MoonShine Posted March 11, 2013 Report Posted March 11, 2013 Finally finished The Passage. Long but good. Starting:
robm321 Posted March 11, 2013 Report Posted March 11, 2013 Reading this one for the first time. Half way through
blessingx Posted March 31, 2013 Report Posted March 31, 2013 Seen for music, but never for lit... http://www.literature-map.com/
MoonShine Posted April 1, 2013 Report Posted April 1, 2013 Been reading a lot lately. Recently finished: Better than the movie. Audiobook. Not his best but still good. It was OK. Another just OK. Really liked this. Apocalypse version of Old Man & the Sea, basically. This book messed me up. Loved it. Trying to expand beyond sci-fi/fantasy, science, and travel books.
MoonShine Posted April 2, 2013 Report Posted April 2, 2013 And Now: On audiobook (read by Scott Cambell). 1
nikongod Posted April 2, 2013 Report Posted April 2, 2013 Currently reading On The Road but I don't really know why. I guess I hope it will all fall into place, but I have the nagging fear that I will get to the end and just be left with emptiness
grawk Posted April 2, 2013 Author Report Posted April 2, 2013 You're not reading on the road for plot or great meaning are you? me:
nikongod Posted April 2, 2013 Report Posted April 2, 2013 You're not reading on the road for plot or great meaning are you? I guess I'm doing it wrong, but yea I like those things.
grawk Posted April 2, 2013 Author Report Posted April 2, 2013 you may like those things, but it's a stream of consciousness story from Kerouac. Any meaning you find from it you bring to it.
blessingx Posted April 2, 2013 Report Posted April 2, 2013 Spaulding Gray's better 'Impossible Vacation' was my gateway to accepting 'On the Road,' but in reality there just better Beat and of course other, writing out there. Echoing Grawk, I wouldn't beat yourself up if 'On the Road' doesn't hit. Now if 'The Road' doesn't hit we can talk.
MoonShine Posted April 10, 2013 Report Posted April 10, 2013 Just finished: I liked Oryx & Crake so much I read the sequel. I enjoyed it very much as well. Starting:
blessingx Posted April 10, 2013 Report Posted April 10, 2013 Good to hear. Read the concurrent sequel, so now have to hit Crake. In fact recommended The Handmaid's Tale to my mother yesterday.
MoonShine Posted April 10, 2013 Report Posted April 10, 2013 There is a 3rd book titled: MaddAddam: A Novel due out later this year.
MoonShine Posted April 18, 2013 Report Posted April 18, 2013 (edited) I have joined a couple of local book clubs so I am now reading: 2 chapters in, loving it so far. Same: 2 chapters in & very good so far. Combo of sci-fi/noir (ala Blade Runner), & steampunk. Been wanting to read this for awhile. I've heard good things about it so looking forward to it. Edited April 18, 2013 by MoonShine
MoonShine Posted May 13, 2013 Report Posted May 13, 2013 Dan: how did you like Wool? Next up in my Little Old lady Book Club:
robm321 Posted May 13, 2013 Report Posted May 13, 2013 (edited) Just finished this. enjoyed it. hmmm, what to read next... Edited May 13, 2013 by robm321
blessingx Posted May 22, 2013 Report Posted May 22, 2013 (edited) Anyone check out Inferno by Dan Brown yet? Edited May 22, 2013 by blessingx
Dusty Chalk Posted May 22, 2013 Report Posted May 22, 2013 Lollers. "...renowned monarch..." I mean, lollers at the whole thing, but particularly lollers at "...renowned monarch..."
MoonShine Posted May 28, 2013 Report Posted May 28, 2013 Next up for the Sci-Fi / Fantasy Book Club: I'm about 50 pages in. Surprisingly good so far. Also starting (for yet another Book Club): Recently finished:
livewire Posted May 28, 2013 Report Posted May 28, 2013 The Fatal Shore: The Epic Of Australia's Founding
Dusty Chalk Posted May 28, 2013 Report Posted May 28, 2013 Last Call was excellent albeit more mainstream fantasy than his others. Less mindbending. Starting Far Time Incident, enjoying this so far. Sent from mah phone-blet via Tapatalk
grawk Posted May 28, 2013 Author Report Posted May 28, 2013 Dan: how did you like Wool? It was a good pulp style read. Not great literature, but engaging.
grawk Posted May 28, 2013 Author Report Posted May 28, 2013 Last Call was excellent albeit more mainstream fantasy than his others. Less mindbending. You didn't find redemption and the fisher king stuff mind bending? All the poker magic, and the magical roots of Las Vegas?
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