What book are you reading?

madtowndave

Mastering the National Counselor Exam and the Counselor Preparation Comprehensive Exam (Merrill Counseling)

So much fun. :fp: :fp:

vant0037

Digital Twilight

Man I can't wait for these next 4 weeks to be over so I can read something that isn't academic

madtowndave

Digital Twilight wrote:

Man I can't wait for these next 4 weeks to be over so I can read something that isn't academic

Agreed.

Newch91

madtowndave wrote:

Digital Twilight wrote:

Man I can't wait for these next 4 weeks to be over so I can read something that isn't academic

Agreed.

I third that.

smarchee

kw18

kw18 wrote:

I'm going to start reading this tonight:

Just finished this book. Really great! Probably one of my top favorite King novels.

Tomorrow, I'm going to dip into my pile of "books I should have already read" and read this:

Chief Broom

Really didn't wanna keep reading after the original six that Frank Herbert wrote...Damn cliffhanger made me. :fp:

Newch91

This semester can't end soon enough. I need to read the books I want to read!

Newch91

kw18 wrote:

Tomorrow, I'm going to dip into my pile of "books I should have already read" and read this:

My #1 book on that same list you have is "Grapes of Wrath." When I told my cousin I never read it before, he said, "You're an English major and haven't read 'Grapes of Wrath?'" Hopefully I can get to "The Sun Also Rises" once the semester ends, but Grapes is going to be the first book I read once the semester ends.

gunter1976

Recently read these, quite the hilarious and absurd stuff, but do check for yourselves.. .



The title story features a man who drinks because of the pain. He drinks because of the squeaky things. He drinks because the moon makes terrible sounds. On a night by the sea, a young girl will show him how to escape the moon and all the other horrors eating him from the inside. The shower-inducing concluding tale,"The Sex Beast of Scurvy Island," is a gory and bizarre horror comedy featuring a group of young pornographers called upon to find and bring to justice the man or creature who has been impregnating all the prostitutes of a tropical island.This collection also features "The Man With the Face Like a Bruise" and "The Photographer."



A pocket guide to the twenty-three most painful things in life, written by the most well-adjusted man in the universe.

Does it make you sad to be alive?

Boo-hoo. You're living all wrong.
My name is Andersen Prunty. I'm happiest while napping. I am a man with tennis shoes. They get older every time I put them on. This is how I deal with the pain of being alive. Now is our chance to deal with our pain together. You'll thank me later.
Lover and euphoria,
Andersen



Homicidal Wendigos!
Limb-lopping samurai!
Ambitionless slackers!
Marijuana!
A redhead!
Robo-Dick!

It’s been a few weeks since Benson returned to his parents’ home in the idyllic gated community of Grand Acres. He hasn’t seen them since. Ever since locking himself in the house with his supply of junk food and pot, he hasn’t seen much of anyone. When he’s finally coerced from the house and joins an ominous neighborhood group know as the Brown Shirts, Benson realizes things in Grand Acres aren’t nearly as tranquil as he thought. Even worse, there’s a samurai on the loose who is settling grudges in very violent ways.

F Me In The Brain

gunter1976 wrote:

Recently read these, quite the hilarious and absurd stuff, but do check for yourselves.. .



The title story features a man who drinks because of the pain. He drinks because of the squeaky things. He drinks because the moon makes terrible sounds. On a night by the sea, a young girl will show him how to escape the moon and all the other horrors eating him from the inside. The shower-inducing concluding tale,"The Sex Beast of Scurvy Island," is a gory and bizarre horror comedy featuring a group of young pornographers called upon to find and bring to justice the man or creature who has been impregnating all the prostitutes of a tropical island.This collection also features "The Man With the Face Like a Bruise" and "The Photographer."



A pocket guide to the twenty-three most painful things in life, written by the most well-adjusted man in the universe.

Does it make you sad to be alive?

Boo-hoo. You're living all wrong.
My name is Andersen Prunty. I'm happiest while napping. I am a man with tennis shoes. They get older every time I put them on. This is how I deal with the pain of being alive. Now is our chance to deal with our pain together. You'll thank me later.
Lover and euphoria,
Andersen



Homicidal Wendigos!
Limb-lopping samurai!
Ambitionless slackers!
Marijuana!
A redhead!
Robo-Dick!

It’s been a few weeks since Benson returned to his parents’ home in the idyllic gated community of Grand Acres. He hasn’t seen them since. Ever since locking himself in the house with his supply of junk food and pot, he hasn’t seen much of anyone. When he’s finally coerced from the house and joins an ominous neighborhood group know as the Brown Shirts, Benson realizes things in Grand Acres aren’t nearly as tranquil as he thought. Even worse, there’s a samurai on the loose who is settling grudges in very violent ways.

I will add to my list, might not be for most but this type of quick read, laugh out loud stuff is fun for me.

kw18

Newch91 wrote:

kw18 wrote:

Tomorrow, I'm going to dip into my pile of "books I should have already read" and read this:

My #1 book on that same list you have is "Grapes of Wrath." When I told my cousin I never read it before, he said, "You're an English major and haven't read 'Grapes of Wrath?'" Hopefully I can get to "The Sun Also Rises" once the semester ends, but Grapes is going to be the first book I read once the semester ends.

I'm majored in English, too, and still haven't read Grapes either ... :oops: :fp:

It's on the list.

kw18

Newch91 wrote:

This semester can't end soon enough. I need to read the books I want to read!

I feel the same way about work. Only 32.5 more years until retirement and being able to read all the books I want!

afroannnie

Finished this last night...I really enjoyed it! I want to read it again...but first I have a long reading list to get through...





Next up...




Burroughs meets Kerouac...should be interesting...

Jeff Murray

Just finished Owen Laukkanen's The Professionals, good book, nice start to a series, didn't realize it was going to turn into a series when I started it. I like how the investigators are not the focus of the story, the criminals actually are, even found myself rooting for them by the end, even though I knew they were wrong. Sort of like Lehane's The Town.

Just started Brian McGilloway's The Rising. It's a series based along the Borderlands of Ireland with Inspector Devlin as the key character. I've liked the previous stories and am enjoying this one so far. If you are into Irish Noir I would recommend checking it out.

Enkidu

"For fans of John Grisham, Harlan Coben and Michael Connelly and for true crime fans. Bill Macumber was imprisoned for nearly 40 years for a crime he denied committing. In a fast-paced, suspenseful style which enhances the intriguing facts of this true story, journalist Barry Siegel recounts Macumber’s long and twisted road to justice." —The Sun Star Courier

Newch91

afroannnie wrote:

Next up...




Burroughs meets Kerouac...should be interesting...

Let me know how this one is.

afroannnie

Newch91 wrote:

afroannnie wrote:

Next up...




Burroughs meets Kerouac...should be interesting...

Let me know how this one is.

I will Only a few chapters in...but it's interesting because Burroughs & Kerouac write alternating chapters from two different characters' point of view..

smarchee