The Morningstarr*

Babytortes · 29-04-2007, 20:27

Almost done w/Special Topics in Calamity Physics'' by by Marisha Pessl

It was a fun read but she is trying so hard to be Donna Tartt, I get scared she's going to hurt herself.

I'm annoyed w/her preciousness then she wows me for a few pages like the narrator finding a teacher's body or a spurned suitor destroying the dad's study and I'm all, ''Holy shit! She's great!''.

500+ pages is a long way to go for a few, ''holy shit!'' moments.

Mr Morningstarr* · 29-04-2007, 20:41

That book sounds like too much hard work to me.

Alpha · 29-04-2007, 20:48

nothing yet at the moment, but i might decide to re-read Stephen King's Dark Tower series again.

Babytortes · 29-04-2007, 20:55

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Originally Posted by Mr Morningstarr*

That book sounds like too much hard work to me.

I'll admit I am a sucker for long, boring reads (Tedium is relaxing. To me.) but it actually reads pretty quick and easy.

She name drops/makes tons of literary allusions but half of them are made up and the ones that aren't are pretty first year lit major.

And it's a whodunnit so you keep reading to see whodunnit.

Ck · 29-04-2007, 21:02

I've still to finish 'I Lucifer' by Glen Duncan.

I don't know why I haven't finished it, it's a good read. As the devil himself in human flesh he is very naughty and quite funny in a devilish way.

I hope to finish it by 2008, as there's a movie planned based on the story and it's starring Daniel Craig!

See!!

Zombie Mastermind · 29-04-2007, 22:40

a couple of horror film books:

"Camp Crystal memories" and "the Hellraiser films and their legacy."

badger47 · 30-04-2007, 00:08

The Sunday Times. Quality!

Autumn_Breeze · 30-04-2007, 00:13

I'm 'trying' to read Adept (Robert Finn). I put it down once because it's a bit cr*p to be honest. I made my husband read it to see if it was worth bothering with, but he'll read anything.

I don't know what it is about it (apart from appalling writing) - I just can't get into it at all. I ran out of books recently, so I started it again - surprisingly, it's still a bit cr*p.

I don't know why I'm bothering (probably because it's hard to get English language books here, so I don't like to waste them

).

Babytortes · 30-04-2007, 17:14

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Originally Posted by Autumn_Breeze

I don't know why I'm bothering (probably because it's hard to get English language books here, so I don't like to waste them

).

Are you far from Paris?

When I lived there, years and years ago, I used to go to Shakespeare and Company near Notre Dame. Also the American Church which had rummage sales all the time.

Autumn_Breeze · 30-04-2007, 17:42

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Originally Posted by Babytortes

Are you far from Paris?

When I lived there, years and years ago, I used to go to Shakespeare and Company near Notre Dame. Also the American Church which had rummage sales all the time.

Yeah - I'm a long way away from Paris (about 750km). I live in the south near the Spanish border. I've only found one bookshop that sells English language books in this area (there's supposed to be another but I can't find it). They have a market here on a Wednesday that sells secondhand ones, but the majority of English people here are retired and seem to like mills and boon.