What are you currently reading?

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LoathedVermin72 wrote:I read the Blue is the Warmest Color graphic novel last night. It was quite good, which made the movie seem even worse (and I already hated it).
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I'm about 3/4 of the way through Freedom (TM) and it's pissing me off. To the point of it's affecting my mood when I'm not reading it. I'm going to have to finish it soon just so I can be in a better mood.

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The interesting thing about the first book is how it
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FINALLY finished The Goldfinch. I really don't see what all the fuss is about.

Anyway, now I'm on to Lolita.
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durdencommatyler wrote:Anyway, now I'm on to Lolita.
This opinion is nothing new, but that book is amazing. Nabokov's prose is second to none.
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durdencommatyler wrote:Anyway, now I'm on to Lolita.
This opinion is nothing new, but that book is amazing. Nabokov's prose is second to none.
I bought it and started reading it about 15 years ago. But I never finished it. Then it got shoved away with some old books in my parents house. Then they split and I thought I'd lost it. But I found it this past spring in a box in my dad's apartment.

Super excited to get back to it. Of course, I started from the beginning. But so far I'm loving it. Only about 40 pages in.
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Stone Mattress: Nine Stories by Margaret Atwood.

This doesn't come out until the 16th. But somehow my local neighborhood used bookstore had a first edition hardback available on the used shelf. So, of course I picked it up! Loving it so far, but just cracked the first story.
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LoathedVermin72 wrote:I read the Blue is the Warmest Color graphic novel last night. It was quite good, which made the movie seem even worse (and I already hated it).
That movie was awesome.

I'm reading Nothing To Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea.
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The Stand - Stephen King
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I just finished reading Stephen King's On Writing!

I'm now reading Norman Mailer's The Fight and Olivia Laing's The Trip To Echo Spring.
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durdencommatyler wrote:Image

The Stand - Stephen King
I really enjoyed that book. It is however a good example of how King can write a great, interesting, long story only to concoct less satisfactory endings within the final 50 pages.
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Had a good day on Thursday with a package from Amazon containing books from 2 of my favourite authors.

Denis Lehane's 'The Drop' and Lee Child's 'Personal'. Now to just be able to find the time to do a bit of actual reading.
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Varis wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:Image

The Stand - Stephen King
I really enjoyed that book. It is however a good example of how King can write a great, interesting, long story only to concoct less satisfactory endings within the final 50 pages.
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Bob Loblaw wrote:I just finished reading Stephen King's On Writing!
Man, I LOVE that book.
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Bob Loblaw wrote:I just finished reading Stephen King's On Writing!
Man, I LOVE that book.
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The Argonaut wrote:
Varis wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:Image

The Stand - Stephen King
I really enjoyed that book. It is however a good example of how King can write a great, interesting, long story only to concoct less satisfactory endings within the final 50 pages.
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Interesting. I thought this was one of the few ending that people liked...

Anyway, I saw the tv mini-series long, long ago. I remember not loving the ending of that. But it's been so long that I really don't remember many specifics of the story beyond the set up. And Flagg. :bammer:
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Beautiful Ruins, Jess Walter.
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durdencommatyler wrote:
Bob Loblaw wrote:I just finished reading Stephen King's On Writing!
Man, I LOVE that book.
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I just finished Gone Girl over the weekend.

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