TheForgetfulBrain Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 Ohh yeah, Good Omens was the last Pratchett I read, and it was a blast. Small Gods was wonderful too and I always loved the Death series. But damn, it has been so very long since I've read those. I just finished the 2010 Best American Stories collection yesterday, so onto 2008! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomTervo Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 It's the movie rewritten in Shakespearian English and the plot set in Elizabethian times. Ahh yes, I've read bits of that. Really rather enjoyable. I'd like to make a production of it =D Haven't watched the film yet, if I'm going to watch a film and read the book it was adapted from I like to read the original work first. Edit: American Psycho is briefly on hiatus while I read Maus. Maus II in fact, I finished the first book last night. Everything about the comic is so beautifully understated - form the art to the narrative - that it makes the horrific moments in history it portrays all the more poignant. That's fair enough- though I find in a lot of cases experiencing an adaptation first can make you appreciate the source text a lot more. I think I'll be sticking it out with AmPsych solely because I know where it goes and what themes it touches on; due to seeing and loving the movie. I really, really want to read Maus, I read a bit of it when I was pretty young and haven't had a look since. Ever read Persepolis? What I've read of that was great, and I get a pretty similar vibe from it, on themes of ethnicity and political/social oppression. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr W Phallus Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 I remember when I first discovered Maus I found it in the school library and though 'this looks cool' but after thumbing through a bit I think the maturity of it went a over my head. It was mostly a friend reading it last summer that rekindled the dormant interest. Persepolis I haven't read, I have a feeling I heard mixed reviews about it or the film (or both) around the time the film came out so I've never got round to checking it out for myself unfortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Jimmeh Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 Currently working through my signed copy of "Countdown to Lockdown" by Mick Foley. It's his fourth memoir, and it's not as good as he previous books, but it still some interesting stories within it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topekaguy Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 The Necronomicon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicariousShaner Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 Well, I just finished 1984, so now I think I will reach into my library bag and read whatever I happen to pull out.... Heart of Darkness: An Anticolonialist Masterpiece by Joseph Conrad. Hopefully this should be fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 I can't believe he gave it that subtitle. What a pompous jerk! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr W Phallus Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 Heart of Darkness was good but I found at times he got a bit too abstract with his prose, and it became incredibly hard to follow at times. On a related note: 'Conrad is regarded as one of the greatest novelists in English, though he did not speak the language fluently until he was in his twenties' (wikipedia). What a guy. I think it was his third or fourth language as well, although I don't have my copy of Heart of Darkness to hand to confirm that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexus Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 Reading \o/ I am on a mission to read all the classics I haven't read before, so I recently finished Farenheit 451. I'm in the middle of reading The Bell Jar. The other two on the list are Catcher in the Rye and Of Mice and Men. Then I'm gonna read Stardust, the Graveyard Book and then the Anansi Boys. Yay for reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr W Phallus Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 Firstly a thread for this sort of already exists except in a different tense. Maybe we should get the threads merged? Anyways, last book I read was Frankenstein for uni. Last book for pleasure...well there was Maus and I'm halfway through American Psycho but that's been on extended hiatus for a long time because I don't get much time for reading what with all the sleeping work I do. I quite want to read The Bell Jar myself, I've never read any Plath before. Catcher in the Rye and Of Mice And Men are both awesome, so enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexus Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 Crapballs. I couldn't find that thread. Yeah, merging it would be good. At the minute The Bell Jar is reminding me of Mad Men (The tv series). It's not bad. Farenheit was brilliant though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalCaveman Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 The Poetic Edda, currently on the Hávamál. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted February 23, 2011 Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 I just finished The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher I enjoyed it but she dragged it out to much in the middle it could easily have been 100 pages shorter. Anyone have any opinions on what really happened? Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battra92 Posted February 23, 2011 Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 I'm reading "The Parade's Gone By" by Kevin Brownlow. Surprise, surprise! I'm reading a book that makes me feel snobbier. :-P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexus Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 http://grrm.livejournal.com/198122.html Relevant to my interests. I sense a re-read of the others coming along. Nearly finished To Kill A Mockingbird. It's brilliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 The last book I read was Isaac Asimov's The Stars, Like Dust, which is the first part of his Empire trilogy. The next book I'll read is hopefully the sequel... If I can find it in English for a decent price in Sweden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturnine Tenshi Posted April 10, 2011 Report Share Posted April 10, 2011 I need to get around to finishing "Lolita". Once that gift is complete, I'll probably open Richard Lee Byers' "The Year of Rogue Dragons" series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Posted April 10, 2011 Report Share Posted April 10, 2011 I just finished reading Isaac Asimov's The Currents of Space. It was good, but it doesn't compare to his best work (the early Foundation series). Next up is A Pebble In The Sky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr W Phallus Posted April 10, 2011 Report Share Posted April 10, 2011 I started Lolita some time ago and never finished it, I'd probably have to start it again now. I'm currently reading The Girl Who Played With Fire, trying to get back into a reading frame of mind after the many distractions of uni. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexus Posted April 10, 2011 Report Share Posted April 10, 2011 I'm reading Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. Is pretty good. Next up is Looking For Alaska. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted April 10, 2011 Report Share Posted April 10, 2011 I'm reading The Lacuna at the moment, which I'm enjoying and then I will read Josh Lanyon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorgi Duke of Frisbee Posted April 11, 2011 Report Share Posted April 11, 2011 Still polishing off Decision Points. The former president certainly has strong opinions, and while I'm not a big fan of certain stances he takes, it was fascinating to hear him tell his side of the story. People often just shut themselves away from dissenting opinions, and that just leads to situations like our current political divide today. Of course, it will be much easier to listen to the other side, now that the extremist sides are being toned down and the political spectrum is balancing out again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr W Phallus Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 Just finished The Girl Who Played With Fire. All in all a great read, and just like the first book I got off to the slow part but then polished of 3/4 of the book in 2 days. If I was going to criticise anything it would be the moments where Larsson seems to take a slight departure from an otherwise entirely realistic (if dramatic) world. The blond giant, for example, is a bit too blond giant-ey, but I'm thinking specifically [major plot climax spoiler here] the bit where Salander is shot in the head, buried alive then digs her way out. It was cool when the bride did it, it was cool when Batman did it, but a skinny little Swedish girl in a realistic crime thriller... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 I keep meaning to start the millenium trilogy - it's sitting there staring at me. I know I'll enjoy it, but I can't seem to get the motivation to start it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted April 22, 2011 Report Share Posted April 22, 2011 I am rereading Catch-22. It's been a while. Remembering the style and everything now, I can't believe they actually made it into a film; but I've actually heard it wasn't too bad. I really need some new books, but I have no idea what to read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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