What are you currently reading?

[epilogue]

Boy, did I love that book.

I like it so far. Wolf in the White Van would be hard to top.

I think Wolf is ultimately better. But I prefer Harvester. I'll just leave it there until you've finished it.

[Mickey]

And for the baby

[Malloy]

dig

[The Argonaut]

I've read the Fagles translation and the Emily Wilson translation and liked the Wilson a lot. Fagles wins the first line, though:

"Sing to me of the man, Muse, the man of twists and turns"

vs Wilson's:

"Tell me about a complicated man."

There's millennia of commentary on that line, and I really think Wilson swung and missed there in every way. But from there on out, it's a good read.

I'd like to read some of the earlier translations, too, someday.

[blueviper]

Boy, did I love that book.

I like it so far. Wolf in the White Van would be hard to top.

I think Wolf is ultimately better. But I prefer Harvester. I'll just leave it there until you've finished it.

I just picked this up from the library the other day and opening to the first page to set my bookmark there is a post-it note that reads: “this is a stupid book that wanders & never goes anywhere. Don’t waste your time”

Now I don’t know what to do.

[BurtReynolds]

lol

[Simple Torture]

[lennytheweedwhacker]

I like the idea, but the execution could be better.

[BurtReynolds]

Should be called Harrogate and be about nothing but the exploits of the biggest and funniest dumb shit in fiction. Great book, though.

[BurtReynolds]

Enhancing my meme wizardry

[lennytheweedwhacker]

Should be called Harrogate and be about nothing but the exploits of the biggest and funniest dumb shit in fiction. Great book, though.

His funniest work

[BurtReynolds]

Have you read all his books?

[lennytheweedwhacker]

Have you read all his books?

I haven’t read Child of God, something about Orchard Keeping. maybe one other?

[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.

[lennytheweedwhacker]

Is Suttree actually funny? I’ll have to check it out

Parts, yes. It’s been too long for me to remember details.

[Mickey]

Have you read all his books?

I haven’t read Child of God, something about Orchard Keeping. maybe one other?

Child of God is a really quick read, you could motor through it in an afternoon. I wouldn't say I enjoyed it, exactly, but it's classic McCarthy if you want to be a completionist.

[lennytheweedwhacker]

Have you read all his books?

I haven’t read Child of God, something about Orchard Keeping. maybe one other?

Child of God is a really quick read, you could motor through it in an afternoon. I wouldn't say I enjoyed it, exactly, but it's classic McCarthy if you want to be a completionist.

I can’t read anything in an afternoon, but thank you for your encouragement.

[BurtReynolds]

Just audiobook it. I think the is a sale going on.

[B]

... and fuck, it is creepy!

[lennytheweedwhacker]

Just audiobook it. I think the is a sale going on.

That is not the point.