Red Mosquito

dad wrote:I need to read more Brett Easton Ellis. I've only read American Psycho.

Steve Albini wrote: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.

tragabigzanda wrote:

dad wrote: started on The Ministry of Time.

“This summer’s hottest debut.” —Cosmopolitan

dad wrote:finished up The Trees last night. my third Everett book this year.

started on The Ministry of Time.

blueviper wrote:

dad wrote:finished up The Trees last night. my third Everett book this year.

started on The Ministry of Time.

I also enjoyed Dr. No and Telephone by Everett.

dad wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:

dad wrote: started on The Ministry of Time.

“This summer’s hottest debut.” —Cosmopolitan

i know...i know...

epilogue wrote:

dad wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:

dad wrote: started on The Ministry of Time.

“This summer’s hottest debut.” —Cosmopolitan

i know...i know...

How is it, though?

dad wrote:

epilogue wrote:

dad wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:

dad wrote: started on The Ministry of Time.

“This summer’s hottest debut.” —Cosmopolitan

i know...i know...

How is it, though?

I'm only about 40 or so pages in and it feels a little slow. Hoping things pick up. if not, I'll have to throw my kindle in the wood chipper.

epilogue wrote:I'm reading The Girls by Emma Cline. The Guest was outstanding and this is shaping up to be excellent as well (50% through). I'm kinda surprised more people don't talk about her in literary terms. Feels like her books are marketed as "chick lit" or "beach reads." And they are? I guess... but they're so much more, too. They aren't just page turning plot machines. They have real deep, complex themes and fascinating characters. I don't know. She's really fucking good.

dad wrote:

epilogue wrote:I'm reading The Girls by Emma Cline. The Guest was outstanding and this is shaping up to be excellent as well (50% through). I'm kinda surprised more people don't talk about her in literary terms. Feels like her books are marketed as "chick lit" or "beach reads." And they are? I guess... but they're so much more, too. They aren't just page turning plot machines. They have real deep, complex themes and fascinating characters. I don't know. She's really fucking good.

I read The Girls a few years back and enjoyed it.

I read The Guest a couple of months ago, and enjoyed it very much. One of those books you could read in a day if you let yourself.

epilogue wrote:

dad wrote:

epilogue wrote:I'm reading The Girls by Emma Cline. The Guest was outstanding and this is shaping up to be excellent as well (50% through). I'm kinda surprised more people don't talk about her in literary terms. Feels like her books are marketed as "chick lit" or "beach reads." And they are? I guess... but they're so much more, too. They aren't just page turning plot machines. They have real deep, complex themes and fascinating characters. I don't know. She's really fucking good.

I read The Girls a few years back and enjoyed it.

I read The Guest a couple of months ago, and enjoyed it very much. One of those books you could read in a day if you let yourself.

that's whatsup, that's whatsup

dad wrote:

epilogue wrote:

dad wrote:

epilogue wrote:I'm reading The Girls by Emma Cline. The Guest was outstanding and this is shaping up to be excellent as well (50% through). I'm kinda surprised more people don't talk about her in literary terms. Feels like her books are marketed as "chick lit" or "beach reads." And they are? I guess... but they're so much more, too. They aren't just page turning plot machines. They have real deep, complex themes and fascinating characters. I don't know. She's really fucking good.

I read The Girls a few years back and enjoyed it.

I read The Guest a couple of months ago, and enjoyed it very much. One of those books you could read in a day if you let yourself.

that's whatsup, that's whatsup

Have you read Big Swiss?

doug rr wrote:

dad wrote:

epilogue wrote:

dad wrote:

epilogue wrote:I'm reading The Girls by Emma Cline. The Guest was outstanding and this is shaping up to be excellent as well (50% through). I'm kinda surprised more people don't talk about her in literary terms. Feels like her books are marketed as "chick lit" or "beach reads." And they are? I guess... but they're so much more, too. They aren't just page turning plot machines. They have real deep, complex themes and fascinating characters. I don't know. She's really fucking good.

I read The Girls a few years back and enjoyed it.

I read The Guest a couple of months ago, and enjoyed it very much. One of those books you could read in a day if you let yourself.

that's whatsup, that's whatsup

Have you read Big Swiss?

I found that book to have a lot of holes in it

dad wrote:

doug rr wrote:

dad wrote:

epilogue wrote:

dad wrote:

epilogue wrote:I'm reading The Girls by Emma Cline. The Guest was outstanding and this is shaping up to be excellent as well (50% through). I'm kinda surprised more people don't talk about her in literary terms. Feels like her books are marketed as "chick lit" or "beach reads." And they are? I guess... but they're so much more, too. They aren't just page turning plot machines. They have real deep, complex themes and fascinating characters. I don't know. She's really fucking good.

I read The Girls a few years back and enjoyed it.

I read The Guest a couple of months ago, and enjoyed it very much. One of those books you could read in a day if you let yourself.

that's whatsup, that's whatsup

Have you read Big Swiss?

I found that book to have a lot of holes in it

I'm mad at myself for laughing at this.

dad wrote:

epilogue wrote:

dad wrote:

epilogue wrote:I'm reading The Girls by Emma Cline. The Guest was outstanding and this is shaping up to be excellent as well (50% through). I'm kinda surprised more people don't talk about her in literary terms. Feels like her books are marketed as "chick lit" or "beach reads." And they are? I guess... but they're so much more, too. They aren't just page turning plot machines. They have real deep, complex themes and fascinating characters. I don't know. She's really fucking good.

I read The Girls a few years back and enjoyed it.

I read The Guest a couple of months ago, and enjoyed it very much. One of those books you could read in a day if you let yourself.

that's whatsup, that's whatsup

Have you read Big Swiss?

dad wrote:

doug rr wrote:

dad wrote:

epilogue wrote:

dad wrote:

epilogue wrote:I'm reading The Girls by Emma Cline. The Guest was outstanding and this is shaping up to be excellent as well (50% through). I'm kinda surprised more people don't talk about her in literary terms. Feels like her books are marketed as "chick lit" or "beach reads." And they are? I guess... but they're so much more, too. They aren't just page turning plot machines. They have real deep, complex themes and fascinating characters. I don't know. She's really fucking good.

I read The Girls a few years back and enjoyed it.

I read The Guest a couple of months ago, and enjoyed it very much. One of those books you could read in a day if you let yourself.

that's whatsup, that's whatsup

Have you read Big Swiss?

I found that book to have a lot of holes in it

I'm mad at myself for laughing at this.