#31
FNYANKEZ wrote:
Squall wrote:
I WAS reading Diary By palahniuk but It’s not as ” catchy ” as his other books and im struggling to be entertained by it. I need to finish it though.
I didnt like choke much either…i took it back.
I agree, Choke wasn’t very good.. In Diary you’ll get the idea of where it’s going pretty soon into it. But the end has a nice twist.
Posted on Thu, 14 October 2004 at 23:50
#32
(FIN) King Alcohol (Sami) wrote:
H. P. Lovecraft - Shadow from the past.
Posted on Fri, 15 October 2004 at 07:35
#33
motherh666 wrote:
I cannot stand HP Lovecraft. I have tried reading several of his books and they all end up being the same “horror” drivvle.
Scene 1. Man finds out about some kind of secret somewhere.
Scene 2. Man goes to small recluse village of said secret.
Scene 3. Man feels something is amiss in said village.
Scene 4. Man is chased by Cthullu himself and driven to madness.
The end.
Sorry but I haven’t read one good book by him yet, they are all about the necrenomicon and Cthullu and evil sects and I got incredibly bored with them.
on another note. ‘Tokyo’ by Mo Hayden is incredibly good.
Posted on Fri, 15 October 2004 at 07:49
#34
allroy wrote:
marja wrote:
And making love with a lot of imagination is a lot more fun than thinking to hard about it :)
Agree, but never said anything against that.
Women and reading…:rolleyes:
Anyway, it’s nice that Shakespeare’s in this thread more often than some Belgian muggel can stand. :p
Posted on Fri, 15 October 2004 at 07:55
#35
marja (sinner) wrote:
yeah, I’m a cultural barbarian :rolleyes:
I have favourite plays but there flemish plays so I would leave you out of the conversation in talking about that. You know I would never do that ;)
Posted on Fri, 15 October 2004 at 08:21
#36
allroy wrote:
marja wrote:
So I would leave you out of the conversation in talking about that. You know I would never do that ;)
You’ve just disappointed a lot of people here. It would have kept some threads safe from being hijacked. ;)
Anyway, you’re not a barbarian as your musical taste is way better than your literary (except Glenn Medeiros, of course).
***Oops, weekend coming closer, plus three days off at the start of next week make me go soft again***
Posted on Fri, 15 October 2004 at 08:31
#37
marja (sinner) wrote:
don’t mock him. you’re just jealous of his hair :p
Posted on Fri, 15 October 2004 at 08:36
#38
allroy wrote:
As a huge Pixies fan my only hair model can be Frank Black…
…and I’m getting close. :)
Posted on Fri, 15 October 2004 at 08:43
#39
Dermot (The Derm) wrote:
My favourite Shakespeare is Hamlet, defo.
I think HP Lovecraft is class! Try reading stuff that isn’t from the Cthullu series (I haven’t read any of those). Something like his short story ‘The Outsider’.
Posted on Fri, 15 October 2004 at 11:36
#40
FNYANKEZ wrote:
Dermot wrote:
My favourite Shakespeare is Hamlet, defo.
I think HP Lovecraft is class! Try reading stuff that isn’t from the Cthullu series (I haven’t read any of those). Something like his short story ‘The Outsider’.
Cool Air is a cool story as well..pardon the pun
Posted on Sat, 16 October 2004 at 00:49
#41
3ddo-on-the-balcony (eddo) wrote:
Posted on Sat, 16 October 2004 at 01:02
#42
Shra-Mee wrote:
Well I go for Charles Bukowski. Especially the short stories.
Posted on Sat, 16 October 2004 at 12:03
#43
Reverend Savage? wrote:
Quote (author unknown):
I’m reading The inner game of music (nicely recommended by a kind member of the WoM). It really is great.
Hey Marja, Glad to be of service.:)
I often read several books at once (while listening to music and checking out the teletext on the TV, I might add, but that’s another story). Currently I’m re-reading ‘Chaos’ by James Gleich and ‘A criminal history of Mankind’ by Colin Wilson. It’s got me thinking about whther chaos theory can be applied to criminality in any meaningful way.
Anybody got any suggestions for other simultaneous reads?
‘Life of Pi’ with ‘The curious incident of the dog in the night time’ was another good one…
Posted on Sat, 16 October 2004 at 12:19
#44
allroy wrote:
I also read at least two books simultaneously, usually one fiction, the other non-fiction (plus some music papers at the beginning of the month).
I think books about quantum mechanics (Brian Greene - The elegant universe) go well together with love stories (Keith Lowe - New free chocolate sex). :)
Posted on Sun, 17 October 2004 at 10:11
#45
rocking roxy wrote:
i could never read two books in once, as i’m normally that “deep” in one book, that it’s to hard to concentrate on s.th else…and knowing me i would mix up the stories :)
…but unfortunately i couldn’t read any book for ages, as i don’t see the time for it at the moment :(
Posted on Sun, 17 October 2004 at 10:53
#46
marja (sinner) wrote:
for simultaneous reading i suggest you read the age of spiritual machines by ray kurzweil. A great book that really makes you think. And also a bit difficult to get, but once you get all the physics laws, it’s good reading.
this togheter with some stephen king.
For me a very good combination :)
Posted on Mon, 18 October 2004 at 07:47
#47
Flavia wrote:
I’m reading to books at the moment: one about >Spanish legends and another one about anxiety and panick attacks ( yes, i do get them most of the time :rolleyes: )
Posted on Tue, 19 October 2004 at 02:14
#48
realityfuck (Richard Splash) wrote:
Just started ‘Blood & Gold’ by Anne Rice. I love her vampire books.
Flavia, which book are you reading about Spanish legends?
Posted on Tue, 19 October 2004 at 02:46
#49
Sir Kyle wrote:
Henry Rollins “Get In The Van”. (Black Flag biography).
Posted on Tue, 19 October 2004 at 14:47
#50
Reverend Savage? wrote:
allroy wrote:
I also read at least two books simultaneously, usually one fiction, the other non-fiction (plus some music papers at the beginning of the month).
I think books about quantum mechanics (Brian Greene - The elegant universe) go well together with love stories (Keith Lowe - New free chocolate sex). :)
The elegant universe is a fantastic read - I read it simultaneously with ‘baby I don’t care’ - a biography of Robert Mitchum. It seemed to work in a strange way…
Posted on Tue, 19 October 2004 at 16:46
#51
Flavia wrote:
Posted on Tue, 19 October 2004 at 22:55
#52
trigger wrote:
3ddo-on-the-balcony wrote:
I do. The Da Vinci Code opposes to almost everything on which christianity is based. It’s the same as the commotion about the film The Last Temtation of Christ. I think the popy-the-vatican-man is not pleased with this novel. Well, I hope he isn’t :D
actually i think that brown just uses things already told by others and he presents them as facts. i guess this is what excites people. but i personally could care less whether jesus was married to that chick or if he even existed. as a book though it’s just average, there are hundrends like it coming out every year.
p.s. the last tempation is a book by nikos kazantzakis and he got excommunicated for writing it. scorceze’s film was based on it.
Posted on Wed, 20 October 2004 at 19:47
#53
Dennis wrote:
Title: Whadddya readin’?
Currently halfway through the massive Rolling Stones biog Old Gods Almost Dead. Terrible title, great book. Prologue is really pretentious, but once the book starts it is very well written and in depth without being drawn-out and dull.
I also recommend:
John Lydon - Rotten: No Irish No Blacks No Dogs
Motley Crue - The Dirt
Whasisname (!) - Dear Boy: The Life of Keith Moon
Also just read Memoirs of an Unfit Mother by Anne Robinson (I kid you not). Very interesting read, indeed.
Posted on Thu, 21 October 2004 at 10:11
#54
motherh666 wrote:
Sir Kyle wrote:
Henry Rollins “Get In The Van”. (Black Flag biography).
I got the ‘Best of’ his writing and it is some seriously angry, sometimes touching stuff. I can really recommend some Hank Rollins stuff to the wombles.
Posted on Thu, 21 October 2004 at 10:37
#55
Citizen Erased wrote:
Still reading the Perfect Storm, am a quarter of the way through it, but at least now they’ve actually gone out in the boat. Either the last Jean M Auel book or the new Pratchett will be next.
Posted on Thu, 21 October 2004 at 10:47
#56
hoochalobster (Sarah) Super Moderator wrote:
The film was really crap, I hope the book serves you better :)
Posted on Thu, 21 October 2004 at 19:28
#57
FNYANKEZ wrote:
yeah, what a disaster! (insert drum-fill here)
Posted on Thu, 21 October 2004 at 21:10
#58
allroy wrote:
hoochalobster wrote:
The film was really crap, I hope the book serves you better :)
The book’s way better than the movie as it’s written in a documentary style.
Posted on Thu, 21 October 2004 at 21:24
#59
Flo wrote:
3ddo-on-the-balcony wrote:
I just finished ‘The Da Vinci Code’ by Dan Brown, a brilliant book, and just started ‘Dude, where’s my country’ by Michael Moore.
I am reading the Da Vinci Code at the moment, it is very good so far!
Posted on Fri, 22 October 2004 at 17:27
#60
gf. wrote:
Last one was Brass by Helen Walsh. Let’s just say the Liverpool accent made it easier to read.. Onto Antwerp now.
Posted on Fri, 22 October 2004 at 21:38
