What are you reading right now?

Kevorkian Logic · 08-12-2008, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by adidasss

Ok, finished it, but can't say I was too impressed. It's easy enough to read and given it's length (640 pages) you get attached to the story and the characters, but I don't really see myself picking it up again. Plus, for a supposed gay novel (although that part of the story doesn't take up more than 10% of the novel), it failed to give me a single hard on and that's something even the ultra tedious The line of beauty managed to do...

Moving on the The tombs of Atuan - Le Guin

The second part of the Earthsea cycle...weee...

God, I read those a while back, I remember I was really into them at one point....that's all I really have to say, since I now remember like two things about those books.

~~CAPTAIN CAVEMAN~~ · 08-12-2008, 09:47 PM

read "hard-boiled wonderland and the end of the world" and now reading "kafka on the shore", both by haruki murakami

adidasss · 08-13-2008, 04:04 AM

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Originally Posted by jackhammer

Do you like the atypical 'Quest' /morality driven tales Of Fantasy or are you into the more abstract metaphysical aspects of Fantasy fiction?

Hmm, I'm not sure really, I haven't actually read many fantasy novels. What would be an example of some abstract metaphysical fantasy?

Wifey Boozer · 08-15-2008, 04:10 PM

The Horse Latitudes - Robert Ferrigno. Greaaaaat ****in' book. So underrated and didn't get enough recognition. S'about an ex-dealer trying to redeem himself by trying to solve a homicide in which his ex-wife is somehow, mysteriously involved in. And he still loves her... but so, he has to go back through LA's underworld of the late 90s, hook up with all his old dealin' friends, pay people off, do odd favors... and just, the characters this guy runs into... the novel is strong mainly because of the extreme caliber of the characters. Dealers are funny people, interesting people. All of 'em friggin' nuts. The book is chock full of dark-humour and ideal, debaucherous situations. Recommend it, if you can still find it anywhere.

vinylhasmorefun · 08-19-2008, 06:13 PM

Reading Madame Bovary right now.

Kevorkian Logic · 08-19-2008, 07:50 PM

The books i'm reading now:
The Assistant
Rabbit, Run

FireInCairo · 08-19-2008, 07:55 PM

Im currently reading the plague by Albert Camus

adidasss · 08-20-2008, 04:40 AM

Pale fire - Vladimir Nabokov

I was heartbroken when I found out he was a homophobe...

Seltzer · 08-20-2008, 05:35 AM

England - the Autobiography

I'm up to King Alfred the Great saving Angelcynn from the wrath of the Danish vikings. Epic stuff.

sweet_nothing · 08-20-2008, 09:01 PM

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis for the second tme, I need some new books. =\

08-15-2008, 04:10 PM	#584 (permalink)
Wifey Boozer Meanie McFeany Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Troy side'ah the dirt, NY Posts: 455	The Horse Latitudes - Robert Ferrigno. Greaaaaat **in' book. So underrated and didn't get enough recognition. S'about an ex-dealer trying to redeem himself by trying to solve a homicide in which his ex-wife is somehow, mysteriously involved in. And he still loves her... but so, he has to go back through LA's underworld of the late 90s, hook up with all his old dealin' friends, pay people off, do odd favors... and just, the characters this guy runs into... the novel is strong mainly because of the extreme caliber of the characters. Dealers are funny people, interesting people. All of 'em friggin' nuts. The book is chock full of dark-humour and ideal, debaucherous situations. Recommend it, if you can still find it anywhere. __________________ ... Stalin had a FANTASTIC** moustache. Formerly known as the Prime Minister of Spain. [backintheubbr]

08-19-2008, 06:13 PM	#585 (permalink)
vinylhasmorefun Groupie Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: ILLadelpphia, PA Posts: 29	Reading Madame Bovary right now. __________________ http://www.last.fm/user/igetjokes

08-19-2008, 07:50 PM	#586 (permalink)
Kevorkian Logic Imperfectly Perfect Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: North Carolina Posts: 1,290	The books i'm reading now: The Assistant Rabbit, Run __________________ "it is only through a limitless accumulation of the imperfect that a certain type of perfection can be attained"

08-19-2008, 07:55 PM	#587 (permalink)
FireInCairo Later on... Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Melbourne Posts: 1,235	Im currently reading the plague by Albert Camus __________________ O G MUDBONE: Only You can prevent forest fires.

08-20-2008, 04:40 AM	#588 (permalink)
adidasss Slavic gay sauce Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 7,993	Pale fire - Vladimir Nabokov I was heartbroken when I found out he was a homophobe... __________________ “Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle. Last.fm

08-12-2008, 09:47 PM	#582 (permalink)
~~CAPTAIN CAVEMAN~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: VAN Posts: 2,530	read "hard-boiled wonderland and the end of the world" and now reading "kafka on the shore", both by haruki murakami

08-20-2008, 05:35 AM	#589 (permalink)
Seltzer Fish in the percolator! Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Hobbit Land NZ Posts: 2,870	England - the Autobiography I'm up to King Alfred the Great saving Angelcynn from the wrath of the Danish vikings. Epic stuff. __________________ In the Court of King Crimson \| Last.fm \| RYM