Fancy Book Reading

Ninny · Post by **Ninny** » 20 Aug 2014, 13:53

I got this thing so I might become the art snob I always wanted to be. I also have Danny Kopec-Practical Middlegame Techniques, I will never lose another chess game

Now time and energy
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User · Post by **User** » 20 Aug 2014, 16:16

That looks interesting.

I suck at chess.

I am reading:

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agony bagony · Post by **agony bagony** » 20 Aug 2014, 16:45

a hunger by lucie brock-broido

consider the lobster by dfw

at large and at small by anne fadiman

User · Post by **User** » 20 Aug 2014, 16:51

Also I have been reading Ulysses by James Joyce for about four months.

agony bagony · Post by **agony bagony** » 20 Aug 2014, 17:02

Abzu · Post by **Abzu** » 20 Aug 2014, 18:13

I'm back on that Ted Hughes biography

agony bagony · Post by **agony bagony** » 20 Aug 2014, 18:29

an oven cleaning manual?

Abzu · Post by **Abzu** » 20 Aug 2014, 18:44

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-M- · Post by **-M-** » 21 Aug 2014, 01:09

S.V. Naipaul - India: A Million Mutinies Now

deckard · Post by **deckard** » 24 Aug 2014, 15:36

reading this currently, not as good as the author previous book

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Ninny · Post by **Ninny** » 24 Aug 2014, 16:50

What do you think of Giroud Toozey? He scored an important equaliser yesterday

But during a season he could use some more goals.

deckard · Post by **deckard** » 24 Aug 2014, 17:33

[quote="Ninny"]
What do you think of Giroud Toozey? He scored an important equaliser yesterday

But during a season he could use some more goals.
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He scored 22 last season and had over 10 assists I think. I like him but sometimes he is infuriating. He definitely gives us a focal point and he brings in other runners with his hold up play.

Haunty · Post by **Haunty** » 25 Aug 2014, 04:11

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a hunger by lucie brock-broido

consider the lobster by dfw

at large and at small by anne fadiman
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http://culturepulp.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8354d066f69e2015434bbe112970c-pi

User · Post by **User** » 25 Aug 2014, 06:04

Totally agree with this thesis. A cop out? Yeah, probably. But people cop out all the time. If we didn't life would be nasty, brutish and short.

Abzu · Post by **Abzu** » 25 Aug 2014, 10:06

[quote="User"]
Totally agree with this thesis. A cop out? Yeah, probably. But people cop out all the time. If we didn't life would be nasty, brutish and short.
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I'm in a course on death this semester. I will read this.

Abzu · Post by **Abzu** » 25 Aug 2014, 10:06

This Ted Hughes biography starts out slooow.

I wonder if it will remain barely interesting right up until he meets Plath.

Verbal · Post by **Verbal** » 25 Aug 2014, 12:35

[quote="Abzu"]

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Totally agree with this thesis. A cop out? Yeah, probably. But people cop out all the time. If we didn't life would be nasty, brutish and short.
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I'm in a course on death this semester. I will read this.

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what

Paste Human · Post by **Paste Human** » 25 Aug 2014, 15:55

Not too far into it yet, but so far it's funny and interesting in a way that only William S. Burroghs could be.

agony bagony · Post by **agony bagony** » 25 Aug 2014, 17:04

[quote="Haunty"]

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a hunger by lucie brock-broido

consider the lobster by dfw

at large and at small by anne fadiman
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http://culturepulp.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8354d066f69e2015434bbe112970c-pi

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old, but still funny

User · Post by **User** » 29 Aug 2014, 07:13

http://everybookandcranny.files.wordpre ... emarch.jpg

agony bagony · Post by **agony bagony** » 30 Aug 2014, 10:38

i've wanted to read that for ages

User · Post by **User** » 01 Sep 2014, 06:59

It's good but I can only do thirty pages or so in a sitting before I get restless. It's not a page turner. But I am enjoying it.

Abzu · Post by **Abzu** » 03 Sep 2014, 06:26

I had an hour to kill before class today, so I popped in to the last remaining book shop in town (a Bookmobile used book shop). I scored Tropic of Capricorn (H.Miller), Plexus - The Rosy Crucifixion pt 2 (H.Miller, I need to find Sexus and Nexus now), and Blood Meridian (C.McCarthy). I've had my eyes open for your McCarthy recommendations, Dutnis, in that shop since. Glad to see one of them pop up.

$3.75 each

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Verbal · Post by **Verbal** » 03 Sep 2014, 06:32

books

Inverted Crosses And Gorebongs · 04 Sep 2014, 01:56

Reading Clive Barker's "Books of Blood" Volumes 4-6 (thank you again, Tam for the thoughtful gift). I realized reading short stories is the way to go for me when it comes to books.

If any of you hoes can suggest good short story collections, please do so.

Ninny · Post by **Ninny** » 04 Sep 2014, 02:37

Abzu · Post by **Abzu** » 04 Sep 2014, 04:52

[quote="Inverted Crosses And Gorebongs"]
Reading Clive Barker's "Books of Blood" Volumes 4-6 (thank you again, Tam for the thoughtful gift). I realized reading short stories is the way to go for me when it comes to books.

If any of you hoes can suggest good short story collections, please do so.
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After barreling through Hellbound Heart, I've been dyyyying to get a hold of Books of Blood.

Inverted Crosses And Gorebongs · 04 Sep 2014, 06:56

Get 'em, baybay!

Abzu · Post by **Abzu** » 04 Sep 2014, 07:59

TamPron · Post by **TamPron** » 10 Sep 2014, 17:31

[quote="Inverted Crosses And Gorebongs"]
Reading Clive Barker's "Books of Blood" Volumes 4-6 (thank you again, Tam for the thoughtful gift). I realized reading short stories is the way to go for me when it comes to books.

If any of you hoes can suggest good short story collections, please do so.
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You're welcome

Now I need a copy...

I also suggest any Stephen King short story collection.

agony bagony · Post by **agony bagony** » 10 Sep 2014, 22:59

can't and won't

by lydia davis

Terfos · Post by **Terfos** » 10 Sep 2014, 23:27

http://www.survival-spot.com/survival-blog/hidden-in-plain-sight/

Holocaust · Post by **Holocaust** » 15 Sep 2014, 13:56

James Carville and Paul Begala's co-book

agony bagony · Post by **agony bagony** » 15 Sep 2014, 19:10

how's that one

User · Post by **User** » 30 Sep 2014, 06:46

I finally finished Middlemarch and was very pleased with it. Its slow start is entirely down to its period. I would have preferred slightly less society and slightly more politics but it isn't really that kind of book; it's about the personal, the social institutions.

I have started one of the canon of concocting books now:

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And I am most of the way through this, which is an excellent read but a little bit rambling, I would have preferred more structure:

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agony bagony · Post by **agony bagony** » 03 Oct 2014, 15:39

i am almost done with lydia davis' only novel

might even finish it today, after grading things

but what to read next

User · Post by **User** » 07 Oct 2014, 04:43

http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1388789153l/9833.jpg

Grudge · Post by **Grudge** » 08 Oct 2014, 02:01

Not exactly about reading, but I had a eureka moment of clarity for writing this book I was stuck at structurally. Now I know the structure of my book. Book writing is tough stuff. My pace is very very slow. Stephen King wrote somewhere that writers should be writing something like 2000 words a day. That's crazy. I could never write that much a day, unless I was really pissed off/angry about something. Then again, maybe being pissed off is the key.

User · Post by **User** » 08 Oct 2014, 04:18

Yeah, it's a bitch. I wrote the draft of a novel this year and while I enjoyed it at times it was also difficult. It's no masterpiece, but I know what I need to do to get it into shape. It's just finding the right space and time in which to do it, especially when you're working full time and have other commitments outside the forty-hour week.

Grudge · Post by **Grudge** » 08 Oct 2014, 06:26

The real challenge for me has been the discipline. You have to treat writing like a job. Between my current job, the articles I write, the entertainment, and all the stuff I do, finding the time and motivation to sit for 3-4 hours straight and have razor sharp focus has been a challenge. Maybe we need a separate thread for this: writing. Writing is a whole different hobby and I've been doing a lot of that (and will keep on doing a lot of it).

User · Post by **User** » 11 Oct 2014, 06:11

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Verbal · Post by **Verbal** » 11 Oct 2014, 15:24

it seems totally ridiculous to me for people to think they can know with any reasonable certainty anything about some particular person who supposedly lived two thousand years ago. the only thing i think we can be sure about is that there were people alive 2000 years ago

Verbal · Post by **Verbal** » 11 Oct 2014, 15:24

apart from jesus, because obviously he is real

Holocaust · Post by **Holocaust** » 11 Oct 2014, 16:03

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How's this? Been seeing the author a lot lately.

Ninny · Post by **Ninny** » 11 Oct 2014, 20:18

I started on Ray Bradbury-Fahrenheit 451

User · Post by **User** » 13 Oct 2014, 04:58

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Holocaust" data-cid="513866" data-time="1413020013">How's this? Been seeing the author a lot lately.</blockquote>

It is a fucking good read, highly recommended

- simple, straightforward and puts everything in context

Only 200 pages, so pretty short. Then it has a hundred pages of notes outlining references and alternative theories.

I can confidently say I now know stuff about Jesus "the Man" as opposed to "the Idea" of which I continue to be pleasantly ignorant

Now I am reading this:

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Inverted Crosses And Gorebongs · 14 Oct 2014, 07:40

I am having a hard time enjoying that Clive Barker collection previously mentioned. Maybe I need to be in the mood for it, but it's not grabbing my attention as expected. So...short story collections? Any recs? And Tam yes, I've read some Stephen King short story books and they are great.

TamPron · Post by **TamPron** » 14 Oct 2014, 08:06

Also try Richard Matheson.

scunt. · Post by **scunt.** » 14 Oct 2014, 08:08

still crawling through this while on the toilet

agony bagony · Post by **agony bagony** » 15 Oct 2014, 22:40

jane: a murder

by maggie nelson