mixed
Hitchcock
We played with life and lost
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Post by mixed on Oct 16, 2006 13:07:04 GMT -5
I am now reading in cold blood by Truman Capote. I am loving it. The diverse narrative skills of Capote, from the way he scripts dialogue to his unique approach in description and characterisation is just sublime. The book also does not feel in the least bit dated.
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dontdigonswine
Kubrick, Stan Kubrick
"All you need to make a movie is a girl and a gun"
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Post by dontdigonswine on Oct 28, 2006 0:42:13 GMT -5
The Scarlet Letter. This is like torture. I'm giving up after 5 chapters, and resorting to Spark Notes
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Post by PTAhole on Oct 29, 2006 18:06:37 GMT -5
I love the Scarlett Letter. I think Hawthorne is possibly the finest authors of all time. Keep reading. You'll like it.
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captainofbeef
Cool KAt 
Beauty Hides in the Deep
You should have asked me for it, how could I say no...
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Post by captainofbeef on Oct 29, 2006 21:36:57 GMT -5
High Five by Janet Evanochovich. Throwaway chick lit, but its hilarious and very well written just like the first four of the series.
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Post by jack manfred on Nov 15, 2006 13:57:49 GMT -5
I'm reading kerouac's the subterranean... and it's absolutely freaking good... that man had talent...
finished reading factotum, by charles bukowski
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criterionmaster
Cool KAt
Bitches all love me 'cause I'm fuckin' Casper! The dopest ghost around.
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Post by criterionmaster on Nov 21, 2006 17:28:26 GMT -5
I have to do this thing for my English class where we have silent reading close to once a week, we got to choose any book but since I put it off till the last second I had to use one I already owned, well I chose Stories To Be Read With the Door Locked. It is a mixed bag so far but for the most part I have enjoyed it quite a bit. I read some of the stories before but reading them a second time they seemed quite new to me. I will post more thoughts when I finish.  |
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Post by PTAhole on Nov 26, 2006 9:04:53 GMT -5
Cell by Stephen King
Stephen King+Zombies=Brilliance
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captainofbeef
Cool KAt
Beauty Hides in the Deep
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Post by captainofbeef on Nov 26, 2006 17:48:46 GMT -5
Yea, thats the best of his new books.
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Post by eatawiiner on Nov 30, 2006 16:12:00 GMT -5
I got Don Quixote while back, but stopped reading after chapter 2. I need to start that over since the first two chapters are like 10 pages total. I read 'The Metamorphasis' about a month ago, and I can't get this paranoid feeling of waking up with antenna's outta my head. Sick shit.
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captainofbeef
Cool KAt
Beauty Hides in the Deep
You should have asked me for it, how could I say no...
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Post by captainofbeef on Nov 30, 2006 16:38:18 GMT -5
Forever Odd by Dean Koontz
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Post by PTAhole on Nov 30, 2006 19:44:49 GMT -5
Also FINALLY reading Ender's Game, which I have wanted to read for quite some time now. Digging it so far.
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mixed
Hitchcock
We played with life and lost
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Post by mixed on Dec 5, 2006 18:57:29 GMT -5
Basketcase - Carl Hiaasen.
So far a very entertaining noir type mystery book. Funny prose and a nice main character. Good so far.
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mixed
Hitchcock
We played with life and lost
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Post by mixed on Dec 13, 2006 7:45:49 GMT -5
Basketcase is fairly easy and amiable read. Today I started to read Rage, from Stephen King. Also included in the book are the 3 other Bachman novels minus the regulators which came more recently. That will be my at home book and basketcase my on the bus book due to the size  |
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Post by nonfiction on Dec 22, 2006 3:53:56 GMT -5
I'm a sucker for fantasy books.
I started George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series. It's fucking awesome. Very brutal deaths and sex and shit. Very cool. It's definitely 18+ though.
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Post by PTAhole on Dec 22, 2006 5:01:19 GMT -5
I actually have the first book. I think I'll read it sometime soon.
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mixed
Hitchcock
We played with life and lost
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Post by mixed on Dec 22, 2006 8:31:21 GMT -5
Brutality and sex, seems like a good read  |
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captainofbeef
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Beauty Hides in the Deep
You should have asked me for it, how could I say no...
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Post by captainofbeef on Dec 22, 2006 9:14:45 GMT -5
I read the first book, very good. Haven't had time to get to the second one.
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Post by PTAhole on Dec 30, 2006 6:22:40 GMT -5
Just started ![]() The Cheese Monkeys[/img] by Chip Kidd. It is quite good so far, but I'm only about ten pages in. |
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mixed
Hitchcock
We played with life and lost
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Post by mixed on Jan 3, 2007 11:44:32 GMT -5
I just started Liseys Story. I hear its quite a clear depsrture from horror and more of a character study with lighter bearings on horror. I'm disappointed yet intrigued at the same time.
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wkw
Homer
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Post by wkw on Jan 20, 2007 16:09:17 GMT -5
Reading the Aeneid of Virgil for school. Pretty much an imitation of the Iliad and the Odyssey, but with some interesting differences.  |
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sacrilegend
The Beatles
Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem.
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Post by sacrilegend on Jan 20, 2007 16:29:46 GMT -5
Romeo And Juliet for school.
The Famished Road (with many an interruption) by Ben Okri
Contempo magazine (cultural supplement and overall source of amazingness)
I'm starting to write my own "something" of nothings. It's pretty cool. But it isn't a book. Not even a short story. It doesn't even count as a paragraph. Hard to explain.
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wkw
Homer
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Post by wkw on Jan 20, 2007 17:06:21 GMT -5
For fans of Stephen King:
I've read:
It
The Stand
Firestarter
The Gunslinger
The Eyes of the Dragon
The Drawing of the Three
The Wastelands
Insomnia
Wizard & Glass
Hearts in Atlantis
Different Seasons
Everything's Eventual
The Long Walk
'Salem's Lot
Night Shift
Nightmares and Dreamscapes
I think that for novels, his best are It, Insomnia, Firestarter, and The Stand
His short stories and novellas collections are just as enjoyable. I actually like them more than his novels. The book that was best adapted into movies is definitely Different Seasons. "Hope Springs Eternal: Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption", "Summer of Corruption: Apt Pupil", "Fall from Innocence: The Body" were adapted into Shawshank Redemption, Stand by Me, and Apt Pupil.
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sacrilegend
The Beatles
Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem.
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Post by sacrilegend on Jan 20, 2007 17:09:41 GMT -5
I've read Pet Cemetery, the imagery (I had in my head) was amazing. I just haven't got into his stuff so much as others seem to have.
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wkw
Homer
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Post by wkw on Feb 1, 2007 0:46:45 GMT -5
Confessions by St. Augustine
I don't know which book I hate more, this or To the Lighthouse. Both makes me want to stab my eyes out.
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sacrilegend
The Beatles
Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem.
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Post by sacrilegend on Feb 1, 2007 1:08:09 GMT -5
I've just started Nineteen Eighty Four by George Orwell... Looks promising :-)
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mixed
Hitchcock
We played with life and lost
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Post by mixed on Feb 1, 2007 13:30:37 GMT -5
Down and out in Paris and London by George Orwell. Its and entertaining memoir so far, good writing.
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sacrilegend
The Beatles
Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem.
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Post by sacrilegend on Feb 3, 2007 6:36:13 GMT -5
I'm going to try and get my hands on that...
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Post by eatawiiner on Feb 8, 2007 12:26:24 GMT -5
Just started 'The Wisdom of Forgiveness' by His Holiness The Dalai Lama.
Pretty deep shit naw'm sayin'.
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wkw
Homer
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Post by wkw on Feb 15, 2007 0:47:36 GMT -5
the entire Divine Comedy
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Evan
DeNiro
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Post by Evan on Feb 19, 2007 17:33:57 GMT -5
I am currently reading Brian Keenes "The Ghoul". Actually, I met Brian and he's a great guy.  |
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