Just picked up:
Velocity by Dean Koontz.
I like the bright yellow cover.
Velocity by Dean Koontz.
I like the bright yellow cover.
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Posts: 35031 (07/27/09 9:19 PM) Registered user |
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blockhose |
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Posts: 5440 (07/27/09 9:28 PM) Treadmill martyr |
Who's read Coetzee?
I just finished Disgrace and Life & Times of Andrew K. His books seem pretty somber, yet his writing just moves the story along really well. I wonder if he's ever written anything with a happy ending? |
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Lila Fowler |
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Posts: 3147 (07/27/09 9:30 PM) |
I ADORE J.M. Coetzee. Let's chitchat, yes??? Read Youth. Not a happy ending per se but less nihilistic than others. |
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khnum |
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Posts: 23718 (07/27/09 9:31 PM) Registered User |
Pick one for me Lila. I like sad books.
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Lila Fowler |
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Posts: 3149 (07/27/09 9:37 PM) |
If you want world-weary sad-
You could read Coetzee's coming of age trilogy: Boyhood, Youth, Summertime If you want nihilism, sex, drugs and sad - You could read Michel Houellebecq: The Elementary Particles or The Possibility of an Island If you want like bittersweet sad - you could read Jose Saramago: All the Names or Banana Yoshimoto: Kitchen These two are also the best magic realism writers around. |
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pie123452001 |
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Posts: 35037 (07/27/09 9:43 PM) Registered user |
I think my IQ points just went up by reading above.
I'm gonna take my shiney new yellow book and start making out the big boy words. kthxbye. |
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Lila Fowler |
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Posts: 3150 (07/27/09 9:50 PM) |
OH, PIE!!! |
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sadllama |
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Posts: 7158 (07/27/09 9:56 PM) |
my lila is so well read <3
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Smack |
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Posts: 530 (07/27/09 9:57 PM) |
Lila Fowler wrote:Ooh, I love magical realism but I don't want to read anything sad right now. Can you make a suggestion, Lila? Have you ever read Fool's Crow or Siddhartha? I love those two. |
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khnum |
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Posts: 23720 (07/27/09 10:01 PM) Registered User |
omg yay books
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Lila Fowler |
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Posts: 3153 (07/27/09 10:03 PM) |
Smacks, I sent a test PM reply, did you get it??? You may have already seen the movie, but Saramago's Blindness was excellent. |
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