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[Leo]

Just finished Lanark by Alasdair Gray, which despite initially loving then ultimately hating, I would still recommend to this group for eclectic greatness.

I am probably more excited than Weep, Grey Bird, Weep: The Paraguayan War 1864-1870 is worth, but I can finally get back to writing the rest of my novel once what I know what is the information what that is held within this is yes indeed.

[Leo]

A. wrote: "You may be interested in The Lives Of Eliza Lynch which my partner read earlier this year.."

Ooft! Thanks for the recommendation it looks great! :D

[Cora]

Just started book 2 in The Hunger Games trilogy. I really enjoyed the first book much to my surprise considering I have an eclectic taste in my books. I'm happy to join the Chaos Group! Catching Fire

[Whitney]

Cora wrote: "Just started book 2 in The Hunger Games trilogy. I really enjoyed the first book much to my surprise considering I have an eclectic taste in my books. I'm happy to join the Chaos Group! Catching..."

Hi, Cora, welcome! You have me wondering - why did you think that having eclectic tastes would predispose you to NOT like The Hunger Games?

[Jennifer]

I just finished The Passage, It was one of those books I couldn't put down. Thankfully I was off work for 3 days and could devote myself fully to the task. I know from reviews some did not like it. I certainly did and enjoyed the full character build up. I was so vested into them!

[Cora]

I thought it might be too "commercial" for me.

[Riona]

Jennifer wrote: "I just finished The Passage, It was one of those books I couldn't put down....I know from reviews some did not like it."

Yeah, that would be me. I think I've been pretty vocal about hating that book, heh.

I'm midway through If on a Winter's Night a Traveler.

[Karen]

What with the holidays and a bad cold I have fallen behind. I am reading Perdido Street Station and Palimpsest. I am about 75% through both and am really picking up a similar vibe between the two. The main action in both takes in place in cities in the world of weird, both have characters driven to cross the boundries of their existance to achieve an impossible or almost impossible goal. Both have strong several singular story lines almost as if you are reading two or three books in one. The world building in both is thought provoking to say the least. A city built under the gigantic carcess of a eons dead monster? What monster? Why build there? Maybe the answer is still coming or maybe I missed it. Then I can't forget the canal of overcoats layered high above polluted waters. I hope to know all the answers by Sunday.

[Theo]

I recently finished Wolf Hall (excellent) and The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil (interesting, but Philip G. Zimbardo can be a bit much at times).

I'm now reading A Storm of Swords and Phantoms.

[Cora]

Theo wrote: "I recently finished Wolf Hall (excellent) and The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil (interesting, but Philip G. Zimbardo can be a bit much at times).

I'm now reading A Storm ..."

I read "The Lucifer Effect" too for a graduate class and I agree with your critique. It was a very "psychology technical" book but his theories are spot on, I think. Thanks for bringing that book up! I had forgotten that I read it.

[Tracy]

Finished http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/95... -,A visit From the Goon Squad-- starting The Doorknob Society.

[विकास]

Finished Bag of Bones by Stephen King....Love the book.....Now reading The Mysterious Affairs at Styles by Agatha Christie

[Riona]

How funny! I just read The Mysterious Affair At Styles too! (Finished it in one sitting... Agatha Christies do that to me sometimes.)

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Holy crap. I just finished Zone One and I am still reeling. WHAT an amazing book! This would make a fantastic discussion book. It's a deceptively meaty zombie novel. Need to calm down a bit before I write the review and pick my next read though!

I'm about halfway through Floating Worlds still too.

[Leo]

I am a wee bit jealous of all the novel joy :-)

Doing serious book research Weep, Grey Bird, Weep: The Paraguayan War 1864 1870, so much more interesting than I thought it would be.

Also learning Norwegian with Teach Yourself Complete Norwegian, courtesy of the greatest language resource known to man, the Teach Yourself Complete series.

My advice to any language-learning resolutioners would be:

- wan of these
- some foreign language sitcoms
- wee book of poetry
- wee dictionary

you now own any language! Cheapest, easiest, funnest.

[[Name Redacted]]

Finished Invincible, Compendium 1. Over half-way through The Hero of Ages and nearly half-way through Black Sun Rising.

[Whitney]

Ruby wrote: "Holy crap. I just finished Zone One and I am still reeling. WHAT an amazing book! This would make a fantastic discussion book. It's a deceptively meaty zombie novel. Need to calm down a bit before ..."

That's high on my TBR list. Hmmm, what category can we nominate for a group read in?

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Leo wrote: "My advice to any language-learning resolutioners would be:

- wan of these
- some foreign language sitcoms
- wee book of poetry
- wee dictionary

you now own any language! Cheapest, easiest, funnest.
..."

I started to teach myself Welsh many years ago with one of those book/tape combos (Yes, cassette tape. I'm ancient). I still remember the phrases, but I can only say them with the silly overblown inflection on the tape! I'd love to give it another go one day.

Whitney - I'm with you. I would LOVE to see Zone One as a group read book. Maybe we can do it as a standalone random read?

[[Name Redacted]]

Ruby wrote: "Leo wrote: "My advice to any language-learning resolutioners would be:

- wan of these
- some foreign language sitcoms
- wee book of poetry
- wee dictionary

you now own any language! Cheapest, eas..."

We tried doing that with Swedish when i was a lad (also on cassettes...oh how I miss cassettes). My ex-fiancee was Swedish, and you know what? Nothing she said sounded even remotely similar to what those lessons said Swedish should sound like.

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Well, I've ben told my accent's pretty good (and I have Welsh relatives) but one person did tell me she could tell I couldn't "really speak Welsh". That woman was a pom and pedant, so I'm choosing to ignore the anomaly :)

Meanwhile I finished Zone One last night at 3am and was blown away. Review here: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

And I've started a novella from Mira Grant's Newsflesh universe: San Diego 2014: The Last Stand of the California Browncoats. It's fun summer reading: it involves ComicCon AND Firefly and it's got zombies in it. What's not to love?

[Whitney]

I am trying to read Palimpsest but I literally keep dozing off. I think all the dream imagery is confusing my brain as to what state it's in.

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

LOL. I've been like that for the last 6 months myself. With every book I pick up, though! Stupid exhaustion.

I finished San Diego 2014: The Last Stand of the California Browncoats today. Meh. Review here: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

I've just picked up The Crimson Labyrinth and have a good feeling about it.

[Sarah]

I just finished Pariah. It was decent, but didn't break any ground. Still haven't written a review for that darn thing! I need to figure out what I want to say.

I'm reading The Terror, which is a different kind of book than I've been reading lately. It's set in 1845-47 on a ship in antarctica, and so far it's fascinating.

[Anita]

I am reading The Stars My Destinationand loving it so far. No regrets here. I decided that Soulless will be my next book. I´m in the right mood for it.

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Anita wrote: "I am reading The Stars My Destinationand loving it so far. No regrets here. I decided that Soulless will be my next book. I´m in the right mood for it."

Oh wow! I have a copy of that on my shelf (with the alternative title, "Tiger! Tiger!"). I bought it purely for this glorious cover:

[Anita]

Ruby wrote: Oh wow! I have a copy of that on my shelf (with the alternative title, "Tiger! Tiger!"). I bought it purely for this glorious cover:

The cover looks insane:) Have to hunt it down somewhere. I am totally obsessed with this one here but haven´t found it yet:

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Anita wrote: "Ruby wrote: Oh wow! I have a copy of that on my shelf (with the alternative title, "Tiger! Tiger!"). I bought it purely for this glorious cover:

The cover looks insane:) Have to hunt it down some..."

Ah! That's fanTAStic! This means there must be a whole set of books with these amazing covers. Sounds like a mission to me...

[Leo]

Ian wrote: "We tried doing that with Swedish when i was a lad (also on cassettes...oh how I miss cassettes). My ex-fiancee was Swedish, and you know what? Nothing she said sounded even remotely similar to what those lessons said Swedish should sound like."

Oh dear! Will proceed with caution, but Complete Spanish: A Teach Yourself Guide was an absolute beast, and my bro's had loads of success with Teach Yourself Japanese too. Of all the things I've tried, even an intense course with native Spanish speakers, I still think the Teach Yourself series is the best price/time/effectiveness-wise :-) (I don't sell them for a living btw, also if you heard my Spanish, you'd know I'm not boasting haha!)

Ruby wrote: "Well, I've ben told my accent's pretty good (and I have Welsh relatives) but one person did tell me she could tell I couldn't "really speak Welsh". That woman was a pom and pedant, so I'm choosing ..."

I hate when that happens, especially when they try to correct your pronunciation and you want to shake them and go "How is what you're saying different from what I'm saying?!"

[Anita]

Ruby wrote: "Anita wrote: "Ruby wrote: Oh wow! I have a copy of that on my shelf (with the alternative title, "Tiger! Tiger!"). I bought it purely for this glorious cover:

The cover looks insane:) Have to hun..."


Ah! That's fanTAStic! This means there must be a whole set of books with these amazing covers. Sounds like a mission to me...

Yeah, there is definitely some grazy stuff out there. Check this out: http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/

Happy hunting:)

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Leo wrote: "Ian wrote: "We tried doing that with Swedish when i was a lad (also on cassettes...oh how I miss cassettes). My ex-fiancee was Swedish, and you know what? Nothing she said sounded even remotely sim..."

LOL. She doesn't even speak Welsh herself. She just likes telling other people they're wrong.

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Anita wrote: ":Yeah, there is definitely some grazy stuff out there. Check this out: http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/
..."

Yes - I've sent covers in to that site myself! :)

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Anyways, back on topic, I'm getting through The Crimson Labyrinth really quickly (in between episodes of Firefly) and think I'll get right into it. It's a bit like Battle Royale, but it looks like there's more of a mental challenge to it (for the characters, not the reader!).

[Jennifer]

In a quandary. Do I go to the library and get The Twelve, since I just finished The Passage. OR do I read one of the books I ordered myself for christmas, like say...The Night Circus, Dead of Night, Lucifer's Hammer.....

[Whitney]

Ruby wrote: "Anita wrote: "Ruby wrote: Oh wow! I have a copy of that on my shelf (with the alternative title, "Tiger! Tiger!"). I bought it purely for this glorious cover:

The cover looks insane:) Have to hun..."

I loved that book so much in my teens / early twenties that I collected every cover (American 'The Stars My Destination' or British 'Tiger, Tiger') that I could get my hands on. When I went to look for it a few years ago, one copy remained. I had loaned or handed out all the others in my efforts to share the book with everyone I could :-)

[Leo]

Ruby wrote: "Anyways, back on topic, I'm getting through The Crimson Labyrinth really quickly (in between episodes of Firefly) and think I'll get right into it. It's a bit like Battle Royale, but it looks like ..."

I love the Sunday watch-a-series-read-a-book! When reading I think "Whoah, all this entertaining myself is pretty tough. I better take a break and entertain myself" :D

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Hahaha. It actually is pretty tough to concentrate on the book when the series is as entertaining as Firefly. I'd forgotten how good that show was.

[Whitney]

Ruby wrote: "Hahaha. It actually is pretty tough to concentrate on the book when the series is as entertaining as Firefly. I'd forgotten how good that show was."

Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!

My Sunday literary / DVD double feature is 'Palimpsest' and 'Juan of the Dead'. (Any zombie movie fans who haven't seen 'Juan', run don't shamble to your nearest Netflix or other download site).

[Riona]

Ruby wrote: "Hahaha. It actually is pretty tough to concentrate on the book when the series is as entertaining as Firefly. I'd forgotten how good that show was."

I watched the whole thing (for probably the 10th or so time) on Christmas when the Science channel was having their Firefly marathon. Not that many episodes for a marathon, so they just kept looping it!

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Whitney wrote: "Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!

My Sunday literary / DVD double feature is 'Palimpsest' and 'Juan of the Dead'. (Any zombie movie fans who haven't seen 'Juan', run don't shamble to your nearest Netflix or other download site). .."

Do you know what the chain of command is here? It's the chain I go get and beat you with to show you who's in command!

Pity we don't have a Netflixy site available here. I haven't seen Juan of the Dead :(

Riona - A loop sounds gorram near perfect to me!

[Riona]

"I swear by my pretty floral bonnet... I will end you."

Back on topic: I've finished If on a Winter's Night a Traveler. I think The New York Trilogy will be up next!

[Jennifer]

Went to the library. Got Zone One. So far so good.

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Riona wrote: ""I swear by my pretty floral bonnet... I will end you."

Back on topic: I've finished If on a Winter's Night a Traveler. I think The New York Trilogy will be up next!"

Bumped it up on my TBR. "Thanks". :)

"Also? I can kill you with my brain."

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Quarter of the way through The Crimson Labyrinth and I'm feeling rather stabby. It doesn't help that the book is set in Australia and poorly researched. I would like to think that the protagonist is intentionally stupid, but I suspect there's more than a little of the writer in him. Maybe I'm being overly harsh, but that's what you get for fucking with Australia.
That's. What. You. Get.

Good thing I picked up some new books today! Found copies of If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (good timing, huh Riona?), The Snow Child & Satantango.

[Jennifer]

Almost done with Zone One. I have found that I cannot put it down. Brilliant. ( I try not to use that word!)

[[Name Redacted]]

Finished Fairest, Vol. 1: Wide Awake. Back to reading The Devil and the Jews: the medieval conception of the Jew and its relation to modern antisemitism.

[Riona]

Ruby wrote: "Found copies of If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (good timing, huh Riona?)..."

Nice!

I said I was going to start The New York Trilogy, but I just picked up I Am Not Myself These Days: A Memoir from the library so that might have to be first. It came highly recommended by a friend and mentor.

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Riona wrote: "....I just picked up I Am Not Myself These Days..."

Another one from my TBR I'd forgotten about. Thanks!

[Theo]

Just started Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex. The author writes very conversationally, so it feels more like swapping dirty science stories with a friend than reading typical nonfiction.

[Riona]

Theo wrote: "Just started Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex. The author writes very conversationally, so it feels more like swapping dirty science stories with a friend than reading typical nonfiction."

I've been meaning to read this for ages. I loved another of her books,
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers.

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Riona wrote: "Theo wrote: "Just started Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex. The author writes very conversationally, so it feels more like swapping dirty science stories with a friend than reading typ..."

Ooh, I liked that one too.

Gave up on The Crimson Labyrinth, which almost never happens. Review here, but suffice it to say I don't recommend the book: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

I started The Erotic Potential of My Wife last night, and I'm enjoying it so far.