the bell jar i'm reading the bell jar, by sylvia plath. plath is obviously better known as a poet, and a poet which, to be honest, would not rank too highly in my favourites, but in this, her only novel, she captures a thing of great beauty. slightly autoboigraphical, this story is the tale of a downward, inexorable slide to calamity and madness, succintly pulled off. i recommend!
I've been reading through the Frank Beddor novels he has out right now, The Looking Glass Wars. Very interesting concepts, and a must read for anyone who likes Alice in Wonderland, or Through The Looking Glass.
Hahaha same!! I am loving it so far. I just finished 'the Comfort of Saturdays' by Alexander McCall Smith (whom I love ) and I'm also near the end of Anna Karenina by Tolstoy.
I'm reading a 6 book series called "Fear the Year 2099," honestly, far from the best writing I've seen, and the characterization isn't all that great, but there's something that made me want to read it again.
Jupiter, by Ben Bova. I haven't read his work before. Still not far enough in to form an opinion yet.
I totally understand. I just finished it... the whole thing is shocking and frighteningly plausible, but the historical talk at the end was what blew me away the most. Imagine thinking about the character and all she went through in the way that the professor does--easily distancing himself from it. And that's what a lot of us do today regarding people suffering elsewhere. When we hear an individual's account (even fictional), the situation is suddenly different. Amazing book! I'll definitely be reading more Atwood soon. Anyway... tonight I'm going to start reading This Side of Paradise, by Fitzgerald.
Since my last post here, I finished several audio books and 1 "regular" book, I'm almost finished with 2 other "regular" books. Finished on audio: King Leer by Shakespeare Six Easy Pieces by Walter Mosley Stories from the Macabre by Edgar Allen Poe (short story collection) A Mercy by Toni Morrison The Witching Hour (abridged) by Anne Rice Living a Life that Matters by Harold S. Kushner Finished (paperback): No Safe Place by Richard North Patterson I'm almost finished with (hardcover): Unitarians and Universalists by Robinson. I have only about 30 pages left, I'll finish tonight or tomorrow morning. Currently listening to audio: The Book of Lies by Brad Meltzer. The Book of Lies is AWESOME, highly recommended. It's a thriller novel involving a connection between two unsolved murder mysteries: The mystery of Cain's murder of Abel in the Bible, what happened to the murder weapon? And the still unsolved 1932 murder of the father of Jerry Seigal, the creator of Superman. When I finish listening to that audio book (Friday or Saturday), I have lined up on audio A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle and The Road by Cormac McCarthy. The library is ordering me Jefferson and the Rights of Man by Dumas Malone, which is book 2 of his Jefferson and his Time series, and Wolves of the Calla, book 5 of Stephen King's Dark Tower series, for when I finish those audios. I'm also now reading in paperback: Jefferson (abridged biography) by Saul Padover. About half-way done, but it's fast reading, I'll be done soon. When I finish that paperback, my next paperback is going to be Brad Meltzer's Dead Even. When I finish Unitarians and Universalists hardcover, I'm going to read the latest Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, then I'm going to read Copyright Permission and Libel Handbook as I mentioned in another thread last week, and then I'm going to read the hardback version of The Darkest Evening of the Year by Dean Koontz. I mention all three of these because I suspect AH Mystery and CP&L Handbook will be fast reading, so before long I'll be on Darkest Evening. Charlie
Just finished off The Day Watch and The Twilight Watch from Sergei Lukyanenko's 'Night Watch' trilogy. Moving on to The Twilight Herald by Tom Lloyd. Given how I felt his previous effort, The Stormcaller, was incredibly complex, then, if the five pages' worth of characters listed in the appendix is anything to go by, this one is going to tax my intellect, concentration, attention span and memory. Hugely.
Plodding my way through Oscar Wilde's complete short story collection... I forgot how much I enjoyed the subtle satire interwoven within his fairy tales, hahaha.
Hitchhiker trilogy The Science of Star Wars Clockwork Orange I'm planning on starting Elements of Style, but I haven't got around to it.
Necroscope by Brian Lumley. Never watch the film based on Cool Air. Ever. It has Lovecraft's name on it and Ashley Laurence in it, but it is blasphemy. Instead watch Re-Animator again.
I'm reading Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle. It is so insane, I can't even describe how crazy it is. It's the best book about nothing I've ever read, and yet it also has more meaning than most books will ever have. It is America's strangest epic.
Still haven't read that yet. Finished Cat's Cradle last night, very well done. I need more Vonnegut. I think I'll go for Timequake or Welcome to the Monkey House next.
I want to reread those, but most of my books are packed away in storage at my parents' house. Currently, I'm reading Ender's Game. I read it when I was 16 but can't remember a thing about it, so I figured I'd give it another go. It's not the type of thing I would usually read, but I like it so far.
Right now I'm reading On The Road and The Castle. Unfortunately I haven't been able to pick up either in about a week or so do to lovely school projects and working.
'The Case of Charles Dexter Ward' by H.P. Lovecraft. I started it last night and am quite near the end. It's been very good.
H.P. LOVECRAFT H.P. LOVECRAFT H.P. LOVECRAFT H.P. LOVECRAFT H.P. LOVECRAFT H.P. LOVECRAFT H.P. LOVECRAFT H.P. LOVECRAFT H.P. LOVECRAFT Right now, I'm reading something vastly different from Lovecraft; I'm reading Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld. This will be my third read of the novel. She did a fabulous job, especailly seeing as this was her debut.
