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I do read a lot of sci-fi and fantasy, so let's say... 20 non-SF books? As a sub-challenge, I'm going to start with what's been sitting on my shelf for about a year, House of Leaves. It gets a lot of flak around here so I'm genuinely curious; wanted to start it up about a million times but never really got to it.
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Jan 2, 2015 16:09
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About halfway through my first challenge book House of Leaves, as far as I'm concerned, Johnny Truant can go eat a dick. Hoonestly, I think that book could've done with an editor doing some clipping, except they probably didn't want to disrupt the whole THIS IS ART thingy. Sure, it's playing with layout and sturcture, I get it, now let me get back to the house.
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Jan 17, 2015 13:49
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Damo posted:It's certainly not anywhere near the worst.
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Jan 18, 2015 21:07
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Strong Mouse posted:10. The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials #1) by Philip Pullman - This was a very good book. I felt that there was a good plot, the characters were developed well, and that things were well paced. I definitely plan on reading the rest of this series. Also seconding the flop of Dark Tower. The second and third book expand on the themes of the first one, the fourth one is pure poo poo and then it kind of oscillates but never gets exactly amazing.
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Feb 1, 2015 13:39
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I finished House of Leaves and gotta say I enjoyed it... Mostly. It's got a lot of parts I'm going to be skipping on reread but I liked the book overall. Well, now I'm off to unwind with some genre fiction before I get on with the rest of my challenge - anyone willing to recommend some easier yet good novels? I'm at least familiar with most of the classic stuff, so second half of 20th century and on would probably be better - I mean, sure, I can reread the famous stuff, but I'm more interested in finding out what I missed. Only requirement for my challenge is no speculative fiction, although I guess I broke that bit when I read Yiddish Policemen's Union. Great book, need to look for more of Chabon's stuff. Anyway, challenge status 2/20 anilEhilated fucked around with this message at 23:33 on Feb 1, 2015 |
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Feb 1, 2015 23:31
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thespaceinvader posted:What I've been hankering for is a detective story set in a world where magic is commonplace, everyone knows about it, everyone uses it to a greater or lesser extent... and within that, there's a police procedural or noir detective novel going on. I almost got it with Alloy of Law, and I'm really looking forward to the next in that series.
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Feb 19, 2015 19:02
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My quest to squeeze non-SF into my genre trash reading list slowly continues. 3.The Napoleon of Notting Hill by G.K. Chesterton I liked a lot. Unlike a lot of Chesterton it doesn't beat you over the head with Christian propaganda and does a pretty good job with the absurd while remaining entertainingly written. I imagine it had more impact when he wrote it but the central story is solid. 4.A Thousand and Half Adventures which is a more or less complete set of articles of Richard Halliburton. I loved what I read from him before, this pretty much assured his position as the only travel writer I can read more than five pages from without being bored. Probably something to do with him having been a batshit insane adventurer fellow. Progress: 4/20 edit: ... ... That took me a while to get. 
anilEhilated fucked around with this message at 22:29 on Feb 28, 2015 |
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Feb 28, 2015 20:31
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