What swanky things are you reading? - Page 21

Eliza Hodgkins 1812 · 04-20-2006, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Prudence

I finally finished both Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell and Son of a Witch (the Wicked sequel.) The first was odd. It seems like it was written to mimic the style of the period, not just describe it. It unfolded very slowly, more so than more contemporary popular fiction - at least the ones that I read. The second was better that I expected. Not as good as Wicked, of course, which was absolutely amazing, but better than some of his others.

I LOVED Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell. It's probably one of my favorite books. I really enjoyed the slow unravelling of the first 600 pages, and the crazy non-stop action of the last 300. Dickens and Austen meet fantasy. Just loved it. And she writes just about the scariest traditional vision of faery folk I've ever read. The footnotes were, for me, captivating. And I positively crushed all over Childermass.

Prudence · 04-20-2006, 06:12 PM

Oh yeah - I got a kick out of the footnotes.

€uroMeinke · 04-20-2006, 08:39 PM

I read over a 100 pages of Neverwhere today - somehow this book is improved greatly when reading on public transportation.

Ghoulish Delight · 05-26-2006, 06:28 PM

I'm taking my first foray into Murakami. I suppose I should have perused the recommendations here for what would be a good one to start with...but I just grabbed the first one that I liked the description for, Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World. So far, I like.

Motorboat Cruiser · 05-26-2006, 07:06 PM

I picked up two books today...

"The Best Short Stories of O. Henry"

and

"Skinny Legs and All", one of the Tom Robbins books that I somehow overlooked.

Should be interesting to go back and forth between the two.

Scrooge McSam · 05-26-2006, 08:23 PM

Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, David Sedaris

Light, easy to read in short snatches

Not Afraid · 05-26-2006, 08:34 PM

GD: That Murakami if one of the 3 neither of us have read. We've both been on quite a Murakami jag latel.

Sinny Legs and All! I completely remember the time and place I was when I read that. I am 22 years old and lying on the bed in the first "room" Chris and I shared and reading that particular TR book. How funy to have such a strong memory of place and time.

Sam - LOVE LOVE LOVE Sedaris. We saw him read again recently and he only gets better and better.

I'm finishing p a collection of Murakami short stories titled "The Elephant Vanishes". I keep bouncing around between books which is very unusual for me.

€uroMeinke · 05-26-2006, 08:46 PM

Just Finished Norwegian Wood, by Murakami - unlike his other books, this one has none of the fantastical elements - but the characters and situations were very compeling, I say it's one of my favorites - but I haven't read any I didn't like yet.

Next up I, Lucifer

Scrooge McSam · 05-26-2006, 09:19 PM

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Sam - LOVE LOVE LOVE Sedaris. We saw him read again recently and he only gets better and better.

He he he Just found audio of Front Row Center with Thaddeus Bristol

His reading is about 6 minutes in.

scaeagles · 05-26-2006, 09:42 PM

Another thread has inspired me to reread (again, as who knows how many times I've read it) Animal Farm by George Orwell.

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€uroMeinke L'Hédoniste Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A.S.C.O.T. Posts: 8,671	I read over a 100 pages of Neverwhere today - somehow this book is improved greatly when reading on public transportation. __________________ I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance. Friedrich Nietzsche
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05-26-2006, 06:28 PM	#204
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	I'm taking my first foray into Murakami. I suppose I should have perused the recommendations here for what would be a good one to start with...but I just grabbed the first one that I liked the description for, Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World. So far, I like. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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05-26-2006, 07:06 PM	#205
Motorboat Cruiser Cruiser of Motorboats Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: So Cal Posts: 3,665	I picked up two books today... "The Best Short Stories of O. Henry" and "Skinny Legs and All", one of the Tom Robbins books that I somehow overlooked. Should be interesting to go back and forth between the two.
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05-26-2006, 08:23 PM	#206
Scrooge McSam What? Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,635	Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, David Sedaris Light, easy to read in short snatches
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Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	GD: That Murakami if one of the 3 neither of us have read. We've both been on quite a Murakami jag latel. Sinny Legs and All! I completely remember the time and place I was when I read that. I am 22 years old and lying on the bed in the first "room" Chris and I shared and reading that particular TR book. How funy to have such a strong memory of place and time. Sam - LOVE LOVE LOVE Sedaris. We saw him read again recently and he only gets better and better. I'm finishing p a collection of Murakami short stories titled "The Elephant Vanishes". I keep bouncing around between books which is very unusual for me.
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05-26-2006, 08:46 PM	#208
€uroMeinke L'Hédoniste Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A.S.C.O.T. Posts: 8,671	Just Finished Norwegian Wood, by Murakami - unlike his other books, this one has none of the fantastical elements - but the characters and situations were very compeling, I say it's one of my favorites - but I haven't read any I didn't like yet. Next up I, Lucifer __________________ I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance. Friedrich Nietzsche
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05-26-2006, 09:42 PM	#210
scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	Another thread has inspired me to reread (again, as who knows how many times I've read it) Animal Farm by George Orwell.
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