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  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    smarchee wrote:
    Stephen King - Full Dark, No Stars

    1922, the first of the 4 stories, was fucked

    I enjoyed that book a lot but it made me feel dirty after finishing it. The third story is more lighthearted (but still dark). The last one made me want to take a bath.
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  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    vant0037 wrote:
    MayDay10 wrote:
    The Shining

    WAAAAAAY better than the movie. There's a bit of a split between Kubrick and King over the treatment of the novel by Kubrick. The book is soooooo much scarier...

    Yeah, I think King wasn't happy because Nicholson seems crazy from the beginning instead of actually watching his descent into madness. I think King is not allowed to bad mouth the movie based on an agreement with him and Kubrick.
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  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    vant0037 wrote:
    "By Night In Chile" by Roberto Bolano

    If you've never read Roberto Bolano, do so now. He died a few years ago and we lost a true genius. Start with "The Savage Detectives" and then read "2666." Awesome, awesome books...

    I've thought about picking up 2666 but have hesitated because it has 4 billion pages.

    Right now, I'm re-reading "Hearts In Atlantis" by King.
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  • vant0037
    vant0037 Posts: 6,170
    rrivers wrote:
    vant0037 wrote:
    "By Night In Chile" by Roberto Bolano

    If you've never read Roberto Bolano, do so now. He died a few years ago and we lost a true genius. Start with "The Savage Detectives" and then read "2666." Awesome, awesome books...

    I've thought about picking up 2666 but have hesitated because it has 4 billion pages.

    Right now, I'm re-reading "Hearts In Atlantis" by King.

    "2666" is definitely long, but once you get into Bolano's style, its an absolutely phenomenal book.

    I haven't read "Hearts In Atlantis" but I own it. I love Stephen King, so I tend to pick up his books for cheap at used books stores and "Hearts" is on the list to read. Anything by King is usually a safe pick.
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  • cbrunelle783
    cbrunelle783 Posts: 1,025
    I'm reading So You Wanna be A Rock 'n Roll Star by Jacob Slichter drummer for Semisonic, it is the worst tour book I've ever read. Anyone remember them? They did absolutely nothing. They're a 1 hit wonder from the mid-late 90s that sounded like every other 1 hit wonder from the mid-late 90s such as Fastball and Eve6 and Harvey Danger. Luckily it was a library donation and it's going back to the library donation shelf after I'm done with it :)
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  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    2/3 done with Neil Gaiman's American Gods
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  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    cbrunelle783 wrote:
    I'm reading So You Wanna be A Rock 'n Roll Star by Jacob Slichter drummer for Semisonic, it is the worst tour book I've ever read. Anyone remember them? They did absolutely nothing. They're a 1 hit wonder from the mid-late 90s that sounded like every other 1 hit wonder from the mid-late 90s such as Fastball and Eve6 and Harvey Danger. Luckily it was a library donation and it's going back to the library donation shelf after I'm done with it :)

    That's the "Closing Time" band, right? I'm pretty sure they did a song called "For the Love of the Game" for the movie...wait for it..."For the Love of the Game". I'm the only one in the world who knows this. Yes, I have that soundtrack and, yes, I like the song. :oops:
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  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    vant0037 wrote:
    rrivers wrote:
    vant0037 wrote:
    "By Night In Chile" by Roberto Bolano

    If you've never read Roberto Bolano, do so now. He died a few years ago and we lost a true genius. Start with "The Savage Detectives" and then read "2666." Awesome, awesome books...

    I've thought about picking up 2666 but have hesitated because it has 4 billion pages.

    Right now, I'm re-reading "Hearts In Atlantis" by King.

    "2666" is definitely long, but once you get into Bolano's style, its an absolutely phenomenal book.

    I haven't read "Hearts In Atlantis" but I own it. I love Stephen King, so I tend to pick up his books for cheap at used books stores and "Hearts" is on the list to read. Anything by King is usually a safe pick.

    It's good. I read it when it came out and remember it had me a little choked up at the end. I just finished "Lord of the Flies" and the part about having "a stick sharpened at both ends" reminded me that I had seen it in a King book. I checked my Stephen King bookshelf and saw it was "Hearts in Atlantis" and here we are.
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  • cbrunelle783
    cbrunelle783 Posts: 1,025
    rrivers wrote:
    cbrunelle783 wrote:
    I'm reading So You Wanna be A Rock 'n Roll Star by Jacob Slichter drummer for Semisonic, it is the worst tour book I've ever read. Anyone remember them? They did absolutely nothing. They're a 1 hit wonder from the mid-late 90s that sounded like every other 1 hit wonder from the mid-late 90s such as Fastball and Eve6 and Harvey Danger. Luckily it was a library donation and it's going back to the library donation shelf after I'm done with it :)

    That's the "Closing Time" band, right? I'm pretty sure they did a song called "For the Love of the Game" for the movie...wait for it..."For the Love of the Game". I'm the only one in the world who knows this. Yes, I have that soundtrack and, yes, I like the song. :oops:

    Yeah that's them. To be completely honest the only reason I picked it up was b/c of the possible PJ mention :roll: It makes sense that they were on that soundtrack b/c they were signed by MCA and they put out the disc.
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  • aNiMaL
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    youngster wrote:
    A People's History of the United States- Howard Zinn
    I can't believe that is still on my list. I have been wanting to read it for a long time. Some day i will find time to catch up on my list and get to this book!
  • Nastasja
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    The Measure of Paris - Stephen Scobie
    You can spend your time alone, re-digesting past regrets,
    Or you can come to terms and realize
    You're the only one who can't forgive yourself
  • Kraven
    Kraven Posts: 829
    aNiMaL wrote:
    youngster wrote:
    A People's History of the United States- Howard Zinn
    I can't believe that is still on my list. I have been wanting to read it for a long time. Some day i will find time to catch up on my list and get to this book!

    Same, I got it for Christmas and keep putting it off
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  • Got a hard hard head
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    American Heritage - New History of the Civil War - Bruce Catton.

    Having only the briefest knowledge of this, I thought I'd educate myself a little more. It's one of those books where every illustration is accompanied with a detailed description and lots of additional information so it's pretty heavy going.
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  • Owl
    Owl Posts: 1,062
    This is the one I've been reading recently, but was kind of disappointed.

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    It gave me the impression that not every chapter was written with the same care and attention. I loved the first ones set during New York's very beginning at the time of the Dutch settlement, the Indians and the subsequent happenings during the Civil War but I lost interest after a while.
    I was attracted by the whole concept of the book, though.
  • PJSerf
    PJSerf Posts: 637
    I have a stack of about 40 books that I need/want to tackle soon. Currently reading This All Encompassing Trip as well as Under the Dome. Next in the list is 2666 and East of Eden.

    I always have ambitious goals for my reading, but can't seem to find the time!
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  • Kraven
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    intodeep wrote:
    2/3 done with Neil Gaiman's American Gods

    How do you like it? It is next on my list. My girlfriend loves Neil Gaiman, and I have never read a book by him, going to start his Sandman graphic novel series as well.
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  • Given to...
    Given to... Wyoming Posts: 5,007
    just read

    Broken, A love Story

    Lisa Jones


    Good read.

    http://www.amazon.com/Broken-ebook/dp/B ... 44&sr=8-29
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  • BamaPJFan
    BamaPJFan Posts: 410
    I just finished Sammy Hagar's autobiography where he exposes the foolish antics that took place while he was in Van Halen, as well as his life before and after Van Halen. I actually went to one of Sammy's book signings and he was the nicest, coolest dude. It's a shame that Ed and Al are lunatics and wasted many years of making great rock music. I'm a huge Sammy fan, by the way.

    Sammy wrote about the tour that he and Roth did back in 2002 and how Roth was a complete wreck during the tour and only played his old Van Halen covers, while Sammy played a few VH songs, but also did his solo work and Montrose tunes. Sammy mentioned how his merchandise outsold Roth's merch on that tour by 4 to 1. Sammy also found it amusing how Roth would never come on stage with Sammy to do any collaborations after Sammy had asked Roth over and over to do this.

    * Sammy gives Eddie Vedder some quick props in the book. He also mentions Scott Weiland and how Weiland refused to let David Lee Roth come on stage to jam with Velvet Revolver at the Rock Hall of Fame ceremonies a few years ago when VH was inducted. (Only Sammy and Mike showed up to speak on behalf of VH that night because of how dysfunctional the brothers and Roth were behaving.)
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  • he still stands
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    PJSerf wrote:
    I have a stack of about 40 books that I need/want to tackle soon. Currently reading This All Encompassing Trip as well as Under the Dome. Next in the list is 2666 and East of Eden.

    I always have ambitious goals for my reading, but can't seem to find the time!

    East of Eden is one of my all time favorites... have you read Steinbeck before? He's definitely in my top 5 authors. That one and Grapes of Wrath are legendary and he has plenty of other books that are fun or interesting like Cannery Row, The Pearl, In Dubious Battle, and of course - Of Mice and Men. I haven't read a book of his that I didn't enjoy immensely.

    I'm having a tough time deciding what to read next but I'm leaning towards non-fiction. Has anyone ever read about Alred Korzybski or Benjamin Tucker? Or any other ideas on non-fiction works? I'm generally not a fan of biographies... looking for more of a work on a subject matter.
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  • PJSerf
    PJSerf Posts: 637
    he still stands wrote:
    PJSerf wrote:
    I have a stack of about 40 books that I need/want to tackle soon. Currently reading This All Encompassing Trip as well as Under the Dome. Next in the list is 2666 and East of Eden.

    I always have ambitious goals for my reading, but can't seem to find the time!

    East of Eden is one of my all time favorites... have you read Steinbeck before? He's definitely in my top 5 authors. That one and Grapes of Wrath are legendary and he has plenty of other books that are fun or interesting like Cannery Row, The Pearl, In Dubious Battle, and of course - Of Mice and Men. I haven't read a book of his that I didn't enjoy immensely.

    I'm having a tough time deciding what to read next but I'm leaning towards non-fiction. Has anyone ever read about Alred Korzybski or Benjamin Tucker? Or any other ideas on non-fiction works? I'm generally not a fan of biographies... looking for more of a work on a subject matter.

    I've read Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men a long time ago in high school, would love to give them a re-read. I received Cannery Row as a xmas gift, and it is in my stack to read. Looking forward to getting into East of Eden first :D
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