I seriously have not wanted to read anything non-fiction since I finished my M.A. this summer. I am working through the Dresden Files. I also want to start Will Thomas's Barker and Llewelyn series, but the county library system only has one copy of the first book and I am too poor to buy it.
Faulkner haters: you just don't like reading about life through the perspective of a retard.
p.s. I read the black company! all of them! (we're talking about the fantasy series right?)
Yeah, when does it start to kick up the pace? Does it ever?
It gets pretty good at the end of the first book on out.
Ah cool, I'd been wondering.
When I'm finished with Dresden files I'll get back to it.
They shouldn't take much more than a month.
The real problem I had with it is that it doesn't seem to be going anywhere. All names and places and events I know nothing about, it's hard to not feel lost.
Yes yes I know old news but it's still pretty good stuff.
Other than that I recently finished the Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman and I'm also reading the Day of Battle by Rick Atkinson. Two very good military histories.
i dont' get the love for cormac mccarthy, he seems like a stylist instead of a writer of actual worth
my love for him is based mostly on no country for old men, since that and the road are the only of his books I've read. I've done a lot more thinking about no country, though.
and no country for old men really is one of the best books I've ever read. yeah, his style is great, but the real meat of the novel is the underlying discourse on morality and fate. he doesn't beat you over the head with it at all, and it's completely readable just as a suspenseful "what will happen next" sort of thing if you want, but there really is a lot of material there below the surface if you want to dig at it.
Catcher is a pretty good book that was seized as the emblem of a generation and so it catches a lot of flak for that from folks who found it disappointing, or readers themselves overhype the experience and message in order to fulfill their own expectations.
I actually liked holden, sort of in spite of myself
that's not to say that all good books have to have likable protagonists, of course, but all anyone wants to talk about when catcher is brought up is how much they hate holden anyway
Catcher is a pretty good book that was seized as the emblem of a generation and so it catches a lot of flak for that from folks who found it disappointing, or readers themselves overhype the experience and message in order to fulfill their own expectations.
Also, holy shit what an unlikeable prick Holden became towards the end. He started off dumb, but endearing but jesus.
I think that's the point. Towards the end you start to realize... wow, this kid is not just some confused teenager. He is real fucked up. You just kind of start to feel sorry for him after the part when he thinks he's being molested or whatever. I can't really remember what happens actually.
I have never read the Catcher in the Rye and I get the impression it's the type of book that is decent but read by lots of people who don't normally read so they elevate to the Holy Grail
I have never read the Catcher in the Rye and I get the impression it's the type of book that is decent but read by lots of people who don't normally read so they elevate to the Holy Grail
I don't think this is accurate at all
most of the "reading sux" people in my english class still didn't like it
the only difference is they actually read it to find that out, which was not the case with, say, crime and punishment
Also, holy shit what an unlikeable prick Holden became towards the end. He started off dumb, but endearing but jesus.
I think that's the point. Towards the end you start to realize... wow, this kid is not just some confused teenager. He is real fucked up. You just kind of start to feel sorry for him after the part when he thinks he's being molested or whatever. I can't really remember what happens actually.
See, I thought he over-reacted at that part too, but everyone else said they agreed with Holden's reaction.
I should re-read Catcher some time. I mean, give it an honest chance. I didn't finish it the first time, and I confess I started disliking Holden immediately for having such a gay-ass name.
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the long dark tea-time of the soul is one of my favourite novels, quoth
I just read that again last week. So good.
Don't pick it up
Don't pick it up
George R.R. Martin, you tease
so I'm probably just gonna stop by the library and tell them to give me every cormac mccarthy book they have
well yeah
parts of it were really confusing and none of the quotes at the beginnings of chapters made any sense
but other parts of it were really cool, I thought
then again I liked dune messiah more than dune so some may wish to discount my opinion
I like it when stephen king writes things with retarded people in them
they're so charming and fun to read about when king writes them
I really need to read more, work and video games and TV keep getting in the way
I'm currently reading the first book of the Soldier Son series by Robin Hobb, it's OK so far
Also I know this thread is about books without pictures but I really need to finish Watchmen before the movie comes out
It gets pretty good at the end of the first book on out.
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nah, I think graphic novels are cool for book threads
just don't get into serial comics
Ah cool, I'd been wondering.
When I'm finished with Dresden files I'll get back to it.
They shouldn't take much more than a month.
The real problem I had with it is that it doesn't seem to be going anywhere. All names and places and events I know nothing about, it's hard to not feel lost.
Yes yes I know old news but it's still pretty good stuff.
Other than that I recently finished the Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman and I'm also reading the Day of Battle by Rick Atkinson. Two very good military histories.
I really tried.
But the main character.
I just hate him.
my love for him is based mostly on no country for old men, since that and the road are the only of his books I've read. I've done a lot more thinking about no country, though.
and no country for old men really is one of the best books I've ever read. yeah, his style is great, but the real meat of the novel is the underlying discourse on morality and fate. he doesn't beat you over the head with it at all, and it's completely readable just as a suspenseful "what will happen next" sort of thing if you want, but there really is a lot of material there below the surface if you want to dig at it.
I read Snow Crash for Raven and Uncle Enzo, and the ending where they meet each other.
Oh no, I enjoy them, but man, God Emperor was a tough read.
i'm reading my notes for this class and i have parts circled and STEAL THIS FOR WRITING above it
I loved EiI, it was wonderful and the movie was pretty decent if wildly different ending-wise.
Catcher was also very good, but not life-changing like everyone I know preaches it to be.
Also, holy shit what an unlikeable prick Holden became towards the end. He started off dumb, but endearing but jesus.
also that bitch in The Awakening, fuck her sideways with a chainsaw
that's not to say that all good books have to have likable protagonists, of course, but all anyone wants to talk about when catcher is brought up is how much they hate holden anyway
I think that's the point. Towards the end you start to realize... wow, this kid is not just some confused teenager. He is real fucked up. You just kind of start to feel sorry for him after the part when he thinks he's being molested or whatever. I can't really remember what happens actually.
i should probably read it again.
I don't think this is accurate at all
most of the "reading sux" people in my english class still didn't like it
the only difference is they actually read it to find that out, which was not the case with, say, crime and punishment
Fucking Plato.
See, I thought he over-reacted at that part too, but everyone else said they agreed with Holden's reaction.
get a lyf fgts
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