What are you reading right now?

~~Sansa Stark~~ · 09-14-2010, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by ImmortalDiotima

Oh sweet! Which other palahniuk books have you read that you liked? I thought this:

and this:

were pretty cool. Not up to the par of Invisible Monsters but still rad.

Choke (not including the image cuz i can only have 4) was great!

and these:

eh... not so much.

It's been a long time since I read all these though.

I've read all his books, except for Fugitives and Refugees. Diary was meh, Lullaby was pretty good, Choke...eh, Invisible Monsters is my fave of his, Fight Club was good but i like the ending in the movie best, Rant and Snuff were awful, Haunted was okay, Pygmy was really good, like he returned to his old goodness. Survivor I don't remember liking...Tell-All was only mediocre too. If you like him, do you read any Bret Easton Ellis?

ImmortalDiotima · 09-14-2010, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by James

I didn't get Haunted.

It is definitely a weird book. I didn't really care for the story line he had running in the background. I liked the individual horror stories more.

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Originally Posted by Paloma

I've read all his books, except for Fugitives and Refugees. Diary was meh, Lullaby was pretty good, Choke...eh, Invisible Monsters is my fave of his, Fight Club was good but i like the ending in the movie best, Rant and Snuff were awful, Haunted was okay, Pygmy was really good, like he returned to his old goodness. Survivor I don't remember liking...Tell-All was only mediocre too. If you like him, do you read any Bret Easton Ellis?

I'll have to check out Pygmy. Nope I've never read Ellis. Particular books you'd recommend?

NumberNineDream · 09-15-2010, 07:14 AM

Took me a while to pluck up the courage to start this one:

Surprisingly, I'm understanding the slang well enough.

rondo · 09-15-2010, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by NumberNineDream

Took me a while to pluck up the courage to start this one:

Surprisingly, I'm understanding the slang well enough.

Hehe, make sure the voice actor (in your head) is keeping up. I took my own sweet time to finish that novel!

TheBig3 · 09-15-2010, 07:43 PM

I started reading some other novel and I bitched about how the author didn't conform to convention with grammer or quotes and a buddy of mine said to me "oh that doesn't bother me, Trainspotting does that too"

I vowed never to read it so...how is it? Because I can't bring myself.

NumberNineDream · 09-15-2010, 08:48 PM

^Much easier than I expected... and it works with the concept of the book perfectly.

SATCHMO · 09-15-2010, 08:57 PM

Amazing...

Engine · 09-15-2010, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by SATCHMO

Amazing...

I read a different book of his and liked it well enough. But Brad Warner's criticism of some of his ideas has turned me off to him. Seems like a pretty good Zen guy though.

I'm reading Infinite Jest now and I'm definitely interested to hear opinions of it from people who've read it. So far I like it a lot but I am only 100 pages in..

SATCHMO · 09-16-2010, 12:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Engine

I read a different book of his and liked it well enough. But Brad Warner's criticism of some of his ideas has turned me off to him. Seems like a pretty good Zen guy though.

I would definitely put him more in the realm of transpersonal/evolutionary psychology than zen, but I do understand what you're saying. His ideas are, without question, unconventional and have attracted their fair share of criticism, but having said that, I find that I agree one hundred percent with just about everything he asserts.

SATCHMO · 09-16-2010, 01:55 PM

Also amazing...

09-15-2010, 07:14 AM	#2883 (permalink)
NumberNineDream Blue Bleezin' Blind Drunk Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: The land of the largest wine glass (aka Lebanon) Posts: 2,200	Took me a while to pluck up the courage to start this one: Surprisingly, I'm understanding the slang well enough. __________________ Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats?Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats?Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats?Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats?Do bats eat cats?Do bats eat cats?Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats?Do bats eat cats?Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Welcome to the Black Lodge

09-15-2010, 07:43 PM	#2885 (permalink)
TheBig3 killedmyraindog Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Boston, Massachusetts Posts: 11,172	I started reading some other novel and I bitched about how the author didn't conform to convention with grammer or quotes and a buddy of mine said to me "oh that doesn't bother me, Trainspotting does that too" I vowed never to read it so...how is it? Because I can't bring myself. __________________ I've moved to a new address

09-15-2010, 08:48 PM	#2886 (permalink)
NumberNineDream Blue Bleezin' Blind Drunk Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: The land of the largest wine glass (aka Lebanon) Posts: 2,200	^Much easier than I expected... and it works with the concept of the book perfectly. __________________ Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats?Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats?Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats?Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats?Do bats eat cats?Do bats eat cats?Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats?Do bats eat cats?Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Welcome to the Black Lodge

09-15-2010, 08:57 PM	#2887 (permalink)
SATCHMO Al Dente Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 4,708	Amazing...

09-16-2010, 01:55 PM	#2890 (permalink)
SATCHMO Al Dente Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 4,708	Also amazing...