Chubbs Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i eat babies Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 ^ have you read the rest of the stieg larsson trilogy? def worth it. No. That post was on the day I finished reading it. I am for sure going to though. The first was cool to read and I've heard nothing but good things about the other two. I'll have to wait until the next time I go visit my parents though. My mum was the one who gave me the first one and she's got the rest of the series. Borrowing used books>buying new ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecarwreck Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 my wife was all about those Larsson books--enough that she got crazy pissed after seeing the films saying how they cut all the really important stuff out. Just a heads-up if you're going to see them. Borrowing used books>buying new ones. word, most of the time. I treat it like music or anything else where there's gigantic corporations and little dudes trying to sell their shit: Big=steal or borrow, Small=buy and support. Random House and Penguin don't need your $19.95 but Graywolf or Alice James sure as hell does. Reading this as of 15 minutes from now: even though I hate the Yankees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!@#$% Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 i saw the movies. i think the swedes did an ok job. first movie was great, second was decent, third left a bit to be desired (as adaptations.. as movies on their own they were good to watch) now, david fincher is remaking them as american movies (i can only assume they'll be speaking english) but filming in sweden. wtf. i detest the american need to redo shit now, if fincher can pull off a much more involved plot line with more characters and more detail from the book, i'll be pleased, but that is a very tall order. i loved the books so much though i'll probably watch the american versions. my man and i have so many books. i have far too many. and they keep coming i have a kindle now, so pirating books and getting books for free, whilst not taking up anymore bookshelf space, is the name of my new game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iloveboxcars Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Random House and Penguin don't need your $19.95 but Graywolf or Alice James sure as hell does. . Penguin is pretty much THE reason people stopped having to pay a stupid amount of money for books to own them. Because of this I will continue to support Penguin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman Spiff Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Actually the first book I've checked out from my university's library. I was surprised at how many books they had haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotsauceinthedickholewastaken Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 for real. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fist 666 Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 read this last week. a good, quick read. good story, but not necessarily a great book (if that makes sense) now i'm reading this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doodle Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abrasivesaint Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 been poking at this a little bit every night. just bought these, been reading this since i got home. got this too, except its some other version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MayorMeanBeans Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 The past couple of years I have been reading as much Naipaul as I can. definitely my favorite author. right now im working on these two at once: Just finished this: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butter_Milkshake Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 Charles Bukowski-Women Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecarwreck Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Eliot reading "The Waste Land" is like listening to every douchebag ultra-privileged old white guy masturbate. Shit's important, in context, but fuck that guy. On the other hand, I'm on to these bastards: + Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatetown Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 **Highly recommended by Myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
<3weed Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 i cant read :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abrasivesaint Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Eliot reading "The Waste Land" is like listening to every douchebag ultra-privileged old white guy masturbate. Shit's important, in context, but fuck that guy. haha, i already read anything that seemed interesting. it was 5 bucks and made my book buying a even $20, figured why not.. much, much more into the Nietzsche. Chubbs how is Guns, Germs and Steel, saw it while i was buying those other books, looked kinda interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALIgula Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 read this last week. a good, quick read. good story, but not necessarily a great book (if that makes sense) now i'm reading this wow...these look interesting. i wish i had read bonsai school before i killed my juniper bonsai tree. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fist 666 Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 i've already killed a bunch of plants, i'm starting out waaay past the curve, don't worry. tons of knowledge in it though, plus a bunch in the bonsai thread in untitled i've been laid up on pain pills recovering from a capso and tonsilectomy and my wife has been reading this to me, its written well and very interesting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silly_kelly Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 an easy tip for keeping junipers alive is to leave em outside all year round. reading this vvv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FruityLexia. Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Im basing alot of my trip in eastern spain on this book. it is really excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idrinktostink Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 breakfast of champions the coming insurrection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cro. Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 i'm reading stephen king's dark tower series again it's fantastic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!@#$% Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 bonsai are very difficult to keep alive. i don't even think a book would help me. i hated the sun also rises. seemed like a bunch of high-falutin flakes in that novel. all tormented by their own superficiality. yawn. it was tough to finish even though it was the size of a pamphlet.. in my opinion, The Great Gatsby slays literature from that era. they are also really obviously written around the same time even though they are set on different continents. i dunno what to read next. almost done with the h.potters and damn that kid is whiney. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fist 666 Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 i have a hard time with hemingway in general, it might be due to personal bias and an ex, but i just don't ever finish his works feeling completely satisfied or moved. i haven't read gatsby since highschool, where i hated it. i really ought to try that one again as its regarded so highly. to bonsai: i don't know. i know i've killed shit, i've got that part down pat. i'm gonna go to a bonsai convention and a couple gardens and talk to locals before i invest too much more into it, but i'm not willing to give up and stop killing just yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecarwreck Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 ^^^ Hemingway is hit or miss for me... either I love him or hate him. Get on his short stories and you'll probably feel a little better. Also, if you're down for the Modernist stuff, Dos Passos is a favorite... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALLWHITEPEOPLELOOKTHESAME Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackfatsoe Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 I avoided reading this for so long. He seems like a smart guy, and so far I'm enjoying the logic behind his argument. (ate ham sandwich this morning while reading) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!@#$% Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 ^ it was a decent read. i went veg a few years after reading it and never looked back, not sure how much influence it actually had on me though i dunno, i'm just not a hemingway fan. fist, def try it again, i tried to read gatsby in high school and hated it then as well it's a really fast read too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fist 666 Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 i will. i read animal liberation in highschool too, but i bought into it and was already vegan at the time. now i just don't care and you couldn't convince me that there is any sound argument against eating deliciousness. life w/o pork is not a life worth living. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackfatsoe Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 I'm not really considering becoming a vegetarian...but I'm trying to keep an open mind, at least for the books sake. I checked it out because david foster wallace mentions it in Consider the Lobster , which I end up reading once every couple of months. His non fiction really stays with me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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