Imperial Bedrooms, the sequel to my fave book, Bret Easton Ellis' Less than zero, and The Good Life by Jay McInerney.
i finished imperial bedrooms recently. it wasnt what i was expecting but being an ellis fan i enjoyed it.
I'm halfway through it, trying to make it last :-)
I read all his other novels, but failed to find any interest in Lunar Park. Did you like it?
lunar park was weird. i couldnt get my head around the main character being called bret easton ellis.
i like brets writing and i like that weve grown up 'together'. i pull my picador copy of less than zero off my shelf and back then i used to write the date in all my books. on the title page it says april 1986. and i think wow! i didnt even have kids back then(though i was pregnant with my eldest). the pages are browning nicely and it has that old book smell. and for this first british publication, it cost me $A8.95.
when i die i think its only right that my books fuel my funeral pyre.
hear my name
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
lunar park was weird. i couldnt get my head around the main character being called bret easton ellis.
i like brets writing and i like that weve grown up 'together'. i pull my picador copy of less than zero off my shelf and back then i used to write the date in all my books. on the title page it says april 1986. and i think wow! i didnt even have kids back then(though i was pregnant with my eldest). the pages are browning nicely and it has that old book smell. and for this first british publication, it cost me $A8.95.
when i die i think its only right that my books fuel my funeral pyre.
It's only right indeed !
Read Less than zero ten to fifteen years later, and I reckon it would have been even more meaningful to read it during the 80's. I can't help feeling some sort of real attachment to Clay and am still amazed with how he managed to create such a complex character while apparently describing his vacuity.
lunar park was weird. i couldnt get my head around the main character being called bret easton ellis.
i like brets writing and i like that weve grown up 'together'. i pull my picador copy of less than zero off my shelf and back then i used to write the date in all my books. on the title page it says april 1986. and i think wow! i didnt even have kids back then(though i was pregnant with my eldest). the pages are browning nicely and it has that old book smell. and for this first british publication, it cost me $A8.95.
when i die i think its only right that my books fuel my funeral pyre.
It's only right indeed !
Read Less than zero ten to fifteen years later, and I reckon it would have been even more meaningful to read it during the 80's. I can't help feeling some sort of real attachment to Clay and am still amazed with how he managed to create such a complex character while apparently describing his vacuity.
oh were all complex characters.
clay was a product of his upbringing. its not nature vs nurture. its nature and nurture. we need both. some people only get one. or what theyre nurtured by is meaningless... but it is really??? hmmm :think:
hear my name
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
Funny that I came across this thread again - at this time. On Friday, I grabbed an old book my mother gave me, looking for something to read while relaxing on vacation, and believe it or not, the book actually mentions Pearl Jam. I was like, are you f'ing kidding me?
It's called Mary, Mary by James Patterson. Mary is also referred to as Crazy Mary at times, but that's just a coincidence . . . I'm sure :P
It was good vacation reading, not too heavy, not too light
Funny that I came across this thread again - at this time. On Friday, I grabbed an old book my mother gave me, looking for something to read while relaxing on vacation, and believe it or not, the book actually mentions Pearl Jam. I was like, are you f'ing kidding me?
It's called Mary, Mary by James Patterson. Mary is also referred to as Crazy Mary at times, but that's just a coincidence . . . I'm sure :P
It was good vacation reading, not too heavy, not too light
i used to love james patterson... then i found out he writes by commitee and his output is akin to an assembly line. i shudder just thinking about it. anyways... perhaps if anything, it was a victoria williams reference.
hear my name
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
Funny that I came across this thread again - at this time. On Friday, I grabbed an old book my mother gave me, looking for something to read while relaxing on vacation, and believe it or not, the book actually mentions Pearl Jam. I was like, are you f'ing kidding me?
It's called Mary, Mary by James Patterson. Mary is also referred to as Crazy Mary at times, but that's just a coincidence . . . I'm sure :P
It was good vacation reading, not too heavy, not too light
Poet of the Appetites. A biography of M.F.K. Fisher
There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
Funny that I came across this thread again - at this time. On Friday, I grabbed an old book my mother gave me, looking for something to read while relaxing on vacation, and believe it or not, the book actually mentions Pearl Jam. I was like, are you f'ing kidding me?
It's called Mary, Mary by James Patterson. Mary is also referred to as Crazy Mary at times, but that's just a coincidence . . . I'm sure :P
It was good vacation reading, not too heavy, not too light
i used to love james patterson... then i found out he writes by commitee and his output is akin to an assembly line. i shudder just thinking about it. anyways... perhaps if anything, it was a victoria williams reference.
I saw a news story on him once and he took the reporter through his office where he had 10 or so books in various stages of completion. It really was an assembly line.
That said, if I love the story and characters I don't care if he writes on a chalkboard falling out of an airplane. His books are too fast paced for me. They feel like outlines more than novels, but a lot of people like them.
Funny that I came across this thread again - at this time. On Friday, I grabbed an old book my mother gave me, looking for something to read while relaxing on vacation, and believe it or not, the book actually mentions Pearl Jam. I was like, are you f'ing kidding me?
It's called Mary, Mary by James Patterson. Mary is also referred to as Crazy Mary at times, but that's just a coincidence . . . I'm sure :P
It was good vacation reading, not too heavy, not too light
i used to love james patterson... then i found out he writes by commitee and his output is akin to an assembly line. i shudder just thinking about it. anyways... perhaps if anything, it was a victoria williams reference.
I saw a news story on him once and he took the reporter through his office where he had 10 or so books in various stages of completion. It really was an assembly line.
That said, if I love the story and characters I don't care if he writes on a chalkboard falling out of an airplane. His books are too fast paced for me. They feel like outlines more than novels, but a lot of people like them.
well i understand the multi books in various stages of completion. i juggle 2 or 3 stories in different notebooks, so though 10 seems like a lot, we all do it... the germ of an idea pops into our heads while were in the middle of a different story and sometimes well jot it down for later and sometimes well go with it and write til its exhausted and then go back to the other story. patersons way of doing things is just different to mine... i dont play well with others and i def couldnt hand over my characters for someone else to write about. but thats just me.
his books are formulaic and thus easy to read... thats why people like them. its escapism. i read jackie collins for the same reason.
hear my name
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
1998 ~ Barrie
2003 ~ Toronto
2005 ~ London, Toronto
2006 ~ Toronto
2008 ~ Hartford, Mansfied I,
2009 ~ Toronto, Chicago I, Chicago II
2010 ~ Cleveland, Buffalo
2011 ~ Toronto I, Toronto II, Ottawa, Hamilton
2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
After wanting to read it for many years, I finally picked up a copy of On the Road. I'm reading the scroll version and I love it, I guess it was worth the wait because now I'm reading it how Kerouac actually wrote it rather than the edited down version.
Just finished The Metamorphosis by Kafka for my lit class.
Twisted, but I actually liked it.
"Sometimes you find yourself having to put all your faith in no faith."
~not a dude~
2010: MSGx2
2012: Made In America
2013: Pittsburgh, Brooklynx2, Hartford, Baltimore
2014: Leeds, Milton Keynes, Detroit
2015: Global Citizen Festival
2016: Phillyx2, MSGx2, Fenwayx2 2018: Barcelona, Wrigleyx2
I'm re-reading the Stephen King Dark Tower series. I read through Wizard and Glass years ago when it came out, but stopped.. Can't wait to get to the later books for the first time!
Yeah, one chapter left. It's brilliant. It's inspired me to want to travel around the Taklamakan desert and follow in the footsteps of these people.
I'm gonna get another one of his books soon: 'Trespassers on the Roof of the World: The Secret Exploration of Tibet'
I just finished a book about Kublai Khan. I'll be going to Mongolia next year - staying one night in Ulaanbaator. Would be good to get out into the grasslands but I won't have time.
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lunar park was weird. i couldnt get my head around the main character being called bret easton ellis.
i like brets writing and i like that weve grown up 'together'. i pull my picador copy of less than zero off my shelf and back then i used to write the date in all my books. on the title page it says april 1986. and i think wow! i didnt even have kids back then(though i was pregnant with my eldest). the pages are browning nicely and it has that old book smell. and for this first british publication, it cost me $A8.95.
when i die i think its only right that my books fuel my funeral pyre.
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
It's only right indeed !
Read Less than zero ten to fifteen years later, and I reckon it would have been even more meaningful to read it during the 80's. I can't help feeling some sort of real attachment to Clay and am still amazed with how he managed to create such a complex character while apparently describing his vacuity.
oh were all complex characters.
clay was a product of his upbringing. its not nature vs nurture. its nature and nurture. we need both. some people only get one. or what theyre nurtured by is meaningless... but it is really??? hmmm :think:
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
It's called Mary, Mary by James Patterson. Mary is also referred to as Crazy Mary at times, but that's just a coincidence . . . I'm sure :P
It was good vacation reading, not too heavy, not too light
i used to love james patterson... then i found out he writes by commitee and his output is akin to an assembly line. i shudder just thinking about it. anyways... perhaps if anything, it was a victoria williams reference.
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
It could end up being one of the greatest books I've ever read
but right now
"the soul of a chef"
The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
I saw a news story on him once and he took the reporter through his office where he had 10 or so books in various stages of completion. It really was an assembly line.
That said, if I love the story and characters I don't care if he writes on a chalkboard falling out of an airplane. His books are too fast paced for me. They feel like outlines more than novels, but a lot of people like them.
By Jon Krakauer
well i understand the multi books in various stages of completion. i juggle 2 or 3 stories in different notebooks, so though 10 seems like a lot, we all do it... the germ of an idea pops into our heads while were in the middle of a different story and sometimes well jot it down for later and sometimes well go with it and write til its exhausted and then go back to the other story. patersons way of doing things is just different to mine... i dont play well with others and i def couldnt hand over my characters for someone else to write about. but thats just me.
his books are formulaic and thus easy to read... thats why people like them. its escapism. i read jackie collins for the same reason.
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
2003 ~ Toronto
2005 ~ London, Toronto
2006 ~ Toronto
2008 ~ Hartford, Mansfied I,
2009 ~ Toronto, Chicago I, Chicago II
2010 ~ Cleveland, Buffalo
2011 ~ Toronto I, Toronto II, Ottawa, Hamilton
2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
fade away...
I am at peace with my lust.....for Eddie.
Hartford 5-13-06, 6-27-08, 10-25-13
Mansfield, MA 6-30-08, 6-28-08, 7-2-03, 7-3-03, 7-11-03, 8-29-00, 8-30-00, 9-15-98, 9-16-98
Worcester 10-15-13, 10-16-13
- Peter Hopkirk
That looks great, are you far into it?
Twisted, but I actually liked it.
~not a dude~
2010: MSGx2
2012: Made In America
2013: Pittsburgh, Brooklynx2, Hartford, Baltimore
2014: Leeds, Milton Keynes, Detroit
2015: Global Citizen Festival
2016: Phillyx2, MSGx2, Fenwayx2
2018: Barcelona, Wrigleyx2
the blank slate - the modern denial of human nature - steven pinker
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
I'm re-reading the Stephen King Dark Tower series. I read through Wizard and Glass years ago when it came out, but stopped.. Can't wait to get to the later books for the first time!
Yeah, one chapter left. It's brilliant. It's inspired me to want to travel around the Taklamakan desert and follow in the footsteps of these people.
I'm gonna get another one of his books soon: 'Trespassers on the Roof of the World: The Secret Exploration of Tibet'
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I just finished a book about Kublai Khan. I'll be going to Mongolia next year - staying one night in Ulaanbaator. Would be good to get out into the grasslands but I won't have time.
Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me
Great book.