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I wish I could tell you. This is my first time reading any of his work. So far, I love it. It's cracking me up, in a really weird way. I've always heard it is the quintessential work, but who the hell knows what that means anyway.
I wish I could tell you. This is my first time reading any of his work. So far, I love it. It's cracking me up, in a really weird way. I've always heard it is the quintessential work, but who the hell knows what that means anyway.
I'm sure NoD will help here in a little. I have heard good things about him recently, so I figured I might put it on the list to give a shot.
I can't believe I'm gonna admit this among the literary elite of inforoo, but due to all the hype, I ended up reading the entire Hunger Games trilogy in 2 nights. I usually hate young adult fiction (see: Twilight, Harry Potter), but I couldn't put that shit down. No Shame.
I can't believe I'm gonna admit this among the literary elite of inforoo, but due to all the hype, I ended up reading the entire Hunger Games trilogy in 2 nights. I usually hate young adult fiction (see: Twilight, Harry Potter), but I couldn't put that poop down. No Shame.
I read the first one but haven't read the other two because they are always out at the library. I enjoyed the first one.
I can't believe I'm gonna admit this among the literary elite of inforoo, but due to all the hype, I ended up reading the entire Hunger Games trilogy in 2 nights. I usually hate young adult fiction (see: Twilight, Harry Potter), but I couldn't put that poop down. No Shame.
NO SHAME lady! I loved the series. I read the first book in two days and then went out and bought the other two because I couldn't wait the MONTHS for the library copies.
A good story is a good story, no matter who it's geared toward.
I will also be finishing the first Hunger Games book tonight (which means I read it in 2days). Im trying to save 2 and 3 for the plane rides for Coacehlla but i dont think I can wait that long
I can't believe I'm gonna admit this among the literary elite of inforoo, but due to all the hype, I ended up reading the entire Hunger Games trilogy in 2 nights. I usually hate young adult fiction (see: Twilight, Harry Potter), but I couldn't put that poop down. No Shame.
I read the first one but haven't read the other two because they are always out at the library. I enjoyed the first one.
I read them all as PDF's I found online, here's all the links for you and anyone else that wanted to read them
Post by nodepression on Apr 2, 2012 17:30:23 GMT -5
I've read three of Delillo's books (at the Epilogue of Underworld) and I would have to say the best of the three was White Noise. I loved End Zone (which is short) and Underworld (which is long) as well, but White Noise is a top 5 book for me. There's a scene in it, where the main character, a professor of Hitler Studies, gives this great lecture in his colleagues Elvis class that I think about a lot as the perfect scene. Capital B Book for me.
I can't believe I'm gonna admit this among the literary elite of inforoo, but due to all the hype, I ended up reading the entire Hunger Games trilogy in 2 nights. I usually hate young adult fiction (see: Twilight, Harry Potter), but I couldn't put that poop down. No Shame.
I did the exact same thing. I kept turning the Kindle off and laying down chapter after chapter. It never worked.
Also just finished the 50 Shades stories. With in the three books there was tons of repitition and useless paragraphs. It was kind of poorly written. But underneith it all was a story that I really enjoyed. I think that whoever ends up making the movie can condense it all into one and make a pretty good love story.
Tonight I can't decide if I wan't to start The Strain, or 11/22/63. I was about 75 pages into the King book when I started Hunger Games and 50 Shades. I don't know what to do.
hehe, Karen, when I was in middle school and high school I would read 3-4 books at a time at all times ^_^ I was the only person at school allowed to check out that many books at once, LOL.
Katy- I LOVE YA fiction!! hahaha.
Now days with work, a kindergartener, a BF 90 miles away and a sick father 200 miles away, well... I've been reading The Help for over a month I think. ha. Doesn't help that I left it at the BF's a couple weeks ago.
So, anyone read short stories? Discovered Etgar Keret yet?? This guy's works are pure genius. Once you read one little story, you'll buy everything the man's ever written. I highly recommend checking out The Girl on the Fridge, The Bus Driver Who Wanted to be God and The Nimrod Flipout. All are amazing. His latest collection, Suddenly a Knock on the Door, hits the US later this month.
Wow Nod, Dubliners and Infinite Jest in the span of a month. That might be the most ambitious reading I have ever heard of, but if anyone were up for the feat my guess would defiantly be you. This has always been on of my 'desert island' list reads. Joyce's Portrait of the Artist as Young Man was one of the most difficult things I have every read(be it before I was well-read though). Another good luck and let us know how it goes!
White Noise was fantastic. I couldn't put it down. I really loved the dialog, with Jack's encounters with Murray being my favorite portions of the book. I also thought the exchanges between the family members were just perfect. It all had a bizarre and wonderfully funny tone to it.
Now:
I've never read any Hemingway. I always did well avoiding things that would have benefitted my education as well as my entertainment.
Post by nodepression on Apr 6, 2012 12:01:03 GMT -5
Finished Dubliners, great stories and a good intro to Joyce I think. I look forward to reading Ulysses at some point this year. Finnegan's Wake is a little too intimidating for me.
The Sun Also Rises might be one of my favorite books I have read. Such an amazing read. I am about ready to devour anything and everything Hemingway. That type of writing really speaks to me more than any other--simple, real, believable dialog. It reminded me a lot of all the reasons I love Steinbeck. Except way moreso. Since I don't have anything else by him at the moment, I'm going to check this one out.
It's because last summer I went on a Hemingway kick and read absolutely everything I could get my hands on but I couldn't get into The Sun Also Rises. For Whom The Bells Tolls was probably my favorite with A Farewell to Arms a very close second. I also recommend his many short stories.
The Sun Also Rises might be one of my favorite books I have read. Such an amazing read. I am about ready to devour anything and everything Hemingway. That type of writing really speaks to me more than any other--simple, real, believable dialog. It reminded me a lot of all the reasons I love Steinbeck. Except way moreso. Since I don't have anything else by him at the moment, I'm going to check this one out.
I read about 1/3 of this but it just didn't grab me. I don't know if it's worth pressing on or just moving to something else and forgetting this book. Follow up once you have gotten into it a bit. I'd like to hear your thoughts.
It's because last summer I went on a Hemingway kick and read absolutely everything I could get my hands on but I couldn't get into The Sun Also Rises. For Whom The Bells Tolls was probably my favorite with A Farewell to Arms a very close second. I also recommend his many short stories.
Read Donne's "devotions upon emergent occasions." Donne heavily influenced Hemingway and for whom the bell tolls is from that book. The.book is a collection or sermons. It is fantastic.
Glad to know I'm not the only one who got sucked into Hunger Games. I've been reading lots of cheesy mysteries lately. Has anyone started Christopher Moore's newest - Sacre Bleu: A Comedy d'Art I usually like his work but have been holding back on dropping the cash
Sorry for the double post, just saw the Swamplandia! mention...
I checked it out from the library but didn't get a chance to read more than a few pages before I had to return it. BUT, I did read Russell's book of short stories "St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves" where Swamplandia is first mentioned, and from the few pages I read of the novel, the characters have different personalities from the short story. I didn't like that.
But the book of shorts is very good and I recommend it.
I think I'm in the minority here, but I really didnt like the hunger games. Read the first book and dont plan to read the others. It was entertaining I guess, but I feel like I wanted a more severe deconstruction of humanity.
Maybe I just like 1000 pages of grinding details. The kind that make you suffer a little to get to the end.
I think I'm in the minority here, but I really didnt like the hunger games. Read the first book and dont plan to read the others. It was entertaining I guess, but I feel like I wanted a more severe deconstruction of humanity.
Maybe I just like 1000 pages of grinding details. The kind that make you suffer a little to get to the end.
I'm in the same boat! I thought it was not good at all. I did not like the writing in it. Did not feel like there was any good character development. And the story just seemed rushed. I did not once have the feeling that this kids were really in a post apocolyptic world and that they were fighting for their lives. It just felt dumb to me. And i don't plan on reading the sequels either.
People should just go read Battle Royale, and then maybe everyone will be like, 'wow why did i read this hunger games poop'
Yeah, the Hunger Games is as gory and destructive as some other stories/books, but that's not really the point of the story. It's a story of a revolution.
And the strong female protagonist that isn't flaky or love-obsessed. She's smart and humble... and personally, if I had a daughter, Katniss is exactly the kind of character I would want my daughter to read about and strive to be. None of that Twilight crap.
