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[Jackie "the Librarian"]

Mom's reading the new Kingsolver right now. I was planning to get it for her for Christmas, but Kingsolver came to one of Mom's bookstores and did a reading and a signing, so what can you do?

[Félix]

It's out of your hands, Jackie. How's the snow, by the way?

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

The snow got all washed away by rain last night, Larry. It's back to normal, now. 40s and kinda rainy.

[Félix]

*envies Jackie for the warmth*

It's about 10 here.

[[deleted user]]

"I Slept With Joey Ramone"

[[deleted user]]

Clark, was that book worth reading? I'm curious enough to read it.

[[deleted user]]

Gus wrote: "Clark, was that book worth reading? I'm curious enough to read it."

Gus, just got it from the library last night and haven't started it yet. It's cowritten by Legs McNeil. I say that's a good thing.

I'll let you know.

[Youndyc]

I want to know what the pervy unicorn book is that keeps getting mentioned.

[RandomAnthony]

Clark, you should check out Please Kill Me if you haven't already...you probably have. I didn't read McNeil's porn one, though....always meant to read it...

[RandomAnthony]

Oh, Youndy C...

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54...

I have a copy on hold on the library wait list...

[Youndyc]

I've heard of this book - Rampant - but I didn't realize that the unicorns were pervy. Just violent. It's getting mixed reviews - Jackie, have you read it already and liked it?

[RandomAnthony]

Here's Jackie's review...

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Sally, la reina]

Bun, what did you think of the Master and the Margarita?

[Youndyc]

RA, thanks for the link. Amusing...

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

The unicorns aren't pervy, you pervs.

;)

[Charlie]

I just finished the Stupidest Angel by Christopher Moore -- Ok, but not a huge fan. Now I'm onto The Dark Lantern. It is surprisingly good. Always looking for recommendations.

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Christopher Moore is hit or miss, although I absolutely loved Lamb.

[Sally, la reina]

Cool. Will you write a review after you're done? It sounds fascinating, but I'm still not sold on reading it.

[Mary]

Clark wrote: ""I Slept With Joey Ramone""

Uh...thanks for sharing, Clark.

[Jaimie]

Gus wrote: "Christopher Moore is hit or miss, although I absolutely loved Lamb."

I've only read "Practical Demon Keeping." It was ok but there was one character I liked, the demon Catch. My good friend who loves Moore says he's in Lamb, I think. I just recently picked up "A Dirty Job." I think I'm going to like that one.

[Jaimie]

I changed the title of this thread since we're now onto what we're currently reading and we can keep it going...hopefully?

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I'm currently reading Good Omens and it is the worst Gaiman I have read to date. Good enough to finish, it just seems to jump around willy nilly.

[Sally, la reina]

Re 75: You can't CHANGE THE TITLE OF THE THREAD! Blasphemy!

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RandomAnthony wrote: "Clark, you should check out Please Kill Me if you haven't already...you probably have. I didn't read McNeil's porn one, though....always meant to read it..."

Already there, RA. I think I have certain sections of "Please Kill Me" memorized.

It's at once depressing and hilarious.

[Angie]

Currently I'm reading The Inscrutable Americans by Anurag Mathur. It's taking me longer than I would have liked, mostly because I keep going on long laughing spells. It's about an Indian guy from a small village going to an American university; this kid hasn't seen a washer/dryer, American football, and his grandmother keeps asking him if he's found a (vegetarian) restaurant with a Brahmin cook.

There's one thing that I can't quite figure out, that the character can't figure out either. I suspect it will come, eventually. It's great reading about the American characters, because they feel both overdone and completely true at the same time. I think my slight disconnect is from the fact that the book takes place in the 1980s. Maybe the 70s, actually? It mentions a pet rock...

[Jaimie]

Sally wrote: "Re 75: You can't CHANGE THE TITLE OF THE THREAD! Blasphemy!"

Thank you! I like being blasphemous! :-)

[RandomAnthony]

I just finished the new Klosterman and I'm on to Ballard's The Crystal World. I'm two reviews behind...gotta catch up.

[Jaimie]

I just finished "A Christmas Carol" and I think I'm moving on to Mockingbird by Sean Stewart. I'm being indecisive as usual.

[Sally, la reina]

I just finished Daughter of Fortune. It's going to be hard to find something that engrossing to follow it up with. I'm back to Sookie Stackhouse for the now.

[Mary]

I'm reading Restoration. It's quite funny--I don't remember the movie being very amusing.

[RandomAnthony]

Ok, I just finished both Greene's The End of the Affair and Fante's 86'd. I picked up the book on Ace of Cakes today at the library, but that's more of a page through...not sure what I'll read next...

[Youndyc]

I'm reading The Magicians by Lev Grossman.

[smetchie]

I'm trying to read "The Color of Magic" but I just can't get into it. I think I'm moving on to something else.

[Sally, la reina]

Is that Terry Pratchett, Gretchen? I've never tried him. Something tells me he wouldn't float my boat.

[smetchie]

It is. I like his writing. It's funny. I just can't get into the story for whatever reason. It might be one of those you have to read a whole chunk of at once. I've just been reading it before bed and by the next night I've forgotten who all the characters are.

[Sally, la reina]

I read Sookie Stackhouse at night for that reason. Charlaine Harris repeats the main plot details and explains who characters are every third page, so I'm never confused. If I read her during the day, however, I get annoyed.

[Sally, la reina]

*snort*

Book five? Ten? Are they sequential? Or is he just prolific? Do these books feature the same protagonist, or what?

[smetchie]

Bunny, what book do you recommend I start with?

[smetchie]

::waits patiently for recommendation::

[smetchie]

thanks!

[Mandy]

Second the Night Watch recommendation. I've just started reading Pratchett this year and that was the first book I read. I think it was a good introduction.

[Jaimie]

I've been slowly reading the Discworld books in order for several years now. I had a real hard time with The Color of Magic but I finished it and thought I wouldn't go any further. Then one day about six months later, on my way home from work, I got this thought in my head that I had to read the next one, The Light Fantastic, like someone came up from behind and hit me in the head with an iron skillet. That's as close to a sequel he's ever done in the Discworld that I know of, not counting the Tiffany Aching books. I still had a hard time with it but when I was finished I felt like if you see the two books as one story it's great.
For me, the series doesn't make me laugh out loud but I chuckle and giggle a lot. I agree that the first six aren't great but you get to meet two of the best characters in the first two: the Luggage and the Librarian. And I'm not saying any more about those two!
The Discworld books are also my go-to books when I'm reading a horror novel and I need something comforting to read in bed.

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

I love Mort and The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, and I agree that The Color of Magic is NOT the best Pratchett out there.

[Mandy]

Is there a Discworld book that has Vetinari as the protagonist?

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

Night Watch has quite a bit of Vetinari's history, Mandy.

[Mandy]

Thanks, Jackie. Yeah, I was just wondering if there was one that was all about him. Sigh. I think he would make a wonderfully complex protagonist.

[Kevin]

just got the new malcom gladwell book "what the dog saw"from the library today. yes! he is one of my fav new authors. i found out there is a hold on the new AJ Jacobs book at the library. i asked who and the girl at the circulation desk smiled huge and told me. my daughter. arggggg

[Sally, la reina]

new AJ Jacobs? What is it about!?!?

[Kevin]

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62...

nice use of punctuation sally.

[Sally, la reina]

Thanks, kevin! I was trying to display the flurry of excitement that almost wiggled my grossly bloated human-producing body right out of its office chair.

I've already recalled it from the CSU library user who has it until next Monday.

>:] HEHEHEHHEEHh The evil glorious power of being an English graduate student.