Mike's comments
(member since Jan 27, 2009)
Mike's comments from the The Reading Rainbow Coalition group.
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Denise, please don't feel obligated to hold back on your own book suggestions. We do still vote, ya know... I'd like to see what you'd suggest.
I really enjoyed The Surrogates. And it's been made into a movie with Bruce Willis. That makes it required reading for this group, correct?
Oh, that is so awesomely bad. I am going to see if I can read it and record it as a podcast. SO FREAKIN' BAD. I love it. Go to the Wikipedia entry for a taste and history of this semenal work. Yes, that was a tribute misspelling, there.
Why not just start a spoiler thread?
Fan fiction, anyone?
Actually, yes it is. A hoot an a hollar.
I'm sorry, I meant "missing years" in the above post. My internal editor is still sleeping.
Lamb, by Christopher Moore. A skewed look at the "missing year" of Jesus' life, as told by his best friend, Biff.
Plus, I have a "to read" pile that will last me pretty much until I croak. Why the hell do I want to take up that time reading shitty books.
I ain't readin' me no Mormon vampire books. No sir. Maybe some shitty short stories. The best thing about shitty movie night is that the group is together, sharing the experience simultaneously. Like you said, with a book, that experience is gone.
The Graveyard Book is very good. So is Neverwhere. I haven't read Coraline yet, but from what I've seen, I'm sure it would be a great second book, also.
I would like to read Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. In some ways it's very similar to The Road, World War Z, and Slaughterhouse Five, in that it's about a person going through an apocalyptic situation. In Holden Caulfield's case, though, it's a personal apocalypse and not the end of the world or a city. It also more realistic and a great counterpoint to post WWII prosperity boom. It's about a guy who is basically lost and falling apart in the biggest city in the world during one of the most prosperous eras in American History.
Catcher in the Rye, anyone?
Actually, obeying the law is always optional. ;)
God Dammit! We are such a happy, well-adjusted group. :)
Finished. I loved it. I never got into Zombies in any way. I always thought they were a stupid concept. This book taught me how to fear Zombies. Of course, anything in the millions and billions of numbers like the Zombie army probably should be feared. No, that's not a metaphor for the Chinese.
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