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[Karen]

Added In the Night Garden to my reading list and this book is getting more than its fair share of time. Amazing maze of fables all interconnected to single character.

[Nichol]

Blueprints of the Afterlife.... Surreal and dingy... When I put the book down and walk around my house, I can only see what is soiled and broken - down. It puts me in a mood as if I'm in the Age of Fucked Up Shit (FUS). Quite an atmospheric sci-fi novel; really funny at times.

[Leo]

Don Quixote was doing my nut in so I switched to Brief Interviews With Hideous Men by David Foster Wallace. Finished the story "The Depressed Person" this morning and feel... I dunno (it's here).

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Leo wrote: "Don Quixote was doing my nut in so I switched to Brief Interviews With Hideous Men by David Foster Wallace. Finished the story "The Depressed Person" this morning and feel... I dunno (it's here)."

Thanks for the link. I think! There are some things you need to not be reading if you're feeling a bit....fragile. Scorch Atlas was like that for me. I'm going to assume this is another one of them and come back to it!

[Leo]

Ruby wrote: Thanks for the link. I think! There are some things you need to not be reading if you're feeling a bit....fragile."

Yeah, you're right :-) Come back to it when you're ready for truthbombs to be deployed :D

[Leo]

Finished Brief Interviews With Hideous Men- not hungover so much as punch drunk... instant favourite but I can appreciate that DFW must read very differently if you're a man.

Now onto James Joyce's Dubliners in continuation with my newfound short story joy- I'll check out the short story thread on this group and would really appreciate some recommendations :-)

[Kass]

Just started It seems really good.

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

For anyone thinking of reading The Shining Girls, (which I'm halfway through and enjoying so far), Lauren Beukes was in Australia for the Sydney Writers Festival recently, and was a panelist on ABC's BookClub this month. She selected the "classic" they discussed - Pattern Recognition by William Gibson. It was interesting, particularly having read her first book Moxyland, to hear her talking about Gibson and what influence he had/s on her writing. (Not just the "cyberpunk" label either).
Links to the podcast are here, assuming they're accessible internationally: http://www.abc.net.au/tv/firsttuesday...

PS - The other panelist is Carlos Ruiz Zafón, and the other book they discuss is The Sound of Things Falling: A Novel.

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Finished The Shining Girls this morning. I thought it was a bit over-hyped. Review here: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

I was also up half the night trying to fix my Kindle and download the ARC of Parasite, which I am planning on smashing this weekend. Bring it, Mira Grant!

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Just finished Porn & Revolution in the Peaceable Kingdom, a short story through tor.com, which i absolutely loved. Review here: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

I've also started Parasite, which I'm loving so far. So very excited for another Mira Grant series!

[Jan]

Just finished The Ocean at the End of the Lane was my first of his. Surprised me, I really liked it a lot. Will have to read more of him. Will pick up Joyland from library today.

[Malen (Mandy)]

The Idiot by: Fyodor Dostoyevsky

[Tracy]

Malen (Mandy) wrote: "The Idiot by: Fyodor Dostoyevsky"

Ooh. I'm doing that one soon, too.

[Marc]

Tracy wrote: "Malen (Mandy) wrote: "The Idiot by: Fyodor Dostoyevsky"

Ooh. I'm doing that one soon, too."

Hard to go wrong with Dostoyevsky! Hope you both enjoy it. I highly recommend The Brothers Karamazov and Crime and Punishment, as well!

[Marc]

I seem to be in a hyper reading phase having just finished The Sugar Frosted Nutsack and Jesus' Son, I'm now into Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill, Almost Transparent Blue (Murakami), and Sixty Stories (Barthelme).

[Riona]

I just started Cat's Eye. Another Atwood to cross off my list!

[Tracy]

saw the movie of Jesus' Son..

[Leo]

Finished:
- Hogg by Samuel R. Delany (bleugh)
- Tough, Tough Toys for Tough, Tough Boys by Will Self (airpunch awesome)
- The Bridge by Iain Banks (Banks: ImcleverImcleverImclever. Me: Imbored.)
Now onto How the Dead Live by Self again- has to be my favourite living author, even although I feel like if I met him I'd hate him!

[Ollie]

reading Boost and so far its sbadly written im on page 2 and I've faund 3 typos all ready

[Marc]

Leo wrote: "Finished:
- Hogg by Samuel R. Delany (bleugh)..."

I think that's the most repulsive book I've ever read. Nothing even comes in close second. Luckily, I was forewarned--did you know what you were getting into?

[Marc]

Tracy wrote: "saw the movie of Jesus' Son.."

How was the movie? I didn't even know there was one!

[Riona]

Ianto-Kay wrote: "reading Boost and so far its sbadly written im on page 2 and I've faund 3 typos all ready"

I hope this comment was intentional.

[Leo]

Marc wrote: "I think that's the most repulsive book I've ever read. Nothing even comes in close second. Luckily, I was forewarned--did you know what you were getting into? ."

I did, yeah, but I saw it on Larry McCaffery's top 100 list of novels (here) so I knew at least it had merit. I don't regret reading it, but I wouldn't do it again. How do you feel about it?

[Leo]

Riona wrote: "Ianto-Kay wrote: "reading Boost and so far its sbadly written im on page 2 and I've faund 3 typos all ready"

I hope this comment was intentional."

Haha!

[Tracy]

Going to Start: Blue Lantern by Victor Pelevin and Off the Beaten TracksOff the Beaten Tracks: Stories by Russian Hitchhikers

[Marc]

Leo wrote: "I don't regret reading it, but I wouldn't do it again. How do you feel about it?"

I feel similarly. I wasn't able to write any sort of review--I was kind of speechless. It's kind of a no-holds-barred exploration of moral depravity. I felt kind of drawn to it the way one does to car wrecks and accident sites. Made me question just how deeply my morbid curiosity goes.

Thanks for the McCaffery list--that's right up my alley!

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Leo wrote: "Now onto How the Dead Live by Self again- has to be my favourite living author, even although I feel like if I met him I'd hate him! ..."

I've never read one of Self's novels, because the Forewords he's done for other people's books are REALLY irritating. The one he wrote for the anniversary edition of Riddley Walker made me very stabby.

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Riona wrote: "Ianto-Kay wrote: "reading Boost and so far its sbadly written im on page 2 and I've faund 3 typos all ready"

I hope this comment was intentional."

...or not!

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Leo wrote: "I saw it on Larry McCaffery's top 100 list of novels (here) so I knew at least it had merit. ..."

Gargh! More TBRing to do.......!

[Whitney]

Marc wrote: "Leo wrote: "I don't regret reading it, but I wouldn't do it again. How do you feel about it?"

I feel similarly. I wasn't able to write any sort of review--I was kind of speechless. It's kind of a ..."

I went to see a Q&A and reading (From Hogg) of Delany's several years ago. After about 5 minutes of explicit depravity, I just found it tiresome. Even the titterers got squirmy. I wanted to leave because I was bored silly, but I didn't want to get pegged as a prude. I also couldn't bring myself to walk out on Delany. Even if his glory days are long behind him he's still a grand old man of fiction.

[Leo]

Ruby wrote: "I've never read one of Self's novels, because the Forewords he's done for other people's books are REALLY irritating. The one he wrote for the anniversary edition of Riddley Walker made me very stabby. ."

I don't doubt that the real man is a complete arse. Unfortunately his writing is fantastic (although very masculine- keep discovering that I recommend stuff to people without realising that they're not me). Very much about London although Tough, Tough Toys for Tough, Tough Boys was somewhat relatable to anyone, so if you were interested I'd start there :-)

Whitney wrote: "I went to see a Q&A and reading (From Hogg) of Delany's several years ago. "

Ew! I don't want to picture him as well as all that stuff, he's so creepy D: D: I appreciated the need for Hogg, but didn't enjoy it- despite the inevitable repetitive nature of the violence and disgust I actually thought he maintained it quite well throughout. At least it doesn't fail to get people talking. Have you seen there's a cover that says "A modern erotic classic" on it? For whom?!

I think the McCaffery list is on goodreads, too :D definitely added an extra half-year of fiction haha!

[donna]

I am reading .

[Lesley]

donna wrote: "I am reading ."

This was good but I liked the Kite runner better! Felt this one had too many characters to keep up with.

[Karen]

Riona wrote: "I just started Cat's Eye. Another Atwood to cross off my list!" This is my favorite book by Atwood. I hope you enjoy it.

[Karen]

Tracy wrote: "saw the movie of Jesus' Son.." I saw this too. Billy Crudup, Denis Leary and Holly Hunter in the same movie.

[Alixendra]

Just bought The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson. I'm officially addicted to this trilogy!!

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

So, I'm reading Parasite, and Grant says toxoplasma (a parasite in cat poop) changes the way a person's brain works (kinda like a zombie brain-worm), and that many cat owners have it. This I knew. What I hadn't considered was her theory that this actually explains "crazy cat ladies".

Huh. So my existence is finally explained!

[Whitney]

Ruby wrote: "So, I'm reading Parasite, and Grant says toxoplasma (a parasite in cat poop) changes the way a person's brain works (kinda like a zombie brain-worm), and that many cat owners have it. This I knew. ..."

Sigh. What gets buried in information about toxo is that most people probably get it from undercooked meat. One of my pet peeves, because every mainstream media article I've seen on it leads with how cats carry toxo and transmit it to humans, then mentions undercooked meat as the primary route of infection down around the 7th paragraph.

[Derek]

Not so fast! iirc, you only have one cat. You may be crazy, but you can't actually be a "crazy cat lady" with one cat.

[Leo]

Reading The Tunnel by William H. Gass and going through a phase of reading bleak literature.

Please send me your most depressing recommendations!

It's sunny out so I'm free to learn sad stuff :-)

[Whitney]

Leo wrote: "Please send me your most depressing recommendations!

It's sunny out so I'm free to learn sad stuff :-)"

I recommend Twilight. Just think about how it's sold over 100 million copies as you're reading it.

[Leo]

Whitney wrote: "I recommend Twilight. Just think about how it's sold over 100 million copies as you're reading it."\

HAHA oh dear, and Fifty Shades of Grey contains the bleakest messages of humanity- "Christian Grey looked at me with his gray gaze the gaze of gray gazeness was gray oh my his gray gaze gaze gray" she's like a horny Gertrude Stein...

[Cora]

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Derek wrote: "Not so fast! iirc, you only have one cat. You may be crazy, but you can't actually be a "crazy cat lady" with one cat."

Au contraire! There's not a person that's met me who wouldn't consider me a crazy cat lady. "Number of cats" is a far less important factor than "degree of obsession", I think.

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Whitney wrote: "Ruby wrote: "So, I'm reading Parasite, and Grant says toxoplasma (a parasite in cat poop) changes the way a person's brain works (kinda like a zombie brain-worm), and that many cat owners have it. ..."

Yeah - good point. From what I've read, it seems a lot more people get it from meat than from cats, but I think being around a lot of cats & kittens (in a shelter for example) gives you a high risk.

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Cora wrote: "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest"

I'm assuming you're letting us know that's what you're reading, and that you don't actually have Literary Tourette's.

:)

[Derek]

Does anybody else find that when you click on a link to this conversation, it never takes you to the latest posts?

[Cora]

Ruby- well, actually... :-)
Funny f*c*i*g post...oh, I mean-what? ;-)
Thanks for the comment and I think you're the first person to ever comment on one of my post.

[Marc]

Alixendra & Cora: Let us know what you thought of the whole trilogy when you're done!

There are crazy cat men out there, too. Few and far between. And crazier.

[Riona]

Derek wrote: "Does anybody else find that when you click on a link to this conversation, it never takes you to the latest posts?"

Yes. It's apparently (according to GR staff) related to having a large number of deleted posts in the thread, which throws off the count. Or something.