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[Derek]

Lindsey.parks wrote: "nothing, waiting on books in the mail, this is hell."

Two words: Free e-books.

Even if they're very bad, they're better than reading cereal boxes (which I do...), and you can read them even if you don't have an e-reader.

[Riona]

I finished Special Topics in Calamity Physics (still need to write a review!) and have started Homeland.

[Robert]

Desolation Angels

Just played Bob Dylan's Desolation Row as a fanfare. On with Kerouac!

[Leo]

My Master's exams are feeeeneeeeeeshed! Now only a thesis to write, but that's Monday -_- until then it's official London book reading weekend... in my head. I'll be reading Coin Locker Babies by Ryū Murakami :-) Oscar and Lucinda was making me think a little and I've done enough of that recently.

[Jonathan]

Game of Thrones......epic so far

[Karen]

Derek wrote: "Whitney wrote: "...very universal in the " 'civilized' man meets rural brutality" theme."

I hear banjos!"Me too, this sounds like
Deliverance

[Olivia "So many books--so little time.""]

Currently I'm reading Stolen by Daniel Palmer. It's about a man whose wife has cancer and needs an expensive medication. So he steals another man's identity. The man whose identity he stole crops up in his life and demmmmmands that he play a game called Criminal. So far it's been a pageturner.

[Whitney]

Karen wrote: "Derek wrote: "Whitney wrote: "...very universal in the " 'civilized' man meets rural brutality" theme."

I hear banjos!"Me too, this sounds like
Deliverance"

A little, but probably more in the The Siege of Trencher's Farm / Straw Dogs vein, except (minor spoiler) (view spoiler)[ most the actual brutality is directed at kangaroos. Some seriously disturbing kangaroo scenes. (hide spoiler)]

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Leo wrote: "My Master's exams are feeeeneeeeeeshed! Now only a thesis to write, but that's Monday -_- until then it's official London book reading weekend... in my head. I'll be reading Coin Locker Babies by Ryū Murakami :-) .."

Lucky you! I could handle reading some more of him about now...

[Whitney]

Leo wrote: "My Master's exams are feeeeneeeeeeshed! Now only a thesis to write, but that's Monday -_- until then it's official London book reading weekend... in my head. I'll be reading Coin Locker Babies by R..."

"Only a thesis"? :-)

What's it on?

[Leo]

Whitney wrote: ""Only a thesis"? :-)

What's it on? ."

:D I've already written half so it's not so bad.

Thanks for asking! Very important topic- Miscanthus grass!...! Haha, in reactors for biofuel corn is still the most popular choice, which takes up big land masses and pushes up food prices. Miscanthus is not a food crop and yields high volumes of ethanol per unit land space, so it's a very exciting option but the technology is still early days- I was measuring how thick it is at different concentrations in water and now I'm doing computer simulations to see how it would be in a bioreactor- in 10, 20 years, who knows, maybe they have huuuuge bioreactors of the stuff :D

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Leo wrote: "Whitney wrote: ""Only a thesis"? :-)

What's it on? ."

:D I've already written half so it's not so bad.

Thanks for asking! Very important topic- Miscanthus grass!...! Haha, in reactors for biofue..."

Nice work! I miss doing things that matter....... sigh.

[Riona]

I started The Shining yesterday. I know it's hard to believe, but I think this is actually my first Stephen King!

[Lindsey.parks]

Derek wrote: "Lindsey.parks wrote: "nothing, waiting on books in the mail, this is hell."

Two words: Free e-books.

Even if they're very bad, they're better than reading cereal boxes (which I do...), and you ca..."

really? cereal boxes, youre a wildman! Im using this waiting period to read some comics, but I can't wait to read a "real" book lul

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Riona wrote: "I started The Shining yesterday. I know it's hard to believe, but I think this is actually my first Stephen King!"

For real? Seriously? No.... really? That is hard to believe.

[Riona]

Ruby wrote: "Riona wrote: "I started The Shining yesterday. I know it's hard to believe, but I think this is actually my first Stephen King!"

For real? Seriously? No.... really? That is hard to believe."

Forreal forreal! I think I may have read a chapter or two of Pet Sematary as a kid when I found it at someone's house or something (I have a vague recollection of picking it up), but yeah.

I have to admit, I don't really get what all the fuss is about. I'm fining The Shining to be pretty boring for the most part.

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Riona wrote: "Ruby wrote: "Riona wrote: "I started The Shining yesterday. I know it's hard to believe, but I think this is actually my first Stephen King!"

For real? Seriously? No.... really? That is hard to be..."

I read everything he'd written at that point during the early 90s. It 〈1〉 was brilliant, and some of his his short stories were pretty great. I remember quite liking The Shining too, but after a while I got sick of him putting himself in every single story. I never want to read a book about Maine again..

[Whitney]

Ruby wrote: "Riona wrote: "Ruby wrote: "Riona wrote: "I started The Shining yesterday. I know it's hard to believe, but I think this is actually my first Stephen King!"

For real? Seriously? No.... really? That..."

I used to recommend Different Seasons to people who'd never read Stephen King, but it's been a very long time since I encountered anyone who's never read Stephen King ;)

[Ben]

I always liked Misery.

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Ben wrote: "I always liked Misery."

I didn't mind it at the time, but mostly it was all about "that one scene", (you know the one I mean). Most of his books I "liked" rather than "loved". "It" was the exception that kept me awake many a night though. Brrr.

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

On that subject, I saw a great tattoo of Pennywise the other day..

[Marc]

Ruby wrote: "On that subject, I saw a great tattoo of Pennywise the other day..

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My roommate had the paperback copy of It w/ that image of Pennywise on the cover and we used to hide it for one another... I'd open the medicine cabinet and be greeted by that creepy visage or find it in a half empty box of pasta.

The Talisman is probably my favorite King book. Duma Key and The Stand were pretty good, too.

[Marc]

Karen mentioned Silently & Very Fast a while ago and it looks like the whole thing is available free online here:
http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/valente_10_11/
Looking forward to reading this soon!

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Marc wrote: "Ruby wrote: "On that subject, I saw a great tattoo of Pennywise the other day..
My roommate had the paperback copy of It w/ that image of Pennywise on the cover and we used to hide it for one a..."

Oh yeah! I'd forgotten all about The Talisman - I used to love that book!

So do you now have PTSD? (Pennywise Traumatic Stress Disorder)

[Marc]

Ruby wrote: "So do you now have PTSD? (Pennywise Traumatic Stress Disorder)?"

Yes, and I don't like being near toilets or sewer drains : (

[Karen]

How about what am I watching right now which is Prophets of Science Fiction on the SyFy channel - Philip K Dick. Wow. He is one of my top favorites but I had no idea of the extent of his involvement in prophecy, drug use etc. I must now add that book you are all talking about to my to-read list -
The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick

[Deeptanshu]

Currently reading At the Gates of Darkness by Raymond Feist. Not his best work but still quite entertaining.

[Tracy]

Leo wrote: "Whitney wrote: ""Only a thesis"? :-)

What's it on? ."

:D I've already written half so it's not so bad.

Thanks for asking! Very important topic- Miscanthus grass!...! Haha, in reactors for biofue..."

Dude, and I thought you were an English major! Righteous!

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

I should be reading Light Boxes so I can return it to the library, but I'm getting stuck into Transmission instead. It's really good, and not at all what I was expecting.

[Cora]

I'm on Defending Jacob. So far, it's a great read!

[Tracy]

Stanislavski's An Actor Prepares

[Whitney]

Mark wrote: "Just picked up Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang from the library after reading about the story Understand on another website."

You are in for a treat, I loved this book! I read it after a friend recommended Chiang's stories. He doesn't write very much, pretty much turns out about one perfect story a year.

[CD]

Currently about 2/3rds through The Dinner by Herman Koch.

I've got to learn to read Dutch . . .

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Almost finished Transmission but trying to string it out. It's wonderful. Unputdownable. I'd love to read more of Kunzru's stuff.

[Leo]

Ruby wrote: "Nice work! I miss doing things that matter....... sigh. "

Here I spend about as much time on this book club as on bioreactors- far be it from me to say what matters, but I at least know which of those times I enjoy more :D

Tracy wrote: "Dude, and I thought you were an English major! Righteous! "

Haha cheers for reading my thesis chat! It's lovely getting to discuss books with people on goodreads cause amongst my peers the literature convo is a bit sparse- can't say the same for oil spills or calculus unfortunately! :D

[Tracy]

Leo wrote: "Ruby wrote: "Nice work! I miss doing things that matter....... sigh. "

Here I spend about as much time on this book club as on bioreactors- far be it from me to say what matters, but I at least kn..."

Well, I sympathize, as I am a former biology major converted to Lit/Drama/ESOL teacher--just loved language too much and Organic Chem not enough..

[Leo]

Tracy wrote: "Well, I sympathize, as I am a former biology major converted to Lit/Drama/ESOL teacher--just loved language too much and Organic Chem not enough.. "

Cool! I'm sure with your background you bring something different to the way you teach as well :D

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Finished Transmission last night and loved it. Review here if anyone's interested: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

I have started The Shining Girls, but it's too soon to tell whether I'll be sticking with it or going back to it after the next group read.

[Riona]

Ruby wrote: "I have started The Shining Girls, but it's too soon to tell whether I'll be sticking with it or going back to it after the next group read."

So jealous! I'm dying to read The Shining Girls but still waiting for it from the library. I've read both of Lauren Beukes's other books and loved them, and the premise of this one just sounds fantastic.

ETA: Yes! It says "in transit" on the library website so I should be able to start it soon.

[Riona]

I'm almost halfway through The Secret History and really enjoying it so far. Totally absorbed!

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Riona wrote: " So jealous! I'm dying to read The Shining Girls but still waiting for it from the library. I've read both of Lauren Beukes's other books and loved them, and the premise of this one just sounds fantastic.
ETA: Yes! It says "in transit" on the library website so I should be able to start it soon. ..."

I loved her other books too. I have to say though, this new one hasn't grabbed me yet....

[Theo]

I just finished Animal Farm and now I'm picking up Rotters.

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

I am on the home stretch of Light Boxes, which is officially blowing my mind. It's all very "meta". I hope I'll wind up with some idea of what's been going on by the end of it! Beautifully written and whimsical, kind of shocking in parts... right up my alley really.

[CD]

Finished The Dinner finally. Don't know if I want to learn to read Dutch or not now. . .

I am now reading (among other books!) The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945. Have been waiting patiently for Rick Atkinson to finish/publish this final installment of the trilogy. It was worth the wait.

[Whitney]

Started In Cold Blood, finally. Probably should have read this before seeing 'Capote'. It's now impossible to read this without seeing a slight condescension in his descriptions of the small-town Kansas townsfolk.

[Whitney]

Mark wrote: "I listened to the audiobook of In Cold Blood. It was very good ..."

I'm actually listening to the audiobook. The switch in verbs got confusing so I just went with 'reading'. It is a very good.

[Karen]

Finished Ready Player One for club read and added In the Night Garden to my reading list.

[Whitney]

Karen wrote: "Finished Ready Player One for club read and added In the Night Garden to my reading list."

As I just did. Sometimes I hate you people :-) . Report on the book, please!

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Riona wrote: " I'm dying to read The Shining Girls but still waiting for it from the library. I've read both of Lauren Beukes's other books and loved them, and the premise of this one just sounds fantastic."

Stumbled across this podcast on horror writing last night, with Lauren Beukes (pronounced "byookers" it turns out) reading an excerpt from the start of The Shining Girls. It's a bit hard to listen to, (Beukes speaks VERY quickly, and the presenter has a speech impediment), but the ideas were great. It has inspired me to pick the book up again.

The interview with Joe Hill was interesting too, although I have yet to read any of his stuff. He read an excerpt from NOS4A2 that intrigued me.

I would avoid the last section of the podcast though - two people with no understanding of horror whatsoever, trotting out the cliches. Found myself shouting at the laptop, then wrote an angry letter to The Guardian. I am officially a grumpy old woman.

Here's the podcast in question: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/audio...

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Finished Light Boxes last night, and while I have somewhat mixed feelings, it really is quite a special little book: My review