What Are You Reading?

[Demon Eyes]

Recently I've begun reading a bit of realism and surrealism based books. Mostly I've been reading the works of Julio Cortazar because I like his style which kind of reminds me of Poe in some particular way. Any of you have authors that you all like and recommend to me under these categories?

Very much appreciated, thanks in advance!

[Dark at heart]

At the moment I am reading Forever odd, a sequel to the book Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz.

[Wise Child]

I wasn't crazy about Odd Thomas. After I read it, I thought it was the worst Dean Koontz I'd ever read. But apparently I'm alone there, because I read on a Dean Koontz website that it's generally thought by fans to be the best - which I found weird. It wasn't finished, in my opnion - you never find out for certain what he saw in the cupboard. And Stormy pissed me off; her dying was probably the high point! ^_^

[Dark at heart]

I liked Odd Thomas, I don't know if I would say it was the best, but I did like it.

[Wise Child]

It said on the site that that's why DK did a sequel - 'cause the fans went crazy over it and were clamouring for more!

[Nike]

Originally Posted by Demon Eyes

Recently I've begun reading a bit of realism and surrealism based books. Mostly I've been reading the works of Julio Cortazar because I like his style which kind of reminds me of Poe in some particular way. Any of you have authors that you all like and recommend to me under these categories?

Very much appreciated, thanks in advance!

Regarding surrealism I can recommand Paul Celan, if you're into poetry. You can check out some of his poems translated into English language there: http://www.artofeurope.com/celan/
His best known work is the "Fugue of Death". An excellent author, really.

[Beowulf]

Hell Bent for Leather (Confessions of a Heavy Metal Addict) : Seb Hunter


I just love this book, it`s one of those books you can read over and over, and its really funny in places.

[cannibalnuns]

The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection From the Living Dead - Max Brooks

Top 10 Lessons for Surviving a Zombie Attack

1. Organize before they rise!
2. They feel no fear, why should you?
3. Use your head: cut off theirs.
4. Blades don’t need reloading.
5. Ideal protection = tight clothes, short hair.
6. Get up the staircase, then destroy it.
7. Get out of the car, get onto the bike.
8. Keep moving, keep low, keep quiet, keep alert!
9. No place is safe, only safer.
10. The zombie may be gone, but the threat lives on.

[VampGrrl]

Right now I'm reading The Remarkable Miss Frankenstein by Minda Webber. I'm only on the first chapter but it looks pretty funny. To be followed by The Reluctant Miss Van Helsing.

[Dr. Faust]

Im currently reading the Book Of Spirits about a hemarphodite witch who escapes France and is living in Virginia during the Poe era and even meet Edgar Allan Poe. She can psss either as a man or woman. depending on how shes dressed. Its book two, the first book was about her life in France and was entitled The Book Of Shadows by James Reese.

[KeltikAon]

I am currently going back and forth between two seperate books. Once I get towards the end of one book that I really enjoy, I often find myself picking up another to keep it from ending so quickly.

The first is Dark Is The Moon, by Ian Irving. It is volume three of The View Through The Mirror series.

The second is Vampire Hunter D: Raiser of Gales, by Hideyuki Kikuchi.

[Wise Child]

Invisible Monsters, by Chuck Palahniuk. Oh how I love his work - man's a fuckin' genius. In an, er, unique kinda way...

[FromTheHallow]

On The Road by Jack Kerouac, I'm enjoying it. I hit a horribly depressing quote. "...and the prettiest girls in the world live in Des Moines", I read as the love of my life rotted away there. I should call her....

[imaerus]

Aside from Palahniuk, I also read the entire Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series by Laurell K. Hamilton, at the request of a co-worker.

I genuninely enjoyed the first five or so in the series, and i really liked the protagonist alot. But then, at some point the books just got sleazier and sleazier. I lost some respect for Anita, and the series became almost laughably sexual. It started as a tough, competent protagonist in a clever little world where vampires live amongst us as legal citizens. But it devolved into, for lack of a better description, a series of tawdry romace novels with a preternatural twist. Vampire Porn. Anyone else as disappointed in the change in Anita Blake as me?

[sensuous0mar]

I have to quote this for you all right now...because I just read it and it made me say (out loud) "ouchies"

" 'welcome to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The local time is 2:00 A.M., the outside temperature is 63 degrees, there is a semiconscious hooker gurgling at your feet.'

The cabin fills with black smoke from fried wires and vaporized hydraulic fluid. One breath burns down his windpipe liked drain cleaner, telling Tucker that a second breath may kill him. He unfastens the harness and reaches into the dark for Meadow, connecting with her lace camisole, whic comes away in shreds in his hands. He stands, bends over, wraps an arm around her waist, and picks her up. She's light, maybe a hundred pounds, but Tucker has forgotten to pull up his pants and Jockey shorts, which cuff his ankles. He teeters and falls backward onto the control console between the pilot seats. Jutting from the console is the flap actuator lever, a foot long strip of steel topped by a plastic arrowheadlike tip. The tip catches Tuck in the rear of the scrotum. His and Meadow's compined weight drive him down on the lever, which tears through his scrotum, runs up inside the length of his penis, and emerges in a spray of blood.

There are no words for the pain. No breath, no thought. Just deafening white and red noise. Tucker feels himself passing out and welcomes it. He drops Meadow, but she is conscious enough to hold on to his neck, and as she falls she pulls him off the lever, which reams its way back through him again.

Without realizing it, he is standing, breathing. His lungs are on fire. He has to get out. He throws an arm around Meadow and drags her three feet to the hatch. He releases the hatch and it swings down, half open. It's designed for a plane that is standing on landing gear. Gloved hands reach into the opening and start pulling at it. 'We're going to get you out of there,' says a fireman.

The hatch comes open with a shriek. Tuck sees blue and red flashing lights illuminating raindrops against a black sky, making it appear as if it is raining fire. He takes a single breath of fresh air, says, 'I've torn off my dick,' and falls forward."

It was a long quote...but damn. I like this book so far!

[Empty_Purple_Stars]

Uhh..

If you are going to post a quote, lengthy or otherwise, please cite the name of the author and the title of the book.

Plus when re-printing Copywritten material, you must always give credit to the source, no matter what.

[UltraNEO*]

This thread.. haha! Taking me bloody ages! So far I'm on page 7!

[Empty_Purple_Stars]

Originally Posted by Santarea

Re-reading "Their Eyes were watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston, read it once in junior year. Didn't like it and I can't remember why.

Halfway through, and I love it.

Sigh. Was I rebelling against the book as required reading or my teachers for requiring it?

Didn't they make the book into a movie last year starring Halle Berry?

I heard it was really powerful, as was the book. Missed out on both.

I'll have to add it to my "to read" list.

[Wise Child]

I love that book!! People here have some damn good taste goin' on.

[sensuous0mar]

Sorry guys...

Now crediting book - "Island of The Sequined Love Nun" by Christopher Moore

[Mr E Nigma]

"Prep" by Curtis Sittenfeld

[Beowulf]

Metallica Unbound: The unofficial Biography (again)

2000 AD

`Different Seasons` Stephen King

[Blushing Heliophobe]

Somebody reccomended My Story - Bill Clinton's memoire. I have to admit that I used to be nothing close to a Clinton fan, but decided to pick it up. They were right - Clinton, regardless of how he ran his personal life, really is the picture of the American Dream. He worked his way up from nothing - I really think he's a driven and intelligent man. I have also learned a lot about politics from the inside that I didn't know. I'd definitely recommend it to anyone interested in American politics, the civil rights movement, or Clinton himself.

[NightwishCobain]

Lake of Souls - Darren Shan

[Saya]

I just finished Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. That wasn't as boring as everyone told me it was. In fact, I rather liked it ^_^