I know what you mean. I remember thinking towards the end during the final tape that I was with Clay. Almost begging that the guy could listen to him. But of course I knew that it wouldn't matter. Was to late to change things. That and what happened after the final party mentioned. I am trying to read Tom Clancy's Red Storm Rising. It started off great but then it went onto a rather detailed discussion about what the destruction of the oil finery meant. While I am not saying this part was bad, but it sorta dragged. Though things are starting to pick up again with the US slowly realizing what the USSR is planning.
Just started up a summer term online course for fun. It's called Science Fiction, and here's the book list. Some of it I've read and liked, the others I'm extremely interested in reading. Saddened by the lack of Herbert, but I guess I don't really need to read what I've read again. Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter Miller Count Zero by Gibson Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K LeGuin Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury There are also major science fiction films to watch for the course as well, but I houldn't mention them here. Needless to say, I'm overly excited.
^Haha, I know what you mean. Last week I got this whole stack of books from our local library and have read three of them so far, and am still excited to read the rest. It's like I haven't read in centuries or something...??
Loved that book. I'm just about to start reading I,Robot by Isaac Asimov, and reread Bridget Jones' Diary by Helen Fielding.
Just finished God is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens. It's really well written - as is everything by Hitchens - but I still consider this book to be rather immature.
My latest Just read Hero: the Life and Death of Audie Murphy, Turds, and Prophecy. All tremendous books. All for different reasons. The first was compelling and dramatic. The second was super funny and original. The last was scary and bloody.
Started reading Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less From Each Other, by Sherry Turkle. I'm barely a dozen pages in and my mind is already being blown on a page by page basis. And I'm not one to be surprised or mind blown often, but holy crap, it's at the same time inspiring from the perspective that I love sci-fi so sci-real always amazes me, as it is completely and utterly terrifyingly alarming for the future of our society and ability to even have interpersonal relationships.
I'm re-reading 'Fools Fate' by Robin Hobb. I've read all her books surrounding this world at least twice. This is the third installment of 'the tawny man' trilogy. I'd recommend people start with the Assassins Apprentice trilogy, then move on to the live ship traders, before reading the Tawny man. For anyone who loves fantasy, Robbin Hobb is a complete Gem. Her work is completely politics and character driven, and she has such an aptitude for exploring the human condition. The fantasy world and plot is a very original and fresh take on the genre, so you don't feel like she is recycling a tired old story and characters. I would like to live inside her head.(Although there are a few authors who I feel that way about)
I'm reading John dies at the end by David Wong (It's hilarious so far) and Satan Burger by Carlton Mellick III
On the way home tonight, I finished Where She Went by Gayle Forman. A really lovely book. It's the sequel to If You Stay.
I've got that one lying around somewhere, will dig it out and read it one day. I'm soon to read a proof copy of Goodbye Sarajevo by Atka Reid and Hana Schofield, sent to me by Bloomsbury.
One of my roles is a reader/ bringer-of-joy to a bed-ridden geriatric with dodgy eyesight, and to that end, this week, I shall be buying, then reading, Kate McCann's new book. Ooh! Buying a shiny hardback from Tesco! Might hide it in my trolley beneath packs of condoms and laxatives.
Trying to read "The Forge of God", an end-of-the-world sort of SciFi by Greg Bear. Struggling to get into it. Just started "Shattered Dreams? - An Oral History of the South African AIDS Epidemic" by Oppenheimer & Bayer. Very well written. Shattering.
Just started reading Water for Elephants... haven't seen the film but so far, I'm very impressed with the book.
I'm rereading Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh again. I've read it several bajillion (okay, maybe 5) times before, so today I went to the bookstore and finally bought a copy of my own. I cant wait for the prequel to come out. I really want to read his follow-up, Porno, too, and also Ecstasy and Glue. What a great story; the movie and the book tell the same stories in such awesomely different ways. (And who can say no to Ewan McGreggor, really.. ) His books are hard to read sometimes (he spells words just like you hear them; it's hard to read sometimes, and also some of his scenes are grotesque and a bit revolting), but he really is a revolutionary British writer, extremely good with the realist and naturalist styles, and I recommend him to everyone.
Just finished "never let me go". Very good, I recommend it. Now I've to finish "true grit"...and I hope to learn something from these books.
With all the noise about Game of Thrones and the excitement of the fifth book coming out in July I restarted the series. I am about a fifth of the way through Clash of Kings and having read it twice already I still love the characters and the way Martin develops them and the story. He delves more into the religion of the world in this one with R'hlor and the Seven Gods. Good stuff
I just got a hold of Catcher in the Rye, a book I couldn't never get around to reading when I was supposed to do it in school. Will see if it's better when not forced. Read the first couple of pages tonight, and kind of fear it won't be... Also just finished reading White Teeth by Zadie Smith. I could never really figure out whether I liked it or not... Some parts were really great, and others made me want to throw the book away out of boredom.
I am currently reading - Boba Fett - The Fight To Survive (Terry Bisson) Its a good book and is helping me to form ideas for my book.
