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[Rebecca]

Just finished Oh Pure and Radiant Heart by Lydia Millet which I enjoyed. Great scattergun approach to narrative which works. On to An American Dream by Norman Mailer. Operatic masculinity so far, my new guilty pleasure.

[Rohan]

The red Knight is good.........

[Ryan]

Just added The Tale of Atlantis to my 'to read' list.

[Jennifer]

I am embarking on Watership Down. And also reading The Magician's Land. But that one is on my NOOK...I tend to read the proper books first. Its not often I read 2 books at once.

[Tracy]

Day Watch I've already read NIGHT WATCH, and found TWILIGHT WATCH in a Sacramento bookstore--all highly recommended, and under-read by Americans, I think. The movies are cool, too.

[Whitney]

Tracy wrote: "Day Watch I've already read NIGHT WATCH, and found TWILIGHT WATCH in a Sacramento bookstore--all highly recommended, and under-read by Americans, I think. The movies are cool, too."

I really like these books (and films) as well. I haven't read Last Watch yet.

[Marc]

Joseph wrote: "G'day Marc,
Only just saw this comment! Train Dreams is very, very good. Quite hallucinatory and non-linear, and just stupidly beautiful writing."

Sounds great, Joseph!

[Jennifer]

Whitney wrote: "Tracy wrote: "Day Watch I've already read NIGHT WATCH, and found TWILIGHT WATCH in a Sacramento bookstore--all highly recommended, and under-read by Americans, I think. The movies ar..."

I purchased the first one. They sound good.

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

I've still got Night Watch begging to be read on my shelf. I LOVED the film.

Right now I'm reading We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, which is surprisingly thought-provoking. I can't say much about it without ruining it though.

[Tracy]

Ruby wrote: "I've still got Night Watch begging to be read on my shelf. I LOVED the film.

Right now I'm reading We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, which is surprisingly thoug..."

If it helps, it reads pretty fast.

[Whitney]

Ruby wrote: "Right now I'm reading We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, which is surprisingly thought-provoking. I can't say much about it without ruining it though..."

We read this in another group I'm in, definitely thought provoking. Whether "spoilers" really make a difference in how people might perceive this book was one of the discussions.

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Whitney wrote: "Whether "spoilers" really make a difference in how people might perceive this book was one of the discussions. ..."

That seems to be a perennial argument, whatever we read! I think the "spoilers" aren't a huge part of the book, but they do get you seeing from a different perspective right from the start of the book, which I think sets the reader up to see from the main character's viewpoint more easily.

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Richard wrote: "Johnny Cash: The Life

a bio of Johnny Cash. im not a big bio reader but this is the very definition of an good story well told



https://independentaustralia.net/life......"


Well. That's the first time we've been spammed with a faith healing link. Congratulations. Aaaaaand deleted.

[Jennifer]

Ruby wrote: "Richard wrote: "Johnny Cash: The Life

a bio of Johnny Cash. im not a big bio reader but this is the very definition of an good story well told



https://independentaustralia.net/..."

Well that's Bizarre. Were there rattle snakes involved?

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Jennifer wrote: "Well that's Bizarre. Were there rattle snakes involved? ..."

I didn't notice any, but I clicked away pretty fast!

I've decided to go against all sensible advice, and read the book I was given for xmas (The Bone Clocks) despite never having read any of Mitchell's other books. Why be normal?

[Richard]

Crickey. It was just a link to an article I had published. I tend to use the links on my signature. Guess I should have stuck an explanation with it. Was just a harmless amusing story that I got published in an online australian magazine

No harm there. But obviously interpreted as such

[Damon]

I am reading Brave New World. I did not like the first 2 chapters but am enjoying it now.

[Rebecca]

Have just finished A Clockwork Orange which I really enjoyed. Short, cartoonish and great to read up on the wider commentary surrounding it. Currently reading On the Genealogy of Morals by Friedrich Nietzsche and it's everything I expected it to be.

[Leo]

Richard wrote: "Crickey. It was just a link to an article I had published. I tend to use the links on my signature. Guess I should have stuck an explanation with it. Was just a harmless amusing story that I got pu..."

Congrats again on your publication Richard! Thought of you as I started The Goldfinch- I'm rooting for Donna to prove you wrong haha! 300 pages in and undecided. Fairly unremarkable without that Tartt's name on the front. Young Tartt likes flowery prose to prove her talent, mid-Tartt likes bland prose to de-mist her storytelling ability. I could use some more flower, though.

Of my Xmas reading I can safely broadly recommend The Collector by John Fowles- reminded me of The End of Alice in its obsessive ruminations and elegant writing style.

[Richard]

Cheers Leo. Curious to see what The Goldfinch does for you - it certainly was the biggest disappointment of the year for me but it seems to be a Vegemite book if ever one was written

[Richard]

The Gospel According to Jesus Christ -

it's like tumbling down a rabbit hole. if you've read Saramago before you know he doesn't do paragraph breaks, just screes of rolling beautiful shocking text.

this one is Christs life interpreted by an athiest. fascinating, controversial and brain melting. certainly a challenge but a rewarding one

[Jennifer]

I finished The Magician's Land. I have mixed feelings.

[Cora]

Ruby wrote: "Richard wrote: "Johnny Cash: The Life

a bio of Johnny Cash. im not a big bio reader but this is the very definition of an good story well told
Ruby- I love you. Just saying (oh, and thanks :-))


https://independentaustralia.net/..."

[Richard]

Us - light and fluffy but well written. hopefully ends better than One Day

[Sally]

I recently read and enjoyed City of Masks: by new Aussie author, Ashley Capes - 3.5★s.

Here is my review:

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

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Richard wrote: "Crickey. It was just a link to an article I had published. I tend to use the links on my signature. Guess I should have stuck an explanation with it. Was just a harmless amusing story that I got pu..."

Hi Richard. If you've read the Group rules, you'll see that self promotion sits firmly within the Pimping thread, whatever it is that you're promoting.

Today I stumbled across The Strange Library while on my first trip to a proper bookstore since I moved to Darwin. The hardcover is really beautiful, and similar to S. in that it mimics a library book. I read most of it while getting my hairs did at the salon.

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Joseph wrote: "G'day Marc,
Only just saw this comment! Train Dreams is very, very good. Quite hallucinatory and non-linear, and just stupidly beautiful writing.

I think Jesus' Son is still my fave of the two but..."

G'day Joseph! I only just saw this comment, and I have no idea what you're both talking about, but that is a wonderful description. I'll remember "stupidly beautiful writing" for a while to come! :)

[Jennifer]

I recently read The End of Alice. And followed it with My Life as a White Trash Zombie

[Jan]

just finished The Book of Strange New ThingsIt was ok.
Starting The Girl in the Road

[Jan]

discovered Jo Nesbo's Harry Hole murder/mystery books. read all 10 plus The Son the past few months while teaching art history.

[Jon]

Joseph wrote: "G'day Marc,
Only just saw this comment! Train Dreams is very, very good. Quite hallucinatory and non-linear, and just stupidly beautiful writing.

I think Jesus' Son is still my fave of the two but..."

Read Jesus' Son a few months ago and loved it. Very powerful writing and it made Johnson a writer that I'm planning on reading more of

[Richard]

I'm seriously considering Norwegian Wood but having been terribly underwhelmed by 1Q84 murakami is not the draw he one was

Is it worth it?

[Tracy]

Richard wrote: "I'm seriously considering Norwegian Wood but having been terribly underwhelmed by 1Q84 murakami is not the draw he one was

Is it worth it?"

I liked the movie.

[Richard]

Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs - the war on drugs and all its folly. Slightly over written but still flat out fascinating!

Even with the controversy surrounding the author, I'd recommend this thus far

[Jan]

wasn't feeling The Girl in the Road so picked up The Book of Madness and Cures. It was ok, not a lot happens in it. More of a portrayal of the times. Did want to find out what happened to the father.
Now reading Red Bones third in series.
I also have read the series The Inspector Erlendur Series, Books 1-3 really good, different. Would not want to live in Iceland during the winter! brrr, :)

[Marc]

I've got too many going at once, but Traveler of the Century, The Algiers Motel Incident, and The Walking Dead, Compendium 2 are the most promising.

[Jennifer]

Reading the The Getaway God, just visiting some old friends.

[Whitney]

I've also got too many going at once. The Corpse Exhibition: And Other Stories of Iraq is GREAT, but hellaciously disturbing. If Thomas Ligotti was from a place all fucked up from wars and suicide bombers, he might write like this.

The Ocean at the End of the Lane is my light, car audiobook. Quite enjoying it.

The Bone Clocks. So far so good. Not quite the fireworks of other Mitchell books.

Qualia Nous I started this collection because it has the amazing story "The Vaporization Enthalpy of a Peculiar Pakistani Family" by by Usman T. Malik. That story by itself is available here for interested parties: https://medium.com/@usmantm/the-vapor...

[Leo]

Richard wrote: "I'm seriously considering Norwegian Wood but having been terribly underwhelmed by 1Q84 murakami is not the draw he one was

Is it worth it?"

I think I might like Norwegian Wood if I read it now- but at 20 I just found it dull. For realism, I liked South of the Border, West of the Sun, or his recent short stories like Yesterday or Scheherazade :)

[Leo]

Re-reading The Pale King which youse might remember from this book club :) contains Wallace's best and laziest writing in about equal parts. Definitely getting more from the re-read, as a first-time pass of his books always has that "Will I ever get through this?" feel. Then it'll be Where I'm Calling From: New and Selected Stories re-read, another first time ebook, second time paperback test of mine. What are youse guyses experience of this?

[Sally]

After wanting for so many years to read Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, I was very disappointed with my experience of it when I read it recently. I don't know that I've ever come across a book before whose characters were ALL either repugnant or ridiculous in my eyes. I could in all honesty only give the book 3★s.

If you're game to read it, here is my review:

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

[Richard]

I can't recommend Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs enough. It's lucid, fascinating and incendiary.

I was never fully decided on the legalisation of drugs but I'm convinced now

[Tracy]

Sally wrote: "After wanting for so many years to read Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, I was very disappointed with my experience of it when I read it recently. I don't know that I've..."

I love all that old romantic lit, but I agree--I don't know what people see in this book. And Heathcliff! What's to like?

[Marc]

Richard wrote: "I can't recommend Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs enough. It's lucid, fascinating and incendiary ..."

It sounds fantastic (just read the synopsis & added it to my TBR list)! Thanks for mentioning it.

[Jennifer]

I am 100 pages in to Drood. Dickens was a first class asshole and London was a foul place.

[Alexander]

I'm about 300 pages into J.C. Pollock's Payback. It's pretty good so far.

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Still plugging away on The Bone Clocks, but now that I've posted the Treasure Hunt challenge, I feel like I can at least post here again without guilt and shame! The book's okay so far, but not amazing.

I ordered some books online a few weeks back, and they've finally made their way to the ends of the earth up here this week. Among them is Jesus' Son, which looks extremely good even from just reading the first page of the first story. Dying to get into that, and Two Serious Ladies in equal measure.

[Whitney]

Ruby wrote: "Still plugging away on The Bone Clocks, but now that I've posted the Treasure Hunt challenge, I feel like I can at least post here again without guilt and shame! The book's okay so ..."

Worst Mitchell book I've read, don't judge him by this one. Loved Jesus' Son. Hadn't heard of Two Serious Ladies, awaiting your report.

[Jon]

Ruby wrote: "Still plugging away on The Bone Clocks, but now that I've posted the Treasure Hunt challenge, I feel like I can at least post here again without guilt and shame! The book's okay so ..."

I absolutely loved Jesus' Son. Johnson is a great writer and the stories remind me of songs by Lou Reed or Tom Waits: vignettes that look into the lives of addicts and drifters

[Sally]

I recently read and loved The Vanishing Witch by Karen Maitland. It is unusual and fascinating in every way, from narration to subject matter. Highly recommended for lovers of historical fiction and the feminist literary theorem of "the pit or the pedestal" (the stereotyping of women in literature as either evil or pure). 4★s.

Here is my review:

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