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Finished Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy. It took a few chapters for me to click into gear with the style of writing but once I settled into the groove, this proved a stellar read. A 9/10 book imo (thanks to cwmbrancity!)

Just starting Clive Barkers The Great and Secret Show and as usual with Barker, right from the first few pages we are straight out of the blocks and up and running. 

Great and Secret Show<3

Be warned, it's part of a trilogy that he's still promising to write the third part for. When it comes to unfulfilled series, Barker could give GRRM a run for his money.

Finished The Wake by Paul Kingsnorth, takes 20 pages or so to get to grips with the language then you're off. Fantastic protagonist that really takes you there, maybe the best I've read this year.

Up next, I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Read.

  On 5/28/2017 at 3:07 PM, hello spiral said:

ooh noice, I'm well up for that. Used to be a yuge Self fan but the last one of his I read was Liver so I have some catching up to do.

Finished Mason & Dixon and intend to do a straight through reread of it sometime this year. Read it in a very stupid way of putting it down for a few months every 200 pages so, despite enjoying it a lot, it's a bit fragmented in my head.

I got Ted Chiang's Story of Your Life and Others free with the DVD of Arrival. Read the whole thing during a 13hr shift at work. Really good, will look for more by him.

The following day I decided to start Against the Day. 150 pages in and I LOVE it. To me this is his most GR book since GR

 

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Just started Against the Day as well. It's completely brilliant so far.

I want to read the novels of Steve Bruce (former Manchester United defender and current football manager), they look really really really really terrible (in a good way).

http://shocko.info/words/2015/7/16/striker-by-steve-bruce-the-full-review

  On 6/11/2017 at 9:51 AM, tec said:

Finished The Wake by Paul Kingsnorth, takes 20 pages or so to get to grips with the language then you're off. Fantastic protagonist that really takes you there, maybe the best I've read this year.

Fuccan brilliant buc, that

  On 6/12/2017 at 12:29 PM, caze said:

I want to read the novels of Steve Bruce (former Manchester United defender and current football manager), they look really really really really terrible (in a good way).

 

http://shocko.info/words/2015/7/16/striker-by-steve-bruce-the-full-review

Oh man, these look incredible

  On 6/11/2017 at 7:04 AM, beerwolf said:

Finished Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy. It took a few chapters for me to click into gear with the style of writing but once I settled into the groove, this proved a stellar read. A 9/10 book imo (thanks to cwmbrancity!)

 

Just starting Clive Barkers The Great and Secret Show and as usual with Barker, right from the first few pages we are straight out of the blocks and up and running. 

blood meridian is fucking brutal.  the person here who described as "The Road" w/o all the feelings" was right on. 

On the last few chapters of The Great And Secret Show, and I've thoroughly enjoyed every page. Pretty much impossible such a story is going to end up as a disappointment so I can give it an easy 8/10 without even getting to the end!

Had a good run of reads so I don't want to spoil the momentum (just ordered Laird Barrons Occultation)

Anything you can recommend then let me know (dark, horror, fantasy, supernatural)

beerwolf - i rec I Am Legend

currently reading Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and his Years of Pilgrimage

pretty standard Murakami affair. most of the way through and not a lot has happened.

Reading several books at the same time again..

Murakami - Sleeping Woman, Blind Willow (second time)

Gibson - Spook Country

Mesa Selimovic - The Fortress

  On 6/20/2017 at 5:50 PM, QQQ said:

beerwolf - i rec I Am Legend

 

Somebody else also recommended me that, I'll be sure to order it. Cheers.

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The flower that laughs," answered she of the dark countenance, "opens every door and lights the darkest places." /10

So, it's good?

so far , soo good !

  On 6/20/2017 at 4:45 PM, beerwolf said:

On the last few chapters of The Great And Secret Show, and I've thoroughly enjoyed every page. Pretty much impossible such a story is going to end up as a disappointment so I can give it an easy 8/10 without even getting to the end!

 

Had a good run of reads so I don't want to spoil the momentum (just ordered Laird Barrons Occultation)

 

Anything you can recommend then let me know (dark, horror, fantasy, supernatural)

Everville by Barker is the sequel to TGASS, it's real good

Cloud Atlas was good, not perfect but braver work than most try to do. Look forward to reading Bone Clocks, which I also have.

Starting on The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt. I want to see whether or not it really is a turkey (some say so).

i really want to read more nonfiction but there's so many great books i've yet to read... now on to Bolaño's 2666, hope it's as good as it is long

It's v good, man. V, v good

I've been trying to give a rest from the endless stacks of comics and graphic novels I tend to read and do some actual reading lately... Currently reading Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian, enjoying it a lot so far. McCarthy definitely has a knack for creating atmosphere with his visual choices of words.

Also picked up Neil Gaiman's American Gods which I plan to read next.

  On 6/22/2017 at 1:27 AM, span said:

i really want to read more nonfiction but there's so many great books i've yet to read... now on to Bolaño's 2666, hope it's as good as it is long

One of the most emotionally draining books i've ever read. Brilliant, but it is not a happy one.

Bought Underworld and Don Quixote for cheap in a charity shop. More huge books to read. Whoop!

Been looking for a good, dark sci-fi read. Something with a good balance of hard/soft, adult themes with as little trite dialogue as possible . My favorite book in this vein is Blindsight by Peter Watts, for comparison's sake.

tried reading Naked Lunch before 2666 but after 65 pages and a couple chuckles I don't see a reason to keep reading it so I'm just gonna start with 2666

halfway through Blood Meridian which is outstanding so far. picked up All The Pretty Horses to read next.

Studying Ralph Waldo Emerson. Just finished his Essays I and II.

There are certain authors and works that should be a mandatory read for all inhabitants of the planet Earth. He is one of them.