What are you currently reading?

lennytheweedwhacker · Fri July 05, 2013 7:41 pm

Harry Lime wrote:
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durdencommatyler wrote:
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lennytheweedwhacker wrote:A Tale of Two Cities.
No you're not, you liar.
Why are you being so rude?
He's got nothing else. Let him have this.
I'll let him have my fist to his face.

Aw, okay, listen to this horse shit.

I actually missed you.
Yeah well I don't know why you take off all the time. For pete sake.

Does Alex still come around?
I've been busy. And I am reading A Tale of Two Cities thank you very much.

Alex passed away.
Passed away as in real life or cyber life?
Just like Ender's Game, it's both.
Oh. Well shit. How do you people hear about this kind of stuff?

I saw it on his LinkedIn profile.

Bob Loblaw · Post by **Bob Loblaw** » Fri July 05, 2013 7:59 pm

Simple Torture · Post by **Simple Torture** » Sat July 06, 2013 2:52 am

Downloaded the new Bolaño poetry collection, hoping I can convert it to a readable format for my Kindle! I'm actually a fan of his poetry, so I'm pretty stoked.

lennytheweedwhacker · Wed July 10, 2013 12:39 am

Simple Torture wrote:Original thread: http://archive.theskyiscrape.com/viewto ... 9cdd6110a8

Over the last week (or two):

Denis Johnson - "Train Dreams"
Mariane Hauser - "The Talking Room"
E.L. Doctorow - "Ragtime"

What did you think of Train Dreams?

Simple Torture · Post by **Simple Torture** » Wed July 10, 2013 2:48 am

Oh, I really liked it. I've never read any of Johnson's longer novels, but I really think his short books are great character studies. It'll only take an afternoon to read it if you haven't yet!

lennytheweedwhacker · Wed July 10, 2013 1:00 pm

Simple Torture wrote:Oh, I really liked it. I've never read any of Johnson's longer novels, but I really think his short books are great character studies. It'll only take an afternoon to read it if you haven't yet!

I liked it quite a bit. My friend recommended it and Jesus' Son.

Malloy · Post by **Malloy** » Wed July 10, 2013 7:59 pm

Soma. · Post by **Soma.** » Tue July 16, 2013 1:38 am

A Game of Thrones down, A Clash of Kings up next.

Post by **4/5** » Wed July 17, 2013 2:56 pm

Just read Breakfast of Champions and Jailbird. I've read Slaughterhouse Five and Cat's Cradle already, so is there any specific Vonnegut that stands out as being the best of what's left that I should go for next?

malice · Post by **malice** » Wed July 17, 2013 5:47 pm

4/5 wrote:Just read Breakfast of Champions and Jailbird. I've read Slaughterhouse Five and Cat's Cradle already, so is there any specific Vonnegut that stands out as being the best of what's left that I should go for next?

all of his work is pretty outstanding.
galapagos is very good
slapstick is another of my favorites

and his non-fiction writing, in the form of speeches, articles whatever - I think I enjoy them more than his novels- and I actually love his novels - anyway - Palm Sunday, and Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons are the 2 that spring to mind.

invention · Post by **invention** » Thu July 18, 2013 3:58 am

lennytheweedwhacker · Thu July 18, 2013 12:11 pm

Post by **4/5** » Thu July 18, 2013 1:50 pm

malice wrote:
4/5 wrote:Just read Breakfast of Champions and Jailbird. I've read Slaughterhouse Five and Cat's Cradle already, so is there any specific Vonnegut that stands out as being the best of what's left that I should go for next?
all of his work is pretty outstanding.
galapagos is very good
slapstick is another of my favorites

and his non-fiction writing, in the form of speeches, articles whatever - I think I enjoy them more than his novels- and I actually love his novels - anyway - Palm Sunday, and Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons are the 2 that spring to mind.

Thanks

kreng · Post by **kreng** » Thu July 18, 2013 2:24 pm

Post by **Mecca** » Thu July 18, 2013 2:27 pm

4/5 wrote:Just read Breakfast of Champions and Jailbird. I've read Slaughterhouse Five and Cat's Cradle already, so is there any specific Vonnegut that stands out as being the best of what's left that I should go for next?

Sirens of Titan

dimejinky99 · Post by **dimejinky99** » Fri July 19, 2013 3:06 pm

I'm doing the literary blind date series:)

Post by **epilogue** » Sat July 20, 2013 12:06 am

How many participants of this thread (and all previous incarnations of this thread) just post pictures of books, and not books they're reading?

malice · Post by **malice** » Sat July 20, 2013 12:41 am

malice · Post by **malice** » Sat July 20, 2013 12:41 am

Dscans · Post by **Dscans** » Sun July 21, 2013 3:58 am

durdencommatyler wrote:How many participants of this thread (and all previous incarnations of this thread) just post pictures of books, and not books they're reading?

I know this doesn't answer your question, but I stopped posting pictures of books and I wish others would follow suit because it makes it harder to search. In other words, if I'm interested in a book and want to do a search on here to see if anyone has read it and what they thought, the search does not pickup the image.

Red Mosquito

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