What are you reading right now?

NSW · 03-17-2010, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by LoathsomePete

Check out The Long Walk, he wrote it under the pseudonym of Richard Bachmen and was probably the first ever "f*cked up" book I ever read.

Will do for sure. I'm thinking of starting my own Stephen King marathon, so I'll definitely be checkin' that one out.

Mojo · 03-18-2010, 07:52 AM

I read this one recently. Recommended to me by AwwSugar. I really enjoyed it. I thought it was interesting, witty, very funny but while managing to retain a rather sad feeling throughout. I've never read anything like it before.

I have so many books I have never read so I've been looking through all of them and I may give this a go next.

333 · 03-18-2010, 08:01 AM

I just finished three chapters in my Microbiology text and I loved it.

"Environmental factors that influence microbes"
"Physical Methods of Microbial Control"
"Microbial Genetics" (my favorite!)

LoathsomePete · 03-18-2010, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by mojopinuk

I read this one recently. Recommended to me by AwwSugar. I really enjoyed it. I thought it was interesting, witty, very funny but while managing to retain a rather sad feeling throughout. I've never read anything like it before.

Yeah we have to read that book for my English class, but it's such an easy read I did it last month. Quite enjoyable with a lot more to it then what was in the pages. I think I may actually read it again this weekend to make sure I haven't forgotten anything.

anticipation · 03-18-2010, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by TheBig3KilledMyRainDog

I missed the boat on Faulkner. Granted I only read S&F but i did pick up "go down moses" which I'll try 3 books from now.

How's this one?

Kind of like Mark Twain on amphetamines. Faulkner's main gimmick is his use of crazy characters and their viewpoints, and this is no different. Aside from a few weird-out moments it's nothing too dramatically impressive so far. I'm almost done, so I'll re-evaluate it later. Suffice it to say that The Sound and the Fury is Faulkner's best stuff by miles and miles.

adidasss · 03-18-2010, 01:01 PM

I tried Faulkner (As I lay dying actually) a few years back but found the language too exhausting.

noise · 03-18-2010, 01:24 PM

just started Gunslinger, book 1 of King's Dark Tower series.
my first King book. we'll see how it goes...

Scissorman · 03-18-2010, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by nonsubmissivewife

Only my second Stephen King book, the first being his newest Under The Dome. I thought it started a little slow, but it's picking up so much speed now I don't see how it could stop. Really creepy. It actually had me walking through my house a couple nights ago with the lights off, thinking surely some creature would reach out of the shadows and grab my neck. That's some good readin'.

I read IT when I was 13 years old, I thought it was pretty scary then, but I was really disappointed with the movie...

NSW · 03-18-2010, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Scissorman

I read IT when I was 13 years old, I thought it was pretty scary then, but I was really disappointed with the movie...

Unfortunately I've seen the movie already. I think in alot of ways it's really interfering with my enjoyment of the book, because I have trouble separating the two. I keep picturing the characters in the movie, and when something happens in the book that I don't remember, I mentally scan what I remember of the movie. It's annoying. But really, there is so much more substance in the book that I can't help but keep reading.

Not to say the movie was bad necessarily. I've just decided that I'm never watching another movie based on a Stephen King novel until I've read it.

DoctorSoft · 03-20-2010, 05:58 PM

I just finished 1984. I think I have a new favourite book. The novel just kept getting better and better, I was a little sad when it ended. The start is a little boring, but everything else is amazing. I can't wait to read Animal Farm.

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Mojo Melancholia Eternally Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: England Posts: 5,018	I read this one recently. Recommended to me by AwwSugar. I really enjoyed it. I thought it was interesting, witty, very funny but while managing to retain a rather sad feeling throughout. I've never read anything like it before. I have so many books I have never read so I've been looking through all of them and I may give this a go next. __________________ Last.FM \| Echoes and Dust

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adidasss Slavic gay sauce Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 7,993	I tried Faulkner (As I lay dying actually) a few years back but found the language too exhausting. __________________ “Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle. Last.fm

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333 Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 965	I just finished three chapters in my Microbiology text and I loved it. "Environmental factors that influence microbes" "Physical Methods of Microbial Control" "Microbial Genetics" (my favorite!)

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DoctorSoft Rocket Appliances Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,335	I just finished 1984. I think I have a new favourite book. The novel just kept getting better and better, I was a little sad when it ended. The start is a little boring, but everything else is amazing. I can't wait to read Animal Farm.