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Terrible Lizard 12-06-2008 01:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Obdurate (Post 558598)
You know, I appreciate Blood Meridian but didn't really like it that much. It's beautifully written, but I just couldn't get into it. I want to read the Road because I figure it's more my thing.

Right now I'm reading Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet by Joanne Proulx right now. It's probably the type of book I need to break me out of my reading slump. Nothing too hard, with an interesting story. It would be death at this point to jump into something like James Joyce or War & Peace, etc.
Sometimes you have to read the hard stuff, it makes your reading more vibrant and you learn from it. I prefer pulp and hardboiled fiction to almost everything, but I still read the hard **** because it makes the experience have a realistic edge. Reading difficult or vague works like McCarthy sharpens the mind. :band:

Obdurate 12-06-2008 02:08 PM
Indeed it does, but there is definitely a time and a place for it. If I was to read hard book after hard book I'd go nuts. I read through Infinite Jest and then afterwards I read a Kevin Smith book just because my brain needed a break with something simple and entertaining.

I just realized that earlier I said "right now" in a really redundant way. Funny.

Pornographie Nouveau 12-06-2008 02:34 PM
Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre

Surell 12-06-2008 10:50 PM
I just knocked out Batman: The Killing Joke. God damn that was good. Alan Moore is beast.

sleepy jack 12-06-2008 10:51 PM
JJJ, I'll need more time to find the Idiot.

Roygbiv 12-06-2008 11:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Pornographie Nouveau (Post 558872)
Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre
Ludmilla's Broken English is a bad idea. Just warning you.

Pornographie Nouveau 12-07-2008 07:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Roygbiv (Post 559239)
Ludmilla's Broken English is a bad idea. Just warning you.
Haven't read it. Why though?

LOOMER 12-07-2008 07:49 AM
Currently reading "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote. Brilliant, so far.

Roygbiv 12-07-2008 10:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Pornographie Nouveau (Post 559376)
Haven't read it. Why though?
He tried to be cool by writing almost unreadable prose. There's also a lot of incest/rape, which isn't bad if it makes sense within the story, but I didn't read far enough to see where he would take it.

The point is the prose. I bought it at bargain price for $4.99 and refunded it a day later : P

AshuhLee 12-07-2008 10:26 AM
Dave Barry's Money secrets by... you guessed it! Dave Barry.
It's a hilarious book. I am in love.


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