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After a year of reading I finally finished this shiz. Proudest moment ever. And an amazing book, I need a couple days to re read some parts and completely digest it, but everyone needs to read this at some point in their life.
Now I need a break, gonna read something easy I think. I'm thinking I'm gonna read this for the 100th time.
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Dearly Beloved, We are Gathered Here Today to Get Through This Thing Called Life
I love Palahniuk so I looked up Moore to find the only one in was Stupidest Angel so I have that downloaded. I have Lamb on hold. I'm expecting this to be very interesting and odd by your list of "If you liked...."
Abra, I think you'll like Christopher Moore! Lamb is definitely his best, but his vampire series is also a lot of fun. His writing style is very casual, it takes some getting used to. Sometimes I would have to read a sentence a few times to get the sarcasm. Let me know how you enjoy The Stupidest Angel!
I just finished The Diviners by Libba Bray, because our resident librarian Jenkazoo has been reading it! When I picked it up I had no idea it was a YA book because you really can't tell from the theme or the writing style. This book is also the start of a series so that was a nice surprise. It's a fun read, nothing too deep. Chico, you should read it!
I really need to start following this thread more closely. I think all these you adult, dystopia series are making me dumber. This is the last one, I swear!...until the next Divergent book comes out.
Post by abrakapokus on Nov 30, 2012 18:00:58 GMT -5
I finished Christopher Moore's The Stupidest Angel. I liked the book and I see the comparison to Chuck Palahniuk. The only gripe I have is his ending is weak. There's nothing worse than getting into a good book only for it to fall flat at the end. I'm giving another of his books a try, Fool.
I have several books mentioned in this thread on hold but I'd like to hear everyone's 2012 favorite books with a short description.
I finished Christopher Moore's The Stupidest Angel. I liked the book and I see the comparison to Chuck Palahniuk. The only gripe I have is his ending is weak. There's nothing worse than getting into a good book only for it to fall flat at the end. I'm giving another of his books a try, Fool.
I agree with this assessment. I still say you should read "Lamb, The Gospel According To Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal." That is Moore's best work from start to finish.
I have several books mentioned in this thread on hold but I'd like to hear everyone's 2012 favorite books with a short description.
I finished Christopher Moore's The Stupidest Angel. I liked the book and I see the comparison to Chuck Palahniuk. The only gripe I have is his ending is weak. There's nothing worse than getting into a good book only for it to fall flat at the end. I'm giving another of his books a try, Fool.
I agree with this assessment. I still say you should read "Lamb, The Gospel According To Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal." That is Moore's best work from start to finish.
I have several books mentioned in this thread on hold but I'd like to hear everyone's 2012 favorite books with a short description.
Books published in 2012 or books I read in 2012?
I totally concur. Lamb is hysterical and yet very deep.
I finished Christopher Moore's The Stupidest Angel. I liked the book and I see the comparison to Chuck Palahniuk. The only gripe I have is his ending is weak. There's nothing worse than getting into a good book only for it to fall flat at the end. I'm giving another of his books a try, Fool.
I agree with this assessment. I still say you should read "Lamb, The Gospel According To Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal." That is Moore's best work from start to finish.
I have several books mentioned in this thread on hold but I'd like to hear everyone's 2012 favorite books with a short description.
Books published in 2012 or books I read in 2012?
Books you read in 2012 would be nice. I still have Lamb on hold so hopefully that will be returned soon. I went ahead and started this book to satisfy my aunt who bought me the kindle.....
I agree with this assessment. I still say you should read "Lamb, The Gospel According To Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal." That is Moore's best work from start to finish.
Books published in 2012 or books I read in 2012?
Books you read in 2012 would be nice. I still have Lamb on hold so hopefully that will be returned soon.
I see you used to be a King fan - I had the same opinion as you about the dropoff, but I keep reading him anyway. I feel like he really got his mojo back with this one that I read this year:
Currently reading this now. I picked it up because I heard the film "The Loneliest Planet" (still haven't seen it) is loosely based on one of the stories. Pretty solid short fiction. It juxtaposes American values and self-perception with the rather exotic and poorly understood culture and geography of Central Asia. Good read thus far.
Post by LoveLuckLaughter on Dec 9, 2012 4:33:40 GMT -5
As per usual, I find myself in the middle beginning/middle middle of about 6 books all at one time. I rarely actually finish any of them. I don't know why I do this. But I do. Perhaps because I am so fond of beginnings. Endings, not so much.
Tonight I'm working on "Love is a Mix Tape" by Rob Sheffield and "The Wilco Book". They were gifts, and I can't decide if I enjoy the books most, or the random things that have been tucked within their pages. Bukowski posters, postcards of places yet to come, Led Zeppelin coasters, The Xx stickers, Radiohead stickers, peace signs, flowers from a lei found next to a camp fire.
Love is a Mix Tape is a heartbreaking tale. But lovely.
We're all a mess of paradoxes. Believing in things we know can't be true. We walk around carrying feelings too complicated and contradictory to express. But when it all becomes too big, and words aren't enough to help get it all out, there's always music.
Post by NothingButFlowers on Dec 26, 2012 22:18:36 GMT -5
I just finished John Dies at the End. It's by the editor of Cracked.com. It's about monsters and demons and such. It's pretty silly (intentionally so), but I very much enjoyed it. When I got to the end and realized it's got a sequel (This Book is Full of Spiders), I immediately downloaded it onto the kindle, so now I'm reading that.
Post by theshining on Dec 29, 2012 13:50:44 GMT -5
I have been out of this thread a while as I decided a ways back to start the Walking Dead graphic novel series. I just finished the most recent installment and I have to say as someone who normally doesn't go for graphic novels I have loved this series throughout.
I really like how much the TV series and the novels deviate so that I can enjoy them as two separate entities. I have found the novels to be much darker, filled with more despair, and that they really dispose of characters in a way that an apocalyptic world would. Can't wait for the next one.
So I finally started reading this one on Sunday (the day of my flight to Utah). I didn't get to read it while I was out there (too much stuff planned) and my Kindle died on the flight back (like....5 minutes into my 4.5 hour flight...torture), so I finally finished the last 5 or so chapters last night. Loved it.
Welcome back Bonz, but I do not find it strange that your presence being requested in the Orgy thread and then you showing up, like it was the quacking Bonzai Bat Signal.
Came out yesterday. I can finally finish this series that I started reading in 3rd grade. Personally I think the scope and detail of the universe comes close to rivaling tolkien and surpasses ASoIF in epic fantasy. Certainly one of my top 5 fiction series ever.
Came out yesterday. I can finally finish this series that I started reading in 3rd grade. Personally I think the scope and detail of the universe comes close to rivaling tolkien and surpasses ASoIF in epic fantasy. Certainly one of my top 5 fiction series ever.
Oh. My. F*ck. I thought this didn't come out until March for some reason. I need to get on this ASAP.
Came out yesterday. I can finally finish this series that I started reading in 3rd grade. Personally I think the scope and detail of the universe comes close to rivaling tolkien and surpasses ASoIF in epic fantasy. Certainly one of my top 5 fiction series ever.
Oh. My. F*ck. I thought this didn't come out until March for some reason. I need to get on this ASAP.
They pushed the release date back so many times that I forgot about it until last week when my wife decided to pick the series back up (she's on book 4). Looked it up and and was like oh shiz I've got 6 days to catch up and remember what all happend.
Post by Dave Maynar on Jan 10, 2013 7:55:20 GMT -5
Yeah, I had put the series down for a while after reading through The Gathering Storm. I actually didn't read Towers of Midnight until this past Spring. Well, I actually reread Gathering Storm then read Towers of Midnight because, after three chapters of Towers of Midnight, I realized I had no idea what the f*ck was going on, so I needed to go back one book. Even with reading them in the somewhat recent past, I will probably read an online summary of Towers of Midnight when I get this one.
Frankly disappointing. I've been a big Sedaris fan but lately it's not working for me.
Highly recommended. I originally got the first part of this as a Kindle freebie (part 1 is still free) and was disappointed with how it ended. I later found out the story continued and was collected later. Not my usual genre, sci fi/fantasy. A story of survival in silos where talk of the outside world is forbidden. Those who dream are treated as infectious.
Most recently finished: Christmas gift, breezed through it in two days recently.
Technically still reading: Misplaced it sometime after the Dem convention, was my in-flight reading.
Next up: My favorite college professor's doctoral dissertation turned textbook, studying the failure of prohibition in the US, Russia & Sweden. He's only about ten years older than me, used to work in a D.C. record store while attending Georgetown & sprinkled his PowerPoints with tons of music references. His Devo-themed one, when our night class prevented him from going to their show in Green Bay, was one of the most entertaining lectures I sat through all of college. I heard so much about this in his classes while it was a work in progress I just had to ask Santa for it.
but I do not find it strange that your presence being requested in the Orgy thread and then you showing up, like it was the quacking Bonzai Bat Signal. 
