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I read Last Exit To Brooklyn so long ago, I don't recall too much of it. But I recently watched a Selby documentary, and loved it so much, I wanted to go back and read him again. So, I'm now reading Waiting Period, and I'm so glad to be reading it. I love dark humor, and I love to read something that makes me laugh out loud as I read. This one is a knee slapper so far, and I'm only on page 18. (I know this sort of humor isn't for everyone. In fact, I know this sort of humor is intolerable for some. I mean, some wouldn't think this was funny at all. And maybe not some, but many???)
Agree on Selby.
O.k. Here's a Gift. American Psycho is one of my favorite books.
I recommend reading East of Eden---Steinbeck,
then American Psycho, --- Brett Easton Ellis
If you have actually read American Psycho please comment.
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Agree on Selby.
O.k. Here's a Gift. American Psycho is one of my favorite books.
I recommend reading East of Eden---Steinbeck,
then American Psycho, --- Brett Easton Ellis
If you have actually read American Psycho please comment.
I read American Psycho when it first came out, approximately 7000 years ago. What I remember, though? That book freaked me the F out. One part in particular, regarding a breast, is forever etched in my memory.
There is a phrase in that novel that still gives me the willies 15 years later
I remember it as "Ballard in a fright wig" maybe that's not word for word
all these years later..... but the image it evoked still haunts my psyche
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Oh there were a lot of chills and grotesque moment in Child of God. Jeez, I've had trouble sleeping a few nights even...
I had to read World War Z: an Oral History of the Zombie Wars,
in the living room with the lights on, without stopping until I finished it.
I'm reading Amy Tan's The Kitchen God's Wife. I really like her books but I space them out.
I gave up on Wilkie Collins' The Woman in White. I read about 1/4 of it's 700+ pages and got bored with his use of too many words to describe a person or event.
I gave up on Wilkie Collins' The Woman in White. I read about 1/4 of it's 700+ pages and got bored with his use of too many words to describe a person or event.
Oh my goodness! I can hardly believe that. Just further supports my theory that few people on this board have the same literary taste that I do. I gave up posting and reading on this board for a while because of that. I would try to read the recommendations here, and I just never liked the books. By the same token, few people ever liked my recommendations. I thought I'd try again, but *sigh*. . . . So sad.
Oh my goodness! I can hardly believe that. Just further supports my theory that few people on this board have the same literary taste that I do. I gave up posting and reading on this board for a while because of that. I would try to read the recommendations here, and I just never liked the books. By the same token, few people ever liked my recommendations. I thought I'd try again, but *sigh*. . . . So sad.
I was surprised, too, because one of my favorite authors is Marcel Proust and that guy could strangle a horse with his verbosity.
On the other hand, I tried reading The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and became very bored with it early on and quit reading it. A couple of months later I gave it another try and could not put it down.
I think there are cases when we readers are just not in the mood to read certain types of books and after we snap out of the mood we enjoy the same books. I plan to give Collins' book another try later in the summer.
Just finished OLIVE KITTERIDGE ( I did like it a lot and it was a good read but it was a bit unsettling/upsetting).. Next up is either CLEAR SPRINGS or ANANSI BOYS. (both of which I never heard of except for some recommendations here).
i really enjoyed "olive kitteridge", although i knew nothing about it or the author when i began reading it. it was a book discussion group selection. i decided to read another of elizabeth strout's novels,"abide with me", which i enjoyed as well. both give a very detailed look into the life and relationships in a small new england town. i thought the characters were well drawn with a great deal of nuance; i appreciated the fact that neither book offered pat answers to the complexities of life or to the surprises, good and bad, that we are often confronted with in everyday living.
there are few novels that i feel warrant a second reading, but i feel that "olive kitteridge" might be worth another look. there is a lot there in what is spoken as well as what is left unsaid.
I'm reading Amy Tan's The Kitchen God's Wife. I really like her books but I space them out.
I gave up on Wilkie Collins' The Woman in White. I read about 1/4 of it's 700+ pages and got bored with his use of too many words to describe a person or event.
If you have not read Amy Tan's "Saving Fish from drowning " it is in my opinion one of her best so far .
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