BOOKSTRUT

[SPlDEY]

This thread is dedicated to the fact that I aint got no cable TV no mo.

Just finished 1Q84..

Thought I would be into this one, because I dug Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World. Except Murakami really flubbed the end of this book.. Plus the Cult wasn't hardcore enough for me.. I really wanted to read about some Heaven's Gate / Travolta / Father Yod / Tom Cruise level shit, but this just flamed out into a bullshit love story with little people, and all the other bullshit that makes Murakami's books boring.

This is maybe the best book I've read in a long time. Therapeautic healing, lucid dreaming and creativity lessons Jodorowsky style.

JAY-Z: Decoded

This book was a quick read.. I guess the more Jay-Z explains about his life it makes him seem pretty damned normal. Aye? I still don't get his affinity for Chris Martin, Bono or Memphis Bleek, but hey it's the JIGGA MAN!! JIIIGGGAAAA!!!!

Honestly I've read all of this dudes books, but I think he started falling off around Haunted... That book was sorta interesting. Snuff was comedy, Pygmy was a good concept, but the books just weren't all that memorable. I gotta give it up to Chuck though.. Looking at other Authors in comparison to him makes everybody look SOFT, and really just uninteresting.

I'm in the middle of Damned now.. So far it seems that Chucky's picking up the pace again, but we'll see how this one ends.

Whachyall readin?

- spidey

 

[LaserWolf]

Best recent book was The Immortal Life Of Henrieta Lacks.


I can't recommend it enough.





I am finishing up Inside Of A Dog.


Good dog info, but not a well structured book.





For 3rd-6th graders I just read 2 Dead Guy Spy books.

Recommended for the kids.

 

[coldcuts]

I'm really enjoying this at the moment.

 

[motown67]

Stupid jpegs are not working for me right now.





Anyway, I'm re-reading Tom Ricks' Fiasco book about the Iraq war. Haven't picked it up since I first read it when it came out in 2006.

 

[Big_Chan]

coldcuts said:I'm really enjoying this at the moment.

YES! This was a great read. J-zone is that dude.

 

[OptimusLime]

I just finished Ready Player one, by Ernie Cline. Amazing book. Filled with 80's nerd trivia. Very funny and well written book.





Then I read Postmortem by Drew Magary, which has a great premise (man invents cure for aging, this messes up the whole world) but was a little dissapointing in the end.





Just started Before I go to sleep by S Watson. About 20% in, and I have to say the best thriller esque book I've read in ages. It's memento, but weirder....





Wanna get the Jzone book as well, as it looks funny as hell. And Chad Kultgen has a new book out, I like him a lot.





I've now officially stopped buying Chuck Palahiuk books. I have all his books leading up to that and the man can be a genius, but goddamn Tell-All was horrible, Haunted wasn't all that, even Diary was slipping already. Although Pygmy was amazing. I think I'm just over him a little.

 

[asstro]

Right now I am reading this:

It's an oral history of the first 10 or so years of MTV. Entertaining stuff.





I scored an advance copy of this, which is next on deck. Looking forward to it.

 

[DB_Cooper]

After watching Game of Thrones last year on teh HBO, I've been meaning to read the books, which I started a couple of weeks ago. Now on page 791 of the fourth book. Great stuff, if you're into that sort of thing.

 

[HarveyCanal]

 

[JATX]

If you like humor/crime/mystery novels then Tim Dorsey is a sure bet. Of all the Florida crime writters he is by far the funniest. The main character in his novels, Serge A. Storms, is one of the funniest and brilliant characters I've ever read. If you like to laugh I would start with "Florida Roadkill" and go from there.





Who are some other crime writters? Leonard (the king), Hiaason, Ellroy...any suggestions along these lines is greatly appreciated.





Also, I know some of you are into pulp novels. Any suggestions along those lines?

 

[DB_Cooper]

JATX said:If you like humor/crime/mystery novels then Tim Dorsey is a sure bet. Of all the Florida crime writters he is by far the funniest. The main character in his novels, Serge A. Storms, is one of the funniest and brilliant characters I've ever read. If you like to laugh I would start with "Florida Roadkill" and go from there.





Who are some other crime writters? Leonard (the king), Hiaason, Ellroy...any suggestions along these lines is greatly appreciated.





Also, I know some of you are into pulp novels. Any suggestions along those lines?




Raymond Chandler


James M. Cain


John D. Macdonald (heavy Florida connection)


Dashiell Hammett





and a gang of others, but those are good to start with.

 

[Horseleech]

DB_Cooper said:JATX said:If you like humor/crime/mystery novels then Tim Dorsey is a sure bet. Of all the Florida crime writters he is by far the funniest. The main character in his novels, Serge A. Storms, is one of the funniest and brilliant characters I've ever read. If you like to laugh I would start with "Florida Roadkill" and go from there.





Who are some other crime writters? Leonard (the king), Hiaason, Ellroy...any suggestions along these lines is greatly appreciated.





Also, I know some of you are into pulp novels. Any suggestions along those lines?




John D. Macdonald (heavy Florida connection)




One of my all-time favorites.





b/w





Donald Westlake ( aka Richard Stark)

 

[Brian]

 

[leon]

Like it so far...

 

[nzshadow]

Since emigrating to Australia I have been trawling second hand book shops on a quest to find early Australian literature.





This was a great read:

As have been the short stories of Henry Lawson.





I found some mid - 50s travel diaries by Frank Clune that have been charming and entertaining to say the least. plus I am finally finishing this wee puppy up after years of procrastination:

Obviously, it does not disappoint.

 

[phatmoneysack]

nzshadow said:Since emigrating to Australia I have been trawling second hand book shops on a quest to find early Australian literature.







Welcome!





I'm reading this right now. Really well written accounts of some interesting characters that helped shape the future of law, order and civil rights in NYC.

Recently finished this text. Its fairly dense, but also conjures up some great imagery of what life would have been like on the bounty and in the pacific during the age of exploration. I get the feeling a very impressive amount of research was done to complete this book.

 

[staxwax]

Just finished the four volumes of Mercy of a rude stream - absolutely brilliant

and just started this - so far its pretty crap

 

[mrmatthew]

Just started this

and...as expected, i needed to add some ligher fare to break up the monotony, so ive been buring thru this pretty quickly and i like it

Also, finished this a few weeks ago....

and while i cant say that i really liked it too much, it had "SOULSTRUT BOOK CLUB" written all over it.


Im sure i missed a thread on it when it came out.

 

[edulus]

art of fielding

 

[GenePontecorvo]

DB_Cooper said:After watching Game of Thrones last year on teh HBO, I've been meaning to read the books, which I started a couple of weeks ago. Now on page 791 of the fourth book. Great stuff, if you're into that sort of thing.




I am finishing Dance with Dragons, and I don't want it to end because then there won't be one for me to read after it yet.





I'd like to read two of the books mentioned above, Ready Player One and Postmortem, and also the Colston Whithed zombie book.