"What are you reading?" thread.
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As is my habit, I often read a comic in tandem with a novel, so while I haven't finished Cryptonimicon (and sometimes feel I never will), I did just read the first trade of The Umbrella Academy, which was interesting and amusing enough to put the second trade on home. It has an aesthetic that reminds me of Hellboy and The Goon.
Finished American Gods by Neil Gaiman recently. I'd read it several years ago, but for whatever reason, couldn't remember the last parts of the book, like the actual war between the gods. Anyway, it's still an amazing book. Now, I'm planning on reading Anansi Boys for the first time.
I think the first book is a lot like The Hobbit with the rest of the series being Lord of the Rings. I liked the first book, but aside from a few scenes I wasn't enthralled by it. The tone/writing changed a lot in Drawing of the Three (for the better, I feel) and I was completely hooked after that.
I adore Stephen King novels. I even finish the crappy ones after the point where I realize they're not going to be fulfilling.
But I couldn't stick with The Dark Tower. At book 3, I gave up.
But I couldn't stick with The Dark Tower. At book 3, I gave up.
That's unfortunate. The Dark Tower series is what convinced me to give his other books a try since I loved it so much.
I started with book four (By mistake) which I felt was the best book of the series.
I haven't read a vast amount of Steven King but I think that The Stand would come a close second to the Dark Tower for me.
I started with book four (By mistake) which I felt was the best book of the series.
I haven't read a vast amount of Steven King but I think that The Stand would come a close second to the Dark Tower for me.
*Man-Hug*
I am reading Harry Potter for the first time. I've read the first book twice, and didn't give the rest of the series a try. I didn't like the first book, and still think it has some flaws, but I am half way through Prisoner of Azkaban and I am enjoying it so far.
It's my wife's favorite series so I am giving it a go.
It's my wife's favorite series so I am giving it a go.
The first books show a lot of debut mistakes and are very much children's books.
The latter books are somewhat better written, show a much more imaginative world, but tend to have a lot of problems of the "if this exists, why didn't they just use it in book 1/2/3/4 to solve their problems in five minutes?" and such - despite what she may claim, these books weren't all conceived at the same time and built as one whole; they're additions after the first got ridiculously popular.
Mind you, they're fun books if you manage to turn off the plothole detector
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Got about 50$ worth of airport vouchers because of flight delays. One of the things I picked up was _Bossypants_ by Tina Fey. I've almost come to the end and have really enjoyed it. Very funny, but thoughtful as well.
My favorite bit was the part about her scar and how different people react to it. People calling it beautiful because they want to pretend they're in their own personal Lifetime movie... I don't have the quote verbatim but that shit was hilarious and so so true.
My favorite bit was the part about her scar and how different people react to it. People calling it beautiful because they want to pretend they're in their own personal Lifetime movie... I don't have the quote verbatim but that shit was hilarious and so so true.
11/22/63 by Stephen King.
It's rare I have to tell myself "stop reading and go play a video game" just so I can make the book last longer. I'm in love with this thing; I can't believe I put off reading it since its release. I know why I put it off--the premise of going back in time to stop a president's assassination seems done--but King always manages to do something different, and while stopping the Kennedy assassination is the goal, there's so much time spent in the past that it's not what the book is about. It's about the oddities of time travel in this world, and getting over the past, and Lee Oswald, and how the 50's were great and shitty all at once, regardless of how people choose to fantasize that era. It's a fantastic read and I'm trying to make it last because I don't want to be no longer reading a good book next week, but it gets hard to put down early on and I've only got 250+ pages to go.
It's rare I have to tell myself "stop reading and go play a video game" just so I can make the book last longer. I'm in love with this thing; I can't believe I put off reading it since its release. I know why I put it off--the premise of going back in time to stop a president's assassination seems done--but King always manages to do something different, and while stopping the Kennedy assassination is the goal, there's so much time spent in the past that it's not what the book is about. It's about the oddities of time travel in this world, and getting over the past, and Lee Oswald, and how the 50's were great and shitty all at once, regardless of how people choose to fantasize that era. It's a fantastic read and I'm trying to make it last because I don't want to be no longer reading a good book next week, but it gets hard to put down early on and I've only got 250+ pages to go.
There has never been a book series that has made me angry like The Hunger Games. Some of the stuff that happens in the 3rd book just makes me lose all sympathy for Katniss. Even when bad stuff starts happening to her again, I'm just like "Nope. You used up all your good will already."
The first two books are good, but that last one literally had me going "Oh FUCK YOU Katniss."
I really wish you'd stop doing that so much. When someone mentions a book or game or movie, you jump in and tell them what to expect of the ending. It's not outright spoilers, but it sets the tone and perspective long before the person even reaches that point. I know you want to give your opinion when something comes up and I think it's cool that you get to some media sooner than some of us do, but there's got to be a better way than this. Again, I know it doesn't seem like spoilers, but it is in a way, especially with the level of analysis you give to things involving their nuances and your emotional reactions to them.
I hope this isn't coming off as bitchy or condescending, because I don't mean it that way, but I feel like you could use a little more liberal use of the spoiler tag. Others can chime in if they think I'm wrong. When I tell of a game I'm playing or book I'm reading and you quote or react to me though, if I care about the end, I don't even read it.
Again, I don't mean any of this in a bad way. I've just had stuff turned this way when reading your replies before and as I've read the Hunger Games trilogy, I don't think it's necessary to hint at all this stuff when Bowie's only in the second book. For a lot of people, it's fun to have no pretense as to what's coming.
I understand your perspective but I feel I am being broad enough and more than respectful enough. It's bad enough everyone seems to get on everyone else's case about what constitutes a spoiler or when a spoiler is too soon, but now I'm not even allowed to give my impression of a book? I'm not allowed to say how it made me feel? What the fuck man!
You are being too sensitive about this and I'm already holding back because you've brought this up before. I have ALREADY altered what I say because of the last time you said something, but apparently it's not good enough.
I've been polite up till now, but seriously Quotemander... you are pushing too far. I'm not violating the spoilers rule, nor am I violating the spirit of it. You want to exist in a bubble until you personally discover something? That's your business. But I shouldn't have to feel like I'm not allowed to talk about the things I've read or seen at all because of it, because that's how it feels every time you complain about this.
You are being too sensitive about this and I'm already holding back because you've brought this up before. I have ALREADY altered what I say because of the last time you said something, but apparently it's not good enough.
I've been polite up till now, but seriously Quotemander... you are pushing too far. I'm not violating the spoilers rule, nor am I violating the spirit of it. You want to exist in a bubble until you personally discover something? That's your business. But I shouldn't have to feel like I'm not allowed to talk about the things I've read or seen at all because of it, because that's how it feels every time you complain about this.
That's what she said.
And by she, I mean my wife, as she stood over my shoulder reading this stuff.
So I know and I apologize and I probably shouldn't have said anything.
For the record, I'd already heard the sentiment you expressed about the books from a ton of people.
Just finished Peter David's Heights of the Depths, second book in the Hidden Earth series (first book is Darkness of the Light). He played around with more puns in this novel, and a couple of them using the word "Whores" were groan worthy. There is another book in the series, and I want it now.
The Umbrella Academy: Dallas
Even better than the first one. Makes me wish there were already more.
Superman: Birthright
It was good, but nothing that got me excited.
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Just started, despite my efforts to finish the other book first. So far it seems very personal, which I kind of expected after Reading AFP's blog about the same.
Even better than the first one. Makes me wish there were already more.
Superman: Birthright
It was good, but nothing that got me excited.
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Just started, despite my efforts to finish the other book first. So far it seems very personal, which I kind of expected after Reading AFP's blog about the same.
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Nice tweest at the end.
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"delicious steaks were had by all, and all had delicious cuts of beef."
Cajungal
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Late, Lost, and Unprepared, by Joyce Cooper-Kahn andLaurie Dietzel.
It's reading for work. We're establishing executive function benchmarks to go along with academic expectations and this is our reference material, + one other book I haven't gotten to yet. It's really more for supporting parents who have children who struggle in these areas, but it's helpful for us as well. It's very straightforward.
It's reading for work. We're establishing executive function benchmarks to go along with academic expectations and this is our reference material, + one other book I haven't gotten to yet. It's really more for supporting parents who have children who struggle in these areas, but it's helpful for us as well. It's very straightforward.
Finished 11/22/63.
Too ... many ... feelings.
But chief among them is that now I need something else good to read. I suppose I could read one of the books I got for Christmas. Holy crap, that was six months ago and I still haven't read them. Sheesh.
Too ... many ... feelings.
But chief among them is that now I need something else good to read. I suppose I could read one of the books I got for Christmas. Holy crap, that was six months ago and I still haven't read them. Sheesh.