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08-03-2006, 09:22 AM
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I was recentley in Italy for two weeks, and throughout the various train and plain rides (most of which were fairly long) I knocked out a few books. I read Trainspotting by Irivine Welsh, American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis (again, third time now), a Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess (amazing, goes without saying), as well as Blackwood Farm by Anne Rice which I thought was very good. I'm currently reading Flags of our Fathers by James Bradley, and it's excellent thus far.
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08-03-2006, 10:03 AM
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Just starting Stranger in a Strange Land, looks promising.
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08-03-2006, 10:24 PM
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Just Read
Junky by William S. Burroughs
Mordecai & Me by Joel Yanofsky
Surfacing by Margaret Atwood
Reading
White Teeth by Zadie Smith
The Sporting Life by Mordecai Richler
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Last edited by strangedaze : 08-04-2006 at 11:12 PM.
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08-07-2006, 12:19 PM
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Just finished Prophecy and I've moved on to Destiny, both by Elizabeth Haydon. It's the third book in her series, all of which are very good so far.
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we are wise wise women, we are giggling girls
we both carry a smile to show when we're pleased
both carry a switchblade in our sleeves
- Ani DiFranco, from "If He Tries Anything"
also in "Somplace To Be Flying" by Charles de Lint
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08-07-2006, 05:21 PM
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Right now, I'm reading Naked Lunch by William S. Burrough and I just don't get it.
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08-07-2006, 08:19 PM
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You will, don't sweat it.
I'm reading The Willow Tree by Hubert Selby Jr. and The rules of Attraction by Bret Easton Ellis. Soon to be followed by a complete and utter reading of everything Anne Rice. Not usually my cup of tea (pop fiction, page turner style), but these books are amazing to me, and I personally can't wait.
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08-08-2006, 11:06 AM
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Originally Posted by IamLegend
You will, don't sweat it.
I'm reading The Willow Tree by Hubert Selby Jr. and The rules of Attraction by Bret Easton Ellis. Soon to be followed by a complete and utter reading of everything Anne Rice. Not usually my cup of tea (pop fiction, page turner style), but these books are amazing to me, and I personally can't wait.
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I'm in the middle of Requiem For A Dream by Hubert Selby Jr. Is The Willow Tree good? |
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08-08-2006, 04:20 PM
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"Down and Out in Paris and London" by George Orwell
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08-08-2006, 04:50 PM
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Time's Arrow, Martin Amis
The Fascination Of Evil, Florian Zeller
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08-09-2006, 04:43 AM
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A Cavern Of Black Ice by J.V. Jones and Sourcery by Terry Prachett
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08-13-2006, 10:24 AM
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I've been thinking lately about what influenced my writing style as I grew up, so I've been going back and reading some of the books I did as a kid, out of curiosity.
Lately I've been reading the Animorphs series, which I read in primary school, and I love the feeling of nostalgia it gives me. Those books represent the 90s for me the same way the Back to the Future movies represent the 80s.
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08-13-2006, 10:18 PM
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This weekend I finished A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin, and read The Forever War (which I HIGHLY recommend) by Joe Haldeman.
I think I'm going to hit William Gibson's Idoru or Count Zero next.
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08-13-2006, 10:21 PM
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I'm reading Murder on the Orient Express and Enigma
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08-14-2006, 08:06 AM
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I just finished a collection of stories called The Lost Salt Gift of Blood. Presently working on Dave Bezmozgis' Natasha and Other Stories, and the fabulously outrageous Susan Swan book about the Newfie giantess. Something something 'giant woman of the modern world'.
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08-14-2006, 08:24 AM
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Profound Writer
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Location: Glasgow, UK
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Started The Bridge Of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder this morning and finished it before I got to work. Wasn't all that impressed with it.
I'm now reading fullalove by Gordon Burn.
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