the characters are having, as they still are in touch with humanity instead of all those people who start killing, stealing, raping etc. when things get rough. The people who carry the fire are still the same and wont loose who they are.
Profile	back to top

09/05/08 3:15 AM
AdrianBunn member Joined: 11/27/07 Location: Australia Posts: 32	Yeah, I think you're right there. The father and son (and those the son meets at the end) seem to be the only members of humanity who are trying to hang on to some remnant of civilised human feeling & behaviour, rather than, as you say, raping, killing, eating each other... wonder why he chose "fire" though. i guess it's just a poetic way of saying what we're saying i suppose.
Profile	back to top

09/05/08 9:20 PM
Angeiship member Joined: 12/05/07 Location: Ontario Posts: 15	I am reading The Watchmen and Volume 8 of the Vampire Hunter D books.
Profile	back to top

09/05/08 10:51 PM
Dani11 member Joined: 08/28/08 Location: Canada Posts: 1,205	Some of my favourite books: - "Da Vinci Code" & "Angels and Demons" by Dan Brown - "Violin" by Anne Rice - "The Solitaire Mystery" by Jostein Gaarder - "The Diary of Anne Frank" - anything by Mitch Albom (they always make me cry, but are very inspiring) - anything by Gregory Maguire ('interesting' take on different fairy tales, from an adult perspective)
Profile	back to top

09/05/08 10:59 PM
DarkKnightJared member Joined: 09/05/08 Location: Arizona Posts: 85	Finished reading Jane Eyre for my Literature & Film class. I wasn't a big fan, but if you like longer, Victorian romances, I'm sure you'll dig it. Currently reading The Last Days of Krypton, by Kevin J. Anderson. Pretty good so far.
Profile	back to top

09/05/08 11:22 PM
nitefightr69 member Joined: 09/04/08 Location: Beside you in time. Posts: 77	Sharon_Pinhead posted: Currently reading Darth Bane: Path of Destruction by Drew Karpyshyn The Path of Two is great as well!!!
Profile	back to top

09/06/08 7:36 AM
Morvenna member god called in sick Joined: 09/06/08 Location: the edge of the world Posts: 252	Just finished Scott Lynch's 'The Lies of Locke Lamora' and 'Red Seas under Red Skies'. Once I got started it was extremely hard to put them down to do anything else. Also reading 'Biting the Wax Tadpole' by Elizabeth Little, because I am a sucker for books about words and grammer. Favourite authors include Neil Gaiman, Alan Moore, Robin Hobb and Henry Rollins.
Profile	back to top

09/06/08 9:44 AM
daalbarizer member No thanks. Joined: 11/27/07 Location: USSR Posts: 843	Get Empire Falls. [en.wikipedia.org]
Profile	back to top

09/06/08 1:28 PM
angryblue member Joined: 04/16/08 Location: Louisville%2C KY Posts: 35	Augustem Burroughs and David Sedaris both have new books out. I don't read a lot. Most of what i look at is design-based, but i like them quite a bit. Both of these delivered.
Profile	back to top

09/06/08 12:54 PM
*Akane_Tendo* member Joined: 09/05/08 Location: ....Utah Posts: 24	I am reading Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk. I've read haunted and Fight Club by him. He is an awesome writer. I don't know how people would feel about some of the stuff in his books. Maybe just going to youtube and watching the reading of Guts from Haunted. I think that will give you a taste of his writing.
Profile	back to top

Page: < 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...Last >

Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum. Please log in at the top of the page.

terms of use | privacy policy