What are you reading right now?

Blarobbarg · 07-03-2013, 05:36 PM

I've decided to read Shakespeare. ALL of Shakespeare.

CrazyVegn · 07-03-2013, 05:54 PM

Read it n weep:

LoathsomePete · 07-08-2013, 04:46 PM

Filth by Irvine Welsh

I've kind of skipped post-90's Irvine Welsh books because I found many of them to be not very good. Porno was okay in parts but it lacked the same anarchic spark that made Trainspotting so important to my adolescence or the pure absurdity that made The Acid House so enduring. I only managed to get maybe 200 pages into Glue before I gave up and Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs was just dead on arrival for me.

I just found out that Filth is actually being adapted into a movie and the idea of a tapeworm narrating the events of the unlikeable protagonist feels much closer to the anarchic humor that made me fall in love with this author, so I'm hoping it will renew my faith in him and go back out and finish reading his other novels.

edit: derp, just found out this was written in 1998, no wonder it sounds more interesting.

~~Sansa Stark~~ · 07-08-2013, 04:50 PM

Do you like it so far? I can't wait for the movie to come out, but James McAvoy isn't who I'd pictured for Bruce, I'd pictured something more like Uncle Vernon from Harry Potter

LoathsomePete · 07-09-2013, 10:41 PM

It's okay but really nothing special. So far there's nothing to say that Bruce is a good cop,or even a competent one and I'm just not drawn to misanthropic pricks the same way I was when I was a teenager misanthropic prick.

But yeah I'm not really seeing Professor X as Bruce though.

hansel · 07-10-2013, 10:17 AM

Game of thrones...
A storm of Swords

Paedantic Basterd · 07-11-2013, 11:15 AM

Based on 1/3 of this, and A Primer for the Punctuation of Heart Disease, Jonathan Safran Foer may be one of my favourite writers. In everything I love is a balance of humour/tragedy, absurdity/disturbia, and his writing is not only stunningly beautiful, but it's like each sentence is composed of these elements balanced like rocks.

misspoptart · 07-11-2013, 11:30 AM

My co-worker JUST gave me that book as part of a collection of unwanted items she found while moving. She said it was awesome and she was giving it away for that simple reason. Now I'm really interested!

Currently I'm reading:

WWWP · 07-12-2013, 01:21 PM

The Blue Fox - Sjón

So. ****ing. Beautiful.

~~Sansa Stark~~ · 07-12-2013, 01:54 PM

Halfway through Red Dragon but EH it's boring so I'm going to go lie on the swing outside and start this:

07-03-2013, 05:36 PM	#4731 (permalink)
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07-08-2013, 04:46 PM	#4733 (permalink)
LoathsomePete Cardboard Box Realtor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hobb's End Posts: 7,648	Filth by Irvine Welsh I've kind of skipped post-90's Irvine Welsh books because I found many of them to be not very good. Porno was okay in parts but it lacked the same anarchic spark that made Trainspotting so important to my adolescence or the pure absurdity that made The Acid House so enduring. I only managed to get maybe 200 pages into Glue before I gave up and Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs was just dead on arrival for me. I just found out that Filth is actually being adapted into a movie and the idea of a tapeworm narrating the events of the unlikeable protagonist feels much closer to the anarchic humor that made me fall in love with this author, so I'm hoping it will renew my faith in him and go back out and finish reading his other novels. edit: derp, just found out this was written in 1998, no wonder it sounds more interesting. __________________ Last.FM 101 Albums That May Not Change Your Life, But I Really Like And You Might Too

07-09-2013, 10:41 PM	#4735 (permalink)
LoathsomePete Cardboard Box Realtor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hobb's End Posts: 7,648	It's okay but really nothing special. So far there's nothing to say that Bruce is a good cop,or even a competent one and I'm just not drawn to misanthropic pricks the same way I was when I was a teenager misanthropic prick. But yeah I'm not really seeing Professor X as Bruce though. __________________ Last.FM 101 Albums That May Not Change Your Life, But I Really Like And You Might Too

07-03-2013, 05:54 PM	#4732 (permalink)
CrazyVegn Left due to ban epidemic Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 498	Read it n weep:

07-08-2013, 04:50 PM	#4734 (permalink)
~~Sansa Stark~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The Eyrie, Vale of Arryn, Westeros Posts: 3,234	Do you like it so far? I can't wait for the movie to come out, but James McAvoy isn't who I'd pictured for Bruce, I'd pictured something more like Uncle Vernon from Harry Potter

07-10-2013, 10:17 AM	#4736 (permalink)
hansel Groupie Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: London Posts: 1	Game of thrones... A storm of Swords

07-11-2013, 11:15 AM	#4737 (permalink)
Paedantic Basterd Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 5,184	Based on 1/3 of this, and A Primer for the Punctuation of Heart Disease, Jonathan Safran Foer may be one of my favourite writers. In everything I love is a balance of humour/tragedy, absurdity/disturbia, and his writing is not only stunningly beautiful, but it's like each sentence is composed of these elements balanced like rocks.

07-11-2013, 11:30 AM	#4738 (permalink)
misspoptart gimme gimme Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: istanbul Posts: 897	My co-worker JUST gave me that book as part of a collection of unwanted items she found while moving. She said it was awesome and she was giving it away for that simple reason. Now I'm really interested! Currently I'm reading:

07-12-2013, 01:54 PM	#4740 (permalink)
~~Sansa Stark~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The Eyrie, Vale of Arryn, Westeros Posts: 3,234	Halfway through Red Dragon but EH it's boring so I'm going to go lie on the swing outside and start this: