EPTGonna start Anna Karenina today.
What Are You Reading 2013 - Page 16
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dmnum
Brazil6910 Posts
Gonna start Anna Karenina today. | ||
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Cambium
United States16368 Posts
On January 23 2013 21:11 aloT wrote: I think that the hunger games had the concept for one of the best dark saga's ever. It had everything. It could have been another 1984. But damnit to hell half the focus was on an unrealistic and childishly portrayed love triangle. Haha, I completely agree. I thought the idea of the segregated world was brilliant (more Brave-New-World-esque imo), but the prose was just terrible. I read the books in three days after watching the movie because I thought it was fun, and it was. | ||
Holgerius
Sweden16951 Posts
 Preferably something a little deeper than the ones I've been going through so far. | ||
tofucake
Hyrule19200 Posts
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SimoNostalgia
United States226 Posts
![[image loading]](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2lS9bdooKYs/TKIJzRJdnAI/AAAAAAAAAvY/d4etWHRLnW0/s1600/cover-les-miserables.jpg) Finish Drawing of the Three ![[image loading]](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-phO2FyNZc34/T5v02IIogbI/AAAAAAAABUM/x3AcHxGB2mU/s1600/The+Drawing+of+the+Three+by+Stephen+King.jpg) Finish The Hobbit: Finish Girl with the dragon Tattoo ![[image loading]](http://www.purplecar.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/gwtdtyellow.jpg) | ||
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xAdra
Singapore1858 Posts
![[image loading]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51fqeziHwzL._SS500_.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://collider.com/wp-content/uploads/american-gods-book-cover-image.jpg) Trying to read the song of ice and fire series is both a pleasure and a torture. It's characters and storyline are stellar, but the book are so thick you know it'll be an eternity before you see the villains get their just servings. | ||
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Hodgyy
138 Posts
Nuff said imo. | ||
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corumjhaelen
France6884 Posts
On January 24 2013 00:31 SimoNostalgia wrote: Goals: Finish Les Mis unabridged. It's really an amazing book, but don't hesitate to skip a few pages cause Victor loves to digress... In particular there's a description of Paris' sewers that takes of few dozens of pages and bring nothing to the story. Happy to see the musical and the film bring a bit more fame to this novel though | ||
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ApoNow
Luxembourg100 Posts
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Mortal
2943 Posts
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Scribble
2077 Posts
![[image loading]](http://www.blooddirtandangels.com/wp-content/uploads/ao_blood/2012/07/image-5.jpg) Captivating from the very beginning, doubly so if you're a blogger. It starts out sharp and focused, and then gets a little ranty in the middle, but even when Holiday loses focus I was still hanging on every word. Currently Reading: ![[image loading]](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FMb6iHTzed4/Tu6oHpu62rI/AAAAAAAAAhM/MG4V_AGhbuo/s1600/The+Art+of+Learning.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://www.veterangamers.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Metro2033.jpg) Next up: ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/36YFb.jpeg) ![[image loading]](http://design-engine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/flow_cover.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://images.darkhorse.com/covers/200/18/18937.jpg) | ||
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Aberu
United States968 Posts
![[image loading]](https://mrstrictlyintimate.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/the-portable-atheist.jpg) I don't know what will be next. | ||
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Technique
Netherlands1542 Posts
![[image loading]](http://blog.bearstrong.net/max256/uploaded_images/Steven-Erikson---Gardens-of-the-Moon-736168.jpg) Well i bought it anyway... still need to start actually reading (lazy<). | ||
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aZealot
New Zealand5447 Posts
On January 24 2013 01:10 corumjhaelen wrote: It's really an amazing book, but don't hesitate to skip a few pages cause Victor loves to digress... In particular there's a description of Paris' sewers that takes of few dozens of pages and bring nothing to the story. Happy to see the musical and the film bring a bit more fame to this novel though Yeah, I think it was a writer's convention at that time, but Hugo heads off track a fair bit. Another example, iirc, is his description of the battle of Waterloo which goes on for a fair few pages. All of these can be skipped without missing out on the story. It is a grand story though with giant characters. | ||
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Teykila
4 Posts
![[image loading]](http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1284167912l/944073.jpg) Enjoyed very much Currently reading: ![[image loading]](http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1358261107l/13497.jpg) I am re reading it before "A dance with Dragon", just to remember exactly what happened. | ||
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Animzor
Sweden2154 Posts
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farvacola
United States18856 Posts
On January 24 2013 02:27 aZealot wrote: Yeah, I think it was a writer's convention at that time, but Hugo heads off track a fair bit. Another example, iirc, is his description of the battle of Waterloo which goes on for a fair few pages. All of these can be skipped without missing out on the story. It is a grand story though with giant characters. The Waterloo section is far more tolerable if you simply play ABBA's "Waterloo" in the background on repeat as you read it. | ||
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Mortal
2943 Posts
On January 24 2013 03:19 farvacola wrote: The Waterloo section is far more tolerable if you simply play ABBA's "Waterloo" in the background on repeat as you read it. off-topic, but I REALLY hope your name is a callback to super troopers. on-topic- as stated before, I'm starting Against the Day. Does anyone have experience with this book? From what I'm told/hear, it's kind of painful getting through it all, but a worthwhile and pleasent ride if you take the time to enjoy it. | ||
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sam!zdat
United States5559 Posts
On January 23 2013 20:53 corumjhaelen wrote: Some ideas are really good, but god how long and boring it can be, especially toward the end... Edit : that being said, I'm not a huge sci-fi fan, and I read it 10 years ago idk man I loved every word. Anyway don't you read all this french modernist stuff? I don't think you have any room to talk about "some good ideas but long and boring"  | ||
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farvacola
United States18856 Posts
On January 24 2013 03:23 Mortal wrote: off-topic, but I REALLY hope your name is a callback to super troopers. on-topic- as stated before, I'm starting Against the Day. Does anyone have experience with this book? From what I'm told/hear, it's kind of painful getting through it all, but a worthwhile and pleasent ride if you take the time to enjoy it. lol it most certainly is, one of those inane adolescent online handles that I figure I ought to keep around for whatever reason. Kudos on gathering together the gumption needed to even attempt any Pynchon novel other than The Crying of Lot 49 and Inherent Vice; one of the professors I studied under at OSU is a Pynchon scholar (Brian McHale) and I developed a Pynchon habit as a result. Against the Day is a typical Pynchon work in that it seems like the narrative structure suffers from some sort of ADHD inspired schizophrenia; the revolving door of characters, metaphor, and strange side tracks can be quite overwhelming if the reader approaches the work like they do more traditional novels. Instead, I would recommend that you not read Against the Day unless you plan to read it at least a 2nd or 3rd time; each reading experience will tease out a different brand of narrative focus, and accordingly a single read through does not do the work justice. Think of it as a massive Rorschach Test; stare too hard and the blots appear like....blots, but if you sort of fix your gaze and let it wash over you, the experience becomes far more rewarding. | ||
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