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You guys have made me really want to jump on the Infinite Jest train. I promised myself I wouldn't buy another book til I finish some of the ones I have bought recently. I have a habit of buying, starting something else, and then never making my way back. At least 4 books in the last 2 weeks I haven't touched.
Post by Longtime and Frequent Poster on Mar 5, 2012 0:42:47 GMT -5
Anyone here ever read Drive? I watched the movie over the weekend and really enjoyed it so I figured I'd pick it up from the library this week. It's only something like 178 pages.
This is just what I needed to get me back into the groove. I think I am going to focus on reading about music for a while. I'm one-dimensional, what can I say?
I am also still about halfway through Keith Richards' book. It's great, I just put it down for a while due to lots going on.
I just got my copy of 'The Wolf Gift' by Anne Rice in the mail yesterday from Changing Hands bookstore. She signed it "For Jade". hehe, so awesome! last book tour she did she only signed her name so I was excited. Hope this is better than the last book, couldn't get into the Angel stuff. Got that and The Help to finish before I can start on all the $4.99 and under Kindle books I have stocked up on.
Ah, I love this book! And Fannie Flagg. I'm interested in hearing what you think of it.
Just remembered to come back here. I liked the book a lot. Big enjoyment. I'd say if confronted with another Fannie Flagg book I'd read it. If I had to choose between Anne Tyler and her. Anne Tyler wins hands down. I just love The Accidental Tourist.
Now I'm on to The Lean Six Sigma Guide to Doing More with Less. Wooooo! Work reading is super exciting!
This is just what I needed to get me back into the groove. I think I am going to focus on reading about music for a while. I'm one-dimensional, what can I say?
I am also still about halfway through Keith Richards' book. It's great, I just put it down for a while due to lots going on.
I have been reading books mostly related to music lately as well. I started Talking to Girls about Duran Duran also by Sheffield a while ago but couldn't get hooked. Also just recently finished Growing Up Dead by Peter Conners. Wasn't that blown away but a pretty enjoyable, easy read if your into Grateful Dead.
I shelved Infinite Jest right now after admitting to myself that I'm just not up to reading it. I revert to my good old stand-by, history books. As the cover suggests, it's a history of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States from initial idea to past completion. The author spent 14 (yes, 14) years researching the book which is pretty damn impressive.
I have been reading books mostly related to music lately as well. I started Talking to Girls about Duran Duran also by Sheffield a while ago but couldn't get hooked. Also just recently finished Growing Up Dead by Peter Conners. Wasn't that blown away but a pretty enjoyable, easy read if your into Grateful Dead.
I just got Talking To Girls About Duran Duran as well, but I am going to switch it up and save that one for a little while. Love Is A Mixtape was a really good, quick read. It was pretty sad but had some fun music anecdotes and made me both want to make tons of mixtapes and listen to tons of Pavement. So that's a good book, in my opinion. On to the next one.
Hey Dave pick Infinite Jest back up when you get a chance I want to talk to someone about how perfect it is.
I plan on it. I just felt like trying to read it now would turn out poorly as I am lacking the focus needed for it right now. I think Gibran said he was reading it as well.
I just read Iain Banks' The Wasp Factory and The Hunger Games while on vacation. Both decent in their own way. The Wasp Factory had some great revelations and was a quick easy read. Hunger Games was also easy and quick and was well written for teen lit. Perfect reads for laying on a beach.
Also just finished The Hunger Games trilogy...I'm kind of obsessed with those right now. The next one on my list is either Bossypants from Tina Fey or It by Stephen King. Although I'll probably just end up rereading The Hunger Games.
Stephen King is my all-time favorite guilty pleasure and I finally got read this one after meaning to open it for two years. This one might be my all-time favorite. If you;re uninitiated, or just need some mindless summer reading, pick this one up.
^Better than the movie, I assume? My mom talked up how scary it was back in the day and it bored the snot out of me. If it's faster paced than Dracula and The Historian I'll be fine I never could get through Mina Murray's whines in Dracula, but when I managed through The Historian I knew I could read Dracula through, so I finished it then LOL. LOVE Anne Rice's vampires best of all. <3
Also, I haven't read a lot of Steven King. Just The Shining, "Apt Pupil", and "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption" I think. I liked the Rose Red movie. I should read that, maybe...
I have a buddy who assigned this to the women in his life (mother, sister, girl friend) because he thought it explained maleness so well.
It does, but it doesn't....No offense....If you have issues it so does....Male apathy at its finest....If you DON'T have outstanding relationships....Assigning this to the women in your life, to me, is saying, be nicer to me..... this is a what are you reading thread not an analyze what your reading thread though, so I'll leave it at that.
For all the King talk.... Please read Under the Dome. For me it is Stephen at his finest, especially since he has been sober. Brilliant characters, good story. It will be on premium cable sometime in the near future. I'm just going to suggest Bruce Campbell as Dale Barbie.....take it for what its worth. I also thought 11/22/63 was great!
Awesome! Just got back from a show though and need to regroup and get some sleep. But on that note: A) With analysis in mind, would any of you guys(and gals) be interested in a book club of sorts? And if/if not B) Is anyone on goodreads.com?
^Better than the movie, I assume? My mom talked up how scary it was back in the day and it bored the snot out of me. If it's faster paced than Dracula and The Historian I'll be fine I never could get through Mina Murray's whines in Dracula, but when I managed through The Historian I knew I could read Dracula through, so I finished it then LOL. LOVE Anne Rice's vampires best of all. <3
With the sole exception of "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption," all of the King novels I've read are better than the movies.
Honestly the 2004 remake of the miniseries is way more accurate to the story, but it's pretty slow too. The book builds a lot of suspense through dialogue, so it doesn't translate really well to a screenplay.
No, please analyze what you're reading in this thread.
i think this is not sarcastic??
i hope people analyze what they read and feel free to share it here! i think that is the whole point of the thread. i always want to hear more from my friends but so often get a "it was good" or "i didn't like it" and nothing much deeper.
I think I am going to take advantage of Spring Break to do some reading. Maybe High Fidelity any other suggestions of a good book I can read in less than a week? Preferably something not too deep or heavy
i hope people analyze what they read and feel free to share it here! i think that is the whole point of the thread. i always want to hear more from my friends but so often get a "it was good" or "i didn't like it" and nothing much deeper.
I love that you seem almost surprised that NoD was not sarcastic in something that he said.
I agree about liking to hear about why someone liked or disliked a book. People have very different criteria about what makes a good book. I am big on the ending in fiction books. If it doesn't have a strong ending, it can really ruin how I feel about a book overall. Someone else may not care as much and can end up enjoying the book overall.
I never could get through Mina Murray's whines in Dracula, but when I managed through The Historian I knew I could read Dracula through, so I finished it then LOL. LOVE Anne Rice's vampires best of all. <3
