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[froopy seal]

Originally Posted by Deckard

Coming up next: I've just had the Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide posted to me from the US, a lovely leather-bound collection of Adams' five Hitchhiker novels. Unbelievably, I've reached my mid 30's and never read any of these (so I figured I'd do it in style ).

Whoa, mighty late in the game, unbelievable indeed. Life-long learning, ey?

I think I lil'ed (laughed inward loudly) more than once per page on the average. It's one of the very few books I read more than once.

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halfway through 'the girl who kicked the hornet's nest' by stieg larsson - 3rd book in the 'millenium' trilogy - absolutely brilliant stuff.

[m.g.]

Just finished "Blood's A Rover" by James Ellroy, which I loved...

And reading now "By Reason Of Insanity" by Shane Stevens, which makes "The Silence of The Lambs" looking like a fairy tale

[grady]

Finishing
Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis
(a reread in prep for his new novel, a sequel to Less Than Zero, Imperial Bedrooms)

Midway through
Although of course you end up becoming yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallce by David Lipsky

Coming up
Freedom: A Novel by Jonathan Franzen
Imperial Bedrooms by Bret Easton Ellis
The Ask by Sam Lipsyte
Lean on Pete by Willy Vlautin

[unwound floors]

A million Philosophy texts, and 'The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle' by Haruki Murakami.

[Andrea]

Reading poetry out of a memory book about Ruth Randall Edström (1867-1944), bellowed wife to Mr Electricity.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigfrid_Edström

nor stony tower, nor walls of beaten brass,
nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron,
can be retentive to the strength of Spirit

[King of Snake]

just finished the first Temeraire book, which I think was recommended earlier in this thread. Really good stuff, definitely gonna continue with the series.

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

FINALLY finished 2666. Golden. Page 609(I think) is one of those occurrences where I get pissed that someone said it before me...

Also:

S. King's last set of short stories. Cat From Hell started good, but the last few pages got stupid. Final sentence rocks. LOVED "Mute", the priest bit is hilarious.


G.D.T. and someone else "The Strain". So/so. Not a bad read.

Some book on gardening too.

[chems1919]

I'm almost done with "A Simple Plan" by Scott Smith. Amazing book so far; I'm also looking forward to watching Sam Raimi's film version of it after I finish reading it.

[nosajmunson]

Trying to read 4 at a time:

Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Aldous Huxley's Brave New World with Brave New World revisited
The Cornell West Reader
Star Wars:Fate of the Jedi Abyss