Apparently Butcher's books are really good. The boyfriend has almost read the whole available Dresden series and he's on Acdems (sic?) Fury right now.
So good, in fact, he is non-seduceable when he is reading them.
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What book are you currently reading?
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So good, in fact, he is non-seduceable when he is reading them.
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Dusty668
Apparently Butcher's books are really good. The boyfriend has almost read the whole available Dresden series and he's on Acdems (sic?) Fury right now.
So good, in fact, he is non-seduceable when he is reading them.
rly:[/QUOTE]Hmmmm may I suggest more Ice and toplessness? If this don't work, we may need to add bacon applications.
Apparently Butcher's books are really good. The boyfriend has almost read the whole available Dresden series and he's on Acdems (sic?) Fury right now.
So good, in fact, he is non-seduceable when he is reading them.
rly:[/QUOTE]Hmmmm may I suggest more Ice and toplessness? If this don't work, we may need to add bacon applications.[/QUOTE]
Or you could give up and go in search of a man who's read them and wasn't captivated :-P
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TwoBit
I'm about halfway through His Majesty's Dragon. It combines dragons and the Napoleonic wars in a way that almost seems plausible. Sorta.
Apparently Peter Jackson has considered making it into a miniseries. That could be cool. If it ever happens.
Apparently Peter Jackson has considered making it into a miniseries. That could be cool. If it ever happens.
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redapples
Pandaemonium - Christopher Brookmyre
For those unfamiliar with Brookmyre he is described at Tartan Noir. His books are generally crime fiction based on some evil bastard getting his comeuppance by someone usually smug and cool. His triumph is setting mundane West of Scotland characters a world of crime and violence (Middle Aged Gran becomes a skilled assassin to rescue her grand kids and son / 30 something class reunion takes on terrorist attack).
For his latest turn a group of 16 year olds go on a school trip to the remote part of Scotland where a military instillation has opened a portal to hell. I'll let you know.
Edit: Brookmyre recommendations.
Quite Ugly one Morning - how the murder of a doctor uncovers some macabre goings on in Scottish Hospitals. With quite the most hapless hitman ever is literature.
One Fine Day in the Middle of the Night - aforementioned terrorist attack and school reunion.
A Big Boy did it and Ran Away - More terrorists with flash backs to days in Univeristy joining a band. Oh and how video games can save your life.
All Fun and Games until Somebody Loses an Eye -a 46-year-old housewife and grandmother, lives a quiet life in suburban East Kilbride. All that changes when her son, Ross, who works in the arms industry, is forced into hiding when his latest research attracts unwanted attention. Aided by the mysterious Bett, Jane must confront drug dealers, assassins and ruthless arms dealers in order to save her son.
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Bit of a change from East of Eden which rocked.
For those unfamiliar with Brookmyre he is described at Tartan Noir. His books are generally crime fiction based on some evil bastard getting his comeuppance by someone usually smug and cool. His triumph is setting mundane West of Scotland characters a world of crime and violence (Middle Aged Gran becomes a skilled assassin to rescue her grand kids and son / 30 something class reunion takes on terrorist attack).
For his latest turn a group of 16 year olds go on a school trip to the remote part of Scotland where a military instillation has opened a portal to hell. I'll let you know.
Edit: Brookmyre recommendations.
Quite Ugly one Morning - how the murder of a doctor uncovers some macabre goings on in Scottish Hospitals. With quite the most hapless hitman ever is literature.
One Fine Day in the Middle of the Night - aforementioned terrorist attack and school reunion.
A Big Boy did it and Ran Away - More terrorists with flash backs to days in Univeristy joining a band. Oh and how video games can save your life.
All Fun and Games until Somebody Loses an Eye -a 46-year-old housewife and grandmother, lives a quiet life in suburban East Kilbride. All that changes when her son, Ross, who works in the arms industry, is forced into hiding when his latest research attracts unwanted attention. Aided by the mysterious Bett, Jane must confront drug dealers, assassins and ruthless arms dealers in order to save her son.
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Bit of a change from East of Eden which rocked.
Cajungal
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I'd actually like a recommendation if anyone has one. School has been so busy that I can't really devote my attention to the heavier/more challenging stuff I've been wanting to read. Does anyone know of a compelling or moving story that isn't too hard to get through when you're busy?
I'm not a big fantasy/sci fi person, but I make exceptions.
I'm not a big fantasy/sci fi person, but I make exceptions.
ElJuski
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finished Down These Mean Streets, getting to work on The Bluest Eye. I have such a love/hate relationship with Toni Morrison...she comes off so pompous, yet it's alwaysso good.
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CajunGal, as always, KURT VONNEGUT. Try Slaughterhouse Five. Easy to read, but so challenging! It's hella depressing though!
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CajunGal, as always, KURT VONNEGUT. Try Slaughterhouse Five. Easy to read, but so challenging! It's hella depressing though!
To Kill A Mockingbird.
FINALLY started American Gods. Can't put it down!!!!!
I left it at home today and I am so very sad!:Cry:
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Oh yea, and for CG, when I like to do mindless reading, I pick up a young adult book. My absolute favorite is Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine. A good read!!!
My great aunt gave it to me YEARS ago and I have read it many times!!!
PLEASE don't ever watch the movie that was based on it... EVER!
I left it at home today and I am so very sad!:Cry:
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Oh yea, and for CG, when I like to do mindless reading, I pick up a young adult book. My absolute favorite is Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine. A good read!!!
My great aunt gave it to me YEARS ago and I have read it many times!!!
PLEASE don't ever watch the movie that was based on it... EVER!
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Dusty668
Reading Strip Mauled - Edited by Esther Friesner
Great collection of stories of the most put down part of the mythical trinity, Were's. In your face, glittering Draculas!
On Deck:
The Complete Hammer's Slammers-Volume 1 - by David Drake I've always heard this was a great series, and I got a few of the books but always lost track of the story, or thread of the people, so this will get me lined up for it I hope.
Great collection of stories of the most put down part of the mythical trinity, Were's. In your face, glittering Draculas!
On Deck:
The Complete Hammer's Slammers-Volume 1 - by David Drake I've always heard this was a great series, and I got a few of the books but always lost track of the story, or thread of the people, so this will get me lined up for it I hope.
ElJuski
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I don't know how many times I gotta tell you folks, Slaughterhouse Five is probably the most important book to come out of American Literature in the past 60 years. And you said you want something breezy, but challenging! That's Kurt Vonnegut in a nutshell. Straightforward language, biting satire on the absurdities, horrors and vanities of the human condition.
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I didn't mean for that to come off as snarky, by the way. I just love spreading the Vonnegut word
I suggest Neil Gaiman's short story collections, Fragile Things and Smoke & Mirrors
There are some losers in those collections, but most of the stories are awesome.
fade
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Yeah, sometimes juvenile fiction gets even better when you read it as an adult. I loved Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon (adult fiction), so I checked out his juvenile fiction book Summerland, which combines Native American mythology and baseball. That's right. Baseball. It works really well.
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Wyrminarrd
Currently reading "The prefect" by Alastair Reynolds.
This book is set in the same universe as "Revelation space" and is just as good. I highly recommend reading this authors books as he's yet to write a bad one or even a mediocre one.
This book is set in the same universe as "Revelation space" and is just as good. I highly recommend reading this authors books as he's yet to write a bad one or even a mediocre one.
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Kitty Sinatra
An update for the dude who asked me how I was liking Steinbeck's East of Eden. I'm reading it slowly, an hour or two every few days, but it's becoming one of my favorite books.
I'm imagining Shego in the role of Cathy.
I'm imagining Shego in the role of Cathy.
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JONJONAUG
"The Cholera Years", which details how the United States dealt with cholera epidemics in 1832, 1849, and 1866.
North_Ranger
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Deeper by Jeff Long.
While the title and the writer might sound like a penetration guide from a retired porn star, this book is awesome. It's a sequel to Long's The Descent, dealing with the discovery of a subterranean network of caves, tunnels and caverns criss-crossing the planet's crust... and humanity's encounter with the Hadals, an ancient and savage culture of subterranean humans who have haunted surface humanity as devils and demons since time immemorial.
It's not OOGA BOOGA horror, but more like Alien, working with subtlety, claustrophobia and a hidden enemy lurking in the shadows... and among us.
While the title and the writer might sound like a penetration guide from a retired porn star, this book is awesome. It's a sequel to Long's The Descent, dealing with the discovery of a subterranean network of caves, tunnels and caverns criss-crossing the planet's crust... and humanity's encounter with the Hadals, an ancient and savage culture of subterranean humans who have haunted surface humanity as devils and demons since time immemorial.
It's not OOGA BOOGA horror, but more like Alien, working with subtlety, claustrophobia and a hidden enemy lurking in the shadows... and among us.
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redapples
Are you sure you wanted to write that!
Finished it last week and can agree this is an excellent read. Given how well it reads and how touching and engaging the story I'm at a bit of a loss as to why this is not more highly recommended. Maybe its that it is one of those towering works that people assume its 'on the list'. I have never had it recommended to me. Not ever. I intend to rectify this. So my answer when asked for book suggestions will from now always include East of Eden.
ElJuski
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Never overestimate how much people read. It's probably because they don't know what the fuck that book is.
If you're talking to generally well-read people of canonical literature, then yes, it might be assumed. But I myself haven't had a chance to get cracking on it. There's so much good lit out there!
If you're talking to generally well-read people of canonical literature, then yes, it might be assumed. But I myself haven't had a chance to get cracking on it. There's so much good lit out there!
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redapples
My Dad was a Professor, my Mum a head teacher, my brother is a lecturer in Literature at a University as is his wife (she even specialises in American writing). Many of my friends growing up came from similar backgrounds and many of my friends now are teachers or academics so I start from a pretty high base. But you're right that a lot of the people I kicked about with in my wilder days may have had a different reference point. Many I'm sure would have not got much past the phone book or Jazz mag.
ElJuski
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My Dad was a Professor, my Mum a head teacher, my brother is a lecturer in Literature at a University as is his wife (she even specialises in American writing). Many of my friends growing up came from similar backgrounds and many of my friends now are teachers or academics so I start from a pretty high base. But you're right that a lot of the people I kicked about with in my wilder days may have had a different reference point. Many I'm sure would have not got much past the phone book or Jazz mag.[/QUOTE]
I wasn't calling out your reading background; sounds like you're quite well-rooted. I'm saying that if you took a poll with the sort of books like East of Eden most people would scratch their head and got wuh-buh?
List the name of a couple World of Warcraft books, however, or fucking Twilight...
It's good that people are still reading. But it's depressing that it's nothing challenging, and probably far from the amazing, beautiful authorship mankind's managed to squeeze out over the years.
I have it on my Kindle but haven't read it yet. How do you like it so far?
Just finished House of Suns and of course it was awesome. I think The Prefect is the only book of his I have left to read.
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