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[Leo]

Whitney wrote: "You shameless tease!"

;D oh stop it you!

[Maria]

Just finished reading The Dark by James Herbert (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39...)
And started to read the last book from the House of Night series :P

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Sjúz wrote: "Just finished reading The Dark by James Herbert (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39...)
And started to read the last book from the House of Night series :P"

I think I'm long overdue for another James Herbert binge. I STILL get creeped out thinking about the Rats series. There's a scene in Domain...... just brrrr.

[Deeptanshu]

Currently I am reading the Exile's return by Raymond Feist. I started reading Mr. Feist's work somewhat recently after the recommendation of some friends and am so far quite enjoying it.
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13...

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Deeptanshu wrote: "Currently I am reading the Exile's return by Raymond Feist. I started reading Mr. Feist's work somewhat recently after the recommendation of some friends and am so far quite enjoying it.
http://www..."

I loved his books so much. but I lost my collection, and too many years elapsed, and..... I forgot where i was up to. I'm only now starting to rebuild my collection. I'll have to start reading from the beginning now!

[Deeptanshu]

Well we are kind of in the same boat then. I started late and you lost track. He has written a lot of books over the years so it might take you a while to catch up however I believe its worth the effort.

[Theo]

I won a zombie anthology from the Goodreads giveaways: 21st Century Dead: A Zombie Anthology. I've read the first 5 stories, and so far it's interesting enough to keep me reading, but none of the stories have blown me away yet.

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Deeptanshu wrote: "Well we are kind of in the same boat then. I started late and you lost track. He has written a lot of books over the years so it might take you a while to catch up however I believe its worth the e..."

Yes. My partner bought me a Feist book for xmas, not realising it was something like book 17 of 32 in the series!

[Riona]

I'm halfway through Infinite Jest! It's all downhill from here, right?

Well okay, the kindle says I'm only at 47% but the last 10% of the book is endnotes (and when I go to the current endnote it's located at 94%), so that's basically the midpoint, right?

OMG. So. Long.

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Riona wrote: "I'm halfway through Infinite Jest! It's all downhill from here, right?

Well okay, the kindle says I'm only at 47% but the last 10% of the book is endnotes (and when I go to the current endnote it'..."

You go right ahead and use whatever creative maths gets you through it!

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Yay! I've finished the two kitten-squisher sized books I was reading!
*Brave New Worlds
Review here: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
*The Pale King:
Review here: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

I'm still reading A Corner of White, which is really fun. Shame I've only been reading it while waiting in queues.

Thinking about also starting: The Seamstress and the Wind

[Leo]

Riona wrote: "OMG. So. Long."

Haha, I agree.

I'm reading Infante's Inferno, a book I know nothing about but appeared on a Best of the 80s table in Waterstones then I found it later in a charity shop- score! Thought I could double the number of South/Central American authors I like from Bolaño to Bolaño + this guy.

[Jennifer]

I just finished The Silent Land. Only I don't know how to send you to my review. enjoyed this.

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Leo wrote: "Thought I could double the number of South/Central American authors I like from Bolaño to Bolaño + this guy. .."

Nice! Have you tried César Aira? His books are very short too, which is a bonus after Bolano!

[Laurel]

I'm reading Little, Big by John Crowley and have also just started The Master and Margarita, both of which I'm really enjoying so far

[Leo]

Ruby wrote: "Nice! Have you tried César Aira? His books are very short too, which is a bonus after Bolano! "

Thanks for the recommendation! I'm always looking for Spanish language authors, but a bit clueless :) I'll definitely check him out!

Finished my review of The Man Without Qualities which you can find here, and also reading Love is a Dog from Hell- Bukowski's poetry goes great with all the music he mentions in the poems :-)

[Whitney]

Laurel wrote: "I'm reading Little, Big by John Crowley and have also just started The Master and Margarita, both of which I'm really enjoying so far"

Two of my favorites! As Ruby said before, maybe we should start a Maser and Margarita discussion, it's come up so many times lately.

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Whitney wrote: "As Ruby said before, maybe we should start a Maser and Margarita discussion, it's come up so many times lately. ..."

For sure. Anyone can start a discussion thread on The Master and Margarita, any time. We have a folder for this - it just hasn't been used for a while - called, "Talking About Specific Books". I'm not best placed to start one on this, since I haven't read the book! :)

BTW - In case we're all getting sick of the "new" notifications on old posts in this thread (and others in the Group) - I've logged it as a bug, so I'll let you know when/if I hear anything back.

[Lesley]

The Beginner's Goodbye Starting this one!

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Ruby wrote: "BTW - In case we're all getting sick of the "new" notifications on old posts in this thread (and others in the Group) - I've logged it as a bug, so I'll let you know when/if I hear anything back. ..."

Well, I got a response to say they think it's because so many users are deleting their accounts and/or posts. Of course, that doesn't tell me how to make it stop. Will keep trying..

For the record, I don't think that's the case here anyway, since it keeps going back to the same point in the thread.

[Kass]

I'm reading http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16... and its pretty good so far :)

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Book title link for post above: The Colossus Rises

[Jan]

reading Loving Frank for book club. Not something I would have read on my own. About half way thru, better than I had thought.

[Justin]

I am making my way through The Idiot. I've read much of Dostoevsky's work, including The Brothers Karamazov, and this is the one major work of his I've never gotten through. Also, This Is Burning Man: The Rise of a New American Underground for a book project I'm working on. The latter has some great information on the festival in its early stages. Really makes me wish I had gotten out to the pre-'97 playa.

[Leo]

Justin wrote: "I am making my way through The Idiot."

You're in for a treat! :)

[Justin]

You're in for a treat! :)

That's good to know. I'm three chapters in on the second book, and I'm not sure if it's caught fire for me yet.

[Theo]

Finally getting to Battle Royale and I've also picked up Castle Waiting, Vol. 1 and This is Not a Test.

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Theo wrote: "Finally getting to Battle Royale and I've also picked up Castle Waiting, Vol. 1 and This is Not a Test."

Let us know what you think of This is Not a Test. The synopsis isn't grabbing me, but I've seen some good reviews. Hard to tell if it's genuinely "not-just-another-zombie-book" or not!

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Finished The Wasp Factory on the weekend, and boy is this gonna be a good discussion read!

I've started reading The Disestablishment of Paradise, which is a book I knew nothing about, but was mysteriously drawn to when I saw it at a book shop last week. The cover is gloriously bad CG, over-the-top sci-fi weirdness - and I Love It! It has a really interesting structure too - written as a semi-nonfictional biography/history of the death of a planetary colony. Plus.... there are sentient plants! Gotta love that.

[Sven]

I'm reading Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler. I'm really enjoying it.

[Riona]

OMG you guys. I think I'm almost done with Infinite Jest. It's been so long!

I'm going to have to start thinking about what to read next, I guess!

[Derek]

Thank you, Riona and Ruby, for putting yourselves under the bus on that one. David Foster Wallace is not going on my to-read list.

[Dan]

Just finishing up The Jungle, and getting ready to read The Round House. The Jungle was all right! Looking forward to the Round House. So far, I've enjoyed everything I've read by Louise Erdrich.

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Derek wrote: "Thank you, Riona and Ruby, for putting yourselves under the bus on that one. David Foster Wallace is not going on my to-read list."

Normally I would encourage people to make up their own minds, but I do suspect DFW isn't for you. :)

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Meanwhile, I'm a bit hooked on The Disestablishment of Paradise. It's one of those weird things where you almost feel as if a book (or song etc etc) could have been written especially for you. The narrative is SO relevant to my own life. I don't know if others would appreciate it in the same way.

Has anyone else read any of Phillip Mann's other books?

[Karen]

Whitney wrote: "Laurel wrote: "I'm reading Little, Big by John Crowley and have also just started The Master and Margarita, both of which I'm really enjoying so far"

Two of my favorites! As Ruby said before, mayb..."I was just getting on to say I am now reading The Master and Margarita and so far its all good. Definately discussion material.

[Robert]

Rereading "One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich" by Alexander Solzhenitsyn.

[Lesley]

So far I like it! Swimming at Night

[Karen]

I finished Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald and A Plague of Dreams and am now reading Miracles of Life: Shanghai to Shepperton: An Autobiography and Days of Blood & Starlight. Also, still reading The Master and Margarita

[Riona]

OMGZ you guys, I finished Infinite Jest. Finally. Review.


Then I took a complete 180 and started Blameless.

[Theo]

Riona wrote: "OMGZ you guys, I finished Infinite Jest. Finally. Review.


Then I took a complete 180 and started Blameless."

You deserve a break, and I think Alexia is a great way to do that! That series is so much fun.

[Robert]

Almost done re-reading On the Road by Jack Kerouac. Always interesting to compare the things you remember from the first reading with your impressions the second time around.

On the Road

[Riona]

I'm about a third of the way through Dark Places.

[Tracy]

Did anyone ever start the Master and Margarita discussion?

[Whitney]

Tracy wrote: "Did anyone ever start the Master and Margarita discussion?"

I recently was involved in one in a different group. It sort of felt like cheating to start another one here :-)

I promise to stop by if you start one, thought. Although I am obnoxiously opinionated when it comes to this book. Actually most books I've read, to be honest.

[Derek]

It strikes me as rather pointless to join a site like GoodReads if you _don't_ get opinionated about the books you read!

[Whitney]

Derek wrote: "It strikes me as rather pointless to join a site like GoodReads if you _don't_ get opinionated about the books you read!"

Strong opinions maybe, but I try (not always successfully) to stay outside the mulishly dogmatic camp.

[Rivera]

The Soul Unearthed edited by Cass Adams, The World is Made of Stories by David R. Loy, Foodopoly by Wenonah Hauter. Why is my reading pile all so serious?!

[Leo]

Derek wrote: "It strikes me as rather pointless to join a site like GoodReads if you _don't_ get opinionated about the books you read!"

Whitney wrote: "Strong opinions maybe, but I try (not always successfully) to stay outside the mulishly dogmatic camp. "

I have to agree with you both- I started writing reviews really carefully last year that weren't going to bother anyone who liked (or didn't like) the book. Waste of time! If you're not going to be honest and offer a different point of view, it's just bland. If you're only going to say things I can Wikipedia, you're just a middle person. But I normally try wait a little while until the rant wears off before I start to write a review, stir things up without jabbing :D

Bringing me not seamlessly at all to my review of Middle C that I just finished, where I think the rant was still a little fresh. Not an easy book, but I did appreciate it :-)

Now reading Madame Bovary as part of my continued attempt to become more pretentious than Salman Rushdie, a battle that was lost before it started. I hear his next one's called "The Night of 1001 Book References" haha! I'm here all night, folks...

[Derek]

Leo wrote: "I started writing reviews really carefully last year that weren't going to bother anyone who liked (or didn't like) the book. Waste of time!"

I'm not sure I actually agree with that - my reviews exist primarily to remind _me_ why I did, or did not, like a book/author. My opinionionation mostly comes out in book discussions.

"Now reading Madame Bovary as part of my continued attempt to become more pretentious than Salman Rushdie, a battle that was lost before it started."

Uh, oh. I'm reading The Moor's Last Sigh as part of the Rolling Challenge. I'm not having much fun. I think I started two weeks ago, and I'm about page 50.