What are you reading right now?

**Frownland** · 04-01-2021, 08:37 AM

Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo

Insane narrative structure that flows through different perspectives, memories, desires, and lingering conversations of a ghost town. The writing is minimal but very vibrant, it kept making me think that it's the book equivalent of a colourful mexican/southwestern style landscape painting (though thematically it's bleak). These hundredish pages pack in pretty much the whole of Páramo's and the town's life in a way that transcends time.

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As he tried to lift his left hand, it dropped like lead to his knees, but he thought nothing of it. He was used to seeing some part of him die every day. He watched the leaves falling from the Paradise tree. "They all follow the same road. They all go away."

The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon

Can confirm: Southern California is riddled with literal Nazis and it becomes very obvious when you're on LSD in the city.

Kind of expected to end how it did with the way the details unraveled into more complex knots. What a ****in ride though.

**Marie Monday** · 04-03-2021, 02:11 PM

I'm reading The Brothers Karamazov now and man does Dostoevsky have zero chill. Also, no spoilers yet please (I'm still halfway through) but if anyone has opinions on who committed the murder do share them by all means

Tristan_Geoff · 04-03-2021, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Marie Monday

I'm reading The Brothers Karamazov now and man does Dostoevsky have zero chill. Also, no spoilers yet please (I'm still halfway through) but if anyone has opinions on who committed the murder do share them by all means

It was Phil Specter

**Marie Monday** · 04-07-2021, 09:35 AM

I did it guys. I got myself Proust's complete In Search of Lost Time. That's gonna be a hell of a ride.

Ps obviously I'll still be part of the book club, I guess I'll read other books in between volumes anyway

Pps I finished the Brothers Karamazov and I don't know why I was told beforehand that the murderer's identity is unknown but it's clearly that bitch Smerdyakov

adidasss · 04-07-2021, 10:33 AM

Dayum dude. Good luck with that. I tried to read the first part some 10-15 years ago. Couldn't get past the first chapter. Maybe I wasn't in the right mood. It's definitely on my to-do list. Rooting for you!

Currently going through:

The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy

Felt like reading something from the subcontinent. Quite an original writing style. Starts off quite confusing but then catches up. Remains to be seen if it pays off in the end.

Trollheart · 04-28-2021, 06:10 AM

The Lizard King by Jerry Hopkins. I'm not enjoying it at all. I'm no fan of the Doors (don't mind them; listen to the expected songs but never sit through a full album and I don't really like their music style) and the more I read about Morrison the more I find he was an arrogant, cruel and vain ****. A very nasty man. May have been a genius, but in my book that doesn't give you licence to be a prick. About halfway through; can't wait for it to be over.

TheBig3 · 04-28-2021, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by adidasss

Felt like reading something from the subcontinent. Quite an original writing style. Starts off quite confusing but then catches up. Remains to be seen if it pays off in the end.

An ex-gf had this, and I somehow ended up with it in the breakup. Looking forward to your review.

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I think he was making a joke about the band...?

He was. I was ignoring a joke about the band.

SGR · 04-28-2021, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Marie Monday

Pps I finished the Brothers Karamazov and I don't know why I was told beforehand that the murderer's identity is unknown but it's clearly that bitch Smerdyakov

God! Spoiler alert!

**Marie Monday** · 04-28-2021, 02:03 PM

SGR · 04-28-2021, 02:29 PM

Won't be so funny once I ruin Leviticus for ya.

04-07-2021, 10:33 AM	#7215 (permalink)
adidasss Slavic gay sauce Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 7,993	Dayum dude. Good luck with that. I tried to read the first part some 10-15 years ago. Couldn't get past the first chapter. Maybe I wasn't in the right mood. It's definitely on my to-do list. Rooting for you! Currently going through: The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy Felt like reading something from the subcontinent. Quite an original writing style. Starts off quite confusing but then catches up. Remains to be seen if it pays off in the end. __________________ “Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle. Last.fm

04-28-2021, 06:10 AM	#7216 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,994	The Lizard King by Jerry Hopkins. I'm not enjoying it at all. I'm no fan of the Doors (don't mind them; listen to the expected songs but never sit through a full album and I don't really like their music style) and the more I read about Morrison the more I find he was an arrogant, cruel and vain ***. A very nasty man. May have been a genius, but in my book that doesn't give you licence to be a prick. About halfway through; can't wait for it to be over. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018*

04-28-2021, 02:29 PM	#7220 (permalink)
SGR No Ice In My Bourbon Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: /dev/null Posts: 4,327	Won't be so funny once I ruin Leviticus for ya.