the_grip on 11/11/2009 at 04:39
finally finished A Feast For Crows. The last couple hundred pages were alright, most of the book was counting pages to see how much left I had to trudge.
Just started Blood Meridian and absolutely love it. Two thumbs up.
Scots Taffer on 11/11/2009 at 04:57
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Just started
Blood Meridian and absolutely love it. Two thumbs up.
I'll tune in here to see your verdict by the end, curious.
demagogue on 11/11/2009 at 05:28
I am reading: Metaphors We Live By, by Lakoff and Johnson.
Just a little cognitive linguistics... All part of my long-term plan to build a love-android in my garage.
kidmystik101 on 11/11/2009 at 08:26
Reading Band of Brothers for the 2nd time, then I've gotta go pick up the new Mathew Reilly book. Read the first 20 odd pages, and I so fucking called it.
Fragony on 11/11/2009 at 12:24
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But yeah, it usually does. I was like that about Harry Potter for the longest time, but I eventually gave in and was really glad I did. You have to come to the point where you can just enjoy something because you do, even if a billion other people like it. I readily acknowledge the Rowling is a terrible writer, using worn out fantasy conventions, but there was something about those books that made me comfortable and provided a really enjoyable read. That's all I really care about because nobody's pouring over my book collection telling me what's cool or not. Hell, I'm reading Janet Evanovich stuff right now, totally out of my preferred genre, but I'm enjoying the hell out of them - and they're not at all good from a literary standpoint, completely disposable, pop rubbish. But I look forward to settling in with her characters every night before going to sleep, and that's really what I care about.
I love her writing, it's so fun because the wizard world is so similar to the real one with all the red tape, but also with having to de-gnome your garden and a pissed of willow. It's hilarious.
Currently reading Rubicon by Steven Saylor, never get enough of the roman stuff. Historically enough to not piss me of and a good story.
SubJeff on 11/11/2009 at 12:28
Finally started reading Journey to the West, unabridged version. :sweat:
Aerothorn on 11/11/2009 at 13:39
Okay, now I'm on Broken Angels by Richard Morgan. I liked Altered Carbon well enough, though didn't love it because the "hard-boiled cynicism" was a bit over-the-top, even compared to writers like Chandler, and lacked authenticity. But the pacing was quite good so I had no real complaints. This is pretty much more of the same, so while it's not *bad* I doubt I'll read another book by this author anytime soon.
I'm signed up for a 2.5 weeks long January class that functions as an intense (five days a week, 1.5 hours per session) book club, focusing on Margaret Attwood's The Year of the Flood. Which apparently is a pseudo-sequel to Oryx and Crake, which I've heard good things about, so I'll probably read that over winter break.
Scots Taffer on 11/11/2009 at 13:44
Broken Angels was a bit of a disappointing, though spirited and different enough, follow-up but I found that when I tried to get into Woken Furies it was just too much of the same stylings. It bored me quickly and I never finished it.
the_grip on 11/11/2009 at 17:23
Quote Posted by Scots Taffer
I'll tune in here to see your verdict by the end, curious.
Will do... this is my first McCarthy book, and the change of style is definitely refreshing. I really like the way he captures nuances in dialog and evokes a strong feel just through a few words at a time.
Not too much violence in the story yet... the main character is just now joining the "soldier" group to supposedly go retake Mexico. So I'm not too far into it yet.
Namdrol on 11/11/2009 at 17:28
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Finally started reading Journey to the West, unabridged version. :sweat:
Which translation? Anthony Yu's?
I've read the cut down version, "The Monkey and the Monk" and mean to tackle the full version sometime soon.
But it needs a whole chunk of time.
