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SATCHMO 04-15-2009 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by adidasss (Post 638188)
I tried listening to an audiobook of All the pretty horses by McCarthy but couldn't get into it at all. I don't think I'll be trying that again.

I've moved on to Crime and punishment by Dostoyevsky.

I've found that audio books are good for comedy books and for non-fiction, but lit just doesn't work for me. I have a couple David Sedaris books and He's hilarious.

333 04-16-2009 03:07 AM

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Originally Posted by SATCHMO (Post 639064)
I've found that audio books are good for comedy books and for non-fiction, but lit just doesn't work for me. I have a couple David Sedaris books and He's hilarious.

Agreed. A good example would be any Christopher Moore book. Also, I feel lazy when I'm at home listening to an audio book. I think they're more for long road trips.

SATCHMO 04-16-2009 03:09 AM

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Originally Posted by 333 (Post 639212)
Agreed. A good example would be any Christopher Moore book.

I really want to read Lamb. It seems to be the one book that I've been putting off reading forever.

333 04-16-2009 03:13 AM

Funny you say that because I'm in the same boat! : x

I've only read a few of his books, but any time my friends talk something up, it gets pushed back in my mind as overrated. Terrible assumption, I know, but I can't help it! I got a chapter into Lamb and put it down because I had way too many expectations. It starts slow and is suppose to get better, but I'm lazy and have been under Kundera's spell. I'm a few pages shy of finishing The Farewell Party. Not as good as Unbearable, but still classic Kundera.

SATCHMO 04-16-2009 03:16 AM

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Originally Posted by 333 (Post 639217)
Funny you say that because I'm in the same boat! : x

I've only read a few of his books, but any time my friends talk something up, it gets pushed back in my mind as overrated. Terrible assumption, I know, but I can't help it! I got a chapter into Lamb and put it down because I had way too many expectations. It starts slow and is suppose to get better, but I'm lazy and have been under Kundera's spell. I'm a few pages shy of finishing The Farewell Party. Not as good as Unbearable, but still classic Kundera.

yeah, re-reading Unbearable is still on my list as well.

cardboard adolescent 04-16-2009 08:42 PM

The ANTI-Christ. I've gotten a lot more critical of Nietzsche than I used to be. Still a fun read.

CAPTAIN CAVEMAN 04-16-2009 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by dreadnaught (Post 635682)
I recently read Kafka On The Shore and really enjoyed it, one of his better novels from what I've gathered.

great book. i like a lot of his stuff. you should read hard-boiled wonderland and the end of the world, its very surreal.

recently finished reading a book of short stories by guy vanderhaeghe called man descending, was pretty good.

been reading beyond good & evil by nietzsche on and off; reading trainspotting by irvine welsh now. all the first-person writing is written is scots, its not difficult to understand, it makes reading it pretty engaging.

Terrible Lizard 04-16-2009 09:41 PM

Finally decided to finish Lord Of Light, simeoultaneously reading James Herbert and M.R. James for the sake of nostalgia.

ElephantSack 04-16-2009 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by SATCHMO (Post 639214)
I really want to read Lamb. It seems to be the one book that I've been putting off reading forever.

Lamb is easily his best in my opinion. I've read everything else of his besides "You Suck".

SATCHMO 04-16-2009 10:29 PM

I haven't read any of his stuff yet, but he gets talked up quite a bit, esp. Lamb.


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