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#826

re: Currently Reading (Take 2)

Posted: 9/28/13 at 9:06pm

^ What better way to spend a Saturday night? :)

I'm currently reading The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri.

Being prone to pretension, I sometimes find myself slogging through literary fiction I have no business reading, but this is both very readable and quite moving, so yay.

Beyoncé is not an ally. Actions speak louder than words, Mrs. Carter. #Dubai #$$$

#827

re: Currently Reading (Take 2)

Posted: 9/28/13 at 10:01pm

At the moment I am reading ORDINARY PEOPLE. We had to read it for HS and I ended up loving it. This is my 4th time reading this great book.

So Lauren Bacall me, anything goes! *wink*

#828

re: Currently Reading (Take 2)

Posted: 9/29/13 at 10:15am

#829

re: Currently Reading (Take 2)

Posted: 9/29/13 at 3:52pm

I'm reading a book called So Much for That. It's by Lionel Shriver (We need to talk about Kevin). I'm having a hard time getting through it.

KFTC!!!!!

#830

re: Currently Reading (Take 2)

Posted: 9/29/13 at 11:31pm

Stephen King's new book Doctor Sleep

"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2

#831

re: Currently Reading (Take 2)

Posted: 9/30/13 at 8:51am

Thomas Pynchon's BLEEDING EDGE, a fascinating and funny look at life in NYC in the months before, during and after 9/11.

"If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about the answers." Thomas Pynchon, GRAVITY'S RAINBOW "Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." Philip K. Dick My blog: http://www.roscoewrites.blogspot.com/

#832

re: Currently Reading (Take 2)

Posted: 9/30/13 at 5:53pm

I recently finished the first two books of the Ken Follett "Century" trilogy.
I eagerly await being able to read the third book when it is released.

I couldn't put them down.

"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."

Updated On: 9/30/13 at 05:53 PM

#833

re: Currently Reading (Take 2)

Posted: 9/30/13 at 6:07pm

I don't have much free reading time when I'm teaching, as most of it is taken up with re-reading the texts I've assigned or reading student writing. But I did burn through BLEEDING EDGE pretty quickly when it came out and found it to be Pynchon's best work since MASON AND DIXON, if still not entirely satisfying. I'm teaching both GRAVITY'S RAINBOW and THE CRYING OF LOT 49 this semester, so I'm kind of all-Pynchon all the time, and I felt the need to put other things on hold to give it a read.

I did by THE LOWLAND and I'm going to read it this weekend on a flight.

"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

#834

re: Currently Reading (Take 2)

Posted: 10/1/13 at 8:46am

AC -- I'm a big fan of MASON & DIXON myself, I'm feeling like it is time for another go-round. I liked good old INHERENT VICE a good deal, much more than that AGAINST THE DAY thing which is the one Pynchon that I've just got no interest in re-reading.

#835

re: Currently Reading (Take 2)

Posted: 10/1/13 at 10:11am

I barely finished AGAINST THE DAY once, so I doubt I'll ever tackle it again, and while I enjoyed INHERENT VICE, it doesn't warrant a re-read in my book. BLEEDING EDGE has been on my mind since I finished it, so I'm definitely going to re-read it when I have a little more time to really devote to it.

I love MASON & DIXON and haven't read it in close to a decade. I should definitely make some time to revisit it soon.

#836

re: Currently Reading (Take 2)

Posted: 10/1/13 at 10:58am

I've read INHERENT VICE three times already. Great fun, for my money Pynchon's most entertaining and accessible work since CRYING OF LOT 49.

I'm dreading the upcoming film.

#837

re: Currently Reading (Take 2)

Posted: 10/1/13 at 1:59pm

I will note that Chapter 37 of BLEEDING EDGE contains the most gloriously awful pun I've come across in a while -- involving the gang from Scooby Doo and assorted Colombian drug cartels.

#838

re: Currently Reading (Take 2)

Posted: 10/2/13 at 10:15am

I actually worked on "Mason & Dixon" years ago. I think I still have an advance reader's copy somewhere.

I just finished Rachel Joyce's "The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry." I liked the writing, but I found the rather slender story to be too drawn out, and the big surprise to be not so much of one. But I did enjoy it.

I started "Doctor Sleep" a few days ago; so far it's a perfect October read. (Now if only the weather would cool down again . . . )

Updated On: 10/2/13 at 10:15 AM

#839

re: Currently Reading (Take 2)

Posted: 10/2/13 at 11:59am

I'm almost through CHRISTIAN NATION by Fred Rich. It's a historical fiction work that posits the question what would have happened had McCain won the election...and then died shortly thereafter. The dialogue is a little...unrealistic. But the unfolding political events are expertly captured. It's terrifying and fascinating. I highly recommend, even though there are flaws.

#840

re: Currently Reading (Take 2)

Posted: 10/2/13 at 12:32pm

^^
Too much horror for me!

I'm reading 11/22/63, which I'm enjoying, but am looking forward to Doctor Sleep and may break two rules of mine. Don't read the same author in a row and dont pay full price. I heard it is on sale somewhere, so may pick it up when I'm finished. I'm also jonesing for the new Amy Tan book.

Good to see Spidey on here!

The Alienist is one of my favorite reads of all time! Enjoy Sally!

"Carson has combined his passion for helping children with his love for one of Cincinnati's favorite past times - cornhole - to create a unique and exciting event perfect for a corporate outing, entertaining clients or family fun."

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#841

re: Currently Reading (Take 2)

Posted: 10/2/13 at 1:07pm

^^ 11/22/63 is truly an all-time favorite. I'm not much of a Steven King fan (horror isn't my thing), but the book isn't really all that horror-y, and it moved me to no end.

Next on my list is Seven For a Secret by Lyndsay Faye. I met her at a party once and was smitten with her. I decided to pick up her books The Gods of Gotham and Dust and Shadow because I liked her so much. I really, really enjoyed them...so I'm looking forward to Seven.

#842

re: Currently Reading (Take 2)

Posted: 10/2/13 at 3:30pm

FRACTALS EVERYWHERE by Michael R. Barnsley

It's completely reshaping my view of the universe.

#FactsMatter...your feelings not so much.

#843

re: Currently Reading (Take 2)

Posted: 10/3/13 at 8:14pm

I'm almost done with Lionel's Shriver's So Much for That. This book is almost as depressing as We Need to Talk About Kevin. Maybe even more so. Me thinks Lionel Shriver needs some anti-depressants.

KFTC!!!!!

#844

re: Currently Reading (Take 2)

Posted: 10/4/13 at 2:07pm

11/22/63 is King at his story-telling best. And because it's not really horror, it would probably translate beautifully to film with the right (Ang Lee) director.

"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian

#845

re: Currently Reading (Take 2)

Posted: 10/5/13 at 5:53am

Djibouti - Elmore Leonard
Let the Great World Spin - Collum McCann

#846

re: Currently Reading (Take 2)

Posted: 10/5/13 at 10:21am

Hey Doodle *hugs* I still pop in from time to time lol

11/22/63 is such an amazing book (although it got a little muddy towards the end for me)

Doctor Sleep is SO good so far

"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2

#847

re: Currently Reading (Take 2)

Posted: 1/6/14 at 8:33pm

So did y'all get any nice reading material over the holidays?

I just finished Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis, needless to say a hoot - why did I wait so long to read it?

Just started The Letter For The King, a 1962 book by Dutch writer Tonke Dragt, available only recently for the first time in English. It's lazily described as a Tolkien-esque adventure. Recommended!

Beyoncé is not an ally. Actions speak louder than words, Mrs. Carter. #Dubai #$$$

#848

re: Currently Reading (Take 2)

Posted: 1/6/14 at 9:06pm

Currently Reading......

Currently Reading (Take 2)

"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2

#849

re: Currently Reading (Take 2)

Posted: 1/6/14 at 9:06pm

Double Trouble

"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2

Updated On: 1/6/14 at 09:06 PM

#850

re: Currently Reading (Take 2)

Posted: 1/6/14 at 10:38pm

I received an advance copy of E.L. Doctorow's new novel "Andrew's Brain".

I'm going to an evening with the author in a couple of weeks, and I'm very much looking forward to it!

"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."

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