what book are you reading at the moment?

[chicag0]

I just finished The Kite Runner I'll probably start Steven King's It or Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian next.

 

[makemlaugh2003]

I realize I come off like I don't read much more than beer bottle labels...

...but lo and behold, the T-to the I-to the makes the lady 'lees say EEEEEEEEE actually DOES crack open written manuscripts from time to time (and, ironically, also Time). The last book I finished was actually a reread, the classic Thomas Harris thriller "The Silence of the Lambs." I honestly believe that this is the only novel in existence that has been made into a popular motion picture where I have only read the book and not actually seen the film. It's a classic yarn, to be sure, though the idea of the book always DOES leave me a bit bitter. For as a wee lad of but nineteen precocious years of age back in the year 19(ahemahem), I submitted to the very same publisher a similarly gripping tale called "The Silence of the Bunny Rabbits." Summarily rejected was my faithful, harrowing would-be masterpiece, on some idiotic grounds that "bunny rabbits never actually DO make any noise," or some such. A year later, Harris hit the top of the best-seller list with an obvious rip-off. But one day, mark my words, I shall seek out this Harris character, wave my original manuscript in the air and sneer, "Recognize THIS, cheater?" and then bludgeon him about the facial and neck regions with a Garden Weasel. And then, at long, long last, I shall hear the triumphant rejoicing of bunny rabbits everywhere.

 

[melanie2]

Of course it was sad... could that novel have ended any other way? And it was rendered so beautifully and so brilliantly.

When you said the ending was "not good," did you just mean it didn't end felicitously? I thought you meant you didn't like the ending. I agree that the ending is sad, Tom Joad's pledge to fight for justice and Rose of Sharon's gesture of indomitable humanity notwithstanding, but it was also fantastic. Kind of like the ending to "King Lear." Not a feelgood laugh riot, but brilliantly done.

right..i meant the ending was so sad...and of course i didn't like the ending..but ah yes..it was beautifully written..and you could feel the author's own bitterness at the plight of these fearless, but unfortunate people..it was a sad sad time in our history, to push off these families so inhumanely..

Wade..you intrigue me..

 

[Wade1]

Wade..you intrigue me..

O yeah, you bet... I am nothing if not intriguing. I'm renowned for my intriguingnessitude.

 

[kopfhorer1]

I just found the book-on-CD-version of The Nanny Diaries in a thrift shop. I guess I've got a soft spot for expose's about working conditions in the service industries.

 

[melanie2]

"Hawaii" by James Michener..my third or fourth time reading this wonderfully descriptive and sometimes cruel novel..

 

[FeatherDaemon1]

I just dug out my Nightmares & Dreamscapes by Steven King. There's some good stories in there.

 

[HotCat1230]

I don't read books...

I WRITE THEM!!!

I have six different books on different genres.

They can be found at this link.

www.lulu.com/jeremycarter

Please enjoy!!

P.S. I recommend Jermaine Youngblood and the Golden Pirates. That is one of my best pieces.

 

[sisko1821821]

last book i read, power of now by eckhart tolle

helps you forget the past, and focus on NOW

 

[melanie2]

The Shell Seekers by Rosamond Pilcher. She is a genius at writing descriptive characters and imagery.

 

[melanie2]

Just finished A Southern Exposure by Alice Adams, and Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin..am now reading Sphinx by Robin Cook for the millionth time..

 

[ticklewolf89]

Considering the fact that I'm a writing major, I'm reading multiple books at once. Right now I'm reading "My Sister's Keeper" by Jodi Picoult, "My Life" by Lyn Heijinian, "Stop Time" by Frank Conroy, "Lunch Poems" by Frank O'Hara, "Hamlet" by Shakespeare (my homeboy haha), and "The Perks Of Being A Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky.

How I manage not to confuse each of the stories is beyond me.

 

[melanie2]

Considering the fact that I'm a writing major, I'm reading multiple books at once. Right now I'm reading "My Sister's Keeper" by Jodi Picoult, "My Life" by Lyn Heijinian, "Stop Time" by Frank Conroy, "Lunch Poems" by Frank O'Hara, "Hamlet" by Shakespeare (my homeboy haha), and "The Perks Of Being A Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky.

How I manage not to confuse each of the stories is beyond me.

hey hey i read multiple books at the same time also...nice to see there are others out there..but that many hmm no lol

 

[ticklewolf89]

Eh, I'm just a nut. It's all right, though. I have accepted this fact, and moved on. 🙂

 

[Dr. Bill Kobb]

I just dug out my Nightmares & Dreamscapes by Steven King. There's some good stories in there.

It's got a great intro piece. I picked it up used, but haven't had the opportunity to dig in to the thing. Hope to soon.

 

[melanie2]

The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin..rather disappointed all in all..this is one of the few times the movie was better..this and Passage to India that book was ok but the movie was brilliant..

 

[Cbarton]

Waking the Dead, by John Eldredge

Just finished The Way of the Wild Heart by the same author

 

[Big_Blue]

About Face by Colonel David H. Hackworth. Its his account of joining the army in 1946 at the age of 15, his fighting in the Korean war, and later his involvement in Vietnam and how he felt it was a useless war. It's pretty interesting if you have military ties in any way.

 

[Dr. Bill Kobb]

Finished off David J. Skal's The Monster Show and a true crime book about the NYC Zodiac killer copycat called Sleep My Little Dead. Am now into a 1942 collection called The Ghost Story Omnibus. Perfect weather down here at the moment for this sort of fare, BTW.

 

[melanie2]

The Rise and Fall of Anne Boleyn

before that..i read..

Sister Carrie

Far From the Madding Crowd

Madame Bovary

The Diary of Anne Frank

Anne Frank Remembered

i read all these books in the past few weeks..

 

[ticklebug101]

wow you are a bookworm this month huh Izzy? 😉
I cant read right now, I'm busy writing my next master peice for the story section 🙂

 

[Oblivion]

Strangers by Dean Koontz.

Though I think I can guess the plot points and 'twists' in his books now. ;-;

 

[Dr. Bill Kobb]

Strangers by Dean Koontz.

Though I think I can guess the plot points and 'twists' in his books now. ;-;

Heh. I was on a Koontz kick awhile back, mainly due to a friend letting me borrow from his stacks. i enjoy his writing, but yeah, after enough of his novels, you start to gauge things.

 

[Oblivion]

His older books seem pretty cheap, so it's very easy to get a stack of them going. -Glances at my stack-

I'm giving this one and the next one I already bought a go, but if they're just following the same principle points, just gonna find a new author to read for horror/drama. ;-;

 

[Dr. Bill Kobb]

His older books seem pretty cheap, so it's very easy to get a stack of them going. -Glances at my stack-

I'm giving this one and the next one I already bought a go, but if they're just following the same principle points, just gonna find a new author to read for horror/drama. ;-;

You might give Ramsey Campbell a try. His book The Howling Moon literally scared the jeebers out of me in places.