What are you currently reading?

[BurtReynolds]

Heat 2 was cool. The ending is a little sloppy or rushed or something, but I enjoyed it. Probably could have been two books.

[dad]

Finished North Woods about a week ago. Great book. Will likely read again at some point.

I started reading The Need by Helen Phillips. It's not very good. sci-fi meets motherhood, but beating you over the head with it. I don't think I'll finish it, and I'm more than halfway through.

also been reading It's Better to Be Feared, and just picked up If I Survive You.

[Simple Torture]

I’m re-reading all of Roberto Bolaño’s work in 2024, nearly chronologically (I cheated a bit and read a few short things at the end of 2023). So I have now read 4 of his books in a row, and I’m struggling trying to decide if I give myself a break and read someone else, or really just plow through. I imagine this is going to take me around 1/3 of this year to complete.

This is actually going really well. I am now not considering reading anything else until the re-read is complete—after some rocky beginnings, his fiction really takes off with the 1990s works. I’m reading some short fiction now and will soon get back into The Savage Detectives, which is so incredibly exciting to have on the horizon.

[Vitalogist]

Has anyone read the Dune series? I’ve spent plenty of time in bookstores and libraries thinking about taking those books home, but never have. Any thoughts?

[BurtReynolds]

I think i started the third book but never finished. The second book is not very good imo, but i heard they get better.

[epilogue]

Has anyone read the Dune series? I’ve spent plenty of time in bookstores and libraries thinking about taking those books home, but never have. Any thoughts?

I've read the first three, all of which I really enjoyed. The second one (Dune Messiah) is far and away my favorite. Though, it's also the most divisive. A lot of people really hate it because it's a total subversion of the story/expectations.

The third one is the least interesting, but still a great read. The world is so vast and the themes so strong and pertinent. I'd definitely recommend reading them -- at least those first three.

[Simple Torture]

I read Dune a few years ago when the movie was in production, and I’m glad I did, but I had no desire to continue the series. First one was enough.

[washing machine]

I went to a Tommy Orange reading last night. I haven't read There There or Wandering Star, but my sis had an extra pass and needed company.

There was plenty of pearl clutching amongst the academics in the crowd during the Q&A session. The writer was simply on a completely different trip than the interview host, and it was a fun spectacle to witness.

[dad]

I went to a Tommy Orange reading last night. I haven't read There There or Wandering Star, but my sis had an extra pass and needed company.

There was plenty of pearl clutching amongst the academics in the crowd during the Q&A session. The writer was simply on a completely different trip than the interview host, and it was a fun spectacle to witness.

I've not yet read Wandering Stars, but There There is pretty good. Borrow a copy from your library.

[washing machine]

I went to a Tommy Orange reading last night. I haven't read There There or Wandering Star, but my sis had an extra pass and needed company.

There was plenty of pearl clutching amongst the academics in the crowd during the Q&A session. The writer was simply on a completely different trip than the interview host, and it was a fun spectacle to witness.

I've not yet read Wandering Stars, but There There is pretty good. Borrow a copy from your library.

I'm #58 in the audiobook queue on Libby

[dad]

I went to a Tommy Orange reading last night. I haven't read There There or Wandering Star, but my sis had an extra pass and needed company.

There was plenty of pearl clutching amongst the academics in the crowd during the Q&A session. The writer was simply on a completely different trip than the interview host, and it was a fun spectacle to witness.

I've not yet read Wandering Stars, but There There is pretty good. Borrow a copy from your library.

I'm #58 in the audiobook queue on Libby

oh good, so you'll at least get it by the end of next year.

[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.

[washing machine]

He was very real about his discomfort with the whole process, but I could tell it wasn't what the interviewer or a lot of the audience came to hear. His answers were all non-linear dances around stuffy questions and he may or may not have just been kinda stoned. He was polite and had very interesting ideas and stories, but he made it obvious that his publisher was the reason he was there. I appreciated it all for its authenticity. Kinda reminded me of Dylan in the mid 60s but with leas posturing.

[dad]

He was very real about his discomfort with the whole process, but I could tell it wasn't what the interviewer or a lot of the audience came to hear. His answers were all non-linear dances around stuffy questions and he may or may not have just been kinda stoned. He was polite and had very interesting ideas and stories, but he made it obvious that his publisher was the reason he was there. I appreciated it all for its authenticity.

sounds like he took a page straight from the Marshawn Lynch playbook.

[lennytheweedwhacker]

Describe his works, Reid. Can’t say I’m familiar.

[doug rr]

[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.

[Alex]

doug reifying relaxation

[doug rr]

panic attacks the last 3 years..they come and go..no fun

[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.