What book are you reading?

freshymad

"A Confederacy of Dunces," by John Kennedy Toole

dankind

intodeep

F Me In The Brain wrote:

Brought back another box of comics from my mom's house (still stored from when I was a kid) for my nephew to read and found this in there. Pulled it out as it is not age appropriate and started reading it last night. A really cool read, Frank Miller's Batman is the best.

i always really liked this one!

intodeep

F Me In The Brain wrote:

Anyone here read Neal Stephenson? I have a few in the pile, this is the first one I am starting -- seems like an interesting writer.



One of Time magazine's 100 all-time best English-language novels.

From the opening line of his breakthrough cyberpunk novel Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson plunges the reader into a not-too-distant future. It is a world where the Mafia controls pizza delivery, the United States exists as a patchwork of corporate-franchise city-states, and the Internet--incarnate as the Metaverse--looks something like last year's hype would lead you to believe it should. Enter Hiro Protagonist--hacker, samurai swordsman, and pizza-delivery driver. When his best friend fries his brain on a new designer drug called Snow Crash and his beautiful, brainy ex-girlfriend asks for his help, what's a guy with a name like that to do? He rushes to the rescue. A breakneck-paced 21st-century novel, Snow Crash interweaves everything from Sumerian myth to visions of a postmodern civilization on the brink of collapse. Faster than the speed of television and a whole lot more fun, Snow Crash is the portrayal of a future that is bizarre enough to be plausible

i have not read this or anything by him but i've heard it is really good. let us know how it is

nickburrows14

Rose Madder by Stephen King

smarchee

nickburrows14 wrote:

Rose Madder by Stephen King

I actually found this one of the very few SK I didn't care for

smarchee

Sprunkn7

Manson the Life and Times of Charles Manson

Who Princess

Sprunkn7 wrote:

Manson the Life and Times of Charles Manson

I'm right in the middle of that one. It's an excellent read.

smarchee

smarchee wrote:

this was a really damn good book, I read it in 3-4 days and it had a great twist

fucking Grisham still got it

smarchee

never read Irving, nabbed it from my parents bookshelf

SD48277

Life After Life, by Kate Atkinson.

vant0037

smarchee wrote:

never read Irving, nabbed it from my parents bookshelf

Strongly recommend other Irving books. In particular:

A Prayer for Owen Meany
The Cider House Rules
Hotel New Hampshire
World According to Garp

You will NOT be disappointed.

vant0037

Sequel to The Shining! Very good so far.

gunter1976

The Secret History of Khava Gaisanova
Khava Gaisanova lives in Chermen, a village in the heart of the North Caucasus. In 2007 her husband disappeared, like so many men in the North Caucasus disappear without a trace – kidnapped, arrested or simply executed and buried in anonymous graves. The unstable North Caucasus described in this book lies on the other side of the mountains from Sochi. In The Secret History of Khava Gaisanova, a grim picture unfolds of the region hosting the 2014 Winter Olympics.

F Me In The Brain

intodeep wrote:

F Me In The Brain wrote:

Anyone here read Neal Stephenson? I have a few in the pile, this is the first one I am starting -- seems like an interesting writer.



One of Time magazine's 100 all-time best English-language novels.

From the opening line of his breakthrough cyberpunk novel Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson plunges the reader into a not-too-distant future. It is a world where the Mafia controls pizza delivery, the United States exists as a patchwork of corporate-franchise city-states, and the Internet--incarnate as the Metaverse--looks something like last year's hype would lead you to believe it should. Enter Hiro Protagonist--hacker, samurai swordsman, and pizza-delivery driver. When his best friend fries his brain on a new designer drug called Snow Crash and his beautiful, brainy ex-girlfriend asks for his help, what's a guy with a name like that to do? He rushes to the rescue. A breakneck-paced 21st-century novel, Snow Crash interweaves everything from Sumerian myth to visions of a postmodern civilization on the brink of collapse. Faster than the speed of television and a whole lot more fun, Snow Crash is the portrayal of a future that is bizarre enough to be plausible

i have not read this or anything by him but i've heard it is really good. let us know how it is

A little too wordy in the second half, the cyperpunk got in the way of the plot some. I appreciate well thought out storylines but, for me, this was a little much. Very cool concept given when it was written and undoubtedly he is an excellent writer. I have a few more of his on the shelf but think they will stay there for a bit.

F Me In The Brain

Up next....one from our very own:

uninnocent-

I started reading How to Win Friends and Influence People, but had to take a break. So I'm halfway through that.

wasa1971

uninnocent- wrote:

I started reading How to Win Friends and Influence People, but had to take a break. So I'm halfway through that.

I tried to read this a couple of times, just didn't hold my attention. Now I'm reading Snakes in Suits, quite entertaining and relateable to people I have worked with over the years.

Sprunkn7

Inferno