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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2020 11:58:25 GMT -6
it took me way too long but i finally fucking finished House of Leaves and now my brain is more of a mess than it already was
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Post by goodson on Apr 8, 2020 11:58:25 GMT -6
finished in the dream house last week
holy fuck y'all
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Post by alady on Apr 8, 2020 12:08:47 GMT -6
I am currently trying to finish Bleak House for who knows what number of attempts. It's so good, but so dense. Oh I love Bleak House. If you haven't seen the BBC adaptation with Gillian Anderson it's well worth a watch. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2020 15:49:38 GMT -6
 Halfway through this. Probably will finish at some point this weekend.   Finished both last week. I'm going to need something uplifting next. |
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Post by zircona1 on Apr 21, 2020 17:24:23 GMT -6
About a third of the way through this. I want to see the movie again after reading it.  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2020 7:35:13 GMT -6
I'm about halfway through A Farewell to Arms, and it's a really quick/good read. Never read Hemmingway previously so it took a bit of getting used to at first.
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Post by monasterymonochrome on Apr 29, 2020 7:59:55 GMT -6
I've been really bad about making time for reading during all this. Been doing a lot of school-related reading, but otherwise I've only read two novellas, of sorts - Willa Cather's O Pioneers! and Jorge Luis Borges' Book of Imaginary Beings
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Post by Tweet on Apr 29, 2020 8:40:45 GMT -6
I read Steinbeck's "The Moon is Down" yesterday. Definitely understand why they airdropped it throughout WW2
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Post by monasterymonochrome on May 22, 2020 15:15:53 GMT -6
Just finished Dennis McNally's A Long Strange Trip: pretty good! He def looks at the band, particularly Jerry, with a largely uncritical eye, but whatever - I learned a ton about the early days of the Dead, got some fun anecdotes and useful context for their later periods, and listened to a ton of shows while reading this and last week. Cool stuff!
Up next is George Eliot - Daniel Deronda, gonna try and knock out two 600+ pagers back-to-back. Cowabunga!
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2020 13:10:02 GMT -6
 This is terrific. The attack on the cemetery and the bombardment at the front are going to be some of the more memorable aspects of any book I've ever read. Only halfway through, too. |
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Post by sleeping on Jun 1, 2020 11:54:55 GMT -6
Doug Bradley launched a YouTube channel and is doing a reading of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2020 12:16:34 GMT -6
i suppose this was be a good place to post YT links to audiobooks that are freely available. i've been listening to a lot of those while im working and it's been great. (Christopher Lee reading The Exorcist is solid gold)
i also read both of the spiritual successors to The Exorcist, Blatty's Legion and The Ninth Configuration and enjoyed them both a lot. thinking about either revisiting the 2 Nick Cave novels or the 2 from John Darnielle next.
(also i finished another manuscript recently and it felt really good even tho i'm still struggling to find editors or an agent for the first one lol kill me)
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Post by jazzpolice on Jun 6, 2020 8:07:33 GMT -6
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Post by monasterymonochrome on Jun 6, 2020 20:56:01 GMT -6
Up next is George Eliot - Daniel Deronda, gonna try and knock out two 600+ pagers back-to-back. Cowabunga! Finished last week - it was great! Eliot is amazing at creating and developing flawed characters. Watching the BBC mini-series now as a chaser. Next up: Hanif Abdurraqib's Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest |
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Post by Tweet on Jun 6, 2020 21:13:27 GMT -6
I started reading the 33 1/3 book on Young Marble giants which is getting way more into Thatcherism than I was prepared for so I had a cup of tea and a spliff
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2020 8:36:58 GMT -6
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Post by dij22 on Jul 6, 2020 17:07:45 GMT -6
Got about 75% of the way through this like 4 years ago and then inexplicably stopped. Just finished it today and it's real good. The inevitable movie with Eddie Redmayne should be solid:  |
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Post by claypoolfan on Jul 6, 2020 18:05:45 GMT -6
Got about 75% of the way through this like 4 years ago and then inexplicably stopped. Just finished it today and it's real good. The inevitable movie with Eddie Redmayne should be solid: Ayyyyyyyy Graham is my brother’s best friend from high school. Good dude. You should read The Sherlockian if you haven’t. |
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Post by dij22 on Jul 6, 2020 18:13:57 GMT -6
Got about 75% of the way through this like 4 years ago and then inexplicably stopped. Just finished it today and it's real good. The inevitable movie with Eddie Redmayne should be solid: Ayyyyyyyy Graham is my brother’s best friend from high school. Good dude. You should read The Sherlockian if you haven’t. That's awesome, he's a really great writer. I just bought The Sherlockian and his new book that came out a few months ago, The Holdout |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2020 7:55:00 GMT -6
Somehow had never read this before now.  |
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Post by thebosma on Jul 14, 2020 8:11:38 GMT -6
I just kind of assume everyone read that one in high school. It’s good!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2020 8:31:40 GMT -6
I just kind of assume everyone read that one in high school. It’s good! we did but i know several other English teachers in our HS did not want to cover it something something racist hometown something something |
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Post by ten15 on Jul 14, 2020 8:33:12 GMT -6
One of my early faves - our 8th grade English teacher assigned it.
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Post by thebosma on Jul 14, 2020 8:33:23 GMT -6
I just kind of assume everyone read that one in high school. It’s good! we did but i know several other English teachers in our HS did not want to cover it something something racist hometown something something A scale with one side that says “we have to say racism is bad to impressionable young minds” and the other that says “I can read the n word aloud in class and not get fired” |
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Post by Tweet on Jul 14, 2020 8:43:10 GMT -6
we did but i know several other English teachers in our HS did not want to cover it something something racist hometown something something A scale with one side that says “we have to say racism is bad to impressionable young minds” and the other that says “I can read the n word aloud in class and not get fired” This: |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2020 8:50:09 GMT -6
Only books I recall ever being assigned to us in school were religious. Thankfully being brainwashed for 12 years didn't work on me.
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Post by claypoolfan on Jul 14, 2020 8:56:20 GMT -6
Definitely never had to read Mockingbird in school at any point.
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Post by teekoh on Jul 14, 2020 9:00:33 GMT -6
We did in my sophomore year of HS. For a Catholic school, the English teachers I had assigned some fairly challenging/controversial stuff.
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Post by zircona1 on Jul 14, 2020 9:12:56 GMT -6
I mean, I never had a class where we read The Scarlet Letter. Not all that interested in reading it (though we read House of the Seven Gables in one college course, and that was pretty good).
I've started Anna Karenina. Easier to follow than I expected (so far).
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Post by monasterymonochrome on Jul 14, 2020 10:40:28 GMT -6
We read Mockingbird, Native Son, Invisible Man, A Raisin In The Sun, and A Lesson Before Dying in various HS English classes. Surprisingly good for my conservative-ass Ohio school - always loved our English department tho.
Read Moby Dick a few weeks back and loved it. I understand the complaints with the chapters deep diving into whale topics, but I found Melville’s style engaging and often hilarious, even when he was writing about the flaws of 19th century whale illustrations.
Also read Jeff Tweedy’s memoir recently. Not a ton of musical revelations in there, but reading about his songwriting process was fascinating. The sections about his family, difficult bandmate relationships (especially Jay Ferrar), and his addiction struggles made the read worth it. He’s a charming writer, would recommend for sure.
Giving Ulysses a shot now. I’m 60 pages in and it’s... a challenge
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