what are you reading? - Page 153

afterthefact · 01.05.2013, 03:37 PM

Just finished this:

Moving on to this:

I really don't think I could have picked a better book to follow up. If it's good, that is.

Rob Instigator · 01.07.2013, 08:50 AM

Reading Sandman: Brief Lives

The library I work at has the three volumes of sandman I never read. checked them out!!!!!!!

marleypumpkin · 01.10.2013, 05:08 PM

Dr Chocolate · 01.13.2013, 01:31 AM

finally read the zeppelin book Hammer Of The Gods
read it within 24 hours, which not often that happens
i once read Confusion Is Next in less the 24 hours the first time i read it

next book on the pile i've been meaning to read since x.mas
Iron Man by Toni Iommi

SuchFriendsAreDangerous · 01.13.2013, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

Reading Sandman: Brief Lives

The library I work at has the three volumes of sandman I never read. checked them out!!!!!!!

American Gods is one of the best novels I've read in a long time, epic good. Anasansi Boys was ok, but I have been very interested in what you've got there. I am reading this:

http://ecimages.kobobooks.com/Image....I0tw&Type=Full

Count of Monte Cristo was the first epic and classic novel I ever read, and I've loved Dumas ever since. However I really haven't been able to read the Muskateer serials, but I have finally given this one a third try and its paying off. Not quite as much as I enjoyed The Hunchback of Notre Dame, but still classic Dumas, sensory overload with engagingly witty dialogue and cinematic narration which predated film by a century!

demonrail666 · 01.27.2013, 07:40 PM

James Hannon - Lost Boys of the Bronx

I became interested in (more like obsessed with) the Ducky Boys gang through the book/film The Wanderers and couldn't believe someone had actually a written a bio about them. I didn't even realise they were a real gang. I'm only a couple of chapters in and it's already one of my favourite books.

Sonic Youth 37 · 01.29.2013, 01:41 PM

Rob Instigator · 01.29.2013, 02:25 PM

Talks about all the art that is not covered in the "standard" texts about the Middle Ages. Lots of bawdy stuff!

GravitySlips · 01.29.2013, 03:34 PM

Foundation - Asimov

just started this, the first few pages are GOOD! ! !

Severian · 01.29.2013, 07:58 PM

I have been stopping and starting books for months and nothing's grabbed me by the balls yet. The few I have finished had zero impact.

I'd better find some existentially challenging fiction pretty goddamn quick or I think my soul is going to disappear.

I'm almost in "re-read Lord of the Rings" mode. That's how bad it is.

Shit I hate being in between books. I usually read two or three every couple weeks. It's my solace. But I'm coming up with fuckin nothing!

!@#$%! · 01.29.2013, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Severian

I'd better find some existentially challenging fiction pretty goddamn quick or I think my soul is going to disappear.

did i recommend a day in the life of ivan denisovich? hot damn, that book rules.

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me, i'm reading a bunch of business books...

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thrilling stuff!

Trama · 01.29.2013, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by !@#$%!

me, i'm reading a bunch of business books...

Like what?

!@#$%! · 01.29.2013, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Trama

Like what?

it's kind of funny to find someone here interested in this which is why i didn't post anything at first.

currently this:

someone recommended it to me recently. it's hilarious. also very good.

also looking again at this:

it's a bit "old" (2003!) but it was game changer i think. actually i think it informs the one above.

Trama · 01.29.2013, 09:07 PM

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WILL ELABORATE ON THIS
(have to take off now)

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!@#$%! · 01.29.2013, 09:16 PM

shoot a PM alert if you do cuz i look at this thread rarely

Bytor Peltor · 02.02.2013, 09:43 AM

Picked it up at the end of December, but just getting around to reading it......great YOKOKIMTHURSTON article inside!

Pookie · 02.03.2013, 10:28 AM

Reading this again, seeing's it's free on kindle.

Dr Chocolate · 02.06.2013, 01:16 AM

WATCH YOU BLEED by Stephen Davis (it's the GNR book)
please excuse my bad taste, but it was only $5 for a hardcover
and after reading Stephen Adler's autobiography last fall
i thought that this would be a good one as well
not like i give a fuck about GNR anymore

Severian · 02.06.2013, 08:21 PM

I too have been looting the free selection on Kindle. I've also been "sampling" books and had myself a nice little surprise when I realized that if you accidentally buy the book when trying to sample it, and then cancel the order, the thing will be in your carousel until you close it out. Yeah, that means reading a book in full in one sitting; of just leaving your kindle on and not doing any of the amazing other things it does (bullshit) but I don't mind for free books.

Anyway, the actually free books have given me A Tale of Two Cities to go over again, which I'm doing in small chunks, and Moby Dick.

I know- not supposed to read it until you're 40. Well, I fuckin feel forty, and I'll be forty sooner than I'd like to believe. So fuck it. Great goddamn book, so far.

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01.05.2013, 03:37 PM	#3042
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Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 26,622	Reading Sandman: Brief Lives The library I work at has the three volumes of sandman I never read. checked them out!!!!!!! __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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01.13.2013, 01:31 AM	#3045
Dr Chocolate children of satan Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: woly boly Posts: 284	finally read the zeppelin book Hammer Of The Gods read it within 24 hours, which not often that happens i once read Confusion Is Next in less the 24 hours the first time i read it next book on the pile i've been meaning to read since x.mas Iron Man by Toni Iommi
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01.27.2013, 07:40 PM	#3047
demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 15,774	James Hannon - Lost Boys of the Bronx I became interested in (more like obsessed with) the Ducky Boys gang through the book/film The Wanderers and couldn't believe someone had actually a written a bio about them. I didn't even realise they were a real gang. I'm only a couple of chapters in and it's already one of my favourite books.
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01.29.2013, 02:25 PM	#3049
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 26,622	Talks about all the art that is not covered in the "standard" texts about the Middle Ages. Lots of bawdy stuff! __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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01.29.2013, 03:34 PM	#3050
GravitySlips children of satan Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 290	Foundation - Asimov just started this, the first few pages are GOOD! ! !
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01.29.2013, 07:58 PM	#3051
Severian invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 5,007	I have been stopping and starting books for months and nothing's grabbed me by the balls yet. The few I have finished had zero impact. I'd better find some existentially challenging fiction pretty goddamn quick or I think my soul is going to disappear. I'm almost in "re-read Lord of the Rings" mode. That's how bad it is. Shit I hate being in between books. I usually read two or three every couple weeks. It's my solace. But I'm coming up with fuckin nothing!
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01.29.2013, 09:07 PM	#3055
Trama stalker Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 463	[ WILL ELABORATE ON THIS (have to take off now) ]
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01.29.2013, 09:16 PM	#3056
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars Posts: 32,133	shoot a PM alert if you do cuz i look at this thread rarely
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02.02.2013, 09:43 AM	#3057
Bytor Peltor invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Arlen, Texas Posts: 6,792	Picked it up at the end of December, but just getting around to reading it......great YOKOKIMTHURSTON article inside! __________________ אש זרה Robin Hood is more real than Jesus - Rob Instigator
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02.03.2013, 10:28 AM	#3058
Pookie invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 10,000	Reading this again, seeing's it's free on kindle.
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02.06.2013, 01:16 AM	#3059
Dr Chocolate children of satan Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: woly boly Posts: 284	WATCH YOU BLEED by Stephen Davis (it's the GNR book) please excuse my bad taste, but it was only $5 for a hardcover and after reading Stephen Adler's autobiography last fall i thought that this would be a good one as well not like i give a fuck about GNR anymore
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02.06.2013, 08:21 PM	#3060
Severian invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 5,007	I too have been looting the free selection on Kindle. I've also been "sampling" books and had myself a nice little surprise when I realized that if you accidentally buy the book when trying to sample it, and then cancel the order, the thing will be in your carousel until you close it out. Yeah, that means reading a book in full in one sitting; of just leaving your kindle on and not doing any of the amazing other things it does (bullshit) but I don't mind for free books. Anyway, the actually free books have given me A Tale of Two Cities to go over again, which I'm doing in small chunks, and Moby Dick. I know- not supposed to read it until you're 40. Well, I fuckin feel forty, and I'll be forty sooner than I'd like to believe. So fuck it. Great goddamn book, so far.
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