Dark_Knight Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 50/50 leaves me stale. I need Chanticleer to tie break. I really enjoy mccarthy. He does take. Faulkner approach to story telling at times which can be a lot if you’re trying to just casually read. Blood Meridian is a masterpiece Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metronome Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 I like McCarthy too, but when I read something from him its usually spaced out well from the last time I read something of his. Hope that makes sense. No Country and The Road are both probably his 'easiest' reads though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ko SprueOne Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 Finished, Kind Nepenthe. A contemporary horror story set in the wooded mountains of rainy Humboldt County. Started, The Cabanatuan Prison Raid 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Knight Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 How was kind nepenthe @Ko SprueOne? That’s been on my tbr started this one today. For those who like southern gothic but don’t like McCarthy’s writing style, you should try this guy out. Already hooked into this. read this one years back and it was absolutely thrilling. Highly recommend. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ko SprueOne Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 If you like, southern gothic, (I had to look that up), then you'll like, Kind Nepenthe. Bad actors, victims, ghosts, drugs, ultra violence. It's similar to Alex Garland's, The Beach, but actually good. To be fair, The Tesseract, also by Alex Garland is good. And like that book Kind Nepenthe is three stories that collide eventually and violently. I'm going to look up, William Gay books 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metronome Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 My tbr list never seems to get shorter 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Outlaw Vandal Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 Graffiti while shopping? yes! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUGR Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 On 4/3/2023 at 8:08 PM, Outlaw Vandal said: Graffiti while shopping? yes! I too have read this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ko SprueOne Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 Just picked this one up today. Haven't started it yet tho 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ko SprueOne Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 On 3/23/2023 at 5:23 PM, Ko SprueOne said: Finished, Kind Nepenthe. A contemporary horror story set in the wooded mountains of rainy Humboldt County. Started, The Cabanatuan Prison Raid Finished, The Cabanatuan Prison Raid This book defines details of the activities more accurately than the movie, The Great Raid. Of course, it's a Hollywood movie, right Next will be, The Eighth* Day I think this is a teen book or something like that. Whatever, I'll get through it. The title interested me because there are eight days in a Burmese culture week 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ko SprueOne Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 * Eighth, a weirdly spelled word 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outlaw Vandal Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 this one...... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outlaw Vandal Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 this 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dark_Knight Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 1 hour ago, Outlaw Vandal said: this 2 I finished this but it was tough. I felt like it was tough to follow. If I came into it knowing it may have been different. But I figured it would be a smooth read Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outlaw Vandal Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 22 hours ago, Dark_Knight said: I finished this but it was tough. I felt like it was tough to follow. If I came into it knowing it may have been different. But I figured it would be a smooth read yea its like several stories in one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KILZ FILLZ Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 Devils Teeth was great Starting this today. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metronome Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 If you liked Neuromancer I suggest Snow Crash by Stephenson. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KILZ FILLZ Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyeast Posted May 6, 2023 Share Posted May 6, 2023 Another book…another airport bar 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fat ralphy Posted May 6, 2023 Share Posted May 6, 2023 Met the author last month - dude is old as fuck. I need to read more, make it a nightly ritual. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metronome Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 Just started this 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metronome Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 On 5/7/2023 at 12:05 PM, metronome said: Just started this Finished. Next up: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KILZ FILLZ Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 On 5/4/2023 at 10:52 AM, KILZ FILLZ said: I am 3/4 of the way through and still have no idea what’s going on 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ko SprueOne Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 On 4/29/2023 at 6:56 PM, Ko SprueOne said: Next will be, The Eighth* Day I think this is a teen book or something like that. Whatever, I'll get through it. The title interested me because there are eight days in a Burmese culture week Finished, The Eighth Day, Dianne K. Salerni. It is YA Fiction and I almost put it down but it was D&D enough to keep me interested. Also, interesting is that the author made an eighth day between Wednesday and Thursday which is also where Burma puts their eighth day. Actually they have two Wednesdays. The Wednesday after the regular Wednesday is a ‘dark’ Wednesday similar to how this story describes the eighth day as well Now starting a non fiction, Lexicon Devil, The Fast Times and Short Life of Darby Crash and The Germs. By Brendan Mullen with Don Bolles and Adam Parfrey. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ko SprueOne Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 On 5/30/2023 at 4:39 PM, KILZ FILLZ said: I am 3/4 of the way through and still have no idea what’s going on This happens to me when I try to read an article in Harpers magazine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ko SprueOne Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 On 5/5/2023 at 10:15 PM, fat ralphy said: Met the author last month - dude is old as fuck. I need to read more, make it a nightly ritual. Nightly may be good if it works in your schedule. I rarely* read at night after supper or before bed. Reading time for me is break time at work and waiting rooms/time. *unless there is a few pages left in the book then I'll make the exception and just finish it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fat ralphy Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 @Ko SprueOne my ADD is hella bad and if there is too much going on around me I literally have a sidebar of thoughts running through my mind as I read. Night time tends to be the best because I am tired but unfortunately that also means it takes me a long time to finish books. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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