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It's what Rory would have wanted...
It's what Rory would have wanted...
NSW said:I need to get to Infinite Jest, been staring at it for months now when I choose what to read next.
corianderstem said:I need to keep an eye out for a used copy of IJ; I'd definitely like to give it a try one of these days.
"The Kite Runner"
Excellent! I felt every emotion possible while reading this book. Sadness, hate, anger, excitement, yearning, you name it. The character Assef is the most evil character I ever came across in a story, I totally hate him.
Now, I am onto "The Mermaid Chair" by Sue Monk Kidd.
I loved that book! It´s fantastic. If you haven´t read it yet, you should read "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by the same author.
Man, I've been so bad lately. I can't get into any books. I'll start one, read a chapter and stop. I FAIL.
It's hard to focus on books when you're walking/working the streets all night.
I should've guessed this was coming. Welcome back...douchebag.
I've read about 600 pages of Pillars of the Earth and I really want to give up but I'm only about 400 pages from the end. It's just way too soap opera-ish for my liking.
So help me, I went through the same thing a few months ago with that book....I might have even posted about it in the last thread of this variety. I kept wanting to stop after about 350 pages but I rarely do that, so I kept going....and going....and going....and it never got any better.
I know, right?? And now I feel stupid quitting having read more than half of it. I should have known better as soon as I saw that Oprah sticker on the front.
Oprah liked The Road, though, so I try to keep that in mind before dismissing her stamp of approval.
I can't stand Cormac McCarthy.
It's his style, it bothers me to the point where his work is unreadable. A lot of my friends loved The Road, and I have it a good go, but just didn't enjoy it at all.
Oprah liked The Road, though, so I try to keep that in mind before dismissing her stamp of approval.
I'm guessing that Howard Roark is going to be the most successful architect ever. This is my prediction from page 41 out of 727 from The Fountainhead.
One of my favorite books ever. Only read it once, but it had a profound effect on me.
Speaking of long books, I'm in the middle of Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany. Shit is FUCKED UP. Don't even know if I could begin to describe it.
Also, Stephen King's The Dark Tower: worth the commitment? I'm curious.
Beegee, glad you decided to revisit The Road.
I think a few of us talked about it in the original book thread.
Excellent book, I'm really looking forward to the film.
I really enjoyed the first few installments of the Dark Tower, and then it slowly got worse for me....but, that's just me.
YLB knows that I'm a huge Fountainhead fan. Anitram, if memory serves, hates that book....it's fairly polarizing.
Beegee, glad you decided to revisit The Road.
YLB knows that I'm a huge Fountainhead fan. Anitram, if memory serves, hates that book....it's fairly polarizing.
In a couple sittings (I've been on a roll lately, back to my old ways!) I polished off his most recent, The Gum Thief.
She also put that infernal stamp on White Oleander and Million Little Pieces which are a couple of my favorites.