What are you reading right now?

loveissucide · 05-30-2010, 05:51 PM

Slaughterhouse 5-Kurt Vonnegut
Weird is putting it mildly, although pretty interesting take on insanity.

jackhammer · 05-30-2010, 06:40 PM

Just finished. It's obviously written by word of mouth but he's a fascinating guy and worthy of a film. He was a criminal yet he was a grass. Spent lots of money on superfluous things but too tight to pay for Spanish lessons. Loved his wife to bits yet habitually cheated on her. Likeable yet unlikeable.

crushedblind · 05-30-2010, 07:49 PM

glastonelle · 05-31-2010, 12:55 AM

Atonement - Ian McEwan. Once again.

Lake District · 05-31-2010, 01:08 PM

My **** Life So Far by Frankie Boyle

Antonio · 06-01-2010, 03:44 PM

haven't gotten my Hemingway on since The Old Man and the Sea

Petula07 · 06-03-2010, 12:17 PM

Mojo · 06-03-2010, 05:34 PM

For those of you who havent read it, its about a day in the life of two wanted mass murderers and a Hollywood director being blamed for the crimes they are commiting due to the violent nature of his films. The day and night the book covers also happens to be Oscars night.

It does seem to borrow alot from the likes of Reservoir Dogs and Natural Born Killers but i really enjoyed it. It inserts itself heavily into the age-old debate concerning crime and media influence and the "glorification" of violence but also maintains the dark humour i would expect from Ben Elton. I cant help but think this could have been made into a great, if rather unoriginal, film. I wonder if the play was any good?

~~Sansa Stark~~ · 06-04-2010, 01:39 PM

Rereading a book called Revolution No. 9 by Neil McMahon. It's pretty good.
Then I'll be reading Pride and Prejudice

Sljslj · 06-05-2010, 12:33 PM

I just finished re-reading a story from Stephen King's collection, Just After Sunset, called "N."

05-30-2010, 05:51 PM	#2591 (permalink)
loveissucide Himself Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Leuven ,Belgium, via Ireland Posts: 1,325	Slaughterhouse 5-Kurt Vonnegut Weird is putting it mildly, although pretty interesting take on insanity. __________________ www.last.fm/user/p-mccusker http://www.mixcloud.com/pmccusker www.valjester.wordpress.com

05-30-2010, 06:40 PM	#2592 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	Just finished. It's obviously written by word of mouth but he's a fascinating guy and worthy of a film. He was a criminal yet he was a grass. Spent lots of money on superfluous things but too tight to pay for Spanish lessons. Loved his wife to bits yet habitually cheated on her. Likeable yet unlikeable. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

05-30-2010, 07:49 PM	#2593 (permalink)
crushedblind real emotional trash Join Date: May 2010 Location: midwest Posts: 78	__________________ gimme danger little stranger

05-31-2010, 01:08 PM	#2595 (permalink)
Lake District Groupie Join Date: May 2010 Location: North Antrim Coast Posts: 1	My **** Life So Far by Frankie Boyle __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] ^^Met Him June 2009^^

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05-31-2010, 12:55 AM	#2594 (permalink)
glastonelle lets make a mess, lioness Join Date: May 2010 Location: NZ Posts: 400	Atonement - Ian McEwan. Once again.

06-03-2010, 05:34 PM	#2598 (permalink)
Mojo Melancholia Eternally Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: England Posts: 5,018	For those of you who havent read it, its about a day in the life of two wanted mass murderers and a Hollywood director being blamed for the crimes they are commiting due to the violent nature of his films. The day and night the book covers also happens to be Oscars night. It does seem to borrow alot from the likes of Reservoir Dogs and Natural Born Killers but i really enjoyed it. It inserts itself heavily into the age-old debate concerning crime and media influence and the "glorification" of violence but also maintains the dark humour i would expect from Ben Elton. I cant help but think this could have been made into a great, if rather unoriginal, film. I wonder if the play was any good? __________________ Last.FM \| Echoes and Dust

06-04-2010, 01:39 PM	#2599 (permalink)
~~Sansa Stark~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The Eyrie, Vale of Arryn, Westeros Posts: 3,234	Rereading a book called Revolution No. 9 by Neil McMahon. It's pretty good. Then I'll be reading Pride and Prejudice

06-05-2010, 12:33 PM	#2600 (permalink)
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