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Just finished reading "Its Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
Really good. Honestly if you have any issues with depression/anxiety. Read this book. You may relate and it will help. The author fought with depression/anxiety and this was his contribution for those suffering.
And right now I am reading "The Circuit" by Francisco Jimenez
Really SAD!!!!! About a migrant family trying to get by in old america.
Right now I am trying to read 1 - 2 books a month. I am doing pretty well. hehe
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i find it interesting to see what predictions came true and what was way off.
fascinating read.
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On August 07 2018 04:00 Obisp0 wrote:
And right now I am reading "The Circuit" by Francisco Jimenez
Really SAD!!!!! About a migrant family trying to get by in old america.
Just finished the book. and my heart has sunk! :,(
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Room by Emma Donoghue So far the dialogue is from a boy who is in this room with his mother. It read's like a child is telling the story so it is weird, but i like it. And I saw the movie so i am in for more sad reading
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1) What you just finished reading (or gave up half way through) Just finished "The first law" trilogy by Joe Abercrombie. Tried starting on "The lies of Locke Lamora" after that one, but I just couldnt get into it, will try again after im done with what im currently reading
2) What are you currently reading "Shattered sea" trilogy by Joe Abercrombie
3) What you plan to read next Either give "The Gentleman Bastard" another go, or get into the Hyperion series which i just ordered. Or maybe dwell into a few novels i got lying around....Hannibal books, the road, I am legend etc
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On August 10 2018 00:08 Korean-MILF wrote: 1) What you just finished reading (or gave up half way through) Just finished "The first law" trilogy by Joe Abercrombie. Tried starting on "The lies of Locke Lamora" after that one, but I just couldnt get into it, will try again after im done with what im currently reading
2) What are you currently reading "Shattered sea" trilogy by Joe Abercrombie
3) What you plan to read next Either give "The Gentleman Bastard" another go, or get into the Hyperion series which i just ordered. Or maybe dwell into a few novels i got lying around....Hannibal books, the road, I am legend etc I loved "the Road" it will make you cry. Cormac McCarthy has an interesting writing style.
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On August 11 2018 01:34 Obisp0 wrote:Show nested quote +On August 10 2018 00:08 Korean-MILF wrote: 1) What you just finished reading (or gave up half way through) Just finished "The first law" trilogy by Joe Abercrombie. Tried starting on "The lies of Locke Lamora" after that one, but I just couldnt get into it, will try again after im done with what im currently reading
2) What are you currently reading "Shattered sea" trilogy by Joe Abercrombie
3) What you plan to read next Either give "The Gentleman Bastard" another go, or get into the Hyperion series which i just ordered. Or maybe dwell into a few novels i got lying around....Hannibal books, the road, I am legend etc I loved "the Road" it will make you cry. Cormac McCarthy has an interesting writing style.
Then that is next after shattered sea book 3
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McCarthy is bad stop reading McCarthy.
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On August 11 2018 02:17 Carnivorous Sheep wrote: McCarthy is bad stop reading McCarthy. McCarthy is great, everyone should read McCarthy
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Maybe Blood Meridian but that's it
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On August 11 2018 02:17 Carnivorous Sheep wrote: McCarthy is bad stop reading McCarthy. but why, though.
I've only read No country for Old Men and The Road, and loved both. The only thing that sometimes gives me a head ache is the dialogue in his books. or at least the two I've read. He doesn't really say who is speaking. And doesn't use quotation marks. It's different, yes it breaks "rules" to writing, but it is not bad.
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On August 11 2018 02:36 Obisp0 wrote:Show nested quote +On August 11 2018 02:17 Carnivorous Sheep wrote: McCarthy is bad stop reading McCarthy. but why, though. I've only read No country for Old Men and The Road, and loved both. The only thing that sometimes gives me a head ache is the dialogue in his books. or at least the two I've read. He doesn't really say who is speaking. And doesn't use quotation marks. It's different, yes it breaks "rules" to writing, but it is not bad. If you loved no country as well (which i think is one of the weaker books, still good ofc) then you will enjoy the rest of his work for sure, have fun! I think them disliking his style (which is greater than life, almost biblical) was already brought up when i posted about reading some mccarthy, in the end it's just a personal opinion though (obviously)
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Yeah we've been down this path before
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On August 10 2018 00:08 Korean-MILF wrote: 3) What you plan to read next Either give "The Gentleman Bastard" another go, or get into the Hyperion series which i just ordered. Or maybe dwell into a few novels i got lying around....Hannibal books, the road, I am legend etc I just reread Hyperion a few weeks back. The first one is fantastic, the second less so but still OK. The first one is basically a collection of novellas, some of them highly disturbing for me. + Show Spoiler +As a father, the scholar's story was really killing me. Experiencing this is really a nightmare. That said, I enjoyed it a lot.
After that, I started reading The Virgin Suicides but that was just unbearably sad, so I decided to read something else for now.
So I started reading The Lord of the Rings. I have read it before, maybe 20 years ago. At that time I found it incredibly boring (still finished it, at that time I would still do that even with crappy books). I was in Oxford a few weeks back and maybe that is why I thought that now that I am old I might try these books again. I am a few dozen pages in, and frankly I enjoy it so far. Far wittier than I remembered.
Edit: For the record, I enjoyed both No Country for Old Men and Blood Meridian. I have not read any other McCarthy and maybe I never will.
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Blood Meridian and Suttree are firmly average novels.
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Well, feel free to not like Blood Meridian, but I don't think that 'average' is a good adjective to describe that book.
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Yeah some statements here are fairly interesting indeed :D Mccarthy is bad, blood meridian is average, holy hipsters
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I think average is a pretty fine word. It's not as bad as other American novels I have no taste for like Franney and Zooey, and it's nowhere as good as Moby Dick or The Recognitions.
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So I`m currenty reading "Shattered Sea" series, and getting well into book 3 now. But when I`m done with that, I`m not sure what serie to dive into next. The options are: -Ravens shadow -The faithful and the fallen -Broken empire -Hyperion -The Red Queen's War
Keep in mind that I loved "The kingkiller chronicles" and "The first law", and I really enjoyed the "Shattered Sea" series so far. That being said, does anyone who have read some, or more of these series got any recommendations to where I should start next?
Also any series like these you believe I absolutely should check out, don`t hesitate to tip me
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