TheGhostOfRandySavage Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Reading Knife of Dreams right now, but I just picked up the first 4 Preacher graphic novels and some Jeff Lemire stuff today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3arl Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 new murakami was phenomenal. started it tuesday night and i was done on wednesday haha. picked up infinite jest the other day on a recommendation. it seems like a daunting read, but i'm going to give it a shot. Infinite Jest is DENSE. It took me the better part of a semester to read in college. It was good, but it requires a lot if the reader. batman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessA2295 Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Almost finished Actors Anonymous by James Franco and it really made me dislike him. He should just stick to acting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
museummouth Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Currently reading Night Film and Vol. 7 of Death Note. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turnstiles Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 This is how - Augusten Burroughs The te of piglet - Benjamin Hoff ACT therapy - textbook Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaedong Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 i was skeptical of the hype on infinite jest after reading the first few hundred pages and having been pretty into Pynchon prior, I thought it might turn out to be like Broom of the System where it was great but not fully realized, it was also the last novel of his I read and by the time I finished it I was truly moved, by far his greatest work and definitely a classic that is worth the hype IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooks Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Of Wallace's stuff, I really did enjoy the unfinished Pale King. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhulud Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Just finished reading Gillian Flynn's 'Gone Girl' mostly because the film adaptation is coming out in October and it's being directed by David Fincher, favorite director, and the music/soundtrack is being done by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. The book was good and the pacing well-done enough that I couldn't put it down and needed to see what would happend next as each chapter progressed. The ending was completely unexpected and took me by surprised. Granted, I knew what I wanted to happen but didn't get my wish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaedong Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Of Wallace's stuff, I really did enjoy the unfinished Pale King. yeah i adored pale king too, i read it a second time to do a thesis on the movement from Wittgenstein to Heidegger in Wallace's writing, and it was even better the second time. it actually holds up really well too despite the lack of plot, considering the novel is probably his truest meditation on existence life and living with others, all i could think when i finished it the second time though was "what if this shit was actually finished?" it probably would've topped IJ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooks Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 yeah i adored pale king too, i read it a second time to do a thesis on the movement from Wittgenstein to Heidegger in Wallace's writing, and it was even better the second time. it actually holds up really well too despite the lack of plot, considering the novel is probably his truest meditation on existence life and living with others, all i could think when i finished it the second time though was "what if this shit was actually finished?" it probably would've topped IJ. Yeah, it was really something else. Addressed the issue of monotony and boredom so well that it wasn't even monotonous or boring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dapeebs Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 Just started reading this book at work today. Been compared to House of Leaves without getting easily lost, as many do in that book. But this book is incredibly well written. Was hooked about 5 pages in. Definitely recommend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimescore Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 Coming up to about half way through this book now. Beginning took a bit of getting used too, Long seemed to set up a story only to abandon it after a chapter. The style has a purpose but for me it stunted the flow of the first sixty pages or so but not it's getting into the meat of the story it's been making my bus journey to and from work quite enjoyable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthemforadoomed Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Been reading Kafka's "The Castle." Loving it so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooks Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. http://www.amazon.com/The-Familiar-One-Rainy-Day/dp/0375714944/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1412285094&sr=8-3&keywords=danielewski Nearly lost it when I found this. I have been waiting for this news since September 15, 2010 when this project was announced. batman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
museummouth Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. http://www.amazon.com/The-Familiar-One-Rainy-Day/dp/0375714944/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1412285094&sr=8-3&keywords=danielewski Nearly lost it when I found this. I have been waiting for this news since September 15, 2010 when this project was announced. Finally!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. http://www.amazon.com/The-Familiar-One-Rainy-Day/dp/0375714944/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1412285094&sr=8-3&keywords=danielewski Nearly lost it when I found this. I have been waiting for this news since September 15, 2010 when this project was announced. YES! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parkinglot Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. http://www.amazon.com/The-Familiar-One-Rainy-Day/dp/0375714944/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1412285094&sr=8-3&keywords=danielewski Nearly lost it when I found this. I have been waiting for this news since September 15, 2010 when this project was announced. woot woot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dapeebs Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Guess I need to read more of Danielewski's stuff. I have House of Leaves. Are all of his books good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooks Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 No. Only revolutions is not good. House of leaves is incredible, whalestoe is a great addition to house, and fifty year sword is a great little tale. Sorry: that reply was a little hasty. Only Revolutions is great if you look at it as a literary adventure. It's ambitious and interesting and well done. You just have be in the right mood, and, nowhere near as good as HoL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
museummouth Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 50 year sword is really fun. A great Halloween time read. But HOL is just a masterpiece. I haven't gotten through Only Revolutions yet. Just don't have the energy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dapeebs Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 I've picked up only revolutions a few times and just couldn't stick with it. Was too much of a challenge for the reader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooks Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 I've picked up only revolutions a few times and just couldn't stick with it. Was too much of a challenge for the reader. Yeah, it's exhausting. Not the right place to start! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dapeebs Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Yeah, it's exhausting. Not the right place to start!I have house of leaves laying around somewhere. Guess I'll have to pick it up and start reading! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawhizz Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Kurt Vonnegut - Welcome to the Monkey House - some super intense short stories in this collection! One of my favorite short story collections. I have house of leaves laying around somewhere. Guess I'll have to pick it up and start reading! Keep meaning to revisit House of Leaves because I loved it so much when I first read it, but I need to have the time to sit and enjoy it. I'm currently reading a book called Year Zero by Rob Reid. Combines three of my major interests: musis, science fiction, and law. It's a Douglas Adams-ish book about the universe pirating Earth music and then deciding whether they should blow up Earth to wipe out the debt. Pretty fun read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuckoffleatherjacket Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Finished John Darnielle's Wolf in White Van. It was an interesting read. It was definitely enjoyable although it felt a little disjointed at times. It was a (possibly overly) ambitious debut novel for sure. jonnystorm777 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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