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I've just started reading Dracula, and I'm about 1/4 - 1/3 of the way through. Obviously vampire mythology is inescapable and this book set up so much of it; I'm trying to read it from the perspective of a Victorian reader new to the whole thing. It must have been amazingly cool to be reading this for the first time back in the day, and have things move from the mystery of Dracula's castle, to the boat that docks itself in a storm, to Lucy's sleepwalking, and so on. It's still a really, really entertaining read and some of the imagery is actually very effective and spooky. I guess you could say I'm enjoying it so far!
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Dracula has become a total bore two-thirds of the way through, so before I dive back in and get it finished with energy and caring, I've started Redshirts by John Scalzi. About thirty pages in. I kind of hope it becomes more than just "this is a Star Trek joke, remember Star Trek?".
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Nov 14, 2014 18:12
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I picked up The Martian because of all the hype behind it, and because it's going to be a movie at the end of the year. I'm about a hundred pages in, and it's living up to all the critical love. It's like the purest distillation of "exciting page-turner" ever.
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Feb 14, 2015 22:12
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I've begun working my way through Under Heaven by Guy Gavriel Kay. So far so good. I don't really know the goon consensus about him, but I dig his stuff. I've read a couple of his already (Ysabel - his YA novel - and Tigana) and I really, thoroughly enjoyed them Kay seems obsessed with the idea of memory and knowledge in all the stories I've read so far - which makes sense since he's ripping from history - and this one is turning out to be similar. I like that aspect of his writing, so I'm looking forward to seeing this adventure to the end. I've also picked up Seconds by Bryan Lee O'Malley, his first post-Scott Pilgrim output. I really, really, really liked Scott Pilgrim but I feel like if I re-read it, I'd be annoyed by it. This story seems a little less adorkable and reference-filled and more grownup. It'll probably take less than a day to get through.
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Feb 24, 2015 16:51
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I found out about China Mieville from lurking these forums back in the day and hearing about how neato his books can be. I tried starting Perdido Street Station but I couldn't find the time to get through it while finishing school, etc. Now that I have a lot more free time, I started The City & The City and I'm about 1/3 of the way through. It's got the same problem I found with Perdido, which is that the beginning is molasses-slow. I'm getting through it, though. It's decent so far and the concept is definitely super-unique and interesting. I like the spooky idea that there's some unseen, always watching, everyone-in-town-is-scared-of-it force deep in the background who have a lot of policing power and I hope it becomes a way bigger deal by the end of the story.
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Mar 7, 2015 20:38
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I started The Sound and the Fury last night and I'm already halfway through. It's a darn good read.
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Oct 30, 2017 15:34
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stereobreadsticks posted:I recently returned from a trip to Southeast Asia and while I was there I discovered that there are a ton of cool English language used bookstores in the area, especially in Chiang Mai, Thailand but I also spent time in bookstores in Bangkok as well as in Laos, Malaysia and Singapore. I focused almost entirely on getting books about or from the region that you don't often see outside of it and came back with quite a haul including a couple of things that seem pretty rare based on google and amazon searches. That's an impressive haul for sure. Any insight into the book reading/buying culture while you were there?
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I just started goon-favorite "The Black Company". I don't know what to make of it so far.
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