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that damn book is everything that's awesome and repugnant about music, all rolled into one terrifying package. I'm really sorry I ever picked it up. Gogol, I apologize! You're next!
not-so-rolling books thread
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I swear, I'm going to turn into Charlie Brown. I hereby renounce all music and dedicate my life to making my dog(s) happy!
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Astral Poetry
"Eros! Your hand...!"
Books I've read this summer:
James Joyce - Dubliners
My first forray into Joyce, I was pleasently suprised by his control and pacing of each of these short stories. Some had me barely scraping through to finish them, but a few really captured my attention (Counterparts and The Dead, especially).
Cormac McCarthy - Blood Meridian...or the evening redness in the west
Savage...primal...powerful....this book had me in awe through it's entirety. It's a voyage into the brutality and beauty (I use the term loosely) of the American west with some truly unforgettable characters (The Judge [god] will have you reading the book fiercely for any word of his exploits).
Vladimir Nabokov - Lolita
This was by far the funniest and most scandelous book I believe I've ever read. I was shocked and appalled, yet sympathetic and at times delighted at the plight of Humbert^2. Nabokov is one of the most humorously detailed and witty writers I've ever had the please of reading. I'll be bounding through the rest of his books in no time.
Johann von Goethe - The Sorrows of Young Werther
I was a bit dissapointed by this book, not at all to draw away from how good it is (as it's quite good) but simply because I let it depress me. It's hardly "a book to keep you company at the darkest of times" as the author calls it in his foward.
J.K. Rowling - The Harry Potter series (1-6)
Until this summer I had read only up to the 4th in the series, but the release of the 6th sparked my interest just enough to reread those, then jump into both the 5th and 6th (which I just now finished, eyes watering). Yes yes, they're children's books, but only at times (and really only the first 3). I'm a slow reader (I call it "thorough" reading) yet I was able to read all of these in a little over a week, giving them the title of "printed heroin". At least these books resparked my interest in the rather mundane of late fantasy genre.
Next up on my summer reading list (or autumn reading list, as it's drawing so close) are Dune, A Game Of Thrones, The Sun Also Rises, and The Divine Comedy.
James Joyce - Dubliners
My first forray into Joyce, I was pleasently suprised by his control and pacing of each of these short stories. Some had me barely scraping through to finish them, but a few really captured my attention (Counterparts and The Dead, especially).
Cormac McCarthy - Blood Meridian...or the evening redness in the west
Savage...primal...powerful....this book had me in awe through it's entirety. It's a voyage into the brutality and beauty (I use the term loosely) of the American west with some truly unforgettable characters (The Judge [god] will have you reading the book fiercely for any word of his exploits).
Vladimir Nabokov - Lolita
This was by far the funniest and most scandelous book I believe I've ever read. I was shocked and appalled, yet sympathetic and at times delighted at the plight of Humbert^2. Nabokov is one of the most humorously detailed and witty writers I've ever had the please of reading. I'll be bounding through the rest of his books in no time.
Johann von Goethe - The Sorrows of Young Werther
I was a bit dissapointed by this book, not at all to draw away from how good it is (as it's quite good) but simply because I let it depress me. It's hardly "a book to keep you company at the darkest of times" as the author calls it in his foward.
J.K. Rowling - The Harry Potter series (1-6)
Until this summer I had read only up to the 4th in the series, but the release of the 6th sparked my interest just enough to reread those, then jump into both the 5th and 6th (which I just now finished, eyes watering). Yes yes, they're children's books, but only at times (and really only the first 3). I'm a slow reader (I call it "thorough" reading) yet I was able to read all of these in a little over a week, giving them the title of "printed heroin". At least these books resparked my interest in the rather mundane of late fantasy genre.
Next up on my summer reading list (or autumn reading list, as it's drawing so close) are Dune, A Game Of Thrones, The Sun Also Rises, and The Divine Comedy.
NAD
What A Horrible Night To Have A Curse
oh yeah i recently finished the last of the hitch hiker's guide to the galaxy books, started them a few months back. eally dug the first two, the next two were pretty great, and the last one was a bit of a downer and too short. watched the bbc series this past weekend and am glad i started off with the books (even though the show ruled).
also read the 4th harry potter recently, going to wait until the weather cools down for the next one. they feel better during autumn and winter.
also read the 4th harry potter recently, going to wait until the weather cools down for the next one. they feel better during autumn and winter.
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minxnim
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vvv Jake's ass vvv
I should read Dubliners again. I read it in college and it went right over my head as the subtelities of the language were too much for my beginner's english...
man i tried to read gravity's rainbow 2x and mason & dixon 4x and i always, always peter out. maybe this makes me stupid.
next up: edward said's Orientalism.
next up: edward said's Orientalism.
FalseTodd
Skirt Wizard
everyone who finishes the fourth Dune book gets a seal of Commendation and a hearty handshake from me.
ps that book rules.
ps that book rules.
all my roommates used to ask me for books to roll on whenever because they knew i always had from 2-4 in my man-bag at any given time.
avi
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minxnim
meow
alex it doesn't make you stupid, it makes you smart actually. what's the sense in reading a book that doesn't make sense? i'm the idiot here.
AndICried
Pretentious asshole
Astral Poetry said:
Nice one, I also read this over the summer. Did you read the Penguin Classic version? The extensive notes it provides I found very useful in explaining Dublin's culture and revealing political metaphor.
Also read Camus' The Outsider and Burrough's Junky, which was good until he started repeating himself in the last 30 pages.
Nostromo next.
