What are you reading? What was the last book you enjoyed?

Hipcheck said:
That it was! Would probably consider reading more from the author.
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M & M is Bulgakov's masterpiece, so nothing is going to quite measure up, but I would also highly recommend this:

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This was a tremendous disappointment. The first 3rd was sooooo promising. But this book reminded me so much of MAD MAX:BEYOND THUNDERDOME. The story shifted too much and the bulk of the book was spent on a group of really mediocre indistinguishable characters. I hold out hope that the proposed 2nd and 3rd books in the trilogy can capitalize on the potential of the beginning of this story. Heartbreaking.

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This is so much better. Mayberry is quickly becoming my go-to author. These books are wierd...very military meets zombies...but scientifically sound as far as explaining the zombification as a genetic mutation/plague. Overall, it makes you wonder how far governments will go as far as genetic warfare.

And apparently the Joe Ledger books have been optioned for a tv show.
 
So it is summer so it is time to read some entertaining, if not far fetched stuff. So I just finished while on my fishing trip in Alaska no less:

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And have decided to read Alt3n's follow-up:

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A little cheesy but worth a read if you are looking for pure entertainment.
 
when talking about books that we last enjoyed, i forgot to mention that i'm about the dive back into my Haruki Murakami collection and thought that if you hadn't read either Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World or The Wind-up Bird Chronicle, do yourself a BIG favor.

i personally think Murakami is one of the most gifted writers or our generation.
 
gescom said:
when talking about books that we last enjoyed, i forgot to mention that i'm about the dive back into my Haruki Murakami collection and thought that if you hadn't read either Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World or The Wind-up Bird Chronicle, do yourself a BIG favor.

i personally think Murakami is one of the most gifted writers or our generation.
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I have almost all of his books in Russian translation, and just need to get to them, which I've been trying to for months now.
 
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This book is a masterpiece in every sense of the word. It's extremely long (750+ pages), extremely dense, extremely complex (400+ characters), and extremely vile in parts, but if you have the patience to tackle this book you won't be disappointed. Highly recommended to any literature fan.
 
Currently flipping back and forth between these two (both good reads):

Waiting For The Sun: Strange Days, Weird Scenes & The Sound Of Los Angeles - Barney Hoskyns

Soccernomics: Why England Loses, Why Germany and Brazil Win, and Why the U.S., Japan, Australia, Turkey--and Even Iraq--Are Destined to Become the Kings of the World's Most Popular Sport
- Simon Kuper, Stefan Szymanski
 
gescom said:
that was so hard to read... i was exhausted after i finally finished it.
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yea, it really was a challenge, but ironically I did find it hard to put down in spite of its denseness, and I really want to read it again. There was just too much to digest in one readthrough.
 
I have only read one Pynchon book, "The Crying of Lot 49," well, because it was on of my required reading lists for a class, and I didn't know what the hell was going on, lol!

I just remember some woman's boyfriend dying and then her discovering some vast conspiracy.

So I can only imagine attempting to make it through a longer Pynchon book like "Gravity's Rainbow."

And yet, I made it through Joyce's "Ulysses." :O

But our teacher walked it through it and so did Jameson whiskey, lol!

"Ulysses" is pretty bipolar, however. Some chapters go down well, but others, are like, well, wtf? I got through it, but I won't dare attempt it soon. Let alone "Finnegan's Wake."

Joyce and Pynchon > most of us...

Or are they just crazy? ;)
 
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Reading this right now...very odd, almost abstract short stories by the writer of PONTYPOOL* Tony Burgess.


*I have pimped the movie version of this on multiple threads...check this movie out folks. Great atmosphere/acting/sound design contribute to one of the most effective 'zombie-esque' horror flicks i have seen.
 
"House of Leaves," it's really unsettling which makes it a great read. I do suggest reading in at night, it just makes it 10xbetter.
 
orpheus said:
And yet, I made it through Joyce's "Ulysses." :O



"Ulysses" is pretty bipolar, however. Some chapters go down well, but others, are like, well, wtf? I got through it, but I won't dare attempt it soon. Let alone "Finnegan's Wake."
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Is that "O" face you put there on purpose or just ironic? All I remember from Ulysses is some chick 'bating while she was thinking about her husband who wasn't around (maybe at the War?). :D And let me just tell you, how awkward it is to have your male history teacher point out some chick diddling her nub when you go to an all girls school...
 
BoobyTrap said:
Is that "O" face you put there on purpose or just ironic? All I remember from Ulysses is some chick 'bating while she was thinking about her husband who wasn't around (maybe at the War?). :D And let me just tell you, how awkward it is to have your male history teacher point out some chick diddling her nub when you go to an all girls school...
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Talk slower...:popcorn:
 
BoobyTrap said:
Is that "O" face you put there on purpose or just ironic? All I remember from Ulysses is some chick 'bating while she was thinking about her husband who wasn't around (maybe at the War?). :D And let me just tell you, how awkward it is to have your male history teacher point out some chick diddling her nub when you go to an all girls school...
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You see, if I was that teacher, well, I would had skipped that chapter. Let cliff notes explain diddling to students. mhihi:
 
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