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What book(s) are you reading now?
- Thread starter YmirGF
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Just finished The Road - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
I didn't like the writing style at first but once I got into step with it the book took off. Read almost all of it in one sitting.
It's all about a world completely devoid of any hope, and people desperately struggling to make it from one moment to the next anyway. The author achieves a remarkable, intense level of unavoidable empathy for the characters: this book "hurts".
I would recommend reading it just for the way it makes the real world look when you're finished. That and it's just a really good read.
Soon as I was done I immediately had to grab a Terry Pratchett novel just to jumpstart my endporphines again.
Currently reading Night Watch: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47989.Night_Watch.
As always, Terry Pratchett rocks.
I didn't like the writing style at first but once I got into step with it the book took off. Read almost all of it in one sitting.
It's all about a world completely devoid of any hope, and people desperately struggling to make it from one moment to the next anyway. The author achieves a remarkable, intense level of unavoidable empathy for the characters: this book "hurts".
I would recommend reading it just for the way it makes the real world look when you're finished. That and it's just a really good read.
Soon as I was done I immediately had to grab a Terry Pratchett novel just to jumpstart my endporphines again.
Currently reading Night Watch: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47989.Night_Watch.
As always, Terry Pratchett rocks.
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Secret Chief
Degrow!
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde.
Quite original and engaging.
Quite original and engaging.
Draka
Wonder Woman
Total Eclipse - Rachel Caine
Just finishing up the Weather Warden series of books (Total Eclipse is the ninth and final book). Have a bunch of other books to get to on my Kindle, a regular frickin library just sitting there waiting to be read, but I think I'm going to start the Southern Vampire novels next. There's 13 books in that series, so may take a while before I get to the other waiting books. I have a thing for series.
Just finishing up the Weather Warden series of books (Total Eclipse is the ninth and final book). Have a bunch of other books to get to on my Kindle, a regular frickin library just sitting there waiting to be read, but I think I'm going to start the Southern Vampire novels next. There's 13 books in that series, so may take a while before I get to the other waiting books.
I have a thing for series.
YmirGF
Bodhisattva in Recovery
The Price of Politics - Bob Woodward
The Price of Politics: Amazon.ca
A very interesting, albeit tedious read. Well worth the effort though, imho.
It certainly give a different view than we are used to seeing in the media.
The Price of Politics: Amazon.ca
A very interesting, albeit tedious read. Well worth the effort though, imho.
It certainly give a different view than we are used to seeing in the media.
methylatedghosts
Can't brain. Has dumb.
The Fry Chronicles, by, of course, Stephen Fry.
Stephen Fry is somewhat of an idol to me. He has such an amazing command of the English language, he's smart, he's funny, and direct. He's my number 1 celebrity crush, so when I saw his autobiography going for cheap at a second hand book store today, I couldn't resist. Up to page 49 and already I've snorted into my beer and choked on a cigarette. I can only imagine that spending time with him in person would be equally as...messy...
Stephen Fry is somewhat of an idol to me. He has such an amazing command of the English language, he's smart, he's funny, and direct. He's my number 1 celebrity crush, so when I saw his autobiography going for cheap at a second hand book store today, I couldn't resist. Up to page 49 and already I've snorted into my beer and choked on a cigarette. I can only imagine that spending time with him in person would be equally as...messy...
apophenia
Well-Known Member
A Piece of My Heart - Richard Ford
This is the second time I've read this. It impressed me so much 25 years ago, he immediately became one of my all-time favorite writers.
Superb writing about the subtleties of mundane lives. Poetic and realistic. Every paragraph is crafted, but the style is relaxed and easy. If you haven't read Richard Ford, you're missing something special.
This is the second time I've read this. It impressed me so much 25 years ago, he immediately became one of my all-time favorite writers.
Superb writing about the subtleties of mundane lives. Poetic and realistic. Every paragraph is crafted, but the style is relaxed and easy. If you haven't read Richard Ford, you're missing something special.
