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Post by LivingDeadGirl on Mar 27, 2006 12:17:32 GMT -5
Damn! You're gaining on me Slade-wise, Livingdeadgirl! Didn't yet manage to go through this one - I need more TiMeEeeEeEE! Only 4 more to go & I'm all caught up! ;D |
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Post by Bartwald on Apr 8, 2006 8:57:04 GMT -5
I'm reading Cell now. Hmmmm... can't say it's great, can't say it's bad. Has its moments, that's for sure.
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Post by LivingDeadGirl on Apr 8, 2006 18:22:25 GMT -5
I'm kind of in between on that one too Bart...I liked it, but I don't think it's one of his best.
I finished Wizard & Glass today. REALLY liked this one...probably my favorite one of the series so far. I loved Roland's back story, it gives you an idea of why he's the way he is. Can't wait to read the next one!
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Post by Pulpmariachi on Apr 9, 2006 0:33:41 GMT -5
Finished "Mary Barton" and it has some all right moments (and some good ones!). I won't grade it because it's for class.
I'm reading independently now Dashiell Hammett's "Red Harvest" to refresh my Hammett before I see "Brick" when ever I do.
Incidently, we were reading "Chile Roland Goes to Dark Tower" or whatever it's called for my Brit Lit class and my professor has never heard of King's Dark Tower series. I thought it was odd because while I don't think that King is an amazing author, he's as famous as hell.
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Post by Fenril on Apr 14, 2006 2:02:02 GMT -5
Incidently, we were reading "Chile Roland Goes to Dark Tower" or whatever it's called for my Brit Lit class and my professor has never heard of King's Dark Tower series. I thought it was odd because while I don't think that King is an amazing author, he's as famous as hell. Let's see... "Childe Roland to the dark tower came" by.... uh, I think it was Frederick Brown. I think that while the Dark Tower series are a favorite among King fans, they are some of his lesser known works for the rest of the public, since they have never been made into movies and aren't horror (not really). Most people who known the original poem and have read the novels hate what King did with the storyline... |
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Post by frankenjohn on Apr 14, 2006 11:56:13 GMT -5
"The Giver" by Lois Lowry for school.
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Post by Pulpmariachi on Apr 14, 2006 13:27:19 GMT -5
Incidently, we were reading "Chile Roland Goes to Dark Tower" or whatever it's called for my Brit Lit class and my professor has never heard of King's Dark Tower series. I thought it was odd because while I don't think that King is an amazing author, he's as famous as hell. Let's see... "Childe Roland to the dark tower came" by.... uh, I think it was Frederick Brown. I think that while the Dark Tower series are a favorite among King fans, they are some of his lesser known works for the rest of the public, since they have never been made into movies and aren't horror (not really). Most people who known the original poem and have read the novels hate what King did with the storyline... "Childe Roland" is Robert Browning actually. It's a good poem, nice and bizarre, I'd recommend it. And I've only read "The Gunslinger" in the "Dark Tower" series so I have really no opinion on comparisons. I'm reading "Heart of Darkness" now. |
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Post by ZapRowsdower on Apr 14, 2006 13:55:51 GMT -5
I just finished reading Choke by Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk. It's a damn good read, pretty heavy stuff.
I'm gonna get started on A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess. I've already seen the movie, but I felt it was really dated. I was intrigued enough by the story to check out the book though, and I'll probably enjoy the book much more.
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Post by Bartwald on Apr 15, 2006 6:38:35 GMT -5
Heart Of Darkness is quite a trip, isn't it, Pulp?
I finished King's Cell - it was okay, I liked the unclear ending - and started on Primal Scream by another of The Board's favourites, Michael Slade.
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Post by LivingDeadGirl on Apr 15, 2006 9:26:15 GMT -5
[Most people who known the original poem and have read the novels hate what King did with the storyline... BUT I don't think the series is supposed to be a literal interpretation of the poem, King said he got inspiration & an idea for the story from it. But I've never read the poem so... and he also said that the Tolkien books inspired him too & you can definately see hints of that in the series also. Anyway...I just started on Angels and Demons by Dan Brown. |
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Post by Pulpmariachi on Apr 16, 2006 11:15:29 GMT -5
Heart Of Darkness is quite a trip, isn't it, Pulp? Yeah, it is! I remember reading it after I saw "Apocalypse Now" and I can't quite decide which one freaks me out more--like that, 'Eww, it's under my skin and feels really really weird' kinda of icky feeling. Probably the book. |
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Post by Pulpmariachi on Apr 21, 2006 14:02:28 GMT -5
Finished "Heart of Darkness", then read "The Great Gatsby", a book I love, then read "Coming of Age in Mississippi", and now am on "Into the Wild".
After "Into the Wild" I have "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" from Joyce, which I'm looking forward to despite the fact that Joyce gives me headahces, and then I'm done with my reading for the semester and can go back and read some more Hammett! Yay!
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Post by Pulpmariachi on Apr 23, 2006 23:23:38 GMT -5
All right, I'm on "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man". I freakin' love Joyce.
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Post by Quorthon on May 1, 2006 11:50:31 GMT -5
How to Retire Young and Rich
by: Joseph S. Coyle (employed by Money Magazine for over a decade)
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Post by Phoenix on May 1, 2006 16:14:54 GMT -5
How to Retire Young and Rich by: Joseph S. Coyle (employed by Money Magazine for over a decade) I know how to retire young and rich! Write a book that people will buy titled "How to Retire Young and Rich."  Catchy title. I just read "Finding God In A Galaxy Far, Far Away: A Spiritual Exploration of the Star Wars Saga." good book. |
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Catchy title.