What are you currently reading?

[Bammer]

A 4/5 post about Camus

[4/5]

A 4/5 post about Camus

Something something suicide something something absurd.

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[Simple Torture]

ST, what are your thoughts on Lincoln In The Bardo relative to Saunders’s other works? I’m a humongous fan of his short stories, but I’m scared that the novel length and subject matter will make for something uncharacteristically sloggish.

I think the themes and style are very reminiscent of his short stories, so I don't think that will necessarily be off-putting, but it's certainly not breezy like some of his stories. He plays some games with historical sources, too, and I think that was a nice way to keep things fresh with the form. Give it a try.

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[wease]

Just started Get Shorty by Elmore Leonard. Fantastic.

[dad]

Just started Get Shorty by Elmore Leonard. Fantastic.

you'd mentioned his books earlier, and I've been looking for a book to read on my upcoming trip. just borrowed Get Shorty and DeLilo's Underworld from the library. will see which one strikes my fancy first.

[blueviper]

ST, what are your thoughts on Lincoln In The Bardo relative to Saunders’s other works? I’m a humongous fan of his short stories, but I’m scared that the novel length and subject matter will make for something uncharacteristically sloggish.

I think the themes and style are very reminiscent of his short stories, so I don't think that will necessarily be off-putting, but it's certainly not breezy like some of his stories. He plays some games with historical sources, too, and I think that was a nice way to keep things fresh with the form. Give it a try.

I 2nd this. First time with this author but Lincoln in the Bardo is great. He really creates an atmosphere to keep you engaged. And the dialogue is great.

[Simple Torture]

[epilogue]

[lennytheweedwhacker]

The Sound and the Fury

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[Bammer]

I preferred the lenny-free board.

[epilogue]

Finished On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous. It's a tad bloated and uneven in patches but overall lovely and moving.

Now what do I read?

My friend gave me a bag of books. Probably one of those.

[lennytheweedwhacker]

Finished On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous. It's a tad bloated and uneven in patches but overall lovely and moving.

Now what do I read?

My friend gave me a bag of books. Probably one of those.

what in it are you considering?

i kinda want to reread something by cormac next

[epilogue]

Finished On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous. It's a tad bloated and uneven in patches but overall lovely and moving.

Now what do I read?

My friend gave me a bag of books. Probably one of those.

what in it are you considering?

i kinda want to reread something by cormac next

I went with His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet.

[lennytheweedwhacker]

Finished On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous. It's a tad bloated and uneven in patches but overall lovely and moving.

Now what do I read?

My friend gave me a bag of books. Probably one of those.

what in it are you considering?

i kinda want to reread something by cormac next

I went with His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet.

enjoy

[epilogue]

Finished On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous. It's a tad bloated and uneven in patches but overall lovely and moving.

Now what do I read?

My friend gave me a bag of books. Probably one of those.

what in it are you considering?

i kinda want to reread something by cormac next

I went with His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet.

enjoy

Thanks. I wanted something really different from the last book. This is a crime thriller. But was also a finalist for the Booker. Should be fun.

[lennytheweedwhacker]

Finished On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous. It's a tad bloated and uneven in patches but overall lovely and moving.

Now what do I read?

My friend gave me a bag of books. Probably one of those.

what in it are you considering?

i kinda want to reread something by cormac next

I went with His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet.

enjoy

Thanks. I wanted something really different from the last book. This is a crime thriller. But was also a finalist for the Booker. Should be fun.

sounds good...i may look into it if the library here has it

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.