What book are you reading?

catefrances wrote:

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.

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

microsmerfs - douglas coupland.

At the moment The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts by Louis De Bernieres.

It could end up being one of the greatest books I've ever read

PureandEasy wrote:

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 love the alex cross series

but right now

"the soul of a chef"

catefrances wrote:

PureandEasy wrote:

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.

rrivers wrote:

catefrances wrote:

PureandEasy wrote:

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.

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.

"Infinite Jest" by David Foster Wallace