What book are you reading?

dankind said:

GlowGirl said:

F Me In The Brain said:

GlowGirl said:

brianlux said:

GlowGirl said:

F Me In The Brain said:

Thought it was fun.  Not as much fun or original as the first one but pretty good.

I didn’t realize this came out. I read both Ready Player One, and Armada. I will have to buy this one. 

Is the Ready Player One movie any good?

The movie was good. I liked the book better (as is often the case). I watched it on an airplane. I think it stayed pretty faithful to the book. I just liked the book better. But, it's worth a watch if you are looking for something.

I can agree with this opinion....I thought the movie was ok/good and had I not read the book I probably would have thought the movie was better when I watched it 
Part of the fun of the book was the way the nostaligoc sounds/images were recalled....where with the movie they just showed them to you.

They stayed pretty close, Cline worked closely with them on the movie 

Right. Plus, it was Spielberg. So, that helped as well. I agree that had I not read the book first I would have liked the movie a bit better. I felt the same way about the Circle. The movie was great, but having read the book first made the movie a little less so. 

The movie was pretty faithful. I actually saw the film first and just finished reading the book to my son last week. There weren’t any major plot departures, as far as I can recall. The biggest difference I noticed was that Spielberg just replaced Cline’s geeky obsessions (i.e., the ones attributed to Halliday) with his own darlings (e.g., Kubrick, etc.). 

(I kept waiting for The Shining part to happen in the book.  )

I liked Cline's geeky obsessions more. 

dankind said:

brianlux said:

Thanks, GlowGirl and dankind  , I think I'll try the book first. 

Matt Ruff's 88 Names is in the same vein but a little more adult.

https://youtu.be/7-k-oCxGjTM

Thanks. I will order this. If you guys like these kinds of books you may also like The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North. I loved that book and ended up reading several more of her books, which I also liked. 

oftenreading said:

GlowGirl said:

dankind said:

brianlux said:

Thanks, GlowGirl and dankind  , I think I'll try the book first. 

Matt Ruff's 88 Names is in the same vein but a little more adult.

https://youtu.be/7-k-oCxGjTM

Thanks. I will order this. If you guys like these kinds of books you may also like The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North. I loved that book and ended up reading several more of her books, which I also liked. 

I also enjoyed that book and have read more of her work, almost all of which has been well worth reading. 

Thanks for the recommendation. Are these books that I could read to the kids, or are they more adult content?

If kid-friendly, it sounds like I can wait for the paperback on Ready Player Two, even though the boy wants to start it after we finish the book we're currently reading, The Stars Beneath Our Feet by David Barclay Moore.

dankind said:

oftenreading said:

GlowGirl said:

dankind said:

brianlux said:

Thanks, GlowGirl and dankind  , I think I'll try the book first. 

Matt Ruff's 88 Names is in the same vein but a little more adult.

https://youtu.be/7-k-oCxGjTM

Thanks. I will order this. If you guys like these kinds of books you may also like The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North. I loved that book and ended up reading several more of her books, which I also liked. 

I also enjoyed that book and have read more of her work, almost all of which has been well worth reading. 

Thanks for the recommendation. Are these books that I could read to the kids, or are they more adult content?

If kid-friendly, it sounds like I can wait for the paperback on Ready Player Two, even though the boy wants to start it after we finish the book we're currently reading, The Stars Beneath Our Feet by David Barclay Moore.

Out of North books I have read, I enjoyed Touch the most, but would not say it is particularly child-friendly (though that depends on the child in question). Give it a read first and see if you like it. 

oftenreading said:

dankind said:

oftenreading said:

GlowGirl said:

dankind said:

brianlux said:

Thanks, GlowGirl and dankind  , I think I'll try the book first. 

Matt Ruff's 88 Names is in the same vein but a little more adult.

https://youtu.be/7-k-oCxGjTM

Thanks. I will order this. If you guys like these kinds of books you may also like The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North. I loved that book and ended up reading several more of her books, which I also liked. 

I also enjoyed that book and have read more of her work, almost all of which has been well worth reading. 

Thanks for the recommendation. Are these books that I could read to the kids, or are they more adult content?

If kid-friendly, it sounds like I can wait for the paperback on Ready Player Two, even though the boy wants to start it after we finish the book we're currently reading, The Stars Beneath Our Feet by David Barclay Moore.

Out of North books I have read, I enjoyed Touch the most, but would not say it is particularly child-friendly (though that depends on the child in question). Give it a read first and see if you like it. 

I don't know when I'll ever get to read something for my own enjoyment again. For better or worse, I've committed to Proust, and I've never put off reading more. Seriously, I'll reread something for work first.

Meanwhile, I continue to buy/be gifted books that I hope to enjoy at some point.

This is why I try to read books to the kids that I know I'll dig as well. Ready Player One was a good one, and The Stars Beneath Our Feet is shaping up to be even better. 

oftenreading said:

dankind said:

oftenreading said:

GlowGirl said:

dankind said:

brianlux said:

Thanks, GlowGirl and dankind  , I think I'll try the book first. 

Matt Ruff's 88 Names is in the same vein but a little more adult.

https://youtu.be/7-k-oCxGjTM

Thanks. I will order this. If you guys like these kinds of books you may also like The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North. I loved that book and ended up reading several more of her books, which I also liked. 

I also enjoyed that book and have read more of her work, almost all of which has been well worth reading. 

Thanks for the recommendation. Are these books that I could read to the kids, or are they more adult content?

If kid-friendly, it sounds like I can wait for the paperback on Ready Player Two, even though the boy wants to start it after we finish the book we're currently reading, The Stars Beneath Our Feet by David Barclay Moore.

Out of North books I have read, I enjoyed Touch the most, but would not say it is particularly child-friendly (though that depends on the child in question). Give it a read first and see if you like it. 

I liked the book Touch as well. The Sudden Appearance of Hope was also pretty bizarre. I think I liked the Harry August book the best so far. i have a few more of hers to read. I agree that they are not really for kids, but depends on the kid, how old they are, etc. There are some interesting themes in these books.

Bill Bailey’s Remarkable Guide To Happiness... while sipping on a rum and coke, with the sun setting over the river. Life is good.

Wobbie said:

I’m on a sicko trip. finished manson; up to about age 21 with jim jones. so far, jim seems a bit quirky but an OK guy....

I think I have a Guinn book somewhere in the pile, one about the OK Corral. Have yet to read.  You like his writing?  (Guessing if you moved on to Sicko Book II)