goose Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 The Complete Works of Edgar Allen Poe 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova Carmina Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 The Complete Works of Edgar Allen Poe You may be a different kind of reader than I am, but my advice to you is to interleave your Poe with other stuff. As great as his writing is, after reading X number of stories they start to blend together and it's harder to appreciate the little things that make each story great. It's like listening to all the AC/DC albums in a row -- collectively impressive, but you'll struggle to remember which bit came from which thing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 (edited) The Complete Works of Edgar Allen Poe You may be a different kind of reader than I am, but my advice to you is to interleave your Poe with other stuff. As great as his writing is, after reading X number of stories they start to blend together and it's harder to appreciate the little things that make each story great. It's like listening to all the AC/DC albums in a row -- collectively impressive, but you'll struggle to remember which bit came from which thing. Another body buried in a wall/under the floor... I'm reading it with my 13yo son, which makes it fun for me. Poe was a favorite of my youth. We read HopFrog last night, which is a gem of a revenge story. Edited November 27, 2019 by goose 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova Carmina Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 Another nervous narrator, another dark room, etc. . . . ;) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjbear05 Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 Black Noon: The Year They Stopped the Indy 500, by Art Garner. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick N. Backer Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 The Institute - Stephen King. He releases a book every year for Christmas. My birthday is in November, so my parents have been buying his "new" books for me every year for what seems like 40 years. They're always stunned that I'm not surprised when I guess what's in the book shaped wrapping paper. :) I'm about 1/2 way through it. At times the story is suffocating, in a good way. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaportrailer Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 Finally finished this monster: Quite interesting in spots, but needlessly repetitive and full of typos (ie: David Bowie is referred to as "the Thin White Duck" ).Blondie and Devo make guest appearances. And read this one last week: An older, stand-alone novel (not part of his Travis McGee series), this was pretty damn entertaining. I really liked the structure that he used.8 people are suspects in a murder, and each person gets two chapters to tell their story in -- one before the killing, and one after.The last two chapters reminded me a little of "No Country for Old Men." Good stuff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbine Freight Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 Flea - Acid for the Children Bernie Marsden - Where's my Guitar? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova Carmina Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 Great writer; contrarian thinker. Good stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krystal Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 I'm reading The Alamo Bride by Katherine Y'Barbo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaportrailer Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 An old-school book about Sufism. Pretty decent, despite the somewhat ornate prose of the time (1914). Picked up these two recently: Have yet to read either of these authors. Probably will start the Asimov tonight. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjbear05 Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 The Fall of Richard Nixon: A Reporter Remembers Watergate, by Tom Brokaw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjbear05 Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 I was cross referencing Rush on my library's website, and it listed a link for Geddy, so I naturally assumed it meant they had MFH in circulation. WRONG!!! The listing was for BBBoB, so I put a hold request in for it. Based on those already in line, it will be a couple months before I can get them book, but I'll wait. Of course if Ged does a signing close by all bets are off. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek19 Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 (edited) The Institute - Stephen King. He releases a book every year for Christmas. My birthday is in November, so my parents have been buying his "new" books for me every year for what seems like 40 years. They're always stunned that I'm not surprised when I guess what's in the book shaped wrapping paper. :) I'm about 1/2 way through it. At times the story is suffocating, in a good way. Not all of Stephen King's books have been released every year around, and just before, and during Christmas. I've liked him, too. I'm wanting, and would like to read it, too, but when it gets released on paperback, then I will. I haven't liked reading books on hardcover. After finishing reading them, they can be more awkward to get rid of. Edited December 27, 2019 by Derek19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbine Freight Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 Got another P.G. Wodehouse omnibus for Christmas and it is of course brilliant. Jeeves in the OffingStiff Upper Lip, JeevesJeeves and the Feudal Spirit 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhyta Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 Love P.G. Wodehouse. I started his books in 2004, checking out the audiobooks on cassette tape from the library. Needed something to make me laugh, get my mind off the political mess. I was out of work at the time and it helped to have something to distract me. The names are hilarious, Gussy Fink Nottle (sp) the guy who loved newts...Was a fun step back in time, what what.. :D I have a newer audio I just got from Audible, will have to give it a go because now is a good time for a laugh! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjbear05 Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Time is Tight: My Life, Note By Note, by Booker T. Jones. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krystal Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 I'm reading a fully illustrated hardcover copy of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. The guy reminds me of a boss I used to have. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova Carmina Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Every year on Christmas Eve my immediate family (wife, kids) exchange a book and some tasty snack, then we read and eat. My younger daughter got me this one: and I cannot recommend Munroe and his stuff too highly! His cartoon website (xkcd.com) is great (even if I do not get the computer programming jokes) and I loved his last book, What If? This one is hilarious and educational at the same time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krystal Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 I'm reading Dream Psychology by Sigmund Freud. I've only finished the first chapter. If anyone has an account at Goodreads, there was a security breach that exposed people's passwords.I'm gonna see if I can close my account there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbine Freight Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 Albert Camus - The Rebel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova Carmina Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 Michael Chabon's fame as a writer rests primarily on his "serious" fiction, but he's a huge fan of "genre" literature (like Ross Macdonald, etc.), so he sometimes dabbles. In this one, he channels his inner Robert E. Howard (the Conan stories). I liked it fine, but it was not great. It was a great diversion, though, and if you like medieval-set sword tales set in dusty lands, it's right up your alley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova Carmina Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 And then, apparently because I wasn't dwelling on death and destruction enough, I picked this one up: I loved the show, and so far the book is just as stomach-churning, tense, and awful! That's a recommendation, in this case. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union 5-3992 Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaceaudity11 Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl (Carrie Brownstein's memoir) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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