Just got Stephen Leigh's fantasy trilogy "Assassin's Dawn," and Woolf's "Mrs. Dalloway." Going to start with Woolf, I think, since I just finished a fantasy novel.
Currently rereading the Harry Potter series since, well...I never actually read the last one. It's been a fun ride so far. I'm on Order of the Phoenix, which was my favorite back then and so far still is. On deck once I'm done is Gaiman's Fragile Things compilation, McCarthy's The Road, and Wiley Cash's The Dark Road to Mercy. I think I still have Rushdie's Satanic Verses in the pile somewhere, too. Not to mention, I still gotta finish the most recent Ms. Marvel trade paperback. What an absolute delight
I just finished NORMAL by Graeme Cameron. It was lovely. I recommend it if you like Crime/Murder/Thrillers. I'm slowly accepting the fact that I'm a fast reader which makes it harder to want to buy books. It's like spending $20 on a five minute movie.
Maybes. Can't say I've ever looked at it like that. Just the thought of someone 'skim reading' something I've poured my soul over upsets me.
Yeah, I hear you. As the author, that's what I want. As a reader, I've skipped prologues or skimmed/skipped boring parts of a book
Yeah, you could argue that if someone is skim reading, then that's the author's fault. But I think the modern reader - especially the twenty-somethings of this world, for some reason - have made a 'thing' of rapid reading. When I hear of people claiming to have read a 90,000 word novel in a single sitting, I get a strong urge to punch them hard in the face.
For the record - I completely agree. I don't skim read! Not sure why people equate fast reading with skim reading. It's just if a book is under 300 pages, I finish it in a day, especially if I like the book. I'm a quick reader and if I like the book I find the time to read it. Of course, when I reach the end of the book and I've enjoyed it, I realize that it only lasted me a day and that's disappointing. It's also why I don't bother picking up small books at the bookstore anymore. Unfortunately, what I read of NORMAL was just too good to leave sitting there. It's got to be at least 2 inches thick. <wry grin>
How, in the name of all that is holy, do you read a 300 page book in a day??? It takes me about three months, and I'm not even exaggerating! Why don't your eyes bleed? Why don't you get headaches? Why doesn't your arse get numb from sitting on it? Why don't you get bored of the process? Why don't your arms ache from holding the book? Why am I sat here typing this shit at four AM in the bastard morning?
It's just... how fast I finish a book! Well,it's a good book so there's no chance of getting bored and I'm thinking about the story - not my head. My arms do ache, but that's why I read half the time on my phone. And that is all your fault :"D
I started reading "Black House" by Stephen King and Peter Straub. I have tried twice to read this book and I just can't get into the writing style. Think I will look for something else.
Still enjoying The Playboy Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Neat little collection of shorts up to 1965.
Re-reading To Kill a Mockingbird. Somehow, it's become a much better book than it was when I read it in high school 45 years ago.
The Locust Effect: Why the End of Poverty Requires the End of Violence. It is really good so far, highly recommended.
I'm slowly making my way through The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Renewed it from the library three times and got distracted by other, shorter novels, but I'm really enjoying the prose and I can see the finish line.
I'm currently on a Philip K Dick binge. Last night I finished A Scanner Darkly. It's very dark compared to the other PKD I've read but it's balanced out with plenty of humour, and, as is usual with PKD, you come away feeling a little less sane than when you started! Next up: Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said.
