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[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

I'm reading Sherman Alexie's Flight at the moment. It's good, but seems very didactic. I guess I'm not exactly the target demographic though.

[Travis]

I'm still working my way through Cory Doctorow's Makers and I'm so surprised I like it, because I didn't like his YA books, in spite of everything. I like Makers so much I think I'm going to read For The Win next.

[Alyssa]

Now reading the second book of the Witchling series, , by Lizzy Ford.

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Travis wrote: "I'm still working my way through Cory Doctorow's Makers and I'm so surprised I like it, because I didn't like his YA books, in spite of everything. I like Makers so much I think I'm going to read ..."

For the Win was probably my favourite. It's such a completely different perspective for me - the lives of online gold-farmers.

[Sarah]

Hi! Just joined the group. I've recently finished a great book by Zack Love called Sex In The Title, its a very funny book about a group of men, their lives, the dating scene, romance and lots of silliness along the way! Highly recommend it.

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Sarah wrote: "Hi! Just joined the group. I've recently finished a great book by Zack Love called Sex In The Title, its a very funny book about a group of men, their lives, the dating scene, romance and lots of s..."

Thanks Sarah & welcome. Just for future reference, we use the book title link in our posts (see "add book/author" link above the comment box), like this: Sex in the Title: A Comedy about Dating, Sex, and Romance in NYC. :)

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

In case anybody hasn't noticed (!) I'm reading and LOVING S. by Doug Dorst. Loving it so much, I've put it up as the next Group Read: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I honestly haven't enjoyed a book this much in ages.

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

Currently I'm reading Dirty Work by Stuart Woods. It's one of his Stone Barrington novels. So far it's been good.

Before starting Dirty Work I read a mystery called What the Cat Saw by Carolyn Hart. I really liked it--I found the culprit more than a little surprising.

[Richard]

Just finished Chain Saw Confidential: How We Made the World's Most Notorious Horror Moviewhich I read as catharsis having seen Texas Chainsaw when I was 8 and having had nightmares about Leatherface for 31 years now. The book is by Gunner Hansen (who played Leatherface) and was an excellent, funny, and well written account of the filming

Now reading a dumb as a bag of hammers book called Utopia - I fancied daft techno thriller but I seem to have ended up with rom com light ohh there's some robots and a little dash of Die Hard, not sure I'll finish it as I've just heard that Shadow Walk by Mark Waid has come out at my local comic store and I wants it!

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Sandyboy wrote: "Just finished Chain Saw Confidential: How We Made the World's Most Notorious Horror Moviewhich I read as catharsis having seen Texas Chainsaw when I was 8 and having had nightmares ..."

Chain Saw Confidential: How We Made the World's Most Notorious Horror Movie looks awesome. TBR'd!

Just finished S., and now onto The Filth, which I'm already loving. Haven't actually read any of it yet, just the "dosage instructions" in the front. Hilarious.

[Sally]

Here is my review of For Whom the Bell Tolls, which I read recently. A truly unforgettable classic:

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

[Richard]

M is for Magic - makes the bus seem nicer on the way to work

[Ray 🌿]

I'm just now Starting Never Let Me Go, still at the beginning but I'm super hyped to finish it already!

[Richard]

Reagan wrote: "I'm just now Starting Never Let Me Go, still at the beginning but I'm super hyped to finish it already!"

i keep meaning to read that, and i keep meaning to watch the movie, but somehow life always gets in the way or i see a shiny thing and get distracted

[Cora]

Mr. Penumbra`s 24 Hour Bookstore

[Leo]

Sandyboy wrote: "Just finished Chain Saw Confidential: How We Made the World's Most Notorious Horror Moviewhich I read as catharsis having seen Texas Chainsaw when I was 8 and having had nightmares ..."

Ouch! I remember seeing an episode of the X-Files when I was 9 that really messed me up- the guy with the yellow eyes that appeared in the dark, kept thinking I was gonna see them everywhere! I am now more afraid of the real-life actor who played the X-files guy because he married that girl Courtney Stodden who herself is some sort of demon host.

Bringing me straight to my review of Inferno (not the Dan Brown one which appears in the search bar first) here and Consider the Lobster here.

Also I will re-join the group reads after Christmas as I have now worked out Norway post and how to stop overseas book orders being taxed at 100%- success! Tis the season and all that :D

[Richard]

Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets - the book that The Wire (TV Series, if you haven't seen it there is no possible reason you can give to explain why not, it is the best thing that ever happened to TV since Twin Peaks) sprang from. 1 year with Baltimore Homicide Division

only 34 pages in but absorbed already.

[Jmsness]

I'm new to this group, so hello! I just finished Burial Rites and LOVED it and now onto The Flamethrowers, which I can't put down. I hope I continue to charge through it, because I have four books on reserve at the library - A Tale for the Time Being, All the Birds, Singing, Fishing for Tigers and Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail. Eek!

[Tracy]

Sandyboy wrote: "Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets - the book that The Wire (TV Series, if you haven't seen it there is no possible reason you can give to explain why not, it is the best thing th..."

Oh, thanks for that..I just now went on Amazon and bought that book for my husband for Xmas per your post. We loved The Wire, and hub went to U of Maryland with one of the writers. He was on the school newspaper then.

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

I'm halfway through Role Models and quite enjoying it. It starts slowly, but gets better when Waters gets back to what he does best - telling his own story & anecdotes, as opposed to telling the stories of his heroes.

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Finished Role Models and am well into In the House Upon the Dirt Between the Lake and the Woods. This is not light holiday reading. Not light at ALL.

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Finished In the House Upon the Dirt Between the Lake and the Woods and ADORED it. It's just so beautifully written, dark and deeply weird.

I've moved onto May We Shed These Human Bodies, which is a short story collection in a quite similar vein.

[Leo]

Recently read The Broom of the System, learned a lot and had a lot to say about it here.

Now reading The Female Eunuch to see if there's any inspiration to help me finish my novel- Greer's sentences are so oddly constructed that I need to read them a few times to get what she's on about though eg. "Just how much sex in there is a skeleton?"... :S?

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Leo [Hydra Kids, Hydra Wife] X. wrote: "Recently read The Broom of the System, learned a lot and had a lot to say about it here. ..."

Bahaha! Wonderful review. Review of the Year, even! :)

[Richard]

The Tournament - have a big soft spot for silly thrillers and this one is very silly - queen elizabeth as a teenager attends the worlds first chess tournament and becomes embroiled in a murder mystery. it's flat out a guilty pleasure

[Kelly]

I'm new to the group, and I'm happy to be here! I am currently reading Room. This book has been on my to-read shelf for a long time. I like it, although I keep thinking about John Fowles' The Collector. I would love to ask the author if she knew about this work before she wrote her novel.

[Leo]

Ruby [Reviles Censorship] wrote: "Bahaha! Wonderful review. Review of the Year, even! :) "

Roobs! Too kind and thanks for reading, wrote it with your group in mind :-)

Kelly wrote: "I like it, although I keep thinking about John Fowles' The Collector."

Is The Collector any good? I read The Magus last year and thought it was brilliant but ran out of steam a bit towards the end...

[Leo]

Ruby [Reviles Censorship] wrote: "Bahaha! Wonderful review. Review of the Year, even! :) "

Roobs! Too kind and thanks for reading, wrote it with your group in mind :-)

Sandyboy wrote: "The Tournament - have a big soft spot for silly thrillers and this one is very silly - queen elizabeth as a teenager attends the worlds first chess tournament and becomes embroiled ..."

Haha! Where do you find this stuff?? :D

Kelly wrote: "I like it, although I keep thinking about John Fowles' The Collector."

Is The Collector any good? I read The Magus last year and thought it was brilliant but ran out of steam a bit towards the end...

[Jan]

The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King biography of Sam "the Banana King" Zemurray. Sam came to U.S. as a penniless Russian immigrant and made millions selling bananas, overthrew Central American governments, donated lots of $$ to Tulane University, ran United Fruit and lived long enough to see its decline. Of course, there is a New Orleans connection. (i.e. Sam's buried in Metairie Cemetery) This is where the term "banana republic" originated. Wonderful read for anyone interested in that part of the world's history or U.S. history or anyone who just wants a good read, something different. Highly recommend!

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Leo [Hydra Kids, Hydra Wife] X. wrote: "Is The Collector any good? I read The Magus last year and thought it was brilliant but ran out of steam a bit towards the end... ..."

I read The Magus years ago, and all I remember is being disappointed that nothing happened. Plus lots and lots of descriptions of blinding sunshine on a Greek island.

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

I finished May We Shed These Human Bodies a couple of days ago (Review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...) and am almost finished Popular Hits of the Showa Era (which is really fun).

I'm now contemplating what next from my massive pile of xmas books. Yep. I bought myself xmas presents, just in case Santa was slack. ;)

[edit]
I've cobbled together a playlist from both Spotify & YouTube of the songs each of the chapters are centred on in Popular Hits of the Showa Era if anyone's really keen: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Kelly]

Ruby [Reviles Censorship] wrote: "Leo [Hydra Kids, Hydra Wife] X. wrote: "Is The Collector any good? I read The Magus last year and thought it was brilliant but ran out of steam a bit towards the end... ..."

Hi Leo and Ruby,

I highly recommend The Collector. Some elements in it might seem dated at this point, but overall I think you will find it to be a gripping and intense read (if you like that sort of thing).

Ah, The Magus... Ruby, I would try it again at some point. It's really incredible. That being said, I had to read it over half a dozen times before I felt like I really understood what was going on. There are tons of layers to it. I think I am STILL trying to figure it out!

Ruby [Reviles Censorship] wrote: "I finished May We Shed These Human Bodies a couple of days ago (Review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...) and am almost finished [book:Popular Hits of the Showa ..."

Ruby, I will check out your playlist. It sounds like fun.

[Jennifer]

Reading Deadline, its not so much about the zombies.

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

I'm almost finished reading The Mephisto Club by Tess Gerritsen which I've been enjoying. It's the group read in another group I'm in. So far it has been excellent.

[Marc]

2014 has started off w/ me about 1/3 of the way into The Bonesetter's Daughter and I just hit the library and picked up African Psycho and Broken Glass (the latter two both by the same author). Hope everyone has a wonderfully bookish year!

[Quentin]

This is my first posting in this group.

I thought it appropriate to start simply by mentioning what I am reading - i.e. literally the last book whose pages I cast my eyes across. This is The Well at the World's End by William Morris.

I am reading it because C.S. Lewis mentioned the title of the book - literally the title - as one of those things in the world most apt to give a frisson of sehnsucht (something in which I am interested), and because I happened, serendipitously, to find a second hand copy of the first volume, and because it was a Ballantine adult fantasy paperback - editions that I find very attractive.

I am enjoying the book well enough. Some people may find it a bit hey nonny nonny, but it's actually done very well, and not as gratingly or cheesily as these things can be done when a writer is... I was going to say 'a hack', but perhaps 'a cheese grater' would be more appropriate.

[Leo]

Ruby [Reviles Censorship] wrote: "I read The Magus years ago, and all I remember is being disappointed that nothing happened. Plus lots and lots of descriptions of blinding sunshine on a Greek island. "

HAHA And the multiple 'I promise you I was not tempted to have sex with young Greek boys.' Um... I mean I didn't... I didn't think you were?

I was in the mood for slow and pensive when I read it- probably wouldn't have so much time for it now :)

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

Currently I'm reading what Goodreads has listed as Lasting Damage by Sophie Hannah. But the book's actual title is The Other Woman's House. (I wonder if The Other Woman's House is its title in the UK while Lasting Damage is its title in the US.) Anyway, it's an excellent book--it's about a woman who's obsessed with a house that's for sale and she looks at a virtual tour on her laptop. She sees a woman who's been murdered in the lounge. She calls her husband to look but then all they see is the lounge without the dead body. I am thoroughly engrossed.

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

I've started Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison, which my BF got me for christmas. I heard an episode of The Moth podcast with Piper Kerman doing a short spoken word piece last year, and I've been a bit intrigued ever since.
http://themoth.org/posts/storytellers...
Obviously, the tv series has me hooked too. :)

[Tracy]

I like that show, too.

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Tracy wrote: "I like that show, too."

I missed the first few eps (but am hoping to catch the re-run marathon this weekend), so I can't really say how similar the series is to the book. From flipping through though, it does seem a little bit different.

I'm a bit obsessed with the whole concept of women in prison too. The Australian series, "Prisoner" from the 70s/80s is a favourite of mine. It just breaks my brain to think about having someone else control every aspect of your life, and the way that must impact a person.

[Tracy]

Ruby [Reviles Censorship] wrote: "Tracy wrote: "I like that show, too."

I missed the first few eps (but am hoping to catch the re-run marathon this weekend), so I can't really say how similar the series is to the book. From flippi..."

Well, I like the fact that the script is so obviously written by women---REAL LIVE WOMEN!!---because it says things only women would say or think. You can just tell its perspective is so different from the usual trash, and just imagine what some might do with that storyline :DDDD

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Tracy wrote: "Well, I like the fact that the script is so obviously written by women---REAL LIVE WOMEN!!---because it says things only women would say or think. You can just tell its perspective is so different from the usual trash, and just imagine what some might do with that storyline :DDDD ..."

Well the book it's based on is a memoir, and the series is produced by Jenji Kohan (who did Weeds), so that helps!

[Whitney]

Binged watched this sucker, great show. The first couple episodes are actually the weakest, but having the cute blond yuppie at the center was the gateway into the lives of the really interesting people, for the viewer and even more for the TV execs who green lit the show, according to Kohan :-)

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Whitney wrote: "Binged watched this sucker, great show. The first couple episodes are actually the weakest, but having the cute blond yuppie at the center was the gateway into the lives of the really interesting p..."

Agreed. She's so freakin' annoying, but using her POV is a good way to show prison and its inherent weirdness. Both in real life and the tv show, I think. She irritated me in the podcast, but her insights are the kinds of things you want to hear about.

[Marc]

Rumor has it that a lot of viewers were more interested in the other characters, so the blond yuppie will be less of a focus in season 2...

[Tracy]

I am reading BRIEFBrief Interviews with Hideous Men INTERVIEWS WITH HIDEOUS MEN, btw.

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Marc wrote: "Rumor has it that a lot of viewers were more interested in the other characters, so the blond yuppie will be less of a focus in season 2..."

Not surprising. The book (so far - I'm halfway through) seems a little less over-the-top than the series, but watching e1 last night, I was surprised at how most of the dialogue is word-for-word.

[Tracy]

Jess wrote: "I'm new to this group, so hello! I just finished Burial Rites and LOVED it and now onto The Flamethrowers, which I can't put down. I hope I continue to charge throug..."

My daughter is reading THE FLAMETHROWERS and is highly recommending it.

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

I just finished reading an adorable cozy mystery called Baseball Cat by Garrison Allen. Iiiit had a lot of humor and eccentric characters. The cat of the title is a 25-pound Abyssinian named Mycroft or Big Mike. Highly recommended.

Now I'm reading Power Play by Joseph Finder. It's about people who go on a corporate retreat way out in the boonies who are taken hostage. So far so good.