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Post by Lissa on Apr 10, 2004 22:32:38 GMT -5
Man. After titles like that I feel really dumb saying the last thing I read was The Princess Diaries IV: Princess in Waiting, and Garden of Shadows, by V.C. Andrews. And oh yeah, read Armegeddon.,
You know, I've read the Left Behind Series. but to be honest, the writing is really, really, really, really, really, really, really bad. Do these men have any idea of how people really sound when they talk? Especially women? Ergubht.
Liss
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Post by awesomecolin on Apr 16, 2004 14:11:50 GMT -5
The last 2 books i've read are:
Basket Case by Carl Hiaasen
A Hundred Little Hitlers: The Death of a Black Man, The Trial of a White Racist, and the Rise of the Neo-Nazi Movement in America
by Elinor Langer
both books were good enough to keep me at attention, so i can definitly recomend them to just about anybody.
I've just started on Hannibal by Thomas Harris. I hope it goes as well as the other books I've been reading.
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Post by Ms. Jellybean on Apr 16, 2004 14:47:14 GMT -5
Just finished Yon Ill Wind by Piers Anthony, aka the Lord and Master of Commercial Writers.
Am reading Break on Through: The Life and Death of Jim Morrison and Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now. Lovely, ain't it?
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Post by duckie on Apr 16, 2004 17:55:06 GMT -5
The last 2 books i've read are: Basket Case by Carl Hiaasen A Hundred Little Hitlers: The Death of a Black Man, The Trial of a White Racist, and the Rise of the Neo-Nazi Movement in America by Elinor Langer both books were good enough to keep me at attention, so i can definitly recomend them to just about anybody. I've just started on Hannibal by Thomas Harris. I hope it goes as well as the other books I've been reading. I wasn't as impressed with Hannibal, thought Silence of the Lambs was much better. But, even Thomas Harris' worst book is better than a lot of the other books I've read in my life  As for Basket Case, I loved that book, I ran out and bought a bunch of his other books as a result. I've read thruogh several of his works, and still have two Carl Hiassen books waiting to be read - Strip Tease and Tourist Season. If you like Hiassen, I'd recommend anything by Kinky Friedman or Tim Dorsey. I'd also highly recommend Pest Control, by Bill Fitzhugh - it's about an exterminator who answers a want ad for a hitman by mistake. Great read... |
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Post by Al on Apr 18, 2004 21:02:07 GMT -5
I've been chugging through We Were Soldiers Once... and Young by Hal Moore and Joe Galloway, the memior that inspired the Mel Gibson movie. I only mention this because thus far, every complaint regarding the cheesiness and fakeness of some of the events and dialogue in the movie (i.e. A soldier's dying words: Tell my wife I love her...) has been recounted as absolute fact in this book. In light of this, I watched the movie again, and was astounded by their intense attention to detail.
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Post by awesomecolin on Apr 19, 2004 0:06:50 GMT -5
If you like Hiassen, I'd recommend anything by Kinky Friedman or Tim Dorsey. I'd also highly recommend Pest Control, by Bill Fitzhugh - it's about an exterminator who answers a want ad for a hitman by mistake. Great read... Thanks for the recomendation. I'll look into those authors. |
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Post by Lissa on Apr 19, 2004 8:32:34 GMT -5
I only mention this because thus far, every complaint regarding the cheesiness and fakeness of some of the events and dialogue in the movie (i.e. A soldier's dying words: Tell my wife I love her...) has been recounted as absolute fact in this book. Y'know, this is one of those so-called cheesy lines that I can't see NOT coming from fact. Cliches are usually born for a reason, and I think that's one of them that has some root in reality. I'm pretty sure that if I was dying, my last thoughts would be of the people I loved, and most notably, my husband. (I know, and Justin, stop gagging over there.) I think the only reason this line is remotely cheesy is all the bad deliveries it's recieved over the years. |
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Post by Head Mutant on Apr 19, 2004 12:32:13 GMT -5
My last thoughts would probably be about my dog.
Because I'm fairly sure he'd be responsible for my demise.
He's just biding his time.
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Post by pfrsue on Apr 19, 2004 21:09:09 GMT -5
My last thoughts would probably be about my dog. Because I'm fairly sure he'd be responsible for my demise. He's just biding his time. Ask Lissa about my dog. He steals dishes from the sink or the dish drainer and scatters them across the living room while I'm at work. Except for the knives. He hides the knives. For some reason, this really bothers me. Sue |
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Post by PoolMan on Apr 20, 2004 14:03:00 GMT -5
My last thoughts would probably be about my dog. Because I'm fairly sure he'd be responsible for my demise. Does this mean you'll stop staring at me all shifty-eyed, now? |
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Post by Ms. Jellybean on Apr 22, 2004 9:40:30 GMT -5
Finished slogging through the two biographies, and cannot say that I gained anything from either. So I'm reading Merlin by Stephen R. Lawhead. Unfortunately, they didn't have Taliesin at the library, so I'm reading The Pendragon Cycle all out of order and such.
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Post by Al on Apr 23, 2004 21:03:31 GMT -5
Oh come on, I'm sure the Morrison biography is teeming with information like he was... drunk a lot... and, uh... depressing and... sort of a jerk...
Just kidding; I'm a big Doors fan, but all the 'mystique' around Jimmy cracks me up. I really think that he was only *that* complex in the recesses of his own mind.
On an unrelated-to-the-above-paragraph-but-related-to-the-thread note, I just started listening to Get Shorty by Elmore Leonard in my car. What an underrated treasure that man is.
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Post by Ms. Jellybean on Apr 26, 2004 6:46:21 GMT -5
Oh come on, I'm sure the Morrison biography is teeming with information like he was... drunk a lot... and, uh... depressing and... sort of a jerk... Just kidding; I'm a big Doors fan, but all the 'mystique' around Jimmy cracks me up. I really think that he was only *that* complex in the recesses of his own mind. Agreed. Did you know that he was terrified of needles? So heroin, isn't to blame, it's alcohol and acid. Big surprise. |
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Post by zappakub on May 7, 2004 7:37:33 GMT -5
Spider by Patrick McGrath since I really liked Cronenberg's movie.
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Post by Magill on May 7, 2004 19:55:15 GMT -5
This evening my boyfriend introduced me to www.strangehorizons.com. People submit their writing to be published online. The short stories are a perfect dose of new writing. I also enjoyed their rules of what not to submit. Too bad movie execs don't follow their rules. |
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