The Syndicate

Right now? This really cool book called the syndicate! Yall 10/10 reccomend!


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thellama73 wrote:I just finished the little-known Herman Melville novel "Pierre." Possibly the weirdest book I've ever read, including House of Leaves.

I'm not sure I'm man enough for Melville that's not Billy Budd.

Just being totally honest.

Also- house of leaves is weird.


also - aslo - I have a copy of a twain sci-fi book. I gave it to the hubster as a dating gift. I tried to read it but only got like 4 pages in before I had to give it to him. I thought I'd read everything twain put out - but this - I"d never seen till the bookstore owner put that print in my hands.

I'm sad to say, I didn't get to meet him. My BFF found out about the signing too late for me to get the time off for it. He procured me a signed copy of it though because he is awesome. Said BFF said he was quite engaging though and was very nice in offering writing advice.

I actually started reading Franzen because my BFF is an aspiring writer and said that Franzen was quickly becoming one of his influences (and I can see it coming out in his writing. It's funny, I can read what he's working on and think "here's where Franzen comes in, here's where Roth comes in, here's where Wolfe comes in, here's the bit of Irving, here's the bit of Vonnegut....")

My only other signed book is Diane De Prima's Memoirs of a Beatnik - which also was a gift. The sweetie has a signed copy of one of the Simpsons books as well.

Mongoose wrote:Freedom by Jonathan Franzen is hands down the best book I've read in the last 5 years. It literally changed my life.

Going to read The Corrections by him soon. So sad that the HBO series based upon that book got canned.

I also really liked the imaginative world of Super Sad True Love Story.

Great House was really solid.


linki - A Person. Sounds good

Guess who has an autograph copy of Freedom?

Ironically, as much as I loved Freedom, I think I like the corrections better. I haven't read anything from Franzen that I haven't just adored though.

Your library sounds awesome.

Also - please tell me someone else besides me finds the irony of the poo being in the Philosophy section hysterical.

Library of Congress takes some time to get used to when all you know is Dewey. To this day, I can eventually find what I'm looking for with the Library of Congress system, but it's not near as easy for me to understand as the Dewey system is. I've just had more time navigating it.

It's like the difference between MLA and APA styles (MLA only thank you very much. ) I would get angry when I had the odd class that forced me to use APA style because I almost NEVER used it except for the rare proffie who made me do it.

I'm reading the first book in The Wheel of Time series. It's what I expect from a fantasy cycle. That said, it's epic in length (like 700-800 odd pages in the first one) and I'm only a little more than half way through the first book). The details are pretty impressive. I'm interested to see where he goes with things.

You don't happen to live in AZ do you mongoose? Cuz you would be my new RL bff. (I've always dreamed of being a librarian. No joke.)

I've only read a handfull of the discworld books as I only really get to pick them up when they are at the used bookstore, but I've enjoyed them all bunches.

I'm reading a book called Weird Sisters By (I think her name is) Elenor White. It's told in this odd mix of second and third person. (Which made me think of Daisy) and is about three sisters who return home when their mother is diagnosed with breast cancer. Their father is a teacher of Shakespeare so the whole family quotes the plays through out the books and the girls are named after different Shakspearian characters. It's interesting what she's done with the voice and premise, though I'm not far along in the book. I kinda dig it for it's light reading quatlities.

choose your own adventure mafia = awesome!

I'm currently reading Downtown Owl by Chuck Klosterman. I thought he wrote books of essays exclusively, so it is interesting to see him write a novel. It's set in the very small town of Owl and ironically told in the 3rd person. Each chapter is from a different character's POV. I am enjoying it a lot and will prolly re-read it even. His style is one I have always envied as an essayst so watching him make this transition I think will be very educational for me.

@ daisy - that's odd to me that you don't enjoy books in the first person so much as books in the third person. I know most writers make the decision to write in the first person because a) they are telling THAT character's story and b) because it does tend to draw in the wider audience. People tend to like things that are written in "I" and "me" because they can replace their own selves in "I" and "me." I'd love to hear more about what it is about books written that way that make it more difficult for you to enjoy. Even if it's a soley personal thing.

as for what I be reading. - well - nothing right now. That said - I have to get the oil changed on my car tomorrow and that means a long wait with a bookstore close by. And a hankerin' to read. I've cut off all obligations to internet times (IE - I'm not playing any mafia games) - so - yea- free time - books - awesome!!!!

oh - and for my Russian Lit friends - my favorite Russian Lit book - is "The Master and Margarita." Really - it's a stunning novel. And those of you that like Russian Lit will adore it. Trust me.

so it's a cycle series then? what about? I am a sucker for those kinds of books -but I usually prefer the series to be finished....

1884 and Dracula are great reads.

I read - like *ages ago* a book that I thought was called "The Memiors of Renfield" But when I tried to google search it all I came up with was "The book of Renfield: A Gospel of Dracula" By Tim Lewis.

I looked at the first couple pages on amazon though and I don't think it's the same book The one I remember had all sorts of mentions in the beginning about how the rest of the story needed to be told to the Harker's child. I should have kept lists back then...

I did not get books for christmas.

I got kitchen stuffs.

I do like being able to make nummyness.

Epi - the only issue I have with the gunslinger is that it was wrote early in his career, and at some points suffers a bit from slowness. For me the *most* interesting thing about reading the dark tower books is that as the books span his career you really get a sense of him changing as a writer from book to book. I haven't read insomnia as I've heard it's a wonderful cure for the disease it gets its title from. That said, yes he does like recurring characters, places etc, but it's no more confusing I think than when he mentions little asides to other things and events in other books (I'm thinking of the tommyknockers nod to the events happening in It.)

I almost picked that up the other day sawyer. I keep forgetting then remembering that he wrote it. Also - did you read the Kennedy book? What did you think of it if you did?

I'm still reading Hitchhikers Guide to the Galexy - I'm on like book 3 now, but I honestly just haven't been reading a lot lately.