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I'm like 1/7 of the way into Venus in Furs, and while there are a fair number of interesting images and ideas in it so far, the characters are loving insufferable. Part of that seems intentional, but I'm not sure the fact that they all sound like the same person was.
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I just started Tenth of December by George Saunders. Pastoralia was one of the best books I've read in my book club (behind Michel Houellbecq's Platform)... three stories in and I'm not disappointed.
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Sep 27, 2013 02:00
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I just started Peace by Gene Wolfe. I actually tried reading it a few years ago, but was in no way prepared for the rambling but also super detail focused style. Having read (and reread) a lot of his other stuff has definitely made it a lot easier this time. About 50 pages in and not quite sure where this is all going, but its really interesting to read now that I am actually paying attention and not actually worrying about where its all going.
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Sep 27, 2013 02:25
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Starting The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro.
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Sep 27, 2013 14:15
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 E: Finished and it was a very good book. Now on to High Plains Drifter by Ernest Tidyman as a filler while another books comes in. E2: Now on to Timequake by Kurt Vonnegut. E3: My wife just got a copy of The Sky People by S.M. Sterling at a library sale and is letting me read it first to get my traditional post-Vonnegut schlock in. Butch Cassidy fucked around with this message at 16:57 on Oct 11, 2013 |
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Oct 1, 2013 17:27
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Suttree. Just got to the melon fucker. This is a good novel.
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Oct 13, 2013 01:22
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Oldstench posted:Suttree. Just got to the melon fucker. This is a good novel. Yes. Yes it is. I need to re-read that one...
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Oct 13, 2013 02:57
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Finally started on A Dance With Dragons last night. Though only finished the prologue before I got tired. Gonna continue with chapter 2 tonight.
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Oct 20, 2013 20:46
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Alan Dean Foster's Icerigger trilogy. Got the ebook from Amazon.
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Oct 20, 2013 23:06
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Just started reading Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone for about the 5th time. Such a fun and easy read.
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Oct 21, 2013 16:12
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Reading Stealing Light by Gary Gibson. Let's just say that it reads like a pale imitation of an Iain M. Banks' Culture novels crossed with James SA Corey's Expanse series. Still, I'll probably finish it...
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Oct 21, 2013 17:46
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Rereading The Talisman by King & Straub. I remember loving it as a teen, let's see how it holds up after all these years.
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Oct 22, 2013 12:39
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Zsa Zsa Gabor posted:Rereading The Talisman by King & Straub. I remember loving it as a teen, let's see how it holds up after all these years. It holds up pretty good, I think. Better than The Black House, I feel. I mean, The Talisman was such a well contained story, it just didn't NEED a sequel.
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Oct 22, 2013 15:29
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Just started Turgenev's Sketches from a Hunter's Album and Hugo's Les Misérables. The latter's in the original French, unabridged and all. All that vocab's gonna be the death of me.
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Oct 22, 2013 21:29
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Good luck with Les Mis! It was long enough in a modern, English translation. Absolutely fantastic book though.
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Oct 22, 2013 21:38
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I just cracked open Pure by Andrew Miller; which I know I decided to read after seeing it mentioned in some other thread in this subforum. I have completely forgotten which thread, and so I have no idea whatsoever what this book is about, what genre it is, nor what to expect at all! France, it seems to be set in France.
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Nov 6, 2013 04:41
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I'm just starting Heretics of Dune now. I think it will certainly be an interesting read, especially given how God Emperor of Dune wrapped up!
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Nov 6, 2013 07:00
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Just started Toni Morrison's Paradise. Incredible prose, heartbreaking subject matter.
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Nov 6, 2013 12:26
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Just started listening to Rainbow Six. Never read a Tom Clancy book before, so I just sort of picked one at random from Audible.
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Nov 6, 2013 16:48
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Ironsights posted:Just started listening to Rainbow Six. Never read a Tom Clancy book before, so I just sort of picked one at random from Audible. Ah, Rainbow Six! I really need to re-read that one, as it's probably my favourite Clancy novel. If you enjoy it, be sure to check out Without Remorse, as that one explores the origins of Clark, and has a similar amount of action in it, in true John Clark/Kelly fashion.
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Nov 7, 2013 02:08
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Currently reading a collection of St. Clair McElway's writing called Reporting at Wit's End. He was a writer for the New Yorker, better known for his contributions to other writers' work. Most of his own articles are on off beat topics. It's quite interesting.
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Dec 15, 2013 22:40
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Seeds in the Heart, although I'm only going to read up through the Kamakura-era.
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Dec 16, 2013 21:46
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I just finished The Atrocity Archives by Charles Stross and will begin the Jennifer Morgue tomorrow.
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Dec 17, 2013 04:44
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Started The Unabridged Version of the stand about two weeks ago. About a 1/4 of the way through, going to be reading The Green Child after that. Then probably The Attack. I own so many books that I have a super backlog and don't need to purchase another one for another year or so probably.
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Dec 20, 2013 02:45
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I picked up David Hajdu's Positively 4th Street yesterday at a used bookstore in Toronto and when I was heading to the till, I picked up a copy of Richard Farina's Been Down So Long It Looks Up To Me that someone had set down. I figure they'll make an interesting pair when I get around to them.
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Dec 20, 2013 20:24
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I just bought Song of Spiderman: The Inside Story of the Most Controversial Musical in Broadway History. While I'm not all that interested in theater, I always enjoy reading 'human train-wreck' stories. The author Glen Berger does a pretty good job of holding my interest on how events unfold. And I have to give him credit for painting a relatively fair picture of Julie Taymor (despite the fact that she's suing him). EDIT: One of my favorite parts are when Glen talks about the reaction from the internet, because I can't help but think "He's talking about me!  "
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Dec 21, 2013 02:12
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Just got Andy McNab's Silencer at the airport then. Best thing: I got it for free due to getting a voucher from the airline. worst thing: I only got the voucher due to having to go through huge delays. Still, it's pretty good thus far!
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Dec 21, 2013 12:38
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I just finished The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein and am going to start Jon Meacham's Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power next.
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Dec 22, 2013 19:24
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I just got Jonathon Gottschall's The Storytelling Animal. I'm working my way through it and it started out really interesting but I feel like it's devolved into one unqualified dude's ramblings about human psychology and making unconvincing assertions on why people like stories the way they do. I don't know, it's interesting but it's raising my eyebrows.
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Dec 26, 2013 00:48
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Started A Confederacy of Dunces two days ago, and I'm already about halfway through it. This book is loving hilarious, and it's been a long time since I've made such quick progress on a novel.
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Dec 28, 2013 20:00
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Got Ship of Theseus for Christmas and am enjoying it so far.
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Jan 1, 2014 18:28
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I just bought The Poisoner's Handbook and Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution. I just started The Poisoner's Handbook.
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Started Anna Karenina today. I was distracted for a little while over whether the translation I have (Joel Carmichael's, bought for a dollar) is worthwhile, or if I should go out and pick up the hyped-up-as-usual Pevear & Volokhonsky, but I'm already enjoying it so much that I think I'll stick it out and get the P&V or the Garnett-Kent-Berberova whenever I feel like rereading it.
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Jan 2, 2014 02:22
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oldpainless posted:Got Ship of Theseus for Christmas and am enjoying it so far. Me too, but my copy was scribbled all over by these random people. Thinking about returning it.
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Jan 2, 2014 14:10
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Hedrigall posted:Me too, but my copy was scribbled all over by these random people. Thinking about returning it. I'm assuming you're joking? For those who don't know, that's kind of the point of the book.
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Jan 2, 2014 23:45
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In turn I will have to assume that you too are joking.  can't be here to hold your hand all the time.
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Under the Eagle by Simon Scarrow. Seems great so far, but remove the references to Rome and it could be a generic British modern military novel.
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Jan 3, 2014 08:04
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More library books! Anthology of Chinese Literature by Cyril Birch (2 volumes), Hyperbole-and-a-half, and a few from Eva Ibbotson. These ought to get me through the next week!
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Jan 3, 2014 20:34
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I got Heir to the Empire, the first part of the Thrawn trilogy. I plan on reading the trilogy and then never touching any other Star Wars books.
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 Reading this first and then moving on to the Vorkosigan Saga.
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