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Has anyone read The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo? I borrowed this from a friend and just can't get into it.
My roommate really liked this book and the movie has gotten some pretty solid reviews. I might just go see it instead of read it.
Right now I'm reading Netherland. So far it's ok. I get a little tired of all these novels that are really just about New York City. I thought Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin was phenomenal so everything has an uphill battle with that.
My next read is hopefully going to be Horns by Joe Hill (Stephen King's son). I read his first book, Heart-Shaped Box and liked it back then but don't remember what it was about now.
I kept meaning to pick up Heart Shaped Box but never got around to it. Glad to hear it's good. I had no idea the author was King's son!
My next read is hopefully going to be Horns by Joe Hill (Stephen King's son). I read his first book, Heart-Shaped Box and liked it back then but don't remember what it was about now.
I kept meaning to pick up Heart Shaped Box but never got around to it. Glad to hear it's good. I had no idea the author was King's son!
OMG Heart Shaped box is awesome! Very creepy and I really like the way he writes.
I read "Juliet, Naked" by Nick Hornby three or four weeks ago. It's about a couple in a failing marriage - the guy is obsessed with a reclusive singer-songwriter. The girl, not so much, but by chance ends up starting a long-distance relationship with him. It was alright - readable, but not great. Hornby's gotten a bit too formulaic for my liking. His plots often tend to read like novelizations of your typical romantic comedy films.
I'm sorry to hear that. It's been pretty much diminishing returns for awhile now but I was hoping that this would be a return to some of his earlier glory.
Finnished this book today and liked it much more than expecting. I'd say it's closer to High Fidelity and About A Boy than To Be Good and Long Way Down. I found the obsessive message board angle especially entertaining since all of us here know (or are) the type. It's not a great book but it's certainly an entertaining enough way to pass the time.
Next up: Treason's Harbour, book 9 (of 21) of Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin series.
Just finished "DMT: The Spirit Molecule" by Rick Strassman, M.D. Who are the autonomous beings encountered during drug-induced transdimensional states-of-mind?
Pynchon's "Inherent Vice," and Don Lattin's "The Harvard Psychedelic Club: How Timothy Leary, Ram Dass, Huston Smith, and Andrew Weil Killed the Fifties and Ushered in a New Age for America" are next on the list.
"North American Boletes: A Color Guide to the Fleshy Pored Mushrooms" by Alan and Arleen Bessette needs to be added to my collection of mushroom texts as this season gets underway.
OMG Heart Shaped box is awesome! Very creepy and I really like the way he writes.
I just added it to my "To-Read" list on Goodreads!
Heart Shaped Box is very good. Joe Hill (King) also has a book of short stories (20th Century Ghosts, I think) which is very good. His new book "Horns" gets very good reviews also but haven't read it yet
I got my wife a book for her birthday called "Dog On It" by Spencer Quinn which she loved. She read it at one sitting (of about 6 hours.) She says it's light and funny but very good. It's a detective story told from a dog's POV.
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I read two whole books this weekend. One wasn't very good so I won't post about it, but the other I really enjoyed:
"Bloodsucking Fiends: A Love Story" by Christopher Moore
This is the first book in a series; I picked it up at the library after hearing that the latest book in the series "Bite Me" just came out. (The second book, "You Suck", came out in 2007)
Before you write it off as just another vampire series of books, I would suggest reading "Bloodsucking Fiends". It was published in 1995, well before the current vampire craze took hold. It's only 300 pages or so, I read it straight-through in about 5 hours. It was funny and not as much as a love story as you fellas may think.
Christopher Moore is a great and funny writer. I read another of his books "Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal" a few months ago (based on Wolfman Jess's suggestion), and it was one of the best/funniest books I've read in quite some time. I would recommend that one as well.
picked up a copy of "Nightingales" by Gillian Gill from Goodwill a couple weeks back. its a biographical narrative of Florence Nightingale.
very well written - she was born to a wealthy family in Victorian England in a time when women were expected to get married, have babies, and sit around doing needlework for perpetuity. However, she had a yearning to do more....fascinating account of a very complex person.
I just finished reading "The Heights" by Peter Hedges. It was a bit too Nick Hornby-ish to me... about a couple in a faltering marriage. I had high hopes since I read good things about it, I was disappointed. FYI: This is the same guy that wrote the book "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" and the screenplays for the movies Dan in Real Life and About a Boy (which is a Hornby novel).
On Friday night, my roomie and I saw David Sedaris live at the Ryman. I forget how funny he is until I hear him read. He read some new stories from a book of "fables" that will be coming out this fall. One might think it's a children's book since the stories have talking animals and it will be illustrated... but it's totally an adult book. I'm really looking forward to it!
Post by wolfmanjack on May 8, 2010 20:18:37 GMT -5
I suggest anything by Irvine Welsh. Although many have probably read Trainspotting before...start with that book simply because it has a glossary of the Scottish dialect used throughout most of his novels. Once you get the hang of the lingo...its really entertaining. (and vulgar!)
I read this several years ago, but I wanted to include it for those who are at least Les/Primus-curious. Solidly written, though fairly graphic and a little disturbing. Worth a read though...
I am Ozzy - highly recommend it. Even if you are not really a Black Sabbath/Ozzy fan
I actually learned quite a few things about several bands that I did not know and there were several parts that I nearly peed in my pants I was laughing so hard. It's rare for me to find a book that makes me laugh out loud but this one did it.
I actually had to read snippets to Boz because they were so funny!
Ok I will check it out. The last two books I have gotten have been such duds I couldn't get through them. I refuse to read a book that I dread picking up.
Post by thebigbuddha on Jun 3, 2010 13:39:07 GMT -5
"I suggest anything by Irvine Welsh. Although many have probably read Trainspotting before...start with that book simply because it has a glossary of the Scottish dialect used throughout most of his novels. Once you get the hang of the lingo...its really entertaining. (and vulgar!)"
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess is written in a similar way. The entire book is in the Nadsat dialect (featured prominently in the movie) and by the time your halfway through the book you are fully engrossed in this slang and seeing the world in a unique way as a result. One of the most interesting reading experiences I've ever had.
After reading all 5 pages of this thread I feel I have to read "The Road." Then I'll have to come back and read the comments with the spoiler in them. I hopped over those comments this time. Sounds like a great read.
The Tin Drum is my favorite all-time book. I HIGHly recommend it. It takes a while to get into it, but the writing is beautiful and totally worth it. Like A Clockwork Orange, this also has a crazy-ass, brilliant movie based on it.
I second Ozzy- laughed out loud. Plus, Krakauer's new one- Where Men Go To Win Glory- will go with me to the farm this year. About half way through- it's about Pat Tillman & Afganistan- and it's pretty good. Not as gripping as Into Thin Air but what is?
I am Ozzy - highly recommend it. Even if you are not really a Black Sabbath/Ozzy fan
I actually learned quite a few things about several bands that I did not know and there were several parts that I nearly peed in my pants I was laughing so hard. It's rare for me to find a book that makes me laugh out loud but this one did it.
I actually had to read snippets to Boz because they were so funny!
I think we need to read that one, we both would enjoy it I think.