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What Are You Reading Now? Pt 2.
E. wrote: "Dave, Nos4a2 was definitely my favorite of the 3 novels by Hill. It had a great pace from start to finish, it never went off the rails with "..and then a bunch of crazy stuff happened.." (Like some..."Good to hear about NOS4R2 (spelled that way in the UK for some reason), as it's on my TBR list. Will be my first Joe Hill too.
Back on topic, I am currently reading Norwegian Wood
by Haruki Murakami. Only read a few pages, but the words have a lyrical, otherworldly quality to them that you can just let wash over you as you savour them :)
Norwegian Wood is a gorgeous novel. The plot isn't, but the way Murakami tells it is. I feel that way about all of his books. Describing them to someone does them no justice.
Currently reading
which definitely has a King vibe to it.
Kandice wrote: "Norwegian Wood is a gorgeous novel. The plot isn't, but the way Murakami tells it is. I feel that way about all of his books. Describing them to someone does them no justice."Yeah, this is how I feel too. The plot isn't anything really special so far, but the way he describes everything...
Currently reading Wool by Hugh Howey.
Michael wrote: "Currently reading which definitely has a King vibe to it."Battle Royale was inspired by King's The Long Walk according to the author. ;)
I've finished Stranger in a Strange Land and now I'm reading 2001: A Space Odyssey. This is my sci-fi month.
Gotta finish a couple of books...then going Bag of Bones by King, and either....The Gold Bug Variations
Strong Motion
The Royal Family
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
The Children's Hospital
The Lonely Polygamist
The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore
The Book of Dave: A Revelation of the Recent Past and the Distant Future
or....a dozen others. Your advice is kindly requested. I would post links to make your lives easier but I dunno how. Thanks in advance
TheLongWait wrote: "Gotta finish a couple of books...then going Bag of Bones by King, and either....Gold Bug Variations by Powers
Strong Motion by Franzen
The Royal Family by Vollmann
The Amazing Adventures of Kav..."
If you ever want to post link you click on the "add book/author" link on the top right corner of the text box, you'll get a drop down search menu, click in the seacrh bar, type the title or author and a list will drop down. Highlight the book or author you want and it will insert the linked title/name. You can then switch to the other by clicking the drop down box again and insert that as well.
At the bottom of the drop down list you have the option to post the title or cover of a book. Both will appear as links.
Aaahhh....I do most of my posting from my phone where there is no such box. But when I am on my laptop at work I will do so. Thanks for the heads up!
Kandice, I started Goodreads on the iPhone app, which unfortunately at this point has no add book/author function. TheLongWait, I still use the app because it's so fast to read updates, notifications, book links, regular posts. But if I do want to post a book link, I scroll to the bottom of the thread screen and tap "copy topic URL" then open Safari, or whatever browser, and paste into the address box. Then you can add linked book titles or covers.
And what's crazy is I searched GR for The Long Wait when I joined and nothing came up. So it goes...
Started Wool by Hugh Howey and also reading The Stand by King.
First King book I read was 11/22/63. I've also read Christine and Pet Sematary. I am new to the world of Stephen King.
I hope you love the Stand. It's a tremendous mix if what King does well: character development, intense action and in depth plotting.
I'm sorry guys! I had no idea that you couldn't do that from certain devices. I don't really check GR from my phone, only my laptop or actual desktop.Kind of weird since iAnything is so amazing. O_o
Ok. updated my earlier post with links included!!
TheLongWait wrote: "Gotta finish a couple of books...then going Bag of Bones by King, and either....The Gold Bug Variations
Strong Motion
The Royal Family
[book:The Amazing Adv..."
The Royal Family
The Children's Hospital
Or
The Book of Dave
If you ever want to do a buddy read of Kavalier and Clay let me know..I need a reason to start that one.
Kandice wrote: "Michael wrote: "Currently reading which definitely has a King vibe to it."Battle Royale was inspired by King's The Long Walk according to the author. ;)"Well, that explains that then! LOL
TheLongWait says "...make your lives easier...."Love the edit!
Congrats on linking...
Also, Will Self looks interesting. Ever read him before?
E....I have not read Self before. And Kristin would love to.
I SO hope that one of my groups decides to readBY REASON of INSANITY, by Shane Stevens as it sounds like just the kind of psychological thriller that I like: young boy/ traumatic, abusive childhood (not that I want ANY child to have that) which explains his tortured feelings toward his mother whom he kills, ends up in prison, which must have been horrible, escapes and goes on a killing spree but all the while, you are inside of his head trying to piece together the WHY, which I love.
Anyone read BR of INSANITY? Did you like it or not and why? Help me out here, please.
Annie wrote: "First King book I read was 11/22/63. I've also read Christine and Pet Sematary. I am new to the world of Stephen King."Annie, the 11/22/63 book was my first King read also. I was blown away. It's still my favorite. Even among the King books I'm less fond of, I'm always amazed at his ability to paint characters completely, even the small ones. I also liked Mr. Mercedes a lot.
Aneela wrote: Back on topic, I am currently reading Norwegian Wood Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami by Haruki Murakami. Only read a few pages, but the words have a lyrical, otherworldly quality to them that you can just let wash over you as you savour them :) I never really cared for Murakami. He is a little too 'abstract' for my taste. This as well as The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle confused me a lot.
The Long Walk is next on my 'King list' (im going with chronological order). Here's hoping.
TheLongWait wrote: "E....I have not read Self before. And Kristin would love to."Great! Maybe sometime in February?
Michael, As you and I tend many times to be on the same wave length, may I ask you IF , in your opinion, BATTLE ROYALE, might just be too violent for my tastes? Not a great comparison, but I loved THE HUNGER GAMES but then those books did not center/linger on the dying part of child vs. child: alluded to but not significantly graphically described.What are your thoughts about this book's violence?
Betsy wrote: "Michael, As you and I tend many times to be on the same wave length, may I ask you IF , in your opinion, BATTLE ROYALE, might just be too violent for my tastes? Not a great comparison, but..."I know you didn't ask me, but I've read both and can say that although Battle Royale doesn't linger overlong on the deaths of the children it is way more graphic than The Hunger Games.
Like HG the focus of the book is the relationships and feelings experienced by the children, but because you begin with so many more "players", there are many more death scenes and they are often very, very graphic.
Kandice wrote: "Betsy wrote: "Michael, As you and I tend many times to be on the same wave length, may I ask you IF , in your opinion, BATTLE ROYALE, might just be too violent for my tastes? Not a great co..."I don't know if I've become densensitized to violence over the years or not, but the violence in BR didn't bother me. As Kandice says, it is more violent than HG but I didn't feel like the author dwelled on it or tried to be especially gruesome, especially since there are many places where he could have. If you feel like we are on the same wavelenght [:-)] then I would say go for it. I'm quite enjoying it.
To Kandice and Michael, Thank you for your honest input. Funny, violence w/ adults is much easier for me to handle than violence involving children so.... I may have to pass on this one. But, thank you.
Got back into Skinny Legs and All by Tom Robbins. It's still funny and good just got pushed aside a bit.
TheLongWait wrote: "Got back into Skinny Legs and All by Tom Robbins. It's still funny and good just got pushed aside a bit."I went through a lot of choices, downloaded the audio books of weaveworld and Lisy's Story... but before I could get to them I needed another shot of Robbins. Not too many audiobooks, but I did get Villa Incognito and started listening this morning. Great as usual. Also ran across a book in e-Book Miner called FEW ARE CHOSEN by a new author, M. T. McGuire. Started it as a nighttime read. Really really funny. Reminds me a little bit of Anansi Boys. More to come on that one.
reading the shining girls and its dreadful
Just finished "Pet Sematary", loved it. Not sure on what I'm going to read next.
Zoo by James Patterson and it's really good so far. Animals worldwide are killing humans, possibly taking over the planet. I'm really interested in seeing what is going on.
Nicke wrote Started it as a nighttime read. Really really funny. Reminds me a little bit of Anansi Boys. More to come on that one. Loved Anansi Boys, I'll have to look for this one.
Kandice wrote: "Nicke wrote Started it as a nighttime read. Really really funny. Reminds me a little bit of Anansi Boys. More to come on that one. Loved Anansi Boys, I'll have to look for this one."
Interestingly enough, there's a lot about animal gods in Villa Incognito too.
Nick wrote: "Kandice wrote: "Nicke wrote Started it as a nighttime read. Really really funny. Reminds me a little bit of Anansi Boys. More to come on that one. Loved Anansi Boys, I'll have to look for this on..."
Lol I do love the song that runs throughout that book.
Kirstin wrote: "Nick wrote: "Kandice wrote: "Nicke wrote Started it as a nighttime read. Really really funny. Reminds me a little bit of Anansi Boys. More to come on that one. Loved Anansi Boys, I'll have to loo..."
the "in cognito" song... yes it's great. I'm going broke doing it but looks like I'll have to buy the paperback of this one too because I just can't look stuff up in an audiobook, and I wanted to quote a few lines of the song here.
If I haven't said it before, The Four Fingers of Death by Rick Moody us great! I wholly recommend it.....now that's if the book doesn't suddenly fall apart. I'm only about 300 pages in and it's 725 pages total. But so far it's very very good.
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