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Forum: Media 12-17-2018, 05:29 PM
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Posted By ThePhanastasio
Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews. It's one of...

Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews. It's one of those books that it seems like everyone has read, but I've somehow never gotten around to. The dialogue is really stiff, but the book itself is not...
Forum: Media 08-22-2013, 12:07 AM
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Posted By ThePhanastasio
I love reading, but have hated discussing books...

I love reading, but have hated discussing books of late. It is probably the people I work with, but their reading of any book tends to be taking the narrative at face value without any consideration...
Forum: Media 08-14-2013, 01:21 AM
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Posted By ThePhanastasio
Just read Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides. As far...

Just read Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides. As far as recent Pulitzer winners go, Junot Diaz's The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is the superior book...but this one isn't too shabby.

Also finally...
Forum: Media 04-26-2013, 10:39 PM
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Posted By ThePhanastasio
It is really interesting. The thing which is...

It is really interesting. The thing which is difficult is that any political literature has its good and bad points, when applied to the world as a whole, or even a country as a whole. Ayn Rand's...
Forum: Media 04-09-2013, 11:04 PM
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Views: 687,351
Posted By ThePhanastasio
I can't though, Hermione. They're thoughtless...

I can't though, Hermione. They're thoughtless milfs who think 50 Shades to be sexual power.

I'm just like, "****. I get laid without having any interest in that book. Wow."
Forum: Media 04-09-2013, 10:09 PM
Replies: 7,670
Views: 687,351
Posted By ThePhanastasio
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot...

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz.

It's pretty awesome so far. My limited Spanish - as in, able to read or listen to Spanish and get the gist of what they're talking about, but...
Forum: Media 03-01-2013, 09:36 PM
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Views: 687,351
Posted By ThePhanastasio
Just finished Schroder, and it's pretty solid....

Just finished Schroder, and it's pretty solid. It's more of a straight-forward narrative with backstory sprinkled throughout, which makes it an easy read. The characters are pretty well-rounded - I...
Forum: Media 02-27-2013, 11:00 PM
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Posted By ThePhanastasio
http://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/enterta...

http://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/entertainment/books/2013/02/08/schroder_by_amity_gaige_review/gaigeschroderhc1.jpg.size.xxlarge.letterbox.jpg

Damn Diane Rehm and her making me want to...
Forum: Media 11-18-2012, 12:30 AM
Replies: 7,670
Views: 687,351
Posted By ThePhanastasio
Just read Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor, and I...

Just read Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor, and I highly recommend it. It's not fulfilling in that the conclusion is just as you'd hoped, but it's entertaining and leaves you with an appropriate...
Forum: Media 10-02-2012, 11:59 AM
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Views: 687,351
Posted By ThePhanastasio
Thinking about giving Asimov's "Prelude to...

Thinking about giving Asimov's "Prelude to Foundation" a whirl. It's been sitting on one of my bookshelves collecting dust since 2005.
Forum: Media 04-07-2012, 01:05 PM
Replies: 7,670
Views: 687,351
Posted By ThePhanastasio
http://i43.tinypic.com/zohvq.jpg This was...

http://i43.tinypic.com/zohvq.jpg

This was wonderful. My favorite Batman graphic novel I've read. I'm not big on Superman or any sort of Robin, and both were present...but as a whole, it was just...
Forum: Media 03-04-2012, 05:37 AM
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Views: 687,351
Posted By ThePhanastasio
http://hinterlandgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/20...

http://hinterlandgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/bill-oreilly-and-martin-dugard-killing-lincoln.jpg

I've just been staring at it on my grandmother's coffee table for days, and finally...
Forum: Media 02-17-2012, 03:26 AM
Replies: 7,670
Views: 687,351
Posted By ThePhanastasio
Just finished Catching Fire, the second Hunger...

Just finished Catching Fire, the second Hunger Games book. Very good premise. The writing, again, isn't awful. It's about what I expected of a Young Adult book...vastly superior to the Twilight saga,...
Forum: Media 02-09-2012, 12:52 PM
Replies: 7,670
Views: 687,351
Posted By ThePhanastasio
Just finished The Hunger Games at the insistence...

Just finished The Hunger Games at the insistence of my mother, sisters, father, and a friend who teaches middle school English.

It was all right. I couldn't have cared less about the love story /...
Forum: Media 01-25-2012, 01:02 AM
Replies: 7,670
Views: 687,351
Posted By ThePhanastasio
http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_love59j1Nm1qb3qif.j...

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_love59j1Nm1qb3qif.jpg

Or, at least I will be as soon as my Mom (who demanded the privilege of reading it first) finally finishes it.

Based on the cover, I was...
Forum: Media 01-16-2012, 09:31 PM
Replies: 7,670
Views: 687,351
Posted By ThePhanastasio
I also have a stack of classics...' but I...

I also have a stack of classics...'

but I also have a stack of superhero novels...and my nerddom tells me that I should read the latter first.
Forum: Media 12-27-2011, 01:20 AM
Replies: 7,670
Views: 687,351
Posted By ThePhanastasio
I find that of authors I've read, I identify the...

I find that of authors I've read, I identify the most with Mr. Bukowski. Substitute horse racing for theatre, and you've got me.

I really enjoyed this book in particular. I feel like of what I've...
Forum: Media 12-09-2011, 07:00 PM
Replies: 7,670
Views: 687,351
Posted By ThePhanastasio
Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides ...

Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides
http://i724.photobucket.com/albums/ww249/hoteltuesday/blogs/middlesex.gif

With a maternal great grandfather who was a Greek immigrant, I love reading stories about...
Forum: Media 10-16-2011, 04:37 AM
Replies: 7,670
Views: 687,351
Posted By ThePhanastasio
http://0.tqn.com/d/specialchildren/1/G/5/A/anthrop...

http://0.tqn.com/d/specialchildren/1/G/5/A/anthropologist.jpg
Again - Sacks is kind of the man.

Also:...
Forum: Media 09-10-2011, 11:57 PM
Replies: 7,670
Views: 687,351
Posted By ThePhanastasio
Gone Baby Gone isn't bad - my Mom had me read it,...

Gone Baby Gone isn't bad - my Mom had me read it, because she has a total boner for anything Dennis Lehane.

Also, Dark Tower:

They do keep getting better and better, but - I am warning you now...
Forum: Media 07-31-2011, 06:39 AM
Replies: 7,670
Views: 687,351
Posted By ThePhanastasio
I'm not a huge Marvel fan. I mainly read DC,...

I'm not a huge Marvel fan. I mainly read DC, because I feel like they're grittier. BUT with that said, I did enjoy the Dark Tower Marvel comics.

I'm actually reading a DC graphic novel right now:...
Forum: Media 06-27-2011, 02:38 PM
Replies: 7,670
Views: 687,351
Posted By ThePhanastasio
Have you read The Stranger? That one might be my...

Have you read The Stranger? That one might be my favorite Camus. Can't even describe fully how I felt when I was reading it, but it was a very intense feeling.

Starts off a little slow, but the...
Forum: Media 06-12-2011, 07:35 PM
Replies: 7,670
Views: 687,351
Posted By ThePhanastasio
I definitely dig that book. We have a little...

I definitely dig that book. We have a little thing every year with our Big Read event in my city where we celebrate Jack Kerouac; he mentions my city in On the Road...he says he was sitting in front...
Forum: Media 06-01-2011, 11:01 PM
Replies: 7,670
Views: 687,351
Posted By ThePhanastasio
Reading a big stack o' plays right now. A...

Reading a big stack o' plays right now.

A Murder of Crows - Mac Wellman
Language of Angels - Naomi Iizuka
Arcadia - Tom Stoppard
The Glass Menagerie - Tennessee Williams
The Little Foxes -...
Forum: Media 05-06-2011, 04:47 AM
Replies: 7,670
Views: 687,351
Posted By ThePhanastasio
http://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/6609859-L.jpg ...

http://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/6609859-L.jpg

This book is seriously the tits. It's around 1500 pages in rather small font with a multitude of short stories and novellas from pretty well-known...
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