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I'm reading The Night Circus right now, roughly 65% done. The author is incredibly descriptive, but good at it. The story has progressed a little too slow for my taste, but what I've read has been good enough to keep me coming back.
Without spoiling much, it's a circus that's only open at night, around the turn of the 20th century and there are "dueling" magicians.
Man I must be the only person on the planet who likes the sequels
The Frank Herbert ones, not the bullshit fanfiction his son made up
I like the Frank Herbert sequels too
Though the first one is the best of them all by far
I liked the sequels too, though I liked all of them about the same.
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Lost Salientblink twiceif you'd like me to mercy kill youRegistered Userregular
So.
Book club.
..?
I propose we gather a list of interested parties, and those parties submit a very small list of books. Interested parties then vote on a book, we make a date to discuss it, and get reading.
Thoughts?
"Sandra has a good solid anti-murderer vibe. My skin felt very secure and sufficiently attached to my body when I met her. Also my organs." HAIL SATAN
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Blake TDo you have enemies then?Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered Userregular
i just started reading unforgiving years by victor serge
i read up on him a decent amount before starting and i almost wish i hadn't because it's affecting the way i read what is not, at least so far, all that overtly political a book
I'm reading The Night Circus right now, roughly 65% done. The author is incredibly descriptive, but good at it. The story has progressed a little too slow for my taste, but what I've read has been good enough to keep me coming back.
Without spoiling much, it's a circus that's only open at night, around the turn of the 20th century and there are "dueling" magicians.
Uuuugh Muse (I think) recommended this in the last book thread and I got the sample and the sample isn't QUITE enough to get me excited. I should just buy it, shouldn't I?
Uuuugh Muse (I think) recommended this in the last book thread and I got the sample and the sample isn't QUITE enough to get me excited. I should just buy it, shouldn't I?
I've enjoyed it so far, though like I said, it does progress a little slowly. The characters aren't particularly deep really, but they are interesting. There's enough mystery behind where the story is going that's kept me coming back to it. It's also not terribly long, (which I like) but it's not so short that you feel like you're not getting your few dollars' worth.
This is the coolest shit ever. But holy goddamn it is dense. And now I'm half-obsessed with physically representing protention in a manner that doesn't assert that one particular future is dominant in any given future-Now.
And I'm going over immortality of the transcendental-I from some recommended readings that my professor gave me. No one told me this stuff was so cool
Yeah, Husserl is pretty boss.
But there are more dense essays/books if you can believe it. Because as dense as Husserl could ever hope to be he will never top Kant.
Oh, don't I know it.
Parts of me want to read Kant.
Other parts are scared.
I tend to stick to Kant's writing on ethics, which I happen to think are amazing.
Everything else though? Eughrgh.....
I am barfing everywhere
A standard response to Kant.
I cant stand overly complicated texts
Not because I can't read them, I can (and often have to, annoyingly)
But because it smacks of academic ivory-towerism and I goddamn hate that
I have been told on multiple occasions that Kant's Critique of Pure Reason is the single hardest piece of text to read & understand in all of philosophy.
I want to someday read it.
Well see I don't mind if things are complicated
Some things are complicated, and philosophy especially is one of them
But the amount of time I read an essay or book or whatever, and I am thinking "okay, the way you said that was way more complicated than it needed to be." It pisses me off something fierce, I tell you.
oh man I've just been reading this great Judith Butler essay about how when you think an academic's being needlessly complex and obscure, that's actually because their ideas are too clever and unconventional to be communicated any other way
naturally the essay itself is needlessly complex and obscure
I propose we gather a list of interested parties, and those parties submit a very small list of books. Interested parties then vote on a book, we make a date to discuss it, and get reading.
Thoughts?
Sounds good to me!
And I'd love anything that wasn't sci-fi or fantasy.
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Blake TDo you have enemies then?Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered Userregular
a lot of the kindle's free or low-price books are really bad, but sometimes there are a few gems in there! I like to check this site for them: http://blog.booksontheknob.org/
just picked up extremely loud and incredibly close for a quarter (I've already read it, but I liked it, so why not!)
I don't read a lot of books. It's been strictly comics for a good while now, recently Marvel cosmic stuff and cathcing up on their major Events.
But occasionally I'll get into an "I need to read a book" mood and right now I think I'm in one. I have a handful of books that I haven't read on my shelf. Basically I'm trying to decide between Matt Stover's "Heroes Die" and "Dune". I've also got "American Psycho" on my tablet that I still need to read.
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@sheri it might have been me. I loved the night circus - I can recognize it might not be everyone's cup of tea/it's not the greatest book ever but I just adore the concept of the night circus itself for whatever reason
a lot of the kindle's free or low-price books are really bad, but sometimes there are a few gems in there! I like to check this site for them: http://blog.booksontheknob.org/
just picked up extremely loud and incredibly close for a quarter (I've already read it, but I liked it, so why not!)
Thanks for this bits.
Is this site worth visiting daily or weekly?
sure thing! I visit it once or twice a week. I think some of the better deals have a shorter run time but I've never missed one that I really wanted.
I recommended Night Circus in the last thread, I said it was great.
Also I like the first two Herbert Dune sequels. The second three just get crazy and I appreciate them but I'm not sure I'd go so far as to say I like them.
@sheri it might have been me. I loved the night circus - I can recognize it might not be everyone's cup of tea/it's not the greatest book ever but I just adore the concept of the night circus itself for whatever reason
a lot of the kindle's free or low-price books are really bad, but sometimes there are a few gems in there! I like to check this site for them: http://blog.booksontheknob.org/
just picked up extremely loud and incredibly close for a quarter (I've already read it, but I liked it, so why not!)
Thanks for this bits.
Is this site worth visiting daily or weekly?
sure thing! I visit it once or twice a week. I think some of the better deals have a shorter run time but I've never missed one that I really wanted.
I remember the first book I ever got for my Kindle, before I even owned a Kindle, was Perdido Street Station while it was free. I'm glad you linked this site so I can look for other books that are cheap!
I propose we gather a list of interested parties, and those parties submit a very small list of books. Interested parties then vote on a book, we make a date to discuss it, and get reading.
Thoughts?
Sounds good to me!
And I'd love anything that wasn't sci-fi or fantasy.
I'll try extremely hard to be a part of a book club!
I would totes be down for a book club! would motivate me to get my read on more. for recommendations, i'd throw out most anything by carlos ruiz zafon, cormac mccarthy, jonathan lethem, or haruki murakami to start with? i dunno, i'm down for whatevs
oh man, @bowtiedseal, i really should! i'm way behind on updating it, from before my christmas haul and all, but its soooo much work
and i'm so very lazy
(also avoiding putting in the embarassing stuff like the help and i want my mtv and judy blume's summer sisters)
I post my embarrassing books (young adult princessy stuff) in batches and choose "don't show my feed" and then I read some murakami or something a little less embarrassing afterwards so it's the most recent book people see!
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marty_0001I am a fileand you put documents in meRegistered Userregular
Cormac McCarthy writes about evil in a way nobody else can come close to
Guess I'll have to get this, I've seen it recommended before. I was hesitant about Cormac McCarthy, The Road was really good but the zero-grammar writing style was really grating to me.
Lost Salientblink twiceif you'd like me to mercy kill youRegistered Userregular
YaYa read The Night Circus. Maybe it was him.
I will make the muffins, the books will all be by Diana Gabaldon or that guy who wrote The Notebook, and there is a bottle of wine a person mandatory drinking level.
(Two-thirds of that statement may actually be true.)
But seriously I personally would rather read Literature than the same old fantasy fluff i'd pick up with or without a book club.
"Sandra has a good solid anti-murderer vibe. My skin felt very secure and sufficiently attached to my body when I met her. Also my organs." HAIL SATAN
All this ME stuff has me jonesing to read the Foundation books again
man. i was gonna write about stanislaw lem but it seems like isaac asimov is just comin' up from the rear, considering nemesis and foundation an' i robot and such
Oh man, Solaris would be fabulous too
Human/non-human communication as a theme has always fascinated me
yeah
this is what my essay is about, somewhat
you should read the larry niven story 'the fourth profession'
I will make the muffins, the books will all be by Diana Gabaldon or that guy who wrote The Notebook, and there is a bottle of wine a person mandatory drinking level.
(Two-thirds of that statement may actually be true.)
But seriously I personally would rather read Literature than the same old fantasy fluff i'd pick up with or without a book club.
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Without spoiling much, it's a circus that's only open at night, around the turn of the 20th century and there are "dueling" magicians.
Man I must be the only person on the planet who likes the sequels
The Frank Herbert ones, not the bullshit fanfiction his son made up
I like the Frank Herbert sequels too
Though the first one is the best of them all by far
I liked the sequels too, though I liked all of them about the same.
Book club.
..?
I propose we gather a list of interested parties, and those parties submit a very small list of books. Interested parties then vote on a book, we make a date to discuss it, and get reading.
Thoughts?
"Sandra has a good solid anti-murderer vibe. My skin felt very secure and sufficiently attached to my body when I met her. Also my organs." HAIL SATAN
Satans..... hints.....
i read up on him a decent amount before starting and i almost wish i hadn't because it's affecting the way i read what is not, at least so far, all that overtly political a book
As long as this book club just becomes a gossip club full of wine and bitter truths.
Uuuugh Muse (I think) recommended this in the last book thread and I got the sample and the sample isn't QUITE enough to get me excited. I should just buy it, shouldn't I?
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Cormac McCarthy writes about evil in a way nobody else can come close to
I was into the first or second chapter of Dune when I realized that.
I just could not work my way through the prose
I've enjoyed it so far, though like I said, it does progress a little slowly. The characters aren't particularly deep really, but they are interesting. There's enough mystery behind where the story is going that's kept me coming back to it. It's also not terribly long, (which I like) but it's not so short that you feel like you're not getting your few dollars' worth.
oh man I've just been reading this great Judith Butler essay about how when you think an academic's being needlessly complex and obscure, that's actually because their ideas are too clever and unconventional to be communicated any other way
naturally the essay itself is needlessly complex and obscure
Sounds good to me!
And I'd love anything that wasn't sci-fi or fantasy.
Thanks for this bits.
Is this site worth visiting daily or weekly?
Satans..... hints.....
http://www.amazon.com/Daytripper-Gabriel-Ba/dp/1401229697
I feel that everyone should read daytripper. it was beautifully illustrated and wonderfully written.
But occasionally I'll get into an "I need to read a book" mood and right now I think I'm in one. I have a handful of books that I haven't read on my shelf. Basically I'm trying to decide between Matt Stover's "Heroes Die" and "Dune". I've also got "American Psycho" on my tablet that I still need to read.
sure thing! I visit it once or twice a week. I think some of the better deals have a shorter run time but I've never missed one that I really wanted.
Also I like the first two Herbert Dune sequels. The second three just get crazy and I appreciate them but I'm not sure I'd go so far as to say I like them.
I remember the first book I ever got for my Kindle, before I even owned a Kindle, was Perdido Street Station while it was free. I'm glad you linked this site so I can look for other books that are cheap!
I'll try extremely hard to be a part of a book club!
It might also be worth checking out what's free or cheap in ebook form so more people could participate? There are so many available!
I'm reading 1Q84 now, but a 900 pg novel isn't the best book club choice.
@lostwords update your goodreadsss
and i'm so very lazy
(also avoiding putting in the embarassing stuff like the help and i want my mtv and judy blume's summer sisters)
I post my embarrassing books (young adult princessy stuff) in batches and choose "don't show my feed" and then I read some murakami or something a little less embarrassing afterwards so it's the most recent book people see!
Guess I'll have to get this, I've seen it recommended before. I was hesitant about Cormac McCarthy, The Road was really good but the zero-grammar writing style was really grating to me.
I will make the muffins, the books will all be by Diana Gabaldon or that guy who wrote The Notebook, and there is a bottle of wine a person mandatory drinking level.
(Two-thirds of that statement may actually be true.)
But seriously I personally would rather read Literature than the same old fantasy fluff i'd pick up with or without a book club.
"Sandra has a good solid anti-murderer vibe. My skin felt very secure and sufficiently attached to my body when I met her. Also my organs." HAIL SATAN
this is what my essay is about, somewhat
you should read the larry niven story 'the fourth profession'
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